We’ve all heard the old saying that laughter is the best medicine, and these days, there are some excellent practitioners tickling people’s funny bones. Christian comedy has found an audience beyond ...

Kevin Smith’s “Dogma” is back. After touring the film to sold-out crowds earlier this year, Smith’s controversial 1999 feature returns to theaters everywhere June 5 via Iconic Films, complete with a Q ...

The mere possibility of Comedy Central's animated project about Jesus Christ eventually existing has prompted some of the biggest names in the media protest business to rally together to from a Super ...

NORTH ADAMS — Bob Smiley knows that being billed as a "Christian comic" may turn away some potential audience members, but it's a label he wears with pride. "A lot of people hear `Christian comedian,' ...

The idea of religion can often seem serious like fire and brimstone, but it isn’t always a straight-face matter. Religion, and Christianity specifically, is full of joyful moments of laughter and ...

Chonda Pierce is a pioneer in Christian comedy, with seven gold and four platinum projects to her name. In addition to the comedy albums and DVDs, she has written six books. I spoke to Pierce for the ...

Onstage with a mic in her hand, Taylor Tomlinson is shameless. She jokes confidently about her sex life, mental illness and her mother’s death from cancer when she was 8. What might seem unremarkable ...

EXCLUSIVE: Creatives from Jax Media and Universal International Studios (UIS) have talked up “subverting traditional narratives” by bringing “heart and warmth” to upcoming Channel 4 religious comedy ...

COSHOCTON − A Coshocton native will have local screenings of his 2021 religious comedy. "Church People" from director Christopher Shaw will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Shelby Theaters ...

Evan Koons, who grew up in Dearborn, does not have fond memories of attending church camp when he was a kid. “I went one time and hated every second of it. I was in fifth grade. I was homesick the ...

The Skit Guys, a Christian sketch-comedy ministry that entertained congregations for nearly 30 years, has announced its closure following the resignation of co-founder Eddie James. The decision was ...

On his 1974 live LP, “That N*****’s Crazy,” Richard Pryor had a disturbingly hilarious routine about how the cops treat Black people and how white people seem totally unaware of it: “Cops put a hurtin ...