The comedians appeared onstage together this week at The Greek Theatre -- a world-famous outdoor venue in L.A. -- alongside a host of other jokesters during the "Netflix Is a Joke" festival, when the controversial rapper came up.
We broke the story ... Dave Chappelle embraced Ye last week by bringing him out during his show at The Comedy Store. So, Rogen -- who is Jewish -- seemed to be responding Wednesday night at the Greek, joking he'd said critical things about Jews in the past, and got more crap for it than the guy who made the song, "Heil Hitler."
Martin Short put on a brave face and made his first red carpet appearance after the tragic death of his daughter, Katherine, back in February.
The comedy legend stepped out with his sons, Oliver and Henry, at the L.A. premiere of his new Netflix documentary, "Marty, Life Is Short," at Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre Wednesday night.
Martin was suited and booted, smiling for cameras and promoting the doc -- which dives deep into his personal life -- ahead of its May 12 release.
Comedian Akilah Hughes recently fired shots at Keegan-Michael Key's wife in a video that's spread like wildfire on Reddit, claiming the controlling spouse has been a detriment to the actor's career ... but we're told her story is BS.
Here's the deal ... during Akilah's standup set she uses a not-so-clever code -- "Lock and Banana" -- while talking about sketch comedy icons Key and Jordan Peele. She says she and KMK pitched and sold a show around the time of the pandemic, but it got upended in the 11th hour, because Keegan-Michael's wife, Elle, caused too many waves as an executive producer.
Akilah also claims she was warned about the KMK's spouse by Peele's wife ... allegedly likening her to Phil Hartman's wife Brynn, who fatally shot him in 1998.
Lisa Ann Walter wasn't pulling any punches when throwing shade at Jeff Bezos during a protest in New York City on Monday.
The "Abbot Elementary" actress had some choice words for the "very big, very bald" billionaire while speaking at the "Labor Is Art" protest happening ... as the Met Gala kicked off uptown.
She slammed the Amazon founder for funding the event, calling it an attempt to make fashion's biggest night "all about him."
Dave Chappelle gave fans a wild surprise Sunday night ... bringing Kanye West onstage during a packed comedy show.
A source at the show tells TMZ ... at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood, Kanye did not perform, but he did make a quick appearance at the very end of the night.
We're told Dave had already done a full set, and was hosting -- phones were banned -- when he brought Ye out, telling the crowd ... "Kanye West has lost more money than I've ever made."
As if that wasn’t shocking enough, the comedian also told a paparazzi at Miami’s Carbone Beach Club that he's the one who called the police on The Rock.
On Friday, Netflix dropped the trailer for their upcoming doc about the "Only Murders in the Building" star ... which includes some shots of the late legend.
The teaser is full of Martin's A-list acquaintances singing his praises ... and even shows him singing Catherine's, too.
Howard Stern is firing back at the ex-employee who claimed the shock jock created a hostile work environment.
On Wednesday, Stern filed to dismiss former assistant Leslie Kuhn's lawsuit, calling it a "shakedown" and "transparent sham" ... according to court docs obtained by multiple outlets.
In his motion, HS claims she's after a "hush-money payment," saying in the motion ... "The reason Kuhn filed this lawsuit was to pressure the Stern Parties into making an outlandish payment to make her go away."
TMZ’s Comedy Crawl didn’t just tour Hollywood -- it took over, one laugh (and stop) at a time.
Catch the clip for nonstop laughs ... the first stop was at Hollywood Improv, where we caught a wild Jeff Rosssighting inside ... but the real action spilled out front.
Heniya “Heni” Cheyenne and Jeremy “Gumbo” Christian pulled up on the Comedy Crawl bus ... and once it parked, comics started circling like it was open-mic heaven. HaHa Herby -- who actually paid for a ticket! -- hopped on mid U-turn and grabbed the mic.
Nick Cannon dropped by the TMZ office on Thursday to chop it up with Harvey and Charles for a few ... and left the office howling with a light roast of our fearless leader.
