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'Twain hated bullies.' Conan O'Brien says at Mark Twain Prize ceremony at Kennedy Center

O'Brien thanked the pre-Trump Kennedy Center leadership. O'Brien gave tribute to Mark Twain, espousing his American values in the modern political landscape. Conan O'Brien took an unusual jab at ...
Yahoo

Conan O’Brien Feted With Mark Twain Prize as Comedians Take Aim at Trump: ‘I Miss the Days When You Were America’s Only Orange A–hole’

Talk show veteran Conan O’Brien was feted with the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Sunday in a lively production that blended accolades from numerous colleagues with occasional ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Conan O’Brien Accepts Mark Twain Prize for Humor While Acknowledging the Kennedy Center’s Uncertain Future

Among those paying tribute to the comedian at Sunday night's event in Washington, D.C., were Adam Sandler, John Mulaney, Sarah Silverman and a dozen Mark Twain impersonators. By The Associated Press ...
Hartford Courant

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 ...
KWCH

Conan O’Brien honored with 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 ...
Sun Sentinel

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 ...