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 ...

GRAHAM, N.C. — Jeanne Robertson, a well-known humorist and motivational speaker from Graham, died unexpectedly on Saturday, according to her professional Facebook page. Robertson, 77, was struggling ...

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 ...

She is a national known humorist from Burlington who has been entertaining crowds since the 1960s, ever since she won Miss North Carolina. More recently, her funny videos have gone viral. She is a ...

David Sedaris' gift isn't that he's able to take something small -- like a boil or a lozenge - and make it big. Instead, the writer and humorist is skilled at turning actions involving those small ...

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 ...

Humorist Erma Bombeck wrote syndicated newspaper columns for more than 30 years. She also produced a couple of TV shows, appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” for 11 years, gave speeches across the ...