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Former President Barack Obama had originally planned a lavish birthday bash featuring nearly 700 guests and staff this weekend at his family’s $12 million mansion on Martha’s Vineyard. But the party plans drew criticism from some, including Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who said “an event like that is not a good idea” with COVID cases on the rise across…

Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of morning radio show “The Breakfast Club,” is taking his unique brand of comedy and social commentary to late night TV.

Late-night TV show hosts expressed anger and frustration at the violence at the U.S. Capitol.

Less than a week after the newspaper published an op-ed arguing she should drop the “Dr.” from her name, the incoming first lady reacted to the piece during the Dec. 17th episode of The Late Show.

Trevor Noah says Kimberly Guilfoyle’s GOP convention speech was so loud that Canada called the cops.

Chicago’s iO Theater will close permanently after being shuttered for several months during the coronavirus pandemic, the theater’s owner said. “I am sad to announce that the pandemic has brought iO to financial ruin,” Charna Halpern said in an email to NBC Chicago. “I had hoped to wait out the pandemic, but no one knows how long it will...

Jimmy Fallon announces he’s co-hosting a coronavirus event with Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.

Most of the usual late-night shows returned to their respective networks with new episodes last week following a brief hiatus.

Late-night comics got experience Thursday night doing shows with virtually no audience, except for paid staffers

NBC executive Jim Bell, who has produced the last four Olympics for the network and been in charge backstage at Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” show for the past year, says he’s leaving NBC.

Stephen Colbert will be sticking around for four more years. CBS announced Thursday that Colbert has signed a new contract that will keep him as the “Late Show” host through at least August 2023. His current pact was set to expire next August.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says verbal missteps and factual errors he’s made while campaigning aren’t “substantive.” The former vice president made his case Wednesday in a CBS “Late Show” interview with host Stephen Colbert. Biden agreed he’s tripped over some details, but said it’s not “relevant” whether some anecdote occurred when he was a senator or vice president. Biden...

Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert sing “The NeverEnding Story” theme in a duet similar to a scene from Season 3 of “Stranger Things” while getting ready for their shows backstage.

Comedian Jon Stewart ripped Mitch McConnell during a late-night appearance Monday after the senate majority leader had said Stewart was “bent out of shape” in how he’s advocated for the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. The former host of “The Daily Show” stopped by his old correspondent and long-time friend Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” to continue to push for Congress to...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is headed to New York City this weekend for her second big trip out of town during her first month in office.

Chicago accents may not be da best, but they’re pretty sexy, according to a new ranking.

When comedian and “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah went on stage at the Oscars to introduce best picture nominee “Black Panther,” Noah told a multi-layered joke that only a few people would be able to understand.

Heartland Cafe, an iconic restaurant and music venue in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood known for its culture and history as much as its mostly vegetarian menu, closed its doors on New Year’s Eve after more than four decades.

After a 35-year acting career and with two iconic television characters to her name — Elaine Benes of “Seinfeld” and foul-mouthed Vice-President Selina Meyer — Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been honored with the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy.

Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” on CBS and Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show” on NBC began Tuesday with the taped segment in which the hosts video chat about comments Trump made about them Monday.