Bill Maher

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actor comedian film producer human political commentator television host writer

Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host known for his satirical takes on religion and politics, particularly through his show "Real Time with Bill Maher."

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Label	Occurrences
Bill Maher canonical	4
Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home	1

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Target entity: Bill Maher
Context triple: [Richard Dawkins Award, notableRecipient, Bill Maher]

A. Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political satirist, and television host best known for his work on "The Colbert Report" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
B. Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, and former host of "The Daily Show," widely known for his sharp political satire and influence on contemporary news comedy.
C. Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, and actor known for his acerbic wit and work on Saturday Night Live and various political commentary programs.
D. Steve Ross
Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
E. Colbert
Colbert is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the influential 17th-century statesman who served as finance minister under King Louis XIV.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Bill Maher
Target entity description: Bill Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host known for his satirical takes on religion and politics, particularly through his show "Real Time with Bill Maher."

A. Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political satirist, and television host best known for his work on "The Colbert Report" and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
B. Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, and former host of "The Daily Show," widely known for his sharp political satire and influence on contemporary news comedy.
C. Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller is an American stand-up comedian, talk show host, and actor known for his acerbic wit and work on Saturday Night Live and various political commentary programs.
D. Steve Ross
Steve Ross was an American businessman best known for building Warner Communications into a media powerhouse and serving as a key architect of what became Time Warner.
E. Colbert
Colbert is a French surname most famously associated with Jean-Baptiste Colbert, the influential 17th-century statesman who served as finance minister under King Louis XIV.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ comedian ⓘ film producer ⓘ human ⓘ political commentator ⓘ television host ⓘ writer ⓘ
awardReceived	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ surface form: Primetime Emmy Award
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creatorOf	Politically Incorrect ⓘ Real Time with Bill Maher ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1956-01-20 ⓘ
educatedAt	Cornell University ⓘ Cornell University ⓘ surface form: Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences
employer	ABC ⓘ HBO ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish American ⓘ Jewish American ⓘ
familyName	Maher ⓘ
fieldOfWork	current events ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ
fullName	William Maher ⓘ
genre	black comedy ⓘ observational comedy ⓘ political satire ⓘ satire ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasReligion	agnosticism ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.billmaher.com/ ⓘ
hostOf	Politically Incorrect ⓘ Real Time with Bill Maher ⓘ
knownFor	panel discussions with guests on current events ⓘ satirical commentary on politics ⓘ satirical commentary on religion ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
nominatedFor	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series ⓘ surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series
notableWork	Politically Incorrect ⓘ Real Time with Bill Maher ⓘ Religulous ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ film producer ⓘ political pundit ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stand-up comedian ⓘ television presenter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
politicalAlignment	liberal ⓘ libertarian-leaning ⓘ
producerOf	Religulous ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
starredIn	Religulous ⓘ

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Richard Dawkins Award → notableRecipient → Bill Maher ⓘ

Lenny Bruce → influenced → Bill Maher ⓘ

Mort Sahl → influenced → Bill Maher ⓘ

Brad Grey → workedWith → Bill Maher ⓘ

Troy Miller → notableWork → Bill Maher ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home

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