Las Vegas Review-Journal | Thu, May 28
Thu, May 28
Alas, "Chocolate News," the sketch-comedy vehicle Grier worked two years to develop, was dropped by Comedy Central last year. But he doesn't have to start promoting his book, "Barack Like Me," a comic memoir and reflection on the presidential campaign, ...
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