Mark Twain wrote literary classics such as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," but as Ron Chernow's hefty biography of him shows, he also nursed grudges and suffered great losses. (Hulton Archive / ...

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Comedians love to rib each other. It's almost a requirement for the job and there was plenty of it for Kevin Hart Sunday night as he received the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The ...

The 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will be presented to comedian and actor Kevin Hart tonight, Sunday, March 24 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET and broadcast on CNN. The prize, which honors ...

Kevin Hart got emotional when accepting one of comedy's highest honors: the Mark Twain Prize for humor. "You remind me … why I love comedy so much," Chappelle said at the Sunday night ceremony, noting ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O'Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ...

When I was a seventh grader, I was sure about one thing, that in college I would be quarterbacking UCLA. As it happened, I would be […] ...

Comedian Kevin Hart is the latest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. One of the highest honors in the comedy industry, the award was created in 1998 and is given to individuals who ...

Comedian Conan O'Brien, center, and his wife, Liza Powel O'Brien, looks out on the crowd at the start of the 25th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Celebrating Conan O'Brien, Sunday, March 23 ...