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Bill Maher receives Mark Twain Prize at Kennedy Center

writersJun 29, 2026471,770

Comedian Bill Maher received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, accepting the honor at a ceremony that drew comedians Louis C.K. and Jay Leno and political figures including Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA). Maher, a frequent critic of former President Donald Trump, cracked jokes about the tarp covering the Kennedy Center’s front signage, saying "Only he could think of that." The ceremony took place amid uncertainty at the Washington institution, which CNN reports is entangled in a legal battle related to President Trump’s effort to overhaul the center, making the covered signage a visible backdrop to the event.

Walker Bragman
@walkerbragman.bsky.social

Bill Maher has been right-pivoting for years. The seeds were there all along—his Islamophobia, for example, was never a secret. But the pandemic really saw Maher move right in a way he hadn’t before. He didn’t take the crisis seriously by his own admission. www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-ne...

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Rav
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Of course Bill Maher would have Kevin Spacey on his podcast.

A still image from a YouTube video showing two old men sitting down for an interview. It is Kevin Spacey and Bill Maher.
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