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16-05-2025
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Fox News Digital's News Quiz: May 16, 2025
An ice cream brand co-founder was arrested at a Senate hearing, and a singer testified at Diddy's trial. How well did you follow the news this week? Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz. Looking for more fun? Nate Bargatze opened up about his faith in last week's News Quiz. Test yourself on May marvels, hamburger history and lyrical legends in this week's American Culture Quiz. If you're looking to play even more, you can find all of our quizzes by clicking here. Check back next week for the latest News Quiz from Fox News Digital. Thanks for playing!
Yahoo
12-05-2025
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Comedian Nate Bargatze breaks Elton John's attendance record in Duluth
Comedian Nate Bargatze kicked off his U.S. tour in Duluth Thursday night, breaking a long-held ticket sale record in the process. Bargatze performed at Duluth's AMSOIL Arena on Thursday, marking the start of the U.S. leg of his "Big Dumb Eyes" tour. The venue reported it had sold 7,840 tickets to Bargatze's show, breaking a record of 7,600 set by Elton John in 2011. "Nate Bargatze was just in Dublin and now he's in Duluth, Minnesota, shattering a 14-year attendance record of Sir Elton John," Daniel Hartman, executive director of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, said in a statement. "It was a fantastic night at AMSOIL Arena!" Bargatze, who received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album in 2023, has gained widespread recognition for his Netflix specials and his Nateland podcast. Bargatze will also make stops in St. Paul and Rochester during his tour. He'll perform at the Xcel Energy Center on July 26 and 27 and at the Mayo Civic Center on Sep. 17.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
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Nate Bargatze Reveals His Wife's Reaction to Being Mocked in His Stand Up (Exclusive)
Nate Bargatze has been married to Laura Bargatze for 19 years He often jokes about her (and her hyper organizational skills!) onstage during his stand-up routines He explains the difference between making fun of someone, and it coming from a place of loveStand-up comedian Nate Bargatze often talks about his wife Laura Bargatze during his sets — especially when he's talking about how she manages their household and finances. The good news? She's fully in on the joke. "She's been fine with it," Nate tells PEOPLE with a laugh. "She's got a great sense of humor, and she likes it when we're making fun of each other. But you have to show love." He admits that when he was first starting, he was less adept at the gentle mocking, and it didn't come off very well. "At the beginning, when I first started, this was something I didn't know how to do very well," he says. "You have to show that it's coming from a place of love for the audience to go along with you. And at the beginning, I was not showing that very well, and you could feel the crowd be like, 'Man, just be divorced,' Which was not the point. So yeah, you have to learn how to do it." He adds that if he's teasing his wife onstage — whom he met while they were both waiting tables at Applebee's in Nashville when they were in their early 20s — he needs to make sure he's making fun of himself twice as hard. "The jokes are mostly on me," he says. "I want to make fun of her, I have to make fun of me times two. But I'm very fortunate in that she's been very good about it. And she still keeps providing me with material." Bargateze, who just released his first book, Big Dumb Eyes: Stories From a Simpler Mind, just two weeks after being tapped to host this year's Emmy Awards, says his recent rise to global fame has been a wild ride. (He shot to a new level of stardom when he hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time in 2023.) 'I've been doing comedy for 20 years, but it does feel like it happened overnight," he say of fame after hosting. "To reach the mainstream has just been a whole other level." Now, he's about to film his first movie (The Breadwinner, costarring Mandy Moore) and through his Nateland Entertainment company, he hopes to keep churning out the kind of fare the whole family can watch together. "Life is still pretty normal," he says, noting that he and Laura and their daughter Harper still live in the same house and neighborhood in Nashville, and mostly hang out with their neighbors and old friends. "We live in a very normal neighborhood and not really around show business, so it's as normal as it can be," he says. "But yeah, I mean it's changing‚ if anyone sees my brother or sister's last name, now they're like "Are you [related] to...?' But everybody's taking it in stride and is super supportive." He does admit his contact list is loaded with fellow famous comedian pals these days. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "Sometimes I'll show my buddy my text threads, and it will be like him and then it's Jerry Seinfeld and Jimmy Fallon and Chris Rock, and then him again, and I'll just show him like, 'Look at where you're at! Good company." Big Dumb Eyes: Stories From a Simpler Mind is available now wherever books are sold. Read the original article on People
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09-05-2025
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Fox News Digital's News Quiz: May 9, 2025
Nate Bargatze opens up about his faith, and satellite images point to a secret nuclear site. Were you paying attention to the headlines this week? Find out by taking the Fox News Digital News Quiz. Looking for more fun? A celebrity A-lister hinted on Instagram about how recent online backlash left her feeling. Test your knowledge with last week's News Quiz. Test yourself on great golfers, mushroom meccas and legendary ladies in this week's American Culture Quiz. If you're looking to play even more, you can find all of our quizzes by clicking here. Check back next week for the latest News Quiz from Fox News Digital. Thanks for playing!
Yahoo
08-05-2025
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Comedian Nate Bargatze talks the importance of his Christian faith, says he goes to church ‘as much as I can'
Stand-up comedy superstar Nate Bargatze is opening up about the importance of his Christian faith. In an interview with Esquire published Monday, the Nashville native talked about how influential his faith is on his life and on his stand-up material. "It's a good thing to be around. I think it makes you feel grounded," he said, adding that he goes "[to church] as much as I can" when he's home from touring. Rob Schneider's New Book Calls On All Americans To Defend Their Free Speech: 'Stand Up' Or 'We'll Lose It' Bargatze, who was No. 1 on Billboard's Top 10 Highest-Grossing Comedy Tours of 2024 list, has joked about his Christian upbringing in his stand-up but not in the harsh, deprecating way that some other comics can when they want to bash religion. Esquire mentioned one of the jokes from his recent Amazon Prime special, "Hello, World," during which the comic said, "I had '80s and '90s Christian parents." "Well, that's the most Christian you can get of the Christian. I think Jesus had more fun than I did." Read On The Fox News App The comedian told Esquire he couldn't watch "The Simpsons" growing up and described his born-again Christian parents as "the most strict." Actress Issa Rae Cancels Sold-out Kennedy Center Show After Trump Named Chairman Of Venue In a 2023 interview with Fox News Digital, Bargatze also discussed his strict, Christian upbringing. "I grew up that way," he said. "I come from a Christian family and Southern Christian, so I wasn't allowed to watch anything, which I talk about in the special. And so growing up and only watching clean comedians, it was just how I was going to be. And it would feel forced if I was not." He also described how his parents' influence directly shaped his clean, family-friendly style of stand-up comedy, noting that he can't imagine doing raunchy comedy even now because, "I still feel I will get in trouble," he said. "I'll get in trouble and I will disappoint them. I don't want to disappoint my parents," he said, adding that he feels this responsibility even more as their firstborn son. Comedian Nate Bargatze Says Disney Has Abandoned Its Audience As He Talks About Building Rival Media Empire "I just can't imagine cursing in front of your parents," he said. "Still, even now, I'm 43-years-old, and I still just couldn't do that. So that's how I write. I think I write my comedy to — a lot of it is to make my parents laugh. I want them to be proud and be like, 'Oh, come watch my son do comedy,' and not be offended by it. I just don't have that in me to want to offend someone or make someone feel bad." Bergatze also talked to Esquire about have been sober since 2019, telling the outlet he gave up alcohol because he thought it was holding him back from advancing his career. "I did not have a control on it to… I would go too hard with it. But I knew, if I want to go where I want to go, this is in the way," he article source: Comedian Nate Bargatze talks the importance of his Christian faith, says he goes to church 'as much as I can'
