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DARK SECRETS: Amber ruffin - The Real Truth

Trump says he'll end White House Correspondents' Dinner boycott and attend this year

Trump never attended the event as president.

Axios

Literary world gathers for PEN America dinner-gala hosted by Amber Ruffin

Hundreds of writers, editors and publishers are to gather Thursday night for PEN America’s annual gala, hosted by Amber Ruffin and featuring a tribute to actor-publisher Sarah Jessica Parker

The Independent UK

Amber Ruffin says she feels ‘less welcome’ under Trump after being dropped from White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The comedian was disinvited from the White House event last month

The Independent UK

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Journalists defend press freedom at muted White House correspondents’ dinner

Event took place with no Trump, no comedian and notably fewer politicians or Hollywood stars than in past years

The Guardian - US

Maligned By Trump, White House Reporters Hold Subdued Annual Gala

The White House Correspondents' Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

No time for "nerd prom." Ditch the WHCD

If the press can't stand in solidarity for global reporting rights, then there is no need to gather

Salon

‘Everyone’s scared’: little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents’ dinner

Annual event likely to prove gloomy affair amid Trump attacks on press and rise of Maga media ecosystem

The Guardian - US

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Whoopi Goldberg lambasts Trump tariffs on The View: ‘Not what the American people want’

‘The View’ co-host expressed her bafflement about Trump’s international trade war

The Independent UK

In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... Here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (31 March-4 April 2025).

Euronews

The WHCA sure did teach Amber Ruffin

“I thought when people take away your rights, you're supposed to call it out," Ruffin said on Monday. "I was wrong"

Salon

Comedian dropped by White House correspondents hits back: ‘I would have been so terrifically mean’

Amber Ruffin skewers journalists who canceled her skit, mocking their subservience to Trump

The Guardian - US

The View invites Amber Ruffin to do her act on their show after she’s axed from White House dinner

‘She should come and do it here,’ co-host Ana Navarro declared while Whoopi Godberg said ‘you’ve been invited’

The Independent UK

Comic Amber Ruffin cut from White House correspondents' event after angering Trump team

Comic Amber Ruffin is off the bill at the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington

The Independent UK

White House Correspondents’ Dinner axes comedy slot after Trump administration pressure

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich called Amber Ruffin a ‘garbage, hate-filled comedian’

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The Guardian - US

White House correspondents’ dinner cancels anti-Trump comedian’s appearance

WHCA says it was dropping Amber Ruffin’s performance so the event’s ‘focus is not on the politics of division’

The Independent UK

Diplo reveals he was tripping on LSD during CNN New Year’s Eve appearance

Music producer and DJ joined Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper from Los Angeles for CNN’s special New Year’s Eve coverage

The Independent UK

Comedian rejects Andy Cohen’s NYE tequila shot with brutal joke about CNN firing Don Lemon

Roy Wood Jr. quipped that ‘the last Black man that drank on this network got fired’

Salon

Roy Wood Jr. defines his career pivot

The comic talks about his new chapter hosting a show for CNN in an interview for Salon’s “Who Are You Now?" series

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Salon

Rejoice: Amber Ruffin's got news for you

Salon talks to the "Late Night with Seth Meyers" writer about what to expect from CNN's first original comedy show

WhatToWatch

Have I Got News for You puts an all-American spin on the British comedy hit

Debuting on CNN tonight, Have I Got News for You is a comedy quiz show featuring Roy Wood Jr., Amber Ruffin and Michael Ian Black

The Independent UK

Former late night host Amber Ruffin comes out as queer on last day of Pride Month

Comedian told others to ‘be proud of who you are’

Marie Claire

Inside the Triumphant Return of 'The Wiz'

With the show back on Broadway, a new cast of creatives discuss the magic of making the musical.

The Guardian - UK

Sunderland may not be like London, Cynthia Erivo, but neither is it like the Britain of old

Challenging racism wherever it expresses itself is not the same as disparaging a place because it is too white

Salon

Daily Show should count Hasan Minhaj out

Debates over a comic's license to lie don't account for the importance of trust in the topical satire business

The Conversation

How white saviourism harms international development

A little while ago, two comedians on a late-night show poked fun of the “white saviour complex.” It’s the idea that people of colour, whether in the Global South or in the West, need “saving” from a white western person or aid worker.

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