As the gun debate rages on, one development has sparked great interest: The rise of guns created by 3D printers. With this invention, anyone with the proper hardware and software can create a working firearm in their own home without going through traditional channels required to procure a weapon. And...

The stand-up comedian, actor and author Michael Ian Black was an early adopter of Twitter, amassing over 2 million followers. As with many accounts with a high volume of followers, Black was commissioned by Dos Equis to send out a "sponsored tweet" from his account:

I just...

This summer, Jon Stewart will take an extended hiatus from "The Daily Show" to direct his first movie, "Rosewater." Comedy Central announced Wednesday that correspondent John Oliver will take over Stewart's chair beginning June 10.

"Don’t worry, it’s still going to be everything that you love about 'The...

Chris Hardwick is getting a show on Comedy Central that will follow "The Colbert Report," Deadline reported Tuesday.

The stand-up comedian, television personality and founder of the Nerdist website will star in a panel show that will be executive produced by Thomas Lennon and...

UPDATE: The post was, indeed, a hoax. A pretty funny one, we have to admit.

Sotheby's, the New York City-based auction house, has a reputation for excellence on all fronts -- but a hilariously mangled ad posted to Craigslist on Monday seeking a new administrative assistant reveals that...

Stephen Colbert tore into those who lauded NBA player Jason Collins for being the first active American pro athlete to come out as gay, and spent the first half of his show defending the rights of straight people from the gay threat.

"That's right: He came out as black and...

Sarah Silverman is set to record her first stand-up special for HBO next month, the cable network announced Monday.

The special, which will be titled "Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles" will air sometime this fall. She previously starred in a concert film of her stand-up and music, "Sarah...

Kristen Wiig will return to her old stomping ground of "Saturday Night Live" to host the show on May 11, NBC announced. Supporting her will be the band Vampire Weekend.

This will be the first time that Wiig has hosted "SNL" since ending her 7-season run on the show last...

Kudos to Stephen Colbert for recognizing that "Fox & Friends" used a pretty limited vocabulary with regards to Dzhokar Tsarnaev receiving Miranda rights, a move they contested because, despite the Constitution requiring Miranda rights to be read to anyone put under arrest, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was evidently

On Thursday, Jon Stewart revisited a topic near and dear to his heart: The presidency of George W. Bush. The dedication of the Bush presidential library in Dallas, Tex. was an opportunity for Stewart to take digs at the 43rd president's administration.

He criticized the Bush center for...

Dear parents: If you received a text from your son or daughter that sounded like they accidentally messaged you about drugs, it was likely the work of comedian Nathan Fielder.

Fielder, the star and co-creator of the excellent Comedy Central show "Nathan For You," sent out a tweet...

Donald Trump tweeted a missive about "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart Wednesday morning, and many have speculated that the tweet contained veiled anti-Semitic sentiment.

I promise you that I'm much smarter than Jonathan Leibowitz - I mean Jon Stewart @thedailyshow. Who, by the way, is totally overrated.

— Donald...

Michael Cera released his first video for the comedy collective JASH this week, and few could have seen this type of work coming from Cera. Instead of doing the kind of brief, gag-filled short to which the Internet is accustomed, the "Arrested Development" actor (and on the upcoming...

How dare George W. Bush not personally invite Stephen Colbert to the opening of his Presidential Library opening in Dallas this week?

After all, Colbert was one of the fiercest defenders of the "great"/"greatest" president, Bush 43, so he was shocked that he did not receive an invitation to the...

Today is Earth Day, and we assume you're celebrating accordingly. How, you may ask? Take some cues from these celebrities to find out the best way to observe our planet.

"The Eric Andre Show" has been renewed for a second season, Adult Swim announced Friday.

The off-kilter "talk show," featuring comedian Andre and disinterested co-host Hannibal Buress, will come back in October. Prior to the show's return, Andre and Buress will perform "The Eric Andre Show Live!" for two shows...

Late night talk show hosts Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel have made the 2013 TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World list. Also making the list is Bassem Youssef, the political comedian often referred to as "Egypt's Jon Stewart."

None of the men have previously appeared on...

Today, Conan O'Brien turns 50 years old. Born in Brookline, Mass. to a doctor and a lawyer, O'Brien has spent his entire adult life evolving into the closest thing we have to a comedy superhero.

Before he turned 20, he was elected as the president of the Harvard Lampoon, an...

The newest episode of "Serious Jibber-Jabber," Conan O'Brien's long form chat show on Team Coco, may be the best yet. It features O'Brien with his old friends from "The Simpsons," and the video is an 80 minute nerdgasm for any "Simpsons" fan.

O'Brien was a writer on the show from...

Bill Maher ended Friday's "Real Time" by saying that he's concerned about North Korea. Not about Kim Jong Un's nuclear capabilities, but rather the way American politicians overreact to foreign threats by using them as an excuse to start expensive wars.

"With Afghanistan winding down, America is dangerously close to...