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Conan O'Brien to receive Mark Twain Prize, joining other late-night legends

Conan O'Brien will become the latest late-night comedy king to be crowned with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor this year. The Kennedy Center will present the honor − a distinction given in the ...
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Ellen DeGeneres to Receive Mark Twain Prize

Ellen DeGeneres is set to step into rarified air this fall as she's been announced as the 2012 recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. VIDEO: Brad Pitt & Ellen DeGeneres Tour Lower 9th ...
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Conan O'Brien accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor as politics roils the Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize, Conan O'Brien made sure the ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ...
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Ben Shattuck’s hip and ironic ‘The History of Sound’ a perfect pick for Mark Twain award

The idea of Ben Shattuck’s “The History of Sound” winning the 2025 Mark Twain American Voices in Literature Award from the Mark Twain House & Museum seems impossibly appropriate. The short story ...