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There are two public sides to stand-up comedian Jeff Ross. There’s the “Roastmaster General” who takes on a different disguise each year for the Comedy Central roasts, turning the event into his own personal Halloween full of tricks and treats. For the Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe that aired …
The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe hates Ann Coulter so much more than anyone else, the website doesn’t even include her in its photo gallery of dais participants! As you may have heard (read: read) from eyewitness reports inside Saturday night’s taping of the #LoweRoast in Culver City, Calif., …
Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle opens its four-night run tonight on Comedy Central with perhaps two of its most epic showdowns of insult joke-offs ever, both tragically and comedically. The first round taped overnight from Montreal’s Just For Laughs with four battles, presided over by host Brian Moses, “The Negro …
It’s Roast Battle Week on Comedy Central, with a full-scale competition going down at Montreal’s Just For Laughs — and you’ll be seeing the highlights each night on Comedy Central, culminating with a live broadcast of the finals next Sunday from Montreal. But first, how did this summer’s massive Roast …
Jimmy Kimmel challenged Jeffrey Ross to come through his offices for Jimmy Kimmel Live and, needless to say, Ross was more than up for it. He is the Roastmaster General, after all. And if you wanted to know who works for Kimmel, this gives you that opportunity, too. All of …
The 34th edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, the world’s biggest comedy confab running from July 13-31, 2016, has announced its headliners for this summer. The industry ComedyPro section — including New Faces, panels, podcasts and awards — will happen July 27-30, 2016. Among the biggest events revealed so …
On tonight’s season finale of Dr. Ken on ABC, Ken Jeong’s title character makes his stand-up debut at the Laugh Factory. In real life, Jeong made his TV debut on ABC’s The View, and this week he revisited the scene of the crime — where he won the show’s search …
This just in! Here’s the press release with all of the details from Comedy Central…including two new showcase series hosted by Kevin Hart (when will he find the time?!?!?), a full TV series of Roast Battles from Jeff Ross and friends (plus a special in which Ross Roasts The Police), …
The CW continues its expansion into televised sketch, stand-up and improv comedy tonight with a 90-minute primetime special from last summer’s Just For Laughs Montreal gala hosted by Howie Mandel. It premieres at 8 tonight Eastern/Pacific, and also features performances by Pete Holmes, Jeff Ross, Jim Breuer, Marina Franklin, Fortune …
It’s a big day for Just For Laughs on both sides of the border today. In JFL’s native Canada, the organization responsible for the massive Montreal festival announced a new winter fest celebrating comedy in Vancouver, British Columbia — JFL NorthWest. And in the United States, The CW announced it’ll …
