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Why Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni: A guide to the It Ends with Us feud as she accuses him of harassment

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have been shrouded in controversy ever since they starred opposite one another in It Ends With Us. Leading up to the summer release of their movie — which was successful in the sense that it became a box office hit following its August release date — the leading stars have been enveloped in ongoing drama; …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head is haunted by the New Yorker controversy.

Slate

It’s been a year since the New Yorker’s infamous exposé of Hasan Minhaj’s “emotional truths” caused a maelstrom on and off the internet, toppling a comedian who had until then enjoyed a near-pristine reputation. It’s an apt, self-aware wink of a title, considering just how consequential the New Yorker piece—which unearthed alleged fabrications in Minhaj’s stand-up specials and rehashed allegations …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hasan Minhaj addresses ‘dorky controversy’ in new Netflix special, ‘Off With His Head’

LA Times

“Off With His Head” is the new, aptly titled comedy special from stand-up comedian Hasan Minhaj. The former “Daily Show” senior correspondent and host of “Patriot Act” survived the comedy equivalent of a public execution last year and now, the dark experience is grist for his smart, funny and topical one-hour Netflix special that’s now streaming. Minhaj, 39, became the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Of a gilded past and the future: Nalanda’s lost glory and new-found ambitions

The Hindu

“Nalanda is not just a name, it is an identity. Nalanda is the proclamation of the truth that knowledge cannot be destroyed even though books burn in a fire.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s words at the inauguration of the new Nalanda University campus at Rajgir recently and his “golden age” references made us go back to the history books. This …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Hasan Minhaj jokes about losing Daily Show job: ‘Have you ever failed so bad, you bring back Jon Stewart?’

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Comedian Hasan Minhaj joked about the scandal that reportedly cost him …

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8 months, 1 week ago

"Have you ever failed so bad, you bring back Jon Stewart?": Hasan Minhaj on the "Daily Show" fallout

Salon

Hasan Minhaj on Thursday at the "Netflix Is a Joke" comedy festival jested about the controversy that saw him dropped from consideration as a possible Trevor Noah successor as host of Comedy Central's "Daily Show," reports Variety. I guess canceling is not what it used to be.” The scandal arose after the New Yorker September published an exposé that fact-checked …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj

Salon

When Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate story, journalism in this country took a turn. That impulse may explain Claire Malone’s “exposé” in the New Yorker about the so-called “fibs” comedian Hasan Minhaj told in his stand-up routines as well as the flurry of overblown reactions it caused. Correcting the record The most scandalized feature …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Hasan Minhaj response: Did the New Yorker really do him dirty? Explained.

Slate

When the New Yorker published staff writer Clare Malone’s exposé on comedian Hasan Minhaj in September—which brought to light, among other things, some alleged fabrications in his stand-up specials—fans and critics were shocked and disappointed. In his response, Minhaj accuses the New Yorker of implying that he fabricated the entire thing, and of insinuating that his “race wasn’t a factor” …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Hasan Minhaj Responds In Depth To New Yorker Piece On His Stand-Up Comedy

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Comedian and former host of Netflix’s “Patriot Act” Hasan Minhaj responded in detail on Thursday to a New Yorker piece published last month that said he admitted to fabricating and embellishing stories he used in his stand-up comedy routine. The New Yorker touched on three of Minhaj’s stories, all of which are featured in his 2017 and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

As Hasan Minhaj dissects ‘emotional truth’ scandal, New Yorker stands ‘by our story’

LA Times

Comedian Hasan Minhaj fired back at the New Yorker a month after he faced backlash for embellishing his comedy material. Comedian Hasan Minhaj’s public feud with the New Yorker just got the “Patriot Act” treatment. In the video — published by the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday — Minhaj said, “I’m not a psycho, but this New Yorker article definitely makes …

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1 year, 2 months ago

"I'm not a psycho": Hasan Minhaj refutes "factual errors" in New Yorker profile

Salon

Hasan Minhaj is trying to rewrite the narrative about his comedy and public persona after a bombshell profile from the New Yorker alleged the comedian fabricated parts of his backstory in his stand-up comedy. Minhaj told The Hollywood Reporter, “There were omissions and factual errors in The New Yorker article that misrepresented my life story, so I wanted to give …

