Conan O'Brien will receive Mark Twain Prize for comedy

The "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" host is paying tribute to his parents Dr. Thomas F. O'Brien and Ruth Reardon O’Brien, who died three days apart.
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was first given to comedian Richard Pryor in 1998. Over the years, it’s been handed ...
O’Brien will host the Academy Awards three weeks before his own Mark Twain ceremony in Washington. Deborah Rutter, president ...