Kathy Griffin's Jesus remark cut from Emmy show
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Comic Kathy Griffin's "offensive" remarks about Jesus at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be cut from a pre-taped telecast of the show, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday.
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Tycho:  When we were working on our first serious comic project, a comic about angels in high-school that would probably have made us wealthy beyond mortal imaginings, we got into our first real fight about religion.  Shaking with rage, he essentially threw me out of his house.  He called me up a few hours later to play Duke, but still.  We never talked about the comic again.  We try never to discuss anything of substance if we can help it, though we do allow an annual fracas as a gift to one another.  Oh, and here's a Gabe tip:  never end the Lord's Prayer with "Psyche."  Never.
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Networks wont run church spot featuring gay couple; say ad runs contrary to company policies. By Steve Hargreaves, CNN/Money Staff Writer.
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The creators of  &quot;South Park&quot; lambasted Comedy Central Thursday for removing an  episode that lampooned Scientology and Tom Cruise from the  network&#039;s repeat schedule and for blanking out the image of  Muhammad during another episode.
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Yes, you heard right. This year's prime-time Emmys really were awarded a few days ago. Lots of winged statuettes were presented. A hardcore audience (the second-smallest on record) saw it happen.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Call it silence of the Lamb. The church-owned Great Western Forum has canceled an April 9 concert appearance by the heavy metal band Lamb of God because church leaders were offended by the group's previous name, Burn the Priest. "We do owe something to our congregants.
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The CBS television network apologized to viewers on Thursday for interrupting the last five minutes of a hit detective drama with a special report on the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Comedian Michael Richards, famed for playing the quirky character Kramer on the hit show "Seinfeld," apologized on national television on Monday for spewing a torrent of racial slurs at hecklers during a stand-up act in Hollywood.
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Outspoken comedian Whoopi Goldberg drew a scathing rebuke from animal rights activists on Tuesday for defending U.S. football star Michael Vick's role in dogfighting during her debut on ABC's talk show "The View."
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was defeated for the Best Drama Emmy Award last night by The Sopranos at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, televised from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
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The choice of Ryan Seacrest to serve as host of the Emmy awards wasnât distressing exactly, but it was a little disconcerting.
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: I'm an atheist but still I resent this joker in Rome slighting my community. A residual theological chauvinism is aroused.
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Heard at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards:
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Episode 12 is delayed due to the animators being off for the holidays. Ryan says that we should have it wrapped up in a couple weeks. This will mark the final episode of the season and the end of our big Christmas special. Next is to start work on the DVD. I&#8217;ll be flying out [...]
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The Vatican said on Saturday the   Pope was sorry Muslims had been offended by a speech whose   meaning had been misconstrued, but Morocco withdrew its   ambassador as anger at his words flared on.
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Keith Ellison, who will become the first Muslim member of Congress next month, has offended some conservatives with his plan to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearing-in. The decision by Ellison, D-Minn., to use the Muslim holy book for the ceremony instead of the Bible triggered an angry column by Dennis Prager on the Web site Townhall.com this week.
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BBC Radio 1 programme has cut out the word "faggot" from an old Christmas hit in a move the mother of the song's late performer branded "ridiculous".