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James Hetfield with Jim Breuer (Photo: L. Cohen/WireImage for The Recording Academy) 4 Stand-Up Comics Who Opened for Famous Musicians
On rare occasions, bands have enlisted comedians to warm up the crowd for them—with varying results
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Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in a scene from 'Rush Hour 2' (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Did ‘Rush Hour’ Almost Star Two Popular TV Comedians Instead of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker?
Several comics were rumored to have been involved at one point
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Jamie Foxx (Photo: Joe Maher/Getty Images) The Controversial Jamie Foxx Movie That Never Got Released
‘All-Star Weekend’ featured Robert Downey Jr. in brownface and Foxx as a racist white cop
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Bill Burr (Photo: Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) 10 Comedians and Their Thoughts on St. Patrick’s Day
A selection of St. Paddy’s-related jokes to prepare you for your inevitable hangover
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Prince and Dave Chappelle (Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) How Prince Got His Revenge on Dave Chappelle for His Famous ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Skit
‘That’s a Prince judo move right there,’ Chappelle told Jimmy Fallon in 2014
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Chevy Chase (Photo: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Chevy Chase Ended Up on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Because of a Monty Python Movie
Had the ‘Caddyshack’ star not attended a midnight screening of one of the British comedy troupe’s films, his career might’ve been—to coin a phrase—completely different
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George Carlin (Photo: Paul Natkin/Getty Images) George Carlin Held a Grudge Against Billy Crystal for Decades After Working With Him on ‘SNL’
‘For that one moment, f–k him,’ Carlin wrote in his autobiography
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Chris Rock as Jasmine, Will Smith as Will in 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' (Photo: Jan Sonnenmair/NBCU Photo Bank) Chris Rock Played Will Smith’s Date on ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Decades Before the Oscars Slap
The future rivals actually collaborated a couple of times back in the ’90s
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Steve Martin at the 2010 Oscars (Photo: Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) 4 of the Most Controversial Jokes in Oscars History
Revisiting a few of the more politically incorrect lines that’ve been singled out by critics over the years
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Burt Reynolds and Richard Pryor (Photo: Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images, Ron Eisenberg/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Richard Pryor Was Planning to Remake an Oscar-Winning Laurel and Hardy Movie With Burt Reynolds
‘Pink Panther’ director Blake Edwards conceived the idea in the early 1980s, and both actors agreed to do it
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Buddy Hackett and Johnny Carson (Photo: Fred Sabine/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) 4 Times Comedy Shook Things Up at the Academy Awards
‘Hollywood’s biggest night’ has been thrown a few curveballs over the years
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Katie Holmes with Adam Sandler (Photo: Eric Charbonneau/WireImage) The Adam Sandler Movie That Won the Razzie Award in Every Category
Two other Sandler productions were also up for awards at that year’s ceremony