The actor and TV host popped in with comic Rip Micheals to mostly talk about "Wild 'N Out: On the Road" ... which he's doing in partnership with the Netflix is a Joke Fest ... but he also talked a little about his kids, specifically how hilarious it is when ex Mariah Carey crashes Moroccan's Twitch live stream.
But, as you can see in the "TMZ Live" clip ... the best moment was when Nick said he would consider hosting our super popular TMZ Celebrity Tour ... if Harvey would be a guest on 'Wild 'N Out.' And that's when he and Rip gave HL a taste of what to expect on the show ... roasting the boss' shoes -- hitting him with the classic "What are those?!" It was gold, Jerry.
It's been more than five years since the iconic comic-actor Sinbad has done a stand-up show due to a severe stroke ... but that's all going to change tonight.
Sinbad just posted a message to Instagram ... and as you can see, he's ready to make his big comeback -- and obviously has plenty he wants to talk about.
Sinbad says his daughter and fellow comic Paige Adkins will join him ... along with his longtime opener Chase Anthony, at The Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena. And he makes it clear ... "This is just the beginning."
Want a chuckle? Look no further than our TMZ Comedy Crawl -- bringing the laughs and the chaos, all led by the hilarious comedian Lea'h Sampson.
Catch a peek -- the night kicked off at the Hollywood Improv, with free drinks flowing early (always a strong start) before the crew hit the road ... and Lea'h kept the energy high with nonstop jokes.
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Then came one of the wildest detours of the night ... a surprise stop at the Rainbow Bar & Grill, where passenger Lisa (MVP, no debate) led the group upstairs to a hidden spot known as the "Lair of the Hollywood Vampires" -- a tucked-away loft most people don’t even know exists.
Donnell Rawlings is welcoming the TMZ DC crew to his stomping grounds -- whisking them around for some late-night fun, including a crash course on the Capitol's best eats and a "White House" tour ... all on video.
The famed comedian, and DC native, pulled up to our homebase Thursday night, and he was bearing gifts ... schoolingCharlie, Jacob, andJakson on Mumbo Sauce, chicken wings, and the biggest egg rolls you've ever seen.
After a taste of the local cuisine, they piled into a car and hit the town ... with Donnell taking them straight to the White House.
Kevin Hart’s preaching the gospel of gains -- but he’s giving all the credit to his guy Mark Wahlberg ... saying nobody’s doing it like the king of those brutal 4 AM workouts.
TMZ caught up with Kevin at Wally’s in Beverly Hills Wednesday -- and he kept it playful, clowning Mark’s routine as "s***" before flipping it, joking the 54-year-old’s actually 75 and deserves even more credit.
Check the video -- Kevin goes full fanboy over Mark’s grind, which he recently told us is so intense even Druskihad to tap out when he joined him for a session.
But Kev’s not just hyping his boy -- he also gets into his own health kick, showing love to the gym life and shouting out his workout circle along the way.
Safe to say ... Kev is getting hard from his workouts AND over Mark's gainz.
Rep. Lauren Boebert is firing back at Dave Chappelle after the comedian blasted her for using a selfie they snapped together to "weaponize" his transgender jokes for political gain ... she says she was just keeping it real.
TMZ DC got the Congresswoman from Colorado on Capitol Hill and our intrepid producer Jacob asked her about Dave's recent comments taking aim at her and the rest of the GOP.
Boebert sounds like she's not feelin' the heat Dave is putting on Republicans ... indeed, the only one feeling any heat here is Jacob ... he's complaining about the lack of A/C in government buildings, and starts sweating bullets when a bunch of folks pile into an elevator with him and Boebert.
Post Malone went from White Iverson to Snow White Iverson ... traveling up past Canada to Alaska and shocking some fans at a local gas station.
The singer and rapper popped up at Esther Gas in Fairbanks, Alaska on Monday ... walking in with another guy and two security guards to buy some snacks, Bud Light, and liquor.
Jari Markkanen -- who works at the gas station -- tell us that Posty was nice enough to take a picture with him and with another customer. Malone also paid for that customer's beer. What a gent!
