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July 11, 2018 / 8:11 PM

Dennis Rodman, Martha Stewart to help roast Bruce Willis

Dennis Rodman will be one of the celebrities to mock Bruce Willis at Comedy Central's roast Saturday. File Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI

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July 11 (UPI) -- NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman and media mogul Martha Stewart are confirmed to participate in Saturday's taping of The Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis.

The show is scheduled to air on the cable network July 29. Willis' Looper co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to host the event.

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Previously announced roasters include Nikki Glaser, Lil Rel Howery, Dom Irrera, Edward Norton, Kevin Pollak, Jeff Ross and Cybill Shepherd.

Willis, 63, is known for his work in the TV series Moonlighting, the Die Hard film franchise, and movies Death Becomes Her, Pulp Fiction, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense, Sin City, Red and Moonrise Kingdom. He will soon be seen in Glass, the sequel to 2000's Unbreakable.

Comedy Central has previously skewered Rob Lowe, Justin Bieber, James Franco, Charlie Sheen, President Donald Trump, William Shatner and Pamela Anderson.

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— Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) July 11, 2018

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