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Amy Poehler: ‘Comedy Has Saved My Life Many Times’
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Amy Poehler got earnest about her love for comedy while accepting an honor at the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards. “There’s no greater joy for me than laughing at people who I love — laughing with them and at them, both! And them laughing with me,” Poehler said on stage at the cer
Amy Poehler got earnest about her love for comedy while accepting an honor at the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards. “There’s no greater joy for me than laughing at people who I love — laughing with them and at them, both!
And them laughing with me,” Poehler said on stage at the ceremony, which took place […]
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