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Radio personality Angela Yee confirmed today that she’ll be leaving the hugely popular nationally syndicated daily program The Breakfast Club, which she hosts with Charlamagne tha God and DJ Envy, to launch her own show. The Breakfast Club will continue with DJ Envy and Charlamagne tha God. The daily…

EXCLUSIVE: Josh Lieb, former showrunner of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, is joining Charlamagne Tha God's late-night series. Lieb, who was also previously an exec producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, will join the Comedy Central series as an exec producer and he will lead the creative team for its…

EXCLUSIVE: Charlamagne Tha God's late night series is getting a rebrand and a format shake-up at Comedy Central. The Paramount Global-owned cable network is rebranding Tha God's Honest Truth and turning the weekly series into more of a panel format for its second season. The show will now be known as Hell of A Week…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has a new clip from the political thriller 88, which will make its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, screening at the Village East Cinema at 8:30 p.m. The film centers on Femi Jackson (Brandon Victor Dixon), Financial Director for One USA—a democratic super PAC to elect…

Charlamagne tha God, Nicole Brown, Reinaldo Marcus Green, and Danielle Lawson were among the talented creatives who attended the annual African American Film Critics Association Awards on Wednesday night, honoring some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest. Charlamagne, whose show The God’s Honest Truth was recently…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central is doubling down on its latest late-night show Tha God's Honest Truth. Hosted by Lenard McKelvey aka Charlamagne Tha God, the series has been renewed for a second season. It comes after the first season ended its run in December. The weekly series launched on Friday September 17 at 10pm. It…

Travis Scott, whose Astroworld Festival in Houston last month resulted in the deaths of 10 audience members in a crowd crush, says he was unaware of the dangerous situation as he performed on stage, and that he relied on “the professionals” for concert safety. In an hourlong interview with Charlamagne tha God – watch…

Comedy Central has finally unveiled its late-night plans with Charlamagne Tha God. Stephen Colbert, who previously hosted The Colbert Report on the network, is exec producing Tha God's Honest Truth with Lenard 'Charlamagne' McKelvey. The weekly series will launch on Friday September 17 at 10pm. The network had original…

Charlamagne Tha God is staying in business with iHeartMedia. The multimedia mogul, co-host of New York’s Power 105’s nationally syndicated hit radio show The Breakfast Club, has renewed and extended his deal with the company. Under the new five-year pact, Charlamagne will continue his trademark interview style on the…

Comedy Central is preparing a new weekly talk-show fronted by The Breakfast Club host Charlamagne Tha God. The ViacomCBS cable network is set to launch the show later this year, hopefully ahead of the U.S. Presidential Election in November, according to New York Magazine, which broke the story. It is the latest comedy…

Acknowledging that interviews aren’t his strong suit — especially print interviews that make it look like he “just says monstrous things” — Saturday Night Live‘s Pete Davidson nonetheless let loose Monday in a chat with Charlamagne Tha God, revealing that his time with SNL might be nearing an end. “I personally think…

A New York Times-sponsored public conversation between radio host Charlamagne tha God and Kanye West about mental health in the black community has been cancelled, with Charlamagne explaining on Instagram today that the Oct. 17 event would have been “a total distraction.” “Normalizing being mentally healthy is a…