American Clown” “Be a clown, be a clown, all the world loves a clown.” Those lyrics by the great Cole Porter were written in ...

Known from the "Terrifer" film series, the creepy clown has been seen roaming around Universal's Halloween Nights.

Natalie Palamides and Julia Masli are among the stars of a new clowning movement that revels in the comedy of failure. How ...

If you’ve noticed a trio of clowns in the sky, it’s no cause for concern. A special shape balloon named Carnival has ...

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It’s a reminder of how porous the line between horror and comedy really is. Both rely on timing, misdirection, and a willingness to lean into the absurd, and Thornton understands this instinctively.

Generating funny captions seemed unlikely, so Hessel and his collaborators designed a benchmark challenging models to match a ...