Sarah Silverman

Israeli police on Monday took 10 women for questioning after they wrapped themselves in men's prayer shawls and prayed at the Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Rock star Bruce Springsteen plans to hit the campaign trail for President Barack Obama Thursday as the White House race heats up in the final three weeks ahead of the election.

Sarah Silverman has said she's looking for an apology from gay marriage foes. Sarah Silverman has said she's looking for an apology from gay marriage foes. Speaking to reporters at Sunday's Tribeca Film Festival screening of Take This Waltz, Silverman, 41, eagerly discussed a non-sexual nude shower scene she shares in the film with co-star Michelle Williams. ?The actual day wasn't bad,? The Hollywood Reporter quoted Silverman as saying. ?It was very supportive and you forget it once you do it, but the morning leading up to it, I overgroomed.? ?You never see nudity that is not in a sexual way, so this is that. And I'm in it and ego-wise it's horrifying, but if I can take myself out of it, I think it's amazing. It's jarring. It's genuinely jarring because it's not funny, it's not sad, it's not dramatic, it's kind of every day life.? Gay marriage, she said, ?is something that Newark Mayor Cory Booker said it best: Some things are not meant to be a vote. Some things are a right. And if thi

Coldplay and Mumford and Sons were among the performers here late Sunday at an Amnesty International concert organized in defense of freedom of expression.

Amazon announced a deal with entertainment giant Viacom on Wednesday, building up its arsenal of television shows as it takes on video streaming market leader Netflix.

Amazon announced a deal with entertainment giant Viacom on Wednesday, building up its arsenal of television shows as it takes on video streaming market leader Netflix.

Gay icon Kathy Griffin and Levis Strauss & Co. were honored Sunday at Trevor LIVE, a fundraiser to benefit The Trevor Project. Gay icon Kathy Griffin and Levis Strauss & Co. were honored Sunday at Trevor LIVE, a fundraiser to benefit The Trevor Project, the California-based non-profit that runs the nation's only 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. The event, held at the Hollywood Palladium, featured performances by Sarah Silverman, Wayne Brady, Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, Neil Patrick Harris and James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Telly Leung, The Dan Band and Tracie Thoms. Glee newcomer Darren Criss and singer Katy Perry paired up to sing Teenage Dream. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) Criss' cover of the Perry single on the Fox musical-comedy is the show's biggest hit yet. Charles Robbins, executive director of The Trevor Project, said the fundraiser closes ?an historic year for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and

Samuel L. Jackson leads Friars Club Roast honors for friend and colleague Quentin Tarantino. Filmmaker Eli Roth brought shock and awe to the podium of a Friar's Club Roast of actor Quentin Tarantino on Wednesday night, saying it was a roaster's responsibility to be sick and distasteful.

As college application numbers spiral out of control, a few lonely voices say less is more. One recent afternoon, Kimberly Pollock visited the college counseling office at the Derryfield School, a small independent day school set on 84 wooded acres in Manchester, N.H. It had come time to talk number of applications, and the senior honors student was starting to wonder about her list.

Review: New web series `Backwash' tries to lure laughs with big-name guest stars. Like a lot of Web series fighting for eyeballs in the diffuse world of online entertainment, Crackle's new "Backwash" hopes to entice viewers with big names usually beamed out on bigger screens.

Review: New web series `Backwash' tries to lure laughs with big-name guest stars. Like a lot of Web series fighting for eyeballs in the diffuse world of online entertainment, Crackle's new "Backwash" hopes to entice viewers with big names usually beamed out on bigger screens.

Funnywoman Sarah Silverman says the problem of gay teen suicide is a symptom of anti-gay laws. sFunnywoman Sarah Silverman says the problem of gay teen suicide is a symptom of anti-gay laws, specifically ?Don't Ask, Don't Tell,? the policy that bans gay troops from serving openly, and laws that prohibit gay and lesbian couples from marrying. The 39-year-old star of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program appears uncharacteristically serious in the 30-second video she posted on Perez Hilton's YouTube account. Referring to the recent rash of gay teen suicides ? 4 in September alone ? Silverman said America should stop acting surprised. (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) ?When you tell gay Americans that they can't serve their country openly or marry the person that they love, you're telling that to kids, too.? ?So don't be f**king shocked and wonder where all these bullies are coming from that are torturing young kids and driving them to kill themselves.? ?They

Comedy Central again overbooks its star-studded benefit for autism education, airing Oct. 21. Once again, Comedy Central has gone too far and lined up too many stars.

The scoop on authorized celeb books: fewer sales, the Internet is faster. Put Angelina Jolie's face on a magazine cover and sales will surely rise. Get her to write a memoir and it would be worth millions. But write a book about her, without her cooperation, and you're taking a chance.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Michael Schur stands on a balancing board, shifting his 6-foot frame from side to side as he agonizes over the best way to kill a "Parks and Recreation" romance.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A few years ago, actress Sarah Polley became a bonafide filmmaker, walking Oscars' red carpet with her 2006 directing debut "Away From Her," which earned her a best adapted screenplay nomination.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's an event that has honored Sarah Silverman for her song "I'm F---ing Matt Damon" (from ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live"), blasphemed Jesus and featured nonagenarian fitness guru Jack LaLanne leading its audience in calisthenics.

  Conan, Colbert, Joel?all ridiculously funny men with ridiculously funny tweets?usually do a pretty good job of keeping me entertained. But recently, while thinking about how much I love Tina Fey (something I do on a frighteningly regular basis), I decided to seek out female comedians who tweet. And, not surprisingly, I found tons of smart, funny women to follow. So if you?re like me and covet clever tweets like Cartman covets KFC, check out these five witty ladies: 1. Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) This girl is awesome?not only does she write some of the best episodes of The Office, but she also just snagged a book deal. Plus, she has great taste in TV, she just got braces, and she shamelessly gushed over Robert Downey, Jr. on a recent Leno appearance. Yep, she?s my hero. Recent Tweet: A good way to trick your boyfriend into marrying you is to ask "hey, want to renew our vows?" 2. Caprice Crane (@capricecrane) Occasionally I read entertainment news, but it?s not something I go looking f

Comedy Central says `The Sarah Silverman Program' is getting the hook after 3 seasons. On her Comedy Central show, Sarah Silverman got drunk on cough syrup, mocked the abortion rights debate and seduced none other than God.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans met authors at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books -- billed as North America's biggest literary event -- where in a sign of the times Apple's new iPad also made a huge splash.