Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive directing debut with the super-smart, confidently lensed “The Humorist.” Set in the waning days of the Soviet Union when decadence and repression went ...

A smart social satire focusing on a comic in the late days of the Soviet Union cracking under the weight of official constraints and self-loathing. Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive ...

This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows "Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)," by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown and Company via AP) NEW YORK — David Sedaris, over more than a ...

Jonny Sun will write the Chinese folklore feature 'Paper Lanterns,' with Chernin Entertainment producing for Fox Family. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Humorist and illustrator Jonny Sun is teaming ...

Humorist and Baltimore native R. Eric Thomas describes his relationship with his hometown as a "fraught" one. "It's not the city's fault, but Baltimore is a city that has gotten a pervasively bad rap, ...

Humorist Calvin Trillin once defined humor by saying it’s undefinable: “It’s what makes the lady in the second row laugh.” You can’t debate it, he said. You can’t tell her, “This joke worked yesterday ...

The word suggests cardigan sweaters,” says David Sedaris. The word is humorist. He doesn’t like it. It’s not as bad as funnyman, but it’s close. “The humor section,” he whines into the phone, speaking ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Jeanne Robertson, a professional speaker and 1967 Auburn alumna who brought laughter to millions of fans with her folksy Southern stories, has died unexpectedly, according to ...

Quo Vadimus?—E.B. White—Harper ($2). Elwyn Brooks (“Andy”) White for eleven years wrote the oxymoronic introductory paragraphs to each New Yorker issue. The tone of these paragraphs, a kind of ...