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John Early Says This Comedic Legend Made Him Want to Get Into Stand-Up
During “Spill the Com-e-tea,” John Early says Margaret Cho was the first comedian to make him want to get into stand-up comedy, Kate Berlant makes him laugh the most out of all his famous comedian friends and opens up about his worst heckling experience. John also says Amy Sedaris practically created him, adding that it’s been surreal to know her and to tell her that now.
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks hit by tech slump; yen flails at intervention zone
Asian stocks fell on Thursday as disappointing earnings forecasts from Facebook parent Meta Platforms hammered tech shares, while the yen's slump past 155 per dollar for the first time since 1990 raised the spectre of intervention from Tokyo. The predictable hit to Asian tech stocks took MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.7%. Japan's Nikkei slid 1.3%, while China stocks also fell, with the blue-chip CSI300 index down 0.3% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index 0.5% lower.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson Reveals His Number One Hosting Faux Paus
During “Food For Thought,” Tony-winning actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson says chicken enchiladas immediately remind him of growing up in Albuquerque, not having dimmable lights is the number one worst thing you can do while hosting a dinner party, his first date with his husband Justin Mikita was at a place called Cafe Stella in Silver Lake and ice cream is his favorite late night snack.
