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This poetic monologue, perhaps by the sea itself ... the device of extrapolation like in most of the other works. Evoking Ursula K Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest (1972) in its title ...

CNN New Year’s Eve host Anderson Cooper literally doubled over laughing when co-host Andy Cohen got Conclave star Ralph Fiennes to perform a dramatic reading of 2024’s most viral monologue New ...

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For example, Nicholas Alexander Chavez not only won fans over with his impressive performance in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik ...

Chris Rock hosted the Dec. 14 episode of “Saturday Night Live” and filled his opening monologue with jokes about multiple topics in the news. The targets of his mini stand-up set included Jake ...

It’s possible his lack of stage presence during the monologue was related to what happened at his previous event. In the eight minute set, he joked about South African billionaire Musk being the ...

Chris Rock opened Saturday Night Live with a crack about Lorne Michaels having 25 out of 50 good years on the late night show before going dark with jokes about the suspected CEO killer and how it ...

Chris Rock joked that “no one would care” about alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione if he looked like Jonah Hill in his “Saturday Night Live” monologue. “We got Luigi ...

The sketch show's latest episode was hosted by Chris Rock, who in his monologue addressed the arrest of the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. "Everybody's fixated on how ...

Rashmika Mandanna discussed her powerful monologue scene in 'Pushpa 2: The Rule'. Director Sukumar revealed the scene's details during filming, challenging Mandanna with pages of dialogue ...