Dave Chappelle Walks Off Stage After Being Heckled During Comedy Show

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It sounds like Dave Chappelle doesn't have a sense of humor when it comes to audience feedback.

The 40-year-old funnyman walked off stage during last night's Funny or Die Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival in Hartford, Conn., after being heckled by some audience members.

Chappelle's onstage tantrum occurred during his standup set. Over a mixture of fan cheers and boos, Chappelle said to the audience, "Thank you. Good night," before setting down the mic and finishing his set. He simply walked off stage to Kanye West's song "New Slaves" as the applause faded and most of the crowd booed his untimely finish.

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Comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted of the incident, "Dear Dave Chappelle's fans: He's one of the best comedians working, & you're not letting him do what he loves. Stop being a--holes."

He followed up with, "Chappelle's touring now, trying to do his usual, brilliant stuff, and the crowds are screaming, ‘I'm Rick James, bitch!' Idiots."

The Oddball festival also tweeted about the heckling, writing, "Hey Hartford! Pipe down and let Dave Chappelle do his thing!"

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Springsteen Gives Trayvon Martin "41 Shots" Salute During Concert In Ireland

Bruce Springsteen is the latest entertainer to join in the backlash following George Zimmerman’s acquittal for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. During a concert in Limerick, Ireland, on Tuesday night, The Boss included a rendition of American Skin (41 Shots) into the setlist, after seeing a sign in the crowd, requesting the song earlier in the evening. According to The Star Ledger, the singer had an impassioned interaction with the fan, who had originally brought the sign.

The Boss has never shied away from sharing his feelings on Trayvon Martin's death.

"He said, 'Where is that sign?' and grabbed it,” said a fan who attended the concert. “He then said, 'I want to send this one out as a letter back home. For justice for Trayvon Martin.'"

The song was written for another tragic occasion, when social tensions were running high. Springsteen penned American Skin in 1999 after Amadou Diallo was shot by police in New York. Springsteen performed it the following year at Madison Square Garden for the final shows of the E Street Band Reunion Tour in 2000, recording it for the subsequent Live in New York City CD released in 2001.

He originally wrote the song in honor of Amadou Diallo.

Tratvon Martin died on February 26th 2012, after a confrontation with police officer George Zimmerman in a gated Florida community. Martin was 17 at the time. Springsteen has repeatedly expressed his position since the event and performed American Skin several times on his Wrecking Ball tour.

The Boss performed it on numerous occasions throughout the tour.

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Springsteen Gives Trayvon Martin "41 Shots" Salute During Concert In Ireland

Bruce Springsteen is the latest entertainer to join in the backlash following George Zimmerman’s acquittal for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. During a concert in Limerick, Ireland, on Tuesday night, The Boss included a rendition of American Skin (41 Shots) into the setlist, after seeing a sign in the crowd, requesting the song earlier in the evening. According to The Star Ledger, the singer had an impassioned interaction with the fan, who had originally brought the sign.

The Boss has never shied away from sharing his feelings on Trayvon Martin's death.

"He said, 'Where is that sign?' and grabbed it,” said a fan who attended the concert. “He then said, 'I want to send this one out as a letter back home. For justice for Trayvon Martin.'"

The song was written for another tragic occasion, when social tensions were running high. Springsteen penned American Skin in 1999 after Amadou Diallo was shot by police in New York. Springsteen performed it the following year at Madison Square Garden for the final shows of the E Street Band Reunion Tour in 2000, recording it for the subsequent Live in New York City CD released in 2001.

He originally wrote the song in honor of Amadou Diallo.

Tratvon Martin died on February 26th 2012, after a confrontation with police officer George Zimmerman in a gated Florida community. Martin was 17 at the time. Springsteen has repeatedly expressed his position since the event and performed American Skin several times on his Wrecking Ball tour.

The Boss performed it on numerous occasions throughout the tour.

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Real-Life Comic-Con Heroes! Police Save Woman During Apparent Suicide Attempt

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Comic-Con almost took a turn for the worst.

Police rushed to save a woman who was hanging from the 14th-floor balcony of a condominium building called the Mark in downtown San Diego on Thursday afternoon in an apparent suicide attempt, according to The Los Angeles Times.

"The call came in as a jumper," Officer Jim Johnson of the San Diego Police Department told the paper. "A female hanging from a balcony. There was something thrown from the balcony and she was crying. After some negotiations, she was taken into custody."

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According to reports, Comic-Con onlookers initially believed the incident was some sort of promotional stunt for a movie, since the building is located above a parking lot where Universal Pictures and Playboy were gearing up to host a party for the film Kick-Ass 2.

Once it became clear that this woman was not part of any promo, people on the ground reportedly began to yell, "Don't do it! Don't jump!"

The female, whose name was not released, was taken to a county mental health facility.

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Thankfully, crisis averted this time. Last year, tragedy struck Comic-Con when a Twilight fan died in a car accident.

San Diego Police Department told E! News at the time, "A 53-year-old white female was killed in a pedestrian vs. vehicle fatality collision at the intersection 5th Ave. and Harbor Drive.

"The preliminary investigation reveals that the woman was running across Harbor Drive, where she nearly ran into the path of a westbound vehicle. She tried to stop but tripped and fell into the car. She received massive head trauma."

Andra Brown from SDPD explained, "The call came in at 9:22 am and she was pronounced dead at 9:51 am at the hospital."

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