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New York City voters are heading to the polls today in a primary election just the third mayor in the past 20 years. Because of the political makeup of the left-leaning city, the race among 13 Democrats in today’s primary will effectively decide the official winner, rendering Election Day in November a formality. The…

NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang released a sweeping “arts revival” proposal today that would include the use of city funds and corporate commitments to purchase “hundreds of thousands” of Broadway and Off Broadway tickets at reduced prices to “bring people back into theatre seats” and stimulate economic growth. “The…

NYC Mayor candidate Andrew Yang hit the AMC Empire in Times Square early Friday, buying evening tickets for Eddie Huang's Boogie and talking to a small group of press as cinemas around the city opened for the first time since last March. "It's a film set in New York and the filmmaker is Asian American and right now it…

Former Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang is planning to enter the race to succeed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in November. The former tech executive, who was born in upstate New York and has lived for years in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, has been telling New York power brokers that…

Andrew Yang and his wife Evelyn Yang have signed with CAA for representation. Yang recently became a CNN political commentator after ending his presidential bid, the first 2020 presidential candidate to do so. Before launching his longshot campaign, Yang had founded Venture for America, a non-profit organization…

SXSW has partnered with The Texas Tribune Festival for “Conversations About America’s Future” at this year’s SXSW conference and festival. The two-day series will take place March 14-15  at the Fairmont Austin as part of the SXSW Conference's Government & Politics Track. SXSW kicks off on March 13 and continues…

Andrew Yang, who ended his presidential bid last week, is joining CNN as a political commentator, with the first appearance set for Wednesday night’s next presidential debate. Although he failed to gain much traction in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, Yang was able to go from political unknown to a role…

Andrew Yang’s campaign is making the most of a high-profile celebrity endorsement: Dave Chappelle. He’s not only talking up Yang’s prospects, but he’s performing concerts for him in South Carolina and, the other day, even did a press briefing tied to one of the candidate’s campaign rallies. “You hear people say stuff…

Dave Chappelle will headline two shows for Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign on Jan. 29 and 30 in South Carolina, and he officially endorsed the candidate on Tuesday. “I’m Yang Gang!” Chappelle said. Yang made the announcement of Chappelle’s concerts at a town hall in Ames, Iowa on Tuesday. “I am super indebted to…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas break for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The host of CBS’ late-night comedy talker noted that Thursday’s episode was its last before the holiday break, so naturally Stephen Colbert is siphoning off some December magic and glancing ahead to the new decade. His Big Wish?…

UPDATE, 6:31 PM PT: The detente of the first half of Thursday’s Democratic Debate gave way to a bitter exchange between Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Pete Buttigieg over the issue of high-dollar fundraising. Warren pointed out that Buttigieg “recently held a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave filled with…

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said Saturday he refuses to appear on MSNBC, unless the cable news network issues an apology for leaving him off several on-air graphics, and only giving him a “fraction” of speaking time as other candidates at Wednesday’s debate. Yang took to Twitter to tell his…