Bill Maher.By Bill MeredithBill Maher can be -- and undoubtedly has been -- called many things, including the accurate (and printable) tags of talk show host, social critic, actor, author, and documentary filmmaker.But the 54-year-old Maher started out as a stand-up comic while attending Cornell University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in … [Read more...]
Commentary: TV’s Maher gets off to shaky start in new season
Comedian Bill Maher.By John ThomasonThe seventh year of Real Time with Bill Maher (10 p.m. Fridays, HBO) began on a clunky note.The opening monologue Friday of the comedian/provocateur’s first show since November yielded only a couple of memorable quips, comic gold hidden among pyrite bombs like, “Sean Penn showed up in a rented huff,” to the Oscars because of the tight … [Read more...]