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FILE - In this May 17, 2021, file photo, Emily Baumgartner, left, and Luke Finley, second from left, join friends from their church group in a birthday toast to one of the members, upper right, during their weekly "Monday Night Hang" gathering at the Tiki Bar on Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York. After a statewide midnight curfew on outdoor dining ended May 17, a similar indoor curfew for bars and restaurants ended on Monday, May 31 as coronavirus restrictions ease. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
NY lifts statewide virus curfew for indoor bars, eateries

May. 31, 2021 09:17 AM EDT

Stand-up comedian Maz Jobrani poses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. For Iranian-American Maz Jobrani, a stand-up show in Dubai marked the first time he's been in front of a major live audience overseas since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and he feels it. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Politics still pack a punch(line) for Iranian-American comic

By Malak Harb May. 31, 2021 02:03 AM EDT

FILE - This July 17, 2019 file photo shows Jerry Seinfeld at the "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee," photo call in Beverly Hills, Calif. In Seinfeld's new book, “Is This Anything?” Seinfeld reveals a timeline of jokes he's written over the past 45 years, showing how a 21-year-old kid from New York's Long Island evolved into arguably one of the greatest stand-up comics of his time. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Jerry Seinfeld digs into 45 years of his jokes for new book

By John Rogers Nov. 27, 2020 11:43 AM EST

In this image released by Universal Pictures, Pete Davidson appears in a scene from "The King of Staten Island," directed by Judd Apatow. (Mary Cybulski/Universal Pictures via AP)
Pete Davidson: 'The King of Staten Island' is 100% me

By Jake Coyle Jun. 10, 2020 03:42 PM EDT