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Maestro is a title of extreme respect given to a master musician. Greg Giraldo was a maestro, a master of his craft. One of the things I treasure most about coming up through the New York City comedy scene is the opportunity to learn by watching the very best in …
Comedy Central will rebroadcast Greg Giraldo's 2009 hourlong stand-up special, Midlife Vices, at 11 p.m. tonight. Your cable box may not have caught the last-minute change, so please make a note of it.
The New York Comedy Festival has filled out its slate of programming for the 2010 celebration in November with a series of panels, conversations and other goodness. They already announced their headlining shows, and have added a second show for Kevin Hart due to ticket demand. Here's the rest! TUESDAY, …
Jon Stewart took a minute out at the end of tonight's episode of The Daily Show on Comedy Central to say a few words on the passing of comedian Greg Giraldo, who died Wednesday at the age of 44. Stewart said of Giraldo: "The comedy world lost a good man …
With a heavy heart, the sad and shocking news is true: Greg Giraldo died Wednesday at the age of 44. Giraldo had been hospitalized since Saturday evening in New Jersey after an accidental overdose of prescription medication — he was halfway through a four-night run at the Stress Factory in …
"I thought the whole point of this was to get the small part in the big Hollywood comedy movie." — Tim Heidecker, questioning Brett Gelman about why he was still hosting "shit shows" such as Comedy Death-Ray, in a surprise walk-on appearance as Gelman's "comedy coach" at Comedy Death-Ray on …
Week Two of the prelims ended over the weekend, and the semifinals have begun in the 35th annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition. Who is still in the running? After a car accident sidelined comedian Marc Patrick (!?!), whom we presume is OK otherwise (!?!) — these are your 10 …
So now the truth can be told? Amid laughing along with Jon Stewart about his recent appearance on Oprah Winfrey's "final" season, David Letterman disclosed the real reason Oprah had been giving him the cold shoulder for years upon years. Turns out she doesn't enjoy "a little horseplay." And by …
Roy Wood Jr., last seen on your TV dial finishing third on this season of NBC's Last Comic Standing, and perhaps last seen by you at a nationwide LCS tour gig, can now be heard by residents in his hometown of Birmingham, Ala., on radio station 95.7 FM "Jamz" in …
For all of you people who thought the constant chatter from people yesterday about the heat in Los Angeles was a joke, or worse a bad joke, well, it has turned into sad news. Sally Menke, longtime film editor of Quentin Tarantino, died sometime yesterday after walking her dog in …