Religulous News

In my first offering in this little corner of the paper, almost 200 Sundays ago, I wrote that we would steer clear of religion, but that we'd probably take up faith as our topic now and again.

COMEDIAN and sceptic Bill Maher is an unbeliever on a mission: he is out to pit himself against the faithful of many persuasions, in the quest to prove that belief is absurd and religion a destructive influence.

Can we be good without god? Is religion a calling or a mental illness? Were Jesus, Moses and Mohammed prophets and visionaries or crackpot nut cases who today would be put away? Is religion an obsessive-compulsive disorder? Comedian, acerbic commentator, raconteur, sceptic, seeker Bill Maher and Larry Charles set off in search of questions to these ...

Although he has throughout the year been critical of President Obama on his show, HBO's Real Time , there was much respect and admiration given to our first black President .A One source of dissent was on the recent announcement that the U.S. will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year.

Bill Maher performs in Miami Beach on Friday. Bill Maher thinks America has come down with a bad case of thin skin.

Much as it did after Graydon Carter predicted the end of irony in the wake of 9/11, the political-comedy world broke into a collective cold sweat when Barack Obama was elected president: The worry was that Obama was just too calm and collected to be the butt of jokes.

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The Academy has just announced the 15 films on the shortlist for Best Documentary, and glaringly absent from the list is Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story .

From Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck to Bill Maher's targets in the 2008 comedic documentary "Religulous," those on the right of the spectrum often wind up as subjects of late-night zingers and scorching sendups.

Top comedy writer-director Larry Charles is returning to broadcast television with a semi-scripted project at NBC.

Comedian Bill Maher will perform at the Broadway Theater at Ulster Performing Arts Center Jan.

Comedian Bill Maher will perform at the Broadway Theater at Ulster Performing Arts Center Jan.

Way back during the Clinton Administration, Bill Maher had the wonderful idea of letting a comedian -- himself -- talk regularly with politicians and political commentators about current events on TV.

"It is odd timing, isn't it?" says Bill Maher of his goodwill trip to Toronto to celebrate the first anniversary of HBO Canada.

Michael Baigent, the editor of a oeFreemasonry Todaya , has a new book called "Racing Toward Armageddon". In 2006, Michael filed a lawsuit against Dan Brown, arguing that the a oeThe Da Vinci Codea used theories posited by Baigent and his co-authors in their 1982 book called "Holy Blood, Holy Grail". This time Bill Maher should chase Baigent ...

Health: Suzanne Somers' new book on alternative cancer treatments is the latest celebrity attack on mainstream medicine D1 Suzanne Somers is at it again.

One of my favorite TV shows is How It's Made on the Science Channel. No actors. No plots.

The subject of follicle prejudice in the African-American community is a fascinating one that's been rather shortchanged in mainstream entertainment; the last time I remember it really boiling to the surface is in the brutally honest "Straight and Nappy" production number in Spike Lee's 1988 effort School Daze .

Broadway's "God of Carnage" will get a new set of actors next month. Producer Robert Fox says the 2009 Tony-winning best play will welcome Jimmy Smits , Annie Potts, Christine Lahti and Ken Stott to the cast on Nov.

Love him or hate him, Bill Maher is a man on a mission. Maher, who hit hard on the big screen last year with the audacious critique of organized religion, "Religulous," has just completed the seventh season of his HBO series, the political-humor-driven talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher." To celebrate, he's bringing his provocative stand-up act ...