Mark Twain by Ron Chernow. Penguin Press, 1200 pages. When I first became aware of the imminent publication of a new biography of Mark Twain, my first reaction was a sustained groan. Yet ...

He was, and will always be, “your Huckleberry.” Val Kilmer, whose intensity in roles garnered both acclaim and acrimony, has died. He was 65. Kilmer was many things to many people. To some, he was the ...

Amounting almost to a “shadow” biography of Twain ... after a virtually unrelieved funding crisis. Mark Twain, of course, would be sympathetic. “The lack of money is the root of all evil ...

Talk show veteran Conan O’Brien was feted with the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Sunday in a lively production that blended accolades from numerous colleagues with ...

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute. By Jason Zinoman Jason Zinoman watched the ceremony at the ...

Among those paying tribute to the comedian at Sunday night's event in Washington, D.C., were Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman and a dozen Mark Twain impersonators. By The Associated ...

After the 5x Emmy winner received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, O’Brien explained why he went through with the Kennedy Center ceremony following the president’s enforced regime change.

Previous recipients of the Mark Twain Prize are Kevin Hart ... He has been hired to emcee next year's ceremony honoring excellence in film, as well. His travel series, Conan O'Brien Must Go ...