Amsterdam Improv Theater Boom Chicago Launches Comedy Stars
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Boom Chicago, an improv theater in Amsterdam, has been a surprising launchpad for some of America's biggest comedy stars, including Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, Amber Ruffin, and Jason Sudeikis, according to CBS News. The theater, founded in the early 1990s, has imported American comedic talent and exported them back to the United States as future stars.
Seth Meyers, now the host of NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers," credited his time at Boom Chicago with providing him a "road map" to his career, which eventually led to a job with "Saturday Night Live," CBS News reported. "We were just so ambitious, and wanted to be funny every night I kind of forgot that they were also giving us this road map of how to do other things," Meyers told CBS News correspondent Jon Wertheim before a Boom Chicago reunion show.
Jill Benjamin, an actress and comedian, arrived at Boom Chicago in 1998, according to CBS News. Simon Lukacs, according to CBS News, believes that Boom Chicago is America's ultimate laugh factory.
Former CNN Host Don Lemon Arrested Following Anti-ICE Protest
St. Paul, Minnesota – Former CNN host Don Lemon was arrested last month in connection with an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service at a St. Paul, Minnesota church, according to Fox News. Lemon was released without bail on Friday.
CNN issued a statement defending Lemon, stating, "The FBI's arrest of our former CNN colleague Don Lemon raises profoundly concerning questions about press freedom and the First Amendment," according to Fox News. "The Department of Justice already failed twice to get an arrest warrant."
Prosecutors allege that Lemon coordinated with activists who disrupted services at Cities Church, while Lemon maintains he was acting as a journalist, according to Fox News. In a Substack post, Lemon quoted the Bible and cast himself as a persecuted journalist, according to Fox News. "There is a passage in scripture that says, The truth," Lemon wrote, according to Fox News.
Photo Emerges Linking Zohran Mamdani to Epstein-Connected Publicist
New York, New York – A photo has surfaced showing New York City Council member Zohran Mamdani at a luncheon hosted by Peggy Siegal, a publicist with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, according to Fox News. The photo, taken on Nov. 15, 2017, shows Mamdani at the Universal Pictures "Get Out" luncheon at Lincoln Ristorante in Manhattan.
The event was hosted by Siegal, who faced industry backlash over her connections to Epstein, according to Fox News. Siegal was never charged with a crime. The emergence of the photo follows the release of newly unsealed Justice Department records that also reference Mamdani's mother, Mira Nair, according to Fox News.
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