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1 year, 3 months ago

After Hasan Minhaj, where is the line when it comes to 'truth' in comedy? We asked three local comedians

ABC

Opinions are divided when it comes to US comedian Hasan Minhaj. We sat down with three local comics whose work explores racism and anti-Semitism and asked: In an industry well known for exaggeration, where is the line when it comes to truth in comedy? Suren Jayemanne, Eora/Sydney Loading YouTube content With comedy, because I'm so close to it, I always …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Bill Maher calls Hasan Minhaj the Jussie Smollett of stand-up on "Real Time"

Salon

In a segment of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday night, Maher devoted a good portion of time to his take on the fairly recent Hasan Minhaj scandal, in which the comedian and fill-in for "The Daily Show" was found to have embellished details from his life for the sake of material. Comparing Minhaj's "emotional truths" — as they …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: What’s wilder than Hasan Minhaj’s tales? The FBI surveillance my Muslim community actually did endure

LA Times

Last month, an article in the New Yorker detailed discrepancies in comedian Hasan Minhaj’s standup specials. In one story, Minhaj recounts growing up in a Muslim community in Northern California, and his experiences with an FBI informant, Craig Monteilh. For the past few years, I’ve gone beyond just documenting government surveillance and have ventured into co-creating an art initiative with …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Roy Wood Jr. is leaving "The Daily Show" after eight years, and we sadly understand why

Salon

Veteran fake news correspondent Roy Wood Jr. is leaving "The Daily Show" after eight years, he said in an NPR interview released Thursday. In response to a request for comment, a spokesperson for "The Daily Show" provided this statement to Salon: "Roy Wood Jr. is a comedic genius and beloved teammate. Before production paused, however, Comedy Central provided ratings to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Hasan Minhaj’s Shot At ‘The Daily Show’ Sinks After Stand-Up Fib Scandal

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Comedy Central is casting a wider net in its search for Trevor Noah’s successor on “The Daily Show.” While comedian Hasan Minhaj was initially reported as a frontrunner for the hosting job, Variety is now reporting that Comedy Central’s parent company, Paramount Global, is actively considering other talent amid the fallout from a New Yorker piece that …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Hasan Minhaj and the New Yorker: Who decided comedy needed fact-checking?

Salon

Comedy legend Richard Pryor had a regular bit where he talked about his father's death. The "fibs" Malone finds in Minhaj's comedy were not part of a show designed to inform the public. One of Minhaj's bits, Malone says, "underscores the threat that being Muslim in the United States carried during the early days of the war on terror." Minhaj …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Hasan Minhaj: The comedian who cried wolf

Live Mint

In the comedian James Acaster’s four-part Netflix special Repertoire — one of the most masterful stand-up specials I have seen — the easily flabbergasted British comic talks about how he isn’t a comic after all, but instead an undercover policeman attempting to infiltrate the drugs-and-rebellion world of stand-up comedy. A Muslim-American performer who primarily rose to fame as a correspondent …

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Hasan Minhaj Meant Something to Brown Americans. Was It All an Act?

Slate

On Friday, New Yorker writer Clare Malone published an exposé of the renowned Indian American comedian Hasan Minhaj, laying out two startling revelations about the man who’s considered the front-runner to be the next host of The Daily Show. After Minhaj’s anti-Trump monologue at the 2017 White House Correspondents’ Dinner went viral, he anchored himself as a #Resistance hero, landing …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Whoopi Goldberg backs Hasan Minhaj exaggerating stories for a laugh: ‘That’s what we do’

LA Times

Whoopi Goldberg is defending comedian Hasan Minhaj, who recently admitted to embellishing his harrowing stories for laughs. “The View” host came to the defense of “Patriot Act” star Hasan Minhaj on Monday, explaining that sometimes in comedy, the end justifies the means. “ was recently sort of having to defend his comedy because a writer from the New Yorker called …

