Comedian Conan O'Brien is the latest former late-night host to receive the Mark Twain prize: a distinction for American humor ...

Before hosting this year’s Oscars, comedian Conan O’Brien will accept his own big award. The Emmy Award winner, set to host ...

but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien quipped, in a Kennedy Center release. The prize's namesake, author Mark Twain, divined his pen name from a navigation term used by steamboat captains ...

“I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot,” O’Brien joked in the announcement — with a nod to the prize’s namesake, ...