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How Sacha Baron Cohen’s Faith Inspires His Comedy

25 Jul 2018
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Kelly Frazier

Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of Ali G, Borat, and Who is America? Is More Devout Than You Think Sacha Baron Cohen creates mayhem with his comedy. Cohen’s form is unique. The actor incorporates guests...

How A Pro-Life Group is Fighting Back Against John Oliver

11 May 2018
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C Barnett

Abortion Group Uses New Campaign To Answer Crticism Save the Storks, a pro-life group, has attacked John Oliver, the well known HBO comic, for his statement that the group uses deception to guide...

Stephen Colbert Is More Religious Than You Think

09 Apr 2018
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Gary Nguyen

How His Faith Guided His Career Stephen Colbert’s unique brand of satire has made him one of the most iconic comedians in the 21st century. But the issue of irony is that sometimes there is a conflation...

Comedian Hannibal Buress’ College Show Stopped Because He Attacked Catholics

19 Mar 2018
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C Barnett

Hannibal Buress' Performance at Loyola-Chicago Was Stopped by University one minute into the show WARNING: The video clips shown involve explicit language and do not reflect the views of WRN. Students...

How ‘Groundhog Day’ Is The Ultimate Buddhism Movie

02 Feb 2018
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C Barnett

Personal redemption holds the key to enlightenment Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, the detestable, egotistical weatherman in Groundhog Day. The 1993 film shows Murray repeatedly experiencing a single...

TV Show ‘Young Sheldon’ Pokes Fun At Organized Religion

12 Jan 2018
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Derek Welch

TV Show Young Sheldon Pokes Fun At Organized Religion New Religion “Mathology” Is Created on the show. Benjamin Franklin, when picking which religious belief he would follow, decided to investigate...

Larry David in Trouble Over Holocaust Joke on SNL

06 Nov 2017
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C Barnett

Larry David's SNL monologue has drawn both criticism and support. The line between comedy and being in poor taste is hazy. In fact, much of comedy requires being a bit offensive. Comedy is meant to overstep...

Amazon’s ‘Good Omens’, A New Biblical End Times Comedy Series

31 Aug 2017
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Nathan Glover

Tennant and Sheen: a demon and an angel Amazon is set to release a 60-minute comedy series based on Terry Pratchett (Colour of Magic) and Neil Gaiman's book Good Omens. Gaiman has already made his debut...

Jerry Lewis Dies at 91 – “Religion is in the Heart”

21 Aug 2017
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Kelly Frazier

Famous American Jewish Comedian Left Legacy on World Jerry Lewis, a member of the old Hollywood nobility, died at 91. A comedian, writer, actor, singer, and was associated with the famous “Rat Pack.”...

Conan O’Brien Visits Buddhist Temple to Get Enlightened

11 Apr 2016
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WRN Editorial Staff

Conan learns life at a Buddhist Temple is a little different than he imagined. We're loving this funny clip of Conan O'Brien at a Buddhist Temple in Korea. O'Brien is accompanied by Steven Yeun...