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A portrait of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is placed at a makeshift memorial at the Iranian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 20, 2024. Raisi, a hard-line protege of the country's supreme leader who helped oversee the mass executions of thousands in 1988 and later led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, launched a major attack on Israel and experienced mass protests, has died Sunday, May 19. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A Franz Ferdinand moment?

By Brandon J. Weichert

Mark Twain Prize recipient Adam Sandler is introduced at the start of the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Adam Sandler receives Mark Twain Prize, praise from comic pals

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

Jon Stewart is the latest recipient of the Mark Twain prize for lifetime achievement in comedy, an honor being bestowed Sunday, April 24, 2022, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.(Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Stewart receives the Mark Twain Prize for American humor

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. He was 95. (AP Photo/Jerry Mosey, File)

Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Will Ferrell wins nation’s top humor prize in DC

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Comedian Will Ferrell embraces the applause at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington while accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. (Associated Press)

Tuning In to TV

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Actor-comedian Will Ferrell, who on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, received the Mark Twain Prize, the nation's top honor for humor, blows a kiss to the audience at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Will Ferrell wins nation’s top humor prize

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Will Ferrell wins nation’s top humor prize in DC

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Jack Black, Conan to salute Will Ferrell in DC

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Actor-comedian Will Ferrell will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a Kennedy Center ceremony Oct. 23. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Jack Black, Conan to salute Will Ferrell at KenCen

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Will Ferrell

Tuning in to TV

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this undated photo, author Mark Twain, born Samuel Clemen, is shown. (AP Photo, file)

Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: Mark Twain himself after 100 years

By James E. Person Jr. - The Washington Times

Mark Twain (AP Photo/The Mark Twain House & Museum, file)

New edition removes Mark Twain’s ‘offensive’ words

By Phillip Rawls - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Skeptic’s Guide to Writers’ Houses’

By John Greenya - The Washington Times

FILE - Actor Hal Holbrook greets patrons in stage make-up following his one man performance in "Mark Twain Tonight" at the University of Texas at Tyler, Texas, in this Jan. 13, 2007 file photo. The crowd sang happy 175th birthday to Mark Twain before the lights went down at the Clemens Center, Tuesday night Nov. 30, 2010 then laughed along with the nearest incarnation of the late author and humorist: Hal Holbrook. The 85-year-old actor once again put on his white suit and makeup and reminisced, wisecracked, smoked and scolded Tuesday night in the latest, and not the last, stage re-enactment of Twain's world famous speaking engagements from the turn of the 20th century. Twain died 100 years ago in April and is buried in Elmira, home to the family of his adored wife, Olivia. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman, File)

Holbrook performs Twain on author’s 175th birthday

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Holbrook performs Twain on author’s 175th birthday

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Tina Fey thanks Palin for her success

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Tina Fey thanks Palin for her success

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

The story of Huck Finn’s no-account father