Spotify Removes Comedy Albums In Dispute With Spoken Giants Over Publishing royalties
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R.I.P. Ricarlo Flanagan, 1981-2021
Ricarlo Flanagan was supposed to drop a new album today. But yesterday, friends and family mourned the comedian, actor and rapper, who died from COVID-19. Flanagan was 40. Originally from Ohio, Flanagan moved to Detroit in 2006 to advance his comedy and musical aspirations. He released his debut comedy album, …
Bo Burnham Wins Three Emmys At Least for ‘Inside’
Bo Burnham received six Emmy nominations for his end-of-the-eligibility-period Netflix special, Inside, recorded, shot and edited all by himself in isolation in his guest house. And he already has won three Emmys for it. Over the weekend, the Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies bestowed him with the statues for both writing …
Josh Blue Performs on Semifinals Of America’s Got Talent 2021
Will Josh Blue be the last comic standing on America’s Got Talent 2021? For his semifinals performance on Tuesday, he tied in the recent closing of the Paralympics Games in Tokyo to joke about his own past experience with the U.S. Paralympic Soccer Team.
Kabir Singh Performs on Semifinals of America’s Got Talent 2021
We already have one stand-up comedian in this year’s finals of America’s Got Talent. Could we have more? Here’s Kabir Singh shooting his shot in the semis during Tuesday’s live telecast. He’s certainly not ready for rejection in his personal life, as these jokes about his dating life prove. Voting …
R.I.P. Fuquan Johnson and Enrico Coangeli
If you haven’t already heard or seen the news ricocheting across social media and on local Los Angeles TV news, we’ve lost two more comedians over the weekend. Fuquan Johnson, 43, and Enrico Coangeli (aka Rico Angeli), 48, died late Friday night at a house party in the Venice Beach …
Ed Larson on ‘How America Killed My Mother’
How America Killed My Mother is a deeply personal documentary for comedian Ed Larson. Of course, so many more people might share this sentiment in the ongoing wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this movie and this journey isn’t about that. Larson’s mother, Kathy Larson, died from diabetes at 65, …
Comedy Central Filming Three More Half-Hours: Caleb Synan, Ismael Loutfi, and Amy Miller
Comedy Central’s new leaner production/programming strategy continues to surprise, as is the case with the announcement of three more new half-hours, all to be filmed Sept. 15, 2021, at The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn alongside a bunch of shorter stand-up showcase sets for the network’s digital platforms. Caleb Synan, Ismael …
Gina Brillon’s Performance on the Semifinals of America’s Got Talent 2021
Gina Brillon’s semifinal performance on America’s Got Talent 2021 focused on how small children have no filters so they say exactly what they mean. Perhaps the girlfriends she picked for her wedding should’ve had some filters.
Michael Winslow’s Performance on the Semifinals of America’s Got Talent 2021
The semifinals of AGT 2021 began with Tuesday’s live show, and Michael Winslow upped the ante on his vocal performance by taking requests from the judges by categories lit up behind him to show off his skills. Would you vote for him to make the finals?