In a pre-tour “pop-up” set at Manhattan’s Comedy Cellar last night, comic Aziz Ansari addressed last year’s sexual misconduct allegations that the Netflix Master of None creator says left him “really upset and humiliated and embarrassed.” In an account of the show posted today on Vulture, Ansari broached the topic…

Aziz Ansari is slowly — and maybe cautiously — coming back into the spotlight. The Master of None star and co-creator took to his social media handles to announce that he is going on tour. The new stand-up tour called “Road to Nowhere” is the first tour after Ansari was accused of sexual misconduct earlier this year.…

Comedian Louis C.K. has faced an avalanche of criticism on Twitter since dropping in at New York’s famed Comedy Cellar on Sunday night for a surprise 15-minute set. The outrage over the comedian re-taking the stage after nine months of seclusion included scathing comments from industry figures like Kathy Griffin, who…

Lena Waithe, Aziz Ansari’s Master of None co-star and Emmy-winning co-writer, suggested in a radio interview yesterday that Ansari shouldn’t be lumped into the same category as Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacey. "Here’s the truth,” Waithe said in an interview with The Frame, a program on Southern California’s KPCC…

HLN anchor Ashleigh Banfield hasn’t backed down from her criticism of the web article accusing actor Aziz Ansari of sexual misconduct – despite the petty personal insults tossed her way by one of the website’s editors. Banfield appeared this morning on NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today, concurring with host Kelly that Ansari’s…

Samantha Bee defended the article accusing Aziz Ansari, who wore a Time’s Up pin at the Golden Globes, of engaging in sexual misconduct during a recent date. Acknowledging we seem to have hit the #YouTooLoud backlash phase of the #MeToo movement, which she illustrated with clips of: -Tucker Carlson saying Tucker…

Ashleigh Banfield had a few choice words for the New York photographer who anonymously told the publication Babe that she felt “victimized” after a date with Master of None star Aziz Ansari. In an open letter on her HLN show Crime & Justice on Monday, Banfield criticized the 23-year-old woman, saying she “has chiseled…

The Good Place star Jameela Jamil has said that the allegations of an uncomfortable sexual encounter against Aziz Ansari have sparked an interesting conversation about consent. In a post on her personal website, she blames music videos and pornography for misleading men. Jamil, who plays socialite Tahani Al-Jamil on…

The #MeToo movement, which brought the problem of workplace sexual harassment and assault into sharp, painful focus, is now bringing the glare of attention to the question of consent. A New York photographer sparked the discussion anew this weekend with allegations of an uncomfortable sexual encounter with comedian…

As you might expect, Aziz Ansari was grateful for his victory in the Best Actor In A TV Series, Comedy category at the Golden Globes. “I genuinely didn’t think I would win, because all of the web sites said I was going to lose,” he joked on stage. “Losing two of these in a row – it would have been a moment for…

The Britannia Awards, traditionally one of the more lively events on the awards-season calendar, is getting underway now at the Beverly Hilton. The honorees list is solid once again, with Dick Van Dyke, Matt Damon, Ava DuVernay, Kenneth Branagh, Claire Foy and Aziz Ansari set to receive honors in a ceremony hosted…

Fresh off an Emmy win for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series, Master Of None creator Aziz Ansari has been tapped as the recipient of  BAFTA LA’s Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy at this year's British Academy Britannia Awards. Ansari, who co-starred in all seven seasons of NBC’s Parks and Re…