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Annual Stand Up For Heroes Fundraiser To Feature Top Talent

Top entertainers to headline Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser supporting injured veterans on November 11 in NYC.

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The 21-year-old Rooster given key role amid injury hell

Sandon Smith and Connor Watson will respectively replace the injured Sam Walker and Brandon Smith in the Sydney Roosters' final game of the regular season.

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Jon Hamm says Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are ‘buying their way into the conversation’

‘They’re buying these massive legacy media corporations and using them as megaphones,’ says the Mad Men star

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Friday essay: is ‘wokeness’ killing comedy – or are ageing comedians crying wolf?

In late April, comedian Jerry Seinfeld went on the New Yorker Radio Hour and re-opened the debate that refuses to die. While spruiking his debut film, Unfrosted, Seinfeld went on a tangent about how, he believes, political correctness has ruined comedy:

The Conversation

Ilana Glazer on Broad City: ‘People thought it was effortless – in reality, we were killing ourselves’

The actor poured the hilarious, personal details of pregnancy into her new film ‘Babes’. Now she sits down with Annabel Nugent to talk about having her work downplayed on ‘Broad City’, why she chooses to lead with comedy over identity politics, and what it means for her to come out…

The Independent UK

Worried about the health effects of the sugar in your breakfast cereal? Little has changed since the days of ‘Unfrosted,’ the Pop-Tarts movie

While Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer and Hugh Grant got top billing, sweet breakfast foods from the 1960s are arguably the real stars of the recent movie “Unfrosted,” a comedy loosely based on the invention of Pop-Tarts.

The Conversation

Jerry Seinfeld mocks another pro-Palestinian heckler with stinging comeback in Australia

The sitcom star and stand-up comedian, currently touring Australia, is an outspoken supporter of Israel

The Independent UK

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How grief tourism is drawing celebrities to Israel since Hamas’ October 7 attack

Jerry Seinfeld, Elon Musk, Michael Douglas, and Ivanka Trump are a few who have visited and posed for photos

The Independent UK

Jerry Seinfeld mocks pro-Palestinian heckler at Sydney show: ‘We have a genius’

American comedian is outspoken supporter of Israel

The Independent UK

Julia Louis-Dreyfus dismisses claim ‘wokeness’ ruined comedy: ‘That’s bulls***’

Actor says comedy has always been ‘risky’ and is actually ‘more interesting’ today

The Independent UK

Jerry Seinfeld live review – crotchety comic is still at the top of his game

RAC Arena, PerthWhile it does start to feel like ‘older comedian bemoans changing times’, the veteran comic’s 70-minute set is frictionless and funny

The Guardian - AU

Julia Louis-Dreyfus pushes back on Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘PC crap’ comments

Asked about her former co-star’s claims that comedy had been ruined by ‘the extreme left and PC crap’, the actor said ‘that’s a red flag’

The Guardian - UK

“That’s A Red Flag”: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Opens Up After Jerry Seinfeld’s PC Complaints

Julia Louis-Dreyfus said, "When I hear people starting to complain about political correctness ... to me, that’s a red flag." The post “That’s A Red Flag”: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Opens Up After Jerry Seinfeld’s PC Complaints first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Says Complaining About Political Correctness Is a "Red Flag" Following Jerry Seinfeld's Viral Comments

She spoke to the New York Times about it.

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The Independent UK

Julia Louis-Dreyfus calls Jerry Seinfeld’s complaints about political correctness in comedy a ‘red flag’

Seinfeld actor says caring about ‘sensitivities not a bad thing’ after Jerry Seinfeld rails against political correctness and cancel culture

Salon

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on “Seinfeld” today

During press for A24's "Tuesday," Dreyfus carefully distinguishes her stance on P.C. culture from Jerry Seinfeld's

The Independent UK

‘This is how you do it’: Stand-up comic applauded for properly ‘cracking jokes’ about LGBT+ community

‘Living proof that you can joke about marginalized groups without being hateful & without punching down,’ one person wrote

The Conversation

Beyond Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ – lessons from Michigan’s serial cereal entrepreneurs

The recent release of “Unfrosted,” which was directed by Jerry Seinfeld, had an underwhelming debut on Netflix and has even been declared “one of the decade’s worst movies.”

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Battery Ventures is rethinking how it assesses revenue quality in its industrial tech and life science tools practice. Here’s how it relates to the Olympics

Battery Ventures is rethinking how it evaluates revenue in its industrial tech and life science tools business, and in doing so is proposing a new framework—the firm calls it the “revenue-quality podium.”

The Guardian - UK

From racist rants to spiritual guru? What we learned from Seinfeld star Michael Richards’s autobiography

His career was upended after an abusive onstage tirade, but now the actor best known for playing Kramer has finally told his story. Brace yourself for Larry David, dodgy dressing gowns and extreme religious waffling

Broadcasting & Cable

Netflix Dances To Top of TVision Power Score Rankings with ‘TikTok Cult’ Documentary

Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ pops up as top CTV movie in May

The Guardian - US

Jerry Seinfeld’s lurch to the right now includes mourning ‘dominant masculinity’

The comedian’s remarks on a podcast join his cheerleading of genocidal violence and jokes about suffering children in Gaza

Bored Panda

“I Miss A Dominant Masculinity”: Jerry Seinfeld Laments Over Not Being A “Real Man”

Jerry Seinfeld said, "I've always wanted to be a real man. I never made it," before listing out some of the famous figures he believes are "real" men. The post “I Miss A Dominant Masculinity”: Jerry Seinfeld Laments Over Not Being A “Real Man” first appeared on Bored Panda.

Salon

Seinfeld: I miss "dominant masculinity"

The comedian and "Unfrosted" director also told podcast host Bari Weiss that "punching down" in comedy isn't real

The Independent UK

Jerry Seinfeld says pro-Palestinian protests against him are ‘so dumb’

‘I love that these young people, they’re trying to get engaged with politics,’ said Seinfeld. ‘We have to just correct their aim a little bit.’

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