BLOOMINGTON — Supporters of Special Olympics Illinois are reacting favorably to a new movie that challenges stereotypes of people who are disabled. “The Ringer,” which opened locally last Friday, is ...

Gillis is not the first or the last performer to turn to “punching down” for comedic effect, as illustrated by Dave Chappelle’s “The Dreamer,” the latest in an apparently endless line of Netflix ...

Coauthored by Sofia Dixon and Kathleen Bogart, Ph.D. Hollywood sign Source: Edgar Colomba / Pexels / Used with permission When was the last time you saw a disabled character on TV who wasn’t depicted ...

It’s a Wednesday morning, and Josh Blue is writing jokes while revisiting old haunts in Washington state. His girlfriend’s along for the road trip, as he shows off his old college stomping grounds in ...

A city's arts organisation is marking 30 years of the Disability Discrimination Act with championing slogans and artwork about deafness, disability, and/or neurodivergence (DDN). The Reasonable ...

He left them in stitches on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." He's headlined stand-up specials on Showtime and Comedy Central. He even won a season of NBC's ...

Jul. 12—Comedian Ryan Niemiller thinks New Mexico intentionally extends his stay in the state for one reason or another. "Traditionally, the state has been out to get me," he said. "So I have this ...

This story is part of a USA TODAY series looking at the evolution of comedy and what the industry’s future looks like in a changing world. Comedy in recent times has become a breeding ground for anger ...