LOS ANGELES -- Controversy is growing over comedian Dave Chappelle and his recent jokes about the LGBTQ+ community that some say went too far. Now there are calls for the popular comedian's recent ...

Premiered in 2021 on Netflix, Dave Chappelle: The Closer is a live comedy special. Directed by Stan Lathan and written by Dave Chappelle, the comedy special is a 72-minute soiree of Chappelle’s worst ...

Dave Chappelle will release a new stand-up special on Netflix on New Year’s Eve. The news was announced on X/Twitter, with the streaming service’s official Netflix is a Joke account posting a short ...

In his new Netflix special, Dave Chappelle tries — and often fails — to justify button-pushing jokes about gay people, transgender people and... For Dave Chappelle, punchlines are dares. His new ...

Dave Chappelle in his most recent Netflix special, 'The Closer' Credit - Mathieu Bitton/Netflix The special, which arrived on Oct. 5, has resulted in plenty of backlash from the LGBTQ community and ...

Netflix does not plan to remove Dave Chappelle's new comedy special from its platform amid criticism over several jokes that have been perceived as transphobic, according to an internal memo obtained ...

Dave Chappelle is facing more backlash from the LGBTQ community. During his newly released standup special The Closer, the polarizing comedian expressed his support for J.K. Rowling, who was widely ...

The film is the seventh that he has released with the streaming giant. “The Dreamer” was shot in Chappelle’s hometown of Washington, DC at the historic Lincoln Theatre. Emmy Award-winning director ...

Comedian Dave Chappelle, despite the ongoing controversy around his material and its targets, won his fifth Grammy for Best Comedy Album during the pre-telecast portion of the awards on Sunday. The ...

Dave Chappelle does not make it easy. He is one of the most brilliant stand-up comics in the business. But he also makes a sport of challenging his audience — putting ideas in front of them that he ...