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SiriusXM Canada and Just For Laughs announced a joint partnership on Monday to launch Just For Laughs Radio this spring on Ch. 168, “with a focus on Canadian artists plus comics from around the world.” Sounds great, right? Here’s the thing, though: Ch. 168 already is a thing, Canada Laughs, which is all …
Hoping for the best for Amy Schumer and her soon-to-be-due baby, as complications from Hyperemesis have forced the comedian to cancel the final week of her stand-up comedy tour. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of unrelenting nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. That’s obviously not a good look when …
Brody Stevens was bombing, but all of the comedians were howling. I could’ve been talking about a show last week, or last year, but this was also the case the first time I saw Steven Brody Stevens perform live, onstage at the weekly open mics at Seattle’s Comedy Underground in …
Jess Kelley-Madera, an independent improv comedy coach, used to perform at the Reckless Theater in New York City until the joint closed when its founder acknowledged his pattern of inappropriate behavior. Kelley-Madera has studied at the UCB and currently with the Magnet Theater. But she’d like to help be part …
Last week, he was “America’s Favorite Houseguest.” This week, he’s finally an American citizen. Comedian Tom Green, fresh off a fan favorite cash prize after participating in the second season of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS, officially became a U.S. citizen during a group swearing-in Wednesday in Los Angeles. Green …
Last summer, The Lonely Island performed live in concert for their first time as a band at Comedy Central’s Clusterfest in San Francisco. This summer, they’re going on their first tour. Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone today announced their first ever multi-city tour, kicking off on June 15 …
Congrats to Bo Burnham and the rest of this year’s WGA winners from the Writers Guild, announced Sunday night. Burnham jokingly pointed out in his acceptance speech that all the “losers” in his category would just have to go and have fun at next weekend’s Academy Awards without him. Chelsea …
In case you missed it, yes, that was Marc Maron as Marc Maron, becoming Simpsonized as The Simpsons put in his WTF podcast as a subplot on Sunday night’s episode, getting Krusty the Clown to divulge some personal truths. Check it out! (Congrats, too, to Loudon Wainwright and Bobcat Goldthwait …
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. announced this month that the estate of the late Garry Shandling has bequeathed $15.2 million to the med school. Shandling, the comedian, actor, director, writer and producer who died in March 2016, earmarked the funds to benefit three units — the division of endocrinology, …
Back in the mid-2000s, Comedy Central boasted weekly episodes of The Showbiz Show with David Spade and Crank Yankers. Is it 2005 again? Both Spade and the prank phone-call puppets are returning to Comedy Central in 2019. This time, though, Spade will take over nightly duties in the 11:30 p.m. …
