Aasif Mandvi

WATCH: Aasif Mandvi Talks Being The Daily Show's Senior Muslim Correspondent

Posted 04.20.2012

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"The Daily Show's" Senior Muslim Correspondent, Aasif Mandvi, talks his role on the show and how he uses humor to open minds....

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Rick Scott Asked To Pee In Cup During Budget Presentation

Posted 02.06.2012

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Florida Governor Rick Scott just can't catch a break. As if asking for $1 billion more in education funding while trying to close a $2 billion budget ...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart Cautions GOP Candidates Against Facts, Sanity

Posted 11.15.2011

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Jon Stewart was taken aback during the latest GOP debate when Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum & Jon Huntsman seemed to display a few sane ideas. With ...

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WATCH: 'The Daily Show' Explains The Tea Party

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 10.24.2011

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While "The Daily Show" is on hiatus this week, the "Best F#@king News Team Ever" is providing us with some hilarious looks at American politics via a ...

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WATCH: A Muslim 'Cosby Show?'

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Scroll down for the full pilot! Could a lovable Muslim sit-com family change America's perception of Muslims? Perhaps, but probably not the...

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The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Opens Up On Sanity, Specials, And Stewart

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011

On August 9, 2006, actor-comic Aasif Mandvi started a job that he had auditioned for only five hours before. It was the first of the New York performe...

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Aasif Mandvi: From Daily Show to Today's Special

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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"They did not know what to make of me in Tampa," Aasif Mandvi says. Small wonder. Mandvi, the cowriter and star of Today's Special, moved to Florida with his family from India when he was a teen. "Talk about being an outsider."

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HuffPost Review: Today's Special

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's not a lot new about David Kaplan's Today's Special -- yet this comedy, from a script by Aasif Mandvi and Jonathan Bines, finds ways to take an old formula and give it new life.

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A Chaotic Cornucopia of Culinary Cinema (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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The connection between food and passion finds its way into all kinds of movies: Robert Morley, George Segal, and Jacqueline Bisset starred in 1978's ...

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'The Daily Show' Takes On O'Donnell's 'Not A Witch' Ad & Delaware's North Vs. South Battle (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart and Aasif Mandvi continued their midterm election coverage by weighing the Democrats' chances of losing th...

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Jon Stewart Takes On The G-20 Summit (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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With so many world leaders in one place, Jon Stewart had some fun breaking down the key moments of the G-20 summit. Acknowledging the presence of swin...

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Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Tossed From AHIP Conference, Returns As Batman (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, our own Sam Stein reported that a crew from "The Daily Show" was out at the Ritz Carlton hotel, interviewing attendees of last week's AHIP ...

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'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' Instead Of Their Guests (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Stewart began his show last night by skewering CNN for fact-checking a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Fred Armisen (playing Barack Obama) cla...

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Nipple Clamps, Sodomy, and Breakfast: Daily Show Correspondents Admit To Hazing (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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While "The Daily Show" is on vacation, here's a little nugget from all of the correspondents, who are filling the void by answering questions posted b...

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Jon Stewart Revels In Inane Election Coverage (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 2009 elections that have been dominating cable news coverage of late consisted of two gubernatorial races and two congressional seats. Of course, ...

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'Daily Show' Correspondents Talk Kids, Restraining Orders (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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While "The Daily Show" is on vacation, here's a little nugget from all of the correspondents, who are filling the void by answering questions posted b...

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The Daily Show's 'Our Dead Planet' Shows Aasif Mandvi Battling The Earth (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Wednesday night, The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi explored ways to kill the planet in his hilarious war with Mother Earth. The Daily Show With J...

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Jon Stewart Vs. Town Hall Crazies (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you're taking a break from crazy this August and refuse to watch cable news, you may have missed some town hall kerfuffles lead by the least-inform...

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"Daily Show" On And In Iran: Stewart Takes On American Media And Iranian Leaders, Jason Jones Reports From Tehran (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Stewart devoted the bulk of his show to Iran last night, first mocking American talking heads for repeatedly asking if Obama was doing enough. "So...

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"Daily Show" Correspondents Answer Your Economic Questions (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Daily Show"'s Samantha Bee, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Aasif Mandvi, and Jason Jones are on, even when their show is not. The late ...

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THE 12 SEXIEST COMICS IN AMERICA (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week we asked you who the sexiest comics were on the scene, mostly because we have a thing for funny people. We chose 15 men and 15 women and aft...

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Funny & Fine: Who's America's Sexiest Comedian? You Decide! (SLIDESHOW) (POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

We've selected 15 of the sexiest funnymen we know for a HuffPost poll of ridiculous proportions. They're all hilarious, they're all more comedian than...

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"Daily Show" Correspondents Answer Your Questions (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Daily Show"'s Samantha Bee, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Aasif Mandvi, and Jason Jones are on, even when their show is not. The late ...

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Happy Holidays Hollywood!

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Just how much is the credit crunch going to affect Hollywood? Film elite like Sir Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Gus Van Sant, Dennis Hopper, Darren Aronofsky and others weigh in.

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And they're off! Gotham Independent Film Awards kick off the season!

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Michelle Byrd and Melvin Van Peebles via Wireimage Terrence Howard, dressed in a dapper white hat opened the 2008 Gotham Independent Film Awards wit...

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