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1 year, 3 months ago

"The View:" Whoopi Goldberg defends Hasan Minhaj’s comedy fabrications

Salon

Fellow comedian Whoopi Goldberg defended Hasan Minhaj's embellished comedy that was exposed in a New Yorker profile last week. But Goldberg defended Minhaj's fabrications during Monday's broadcast of "The View." The moderator and co-host said "that's what do, we tell stories and we embellish them." In the profile, Minhaj was also accused of fostering a toxic and misogynistic workplace environment …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Comedian Hasan Minhaj admits to making up stories of racial discrimination for Netflix special - including daughter's exposure to a 'white powder'

Daily Mail

Hasan Minhaj's Netflix comedy specials and political show have come under fire for being littered with false stories of racial discrimination and a terrifying incident involving his daughter. While on stage, Minhaj shared stories about how he was left standing at a white girl's door when he went to pick her up for their homecoming dance, had Brother Eric 'infiltrate' …

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1 year, 3 months ago

NIA Attaches House Used by Al-Qaeda Member to Prepare for Terror Attacks

News 18

The National Investigation Agency has attached a house in Uttar Pradesh that was allegedly being used by an active member of the al-Qaeda, an official said on Wednesday. The house on the Ring Road in Dubagga was attached as “proceeds of terrorism” after it came to light that Minhaj, a member of the al-Qaeda and its offshoot Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind, was …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: NIA Attaches Property Used by Active al-Qaeda Member to Prepare for Terror Attack

News 18

The NIA has attached a house in Uttar Pradesh as “proceeds of terrorism”, as it was purportedly being used by an active al-Qaeda member to prepare for an alleged terror attack. According to the NIA, the house was being used by a member of the banned terrorist organisation, al-Qaeda or Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, to prepare for terror attacks. The NIA said …

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Why Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni: A guide to the It Ends with Us feud as she accuses him of harassment

Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head is haunted by the New Yorker controversy.

Hasan Minhaj addresses ‘dorky controversy’ in new Netflix special, ‘Off With His Head’

Of a gilded past and the future: Nalanda’s lost glory and new-found ambitions

Hasan Minhaj jokes about losing Daily Show job: ‘Have you ever failed so bad, you bring back Jon Stewart?’

"Have you ever failed so bad, you bring back Jon Stewart?": Hasan Minhaj on the "Daily Show" fallout

Off with his head: The manufactured scandal over Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj response: Did the New Yorker really do him dirty? Explained.

Hasan Minhaj Responds In Depth To New Yorker Piece On His Stand-Up Comedy

As Hasan Minhaj dissects ‘emotional truth’ scandal, New Yorker stands ‘by our story’

"I'm not a psycho": Hasan Minhaj refutes "factual errors" in New Yorker profile

After Hasan Minhaj, where is the line when it comes to 'truth' in comedy? We asked three local comedians

Bill Maher calls Hasan Minhaj the Jussie Smollett of stand-up on "Real Time"

Opinion: What’s wilder than Hasan Minhaj’s tales? The FBI surveillance my Muslim community actually did endure

Roy Wood Jr. is leaving "The Daily Show" after eight years, and we sadly understand why

Hasan Minhaj’s Shot At ‘The Daily Show’ Sinks After Stand-Up Fib Scandal

Hasan Minhaj and the New Yorker: Who decided comedy needed fact-checking?

Hasan Minhaj: The comedian who cried wolf

Hasan Minhaj Meant Something to Brown Americans. Was It All an Act?

Whoopi Goldberg backs Hasan Minhaj exaggerating stories for a laugh: ‘That’s what we do’

"The View:" Whoopi Goldberg defends Hasan Minhaj’s comedy fabrications

Comedian Hasan Minhaj admits to making up stories of racial discrimination for Netflix special - including daughter's exposure to a 'white powder'

NIA Attaches House Used by Al-Qaeda Member to Prepare for Terror Attacks

Uttar Pradesh: NIA Attaches Property Used by Active al-Qaeda Member to Prepare for Terror Attack