The mouth that roared, Kathy Griffin has pissed off Barbara Walters, offended Jesus freaks, and said “f**king” on TV, but she keeps on tr**king, more abrasively funny than ever. Chatty Kathy will appear at Carnegie Hall on November 8 as part of the Caroline Hirsch-founded New York Comedy Festival. En route, I strapped…

Last night, Showtime aired the documentary Why We Laugh: Funny Women, a follow-up to its 2009 doc Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy. Dozens of female comedians were interviewed for it, including titans like Joan Rivers, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Aisha Tyler and Kathy Griffin, who riffed on what it's…

Kathy Griffin continued her annual New Years Eve tradition of making her CNN cohost Anderson Cooper squirm and giggle in front of the massive crowd in Times Square and the families watching at home. Cooper's coming out this year apparently had no effect on his attitude toward getting felt up by Griffin in public…

Speaking of Anderson Cooper, the Silver Fox let his hair down during an appearance on last night's Kathy, recounting an amusing anecdote about an intrusive passenger aboard his flight from New York to Los Angeles earlier that day.

Last night, Bravo debuted Kathy Griffin's weekly talk show, Kathy, and it was not the disaster that such shows' first episodes often are. At one point, Griffin referred to her platform as "Kathy starring Kathy with me, Kathy," except that kind of egocentrism was mostly left to play out in her head. The format is…

Kathy Griffin and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are featured in this year's "Out 100," the list of 100 GLBT movers and shakers that Out magazine curates every year. But instead of celebrating the honorees, Out apparently decided to torture them.

Kathy Griffin stopped by the set of Conan this evening and recounted an encounter she had with Michele Bachmann in Washington back in March. After first asking Bachmann if she'd be willing to support a rally to repeal don't ask don't tell, Griffin put the following question to the congresswoman and GOP presidential…

Say what you will about Larry King, but when he had Kathy Griffin on his show, there was chemistry. The same can't be said for Griffin and Piers Morgan, as we learned tonight during his painfully dull interview with the comedian on CNN. Video of the worst two minutes, featuring awkward sexual banter and an even more…

In a preview clip from her upcoming comedy special Gurrl Down, Kathy Griffin takes on Bristol Palin's recent jaw surgery. Spoiler alert: Much like the rest of the world, Kathy doesn't believe the surgery was for "medical reasons."

Last night was the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards, which is like the Oscars of the fashion industry, except it wasn't televised, we didn't speculate about the winners for months on end, and there were even more gay men in attendance. Naturally, with anything fashion-related, there were a ton of wacky…

At their big Regional competition the New Directions introduced their first original songs. It was with great fear and trepidation we watched, because they were sure to be a disaster. We were all proven right—and wrong.

Today, Kathy Griffin stopped by Rachael Ray to promote her new Broadway show Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony. And what will get her the most prestigious award of the Great White Way? A visit from the Palin family, of course!

TV funny lady Kathy Griffin stopped by Gawker HQ on Tuesday afternoon for a few hours of very hard labor. She delivered lunch, got us beverages, and even wrote her first ever blog post. She even chewed out Gawker chief Nick Denton. Take a look at how she spent her day as our indentured servant.

Comedian and reality TV star Kathy Griffin is in New York gearing up for Kathy Wants a Tony, her Broadway debut. She's agreed to spend some time in our indentured servitude tomorrow afternoon. So, how should we haze poor Ms. Griffin?

Women begin to flee Charlie Sheen and CBS cancels his show, but he says they just "can't handle my power." Dianna Agron's "psycho" ex-boyfriend's house catches fire. Christina Aguilera gets drunk and bangs her boyfriend in the bathroom at a family get-together. TGIFriday gossip.

Lindsay Lohan says the jewelry store that filed grand theft charges against her keeps changing their story. Scarlett Johansson is supposedly diddling Sean Penn, Jennifer Aniston wants to move to New York, and Pete Wentz is getting divorced against his will. Thursday's gossip makes bad decisions.

Willingly involved! You never know a guy until you do, huh? Also today: A Ouija board movie directed by McG sure is going to be good, Camille Grammer is to retire on Frasier money, and Illeana Douglas news.

For two weeks, Anderson Cooper is taking over Larry King's old CNN time slot. Tonight, during a chat with Joy Behar, Phyllis Diller, Kathy Griffin and Joan Rivers, Cooper admitted his love for Oprah Winfrey and OWN's programming. Watch inside.

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