The Washington Post

Comics roast Conan O’Brien, torch Trump at Kennedy Center’s Twain Prize

Some of the United States’ best-known comedians gathered at the Kennedy Center on Sunday to praise and jab this year’s recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Conan O’Brien, while ...
NPR

Kevin Hart takes home his Mark Twain Prize for American humor

Comedians love to rib each other. It's almost a requirement for the job and there was plenty of it for Kevin Hart Sunday night as he received the 25th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The ...
Variety

Netflix to Telecast the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Under New Multi-Year Deal

A year after it moved from its longtime PBS home to CNN, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is switching telecast partners again. Netflix has struck a multi-year deal with the John F. Kennedy ...
Los Angeles Times

Mark Twain is known for his sense of humor — but he also savored revenge

Mark Twain was America’s first celebrity, a multiplatform entertainer loved and recognized all over the world. Fans from America to Europe to Australia bought his books and flocked to his one-man ...
Vulture

Conan O’Brien Accepts the Mark Twain Prize With ‘Unceasing Silliness’

These are the full remarks made by Conan O’Brien upon receiving the 2025 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The award is given annually to comedians ...