Samuel Langhorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, was born Nov. 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, and spent his childhood in nearby Hannibal. Twain is best known for the novels set in his ...

No doubt Mark Twain resented being taken as no more than an entertainer, and no doubt he had small regard for his more mechanical squibs and sketches. But humor was his spontaneous form of ...

Although born two generations apart, Mark Twain and Will Rogers each developed a style that was quintessentially American. Their approach was direct, their words plain, and their humor caught the ...

Kevin Hart got emotional when accepting one of comedy's highest honors: the Mark Twain Prize for humor. The 44-year-old ...

He became the latest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in a raucous ceremony at the Kennedy Center for the ...

Comedian and actor Kevin Hart accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Sunday. Entertainment News // 1 year ago Adam Sandler announces 25 ...

A person who has an absurd love of Kentucky might well say that author and humorist Mark Twain — birth name Samuel Clemens — ...

What was your reaction when you were notified that you being honored with this year's Mark Twain prize for American humor? I was obviously surprised, pleased to be in the company of the previous ...

(JTA) — Ben Stiller offered his own High Holiday alternative to Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah Song” as his fellow Jewish comedian accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. During an ...