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Bill Cosby to headline White Plains show in September

Bill Cosby — star of the stand-up circuit,

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Bill Cosby will headline a Sept. 7 show at the Westchester County Center (198 Central Ave., White Plains; 914-995-4050; wmconcerts.com), with the tickets presale kicking off at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Besides his incredible TV résumé -- which includes "The Cosby Show," "Fat Albert," "I Spy," to name a few -- Cosby might be even more revered for his laid-back, observational...

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Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon earn Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week

Mariah Carey, Jimmy Fallon and Jordan Peele share

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It's a particularly visual edition of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week, which, as usual, focuses on the best of Twitter from celebrities with connections to the Hudson Valley.

Because the following embedded tweets, links, pictures and videos involve HTML coding, this feature is best viewed with a Web browser. If you missed previous installments of the Hudson Valley Tweets of the Week,...

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Levity Live stand-up comedy class notebook: Last call before showtime

Newsday Westchester entertainment reporter Chris Serico practices stand-up

At the Levity Live comedy club in West Nyack, stand-up comedy classes are under way — and I'm among the students trying to bring down the house. Throughout the eight-week course, I'll be reporting on the experience from a first-person perspective. If you missed part one, click here. For part two, click here. Here's part three.

WEEK FIVE: A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S TO COME

Last week, when Manhattan...

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Tom Cotter's wife, Kerri Louise, auditions for 'America's Got Talent'

Comedians Tom Cotter and his wife, Kerri Louise,

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When Stony Point resident Tom Cotter finished as the runner-up last year on the NBC reality TV competition "America's Got Talent," his wife, fellow comedian Kerri Louise, stood by his side. Now, it's Louise's turn to see if she can take home "AGT's" top prize.

Last Wednesday, Louise performed a 90-second set in front of a packed Hammerstein Ballroom, which included the...

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'SNL' star Bobby Moynihan talks to Howard Stern, Artie Lange

Actor Bobby Moynihan arrives to the LA screening

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"Saturday Night Live" star Bobby Moynihan stopped by the talk shows of Howard Stern and Artie Lange on successive weekdays to promote his supporting role in "The Brass Teapot," in theaters today.

In "The Brass Teapot," Moynihan plays Chuck, a friend of a poor married couple that finds a brass teapot at an antique shop, and discovers the teapot spills money whenever...

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Levity Live stand-up comedy class notebook: Bombing and recovering

Newsday Westchester entertainment reporter Chris Serico practices stand-up

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At the Levity Live comedy club in West Nyack, stand-up comedy classes are under way — and I'm among the students trying to bring down the house. Throughout the eight-week course, I'll be reporting on the experience from a first-person perspective. If you missed part one, which covers the first two weeks of the class, click here. Here's part two.

WEEK THREE: BOMBS AWAY

I don't pretend...

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Jimmy Fallon to host 'Tonight Show' in spring 2014

Raised in Saugerties, Jimmy Fallon is the host

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Jimmy Fallon has finalized a deal with NBC to succeed Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" and tape it in New York City in the spring of 2014.

NBC confirmed the news Wednesday through a press release, which also quoted Leno as saying: "Congratulations, Jimmy. I hope you're as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you're the old guy. If you need me, I'll be at the garage.”

The...

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Ben Stiller, Mike Myers featured on tonight's 'Inside Comedy'

Mike Myers, a former Pound Ridge resident, is

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Mike Myers and Ben Stiller get candid about their careers with host David Steinberg on tonight's episode of Showtime's "Inside Comedy."

Myers, a former Pound Ridge resident, chats about the personal experiences that led to his "Austin Powers" trilogy, while Stiller, who owns a home in Chappaqua, looks back on the "Blue Steel" pose and other circumstances that...

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Artie Lange: Howard Stern would thrive as 'Late Night' host

Comedian Artie Lange performs at NYCB Theatre at

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Howard Stern's former sidekick, Artie Lange, said the so-called "King of All Media" would be a worthy successor to Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" — assuming Stern would even want the gig.

"I think Howard would do great in a late-night situation on television," Lange told me last week. "I always thought that. The guy knows how to entertain people, man....

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Levity Live stand-up comedy class notebook: Is this thing on?

The exterior of Levity Live, a comedy club

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At the Levity Live comedy club in West Nyack, stand-up comedy classes are under way — and I'm among the students trying to bring down the house. Throughout the eight-week course, I'll be reporting on the experience from a first-person perspective. Here's part one.

If failure is a requirement for success, my first attempt at stand-up comedy as a senior at Eastchester High School's gong show...

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