The boss laments that it will be hard to catch the thief, because “he won’t do a thing to call attention to himself. Unless, of course, he is a complete and utter moron.” Just then the thief screeches into the car park in a brand new red sports car,...

History Month in Pasadena. Emmett Ashford died in 1980. (Walt Mancini Staff Photographer) He also "got into acting," Cannon said, and played the plate umpire in the 1976 comedy movie about the old Negro League, "The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars &...

Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo."—Richard Pryor I understand and agree to the user agreement, privacy policy, and terms of service. Subscribe to our free content feeds and get...

In it, Richard Pryor’s character mounts a campaign to elect “none of the above” for president. It sounds far-fetched — until you consider how well NOTA might do in a Duluth School Board election. NOTA likely won’t appear on any Duluth ballots soon, but...

I tweeted about what a great story Lin is and how he could rival Tim Tebow. I then gave into another part of my personality -- my immature, sophomoric comedic nature. It's been with me since birth, a gift from my mother and honed as a child listening...

Pryor originally fancied himself a singer. Starting out on the local club circuit, he used to hit the stage and mix it up, alternately singing songs and doing comedy. He began to suspect that he should narrow his focus as a performer one night when he...