Screenwriter Michael Idov makes an impressive directing debut with the super-smart, confidently lensed “The Humorist.” Set in the waning days of the Soviet Union when decadence and repression went ...

Berlin-based sales agent M-appeal has picked up the rights to black comedy “The Humorist,” directed by Michael Idov, one of the scriptwriters of “Leto,” a competition title at last year’s Cannes Film ...

This cover image released by Little, Brown and Company shows "Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)," by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown and Company via AP) NEW YORK — David Sedaris, over more than a ...

David Sedaris' gift isn't that he's able to take something small -- like a boil or a lozenge - and make it big. Instead, the writer and humorist is skilled at turning actions involving those small ...

Inside Modern Humorist with Co-Founders Michael Colton and John AboudThe breeding grounds for professional comedians are well known at this point: comedy performers have Improv Olympic, The Second ...

Playrwright and humorist R. Thomas' new book, Congratulations, the Best Is Over!, is about middle age, and what it was like to reluctantly return to his hometown of Baltimore as an adult — when both ...

Humorist Erma Bombeck wrote syndicated newspaper columns for more than 30 years. She also produced a couple of TV shows, appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” for 11 years, gave speeches across the ...