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Bill Cosby is gangster when it comes to helping black people. Meaning he's ruthless, bold, fearless -- and will do anything to achieve his objective.
He helps the eatery celebrate its 70th anniversary and raises money for a program that helps at-risk children. He helps the eatery celebrate its 70th anniversary and raises money for a program that helps at-risk children.
There are some very good sitcoms tonight. None, however, is ever likely to even approach the popular appeal or social influence of The Cosby Show and that's just one reason Bill Cosby is this year's incredibly deserving winner of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (tonight, PBS, 8 ET/PT, times may vary).
About every two years or so, Bill Cosby makes it back to the Chicago area to perform. "It gives me time to turn over at least 73 percent new material," he told me recently by phone about his coming shows at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan.
Bill Cosby was the first performer to take the stage at theGenesee Theatre in Waukegan on Dec. 3, 2004, following its $ 24 million renovation. Well, the popular stand-up comedian, whose successes span five decades and virtually all media, is back. He will give two performances on Saturday.
WASHINGTON — Someone had to hold Bill Cosby back to keep him from crawling over a balcony and joining fellow comedians on stage as the stars lined up to pay tribute to his life's work.
*Via his blog on Global Grind, rap entrepreneur Russell Simmons has written an open letter asking Bill Cosby to stop criticizing today's urban youth, and focus more on the societal ills that created their behavior.
*New York, NY -- Two of the three artists featured on Bill Cosby's new hip hop project, "State of Emergency" have issued statements in response to the open letter Russell Simmons published on his site in which he critiques Cosby and the CD project.
Wednesday night, I was watching the New York (Evil) Yankees playing the Philadelphia Phillies, hoping that somehow the (Evil) Yankees would lose. When the (Evil) Yankees went up 4-1, I decided I would pass on watching any more baseball and started flipping through the channels.
Bill Cosby, this year's recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, didn't need expletives or raunchy humor to succeed.
Last week, comedy's heavyweights donned their finest embarrassing dad sweaters, broke out the bubbly—and the clip reel—and paid tribute to Bill Cosby, who was on the receiving end...
