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Here are your nominees for the 7th annual ECNY Awards. You can vote for your favorites at the ECNY Awards site. The winners will be revealed March 14, 2011, at 92Y Tribeca Best Male Stand-up ComedianDan St. GermainKurt BraunohlerMike LawrenceSean PattonTed Alexandro Best Female Stand-up ComedianAmy SchumerAndrea RosenBrooke Van PoppelenMarina …
Greg Giraldo's widow, Maryann McAlpin-Giraldo, and best friend Joe Schrank have launched a foundation to raise money for children like Giraldo's who are impacted by addiction. Money raised will help children attend the Betty Ford Children program, as well as develop a similar program in New York City. The first …
The south's largest comedy festival has risen again this week in North Carolina. I haven't been yet, but performers who have done so, returned saying only nice things about the NC Comedy Arts Festival outside of Chapel Hill. Plus, Emo Philips is there this year! Check out the rest of the lineups… …
My condolences go out to the entire Second City family, as their maternal leader for almost all of its first 50 years, Joyce Sloane, died last night. She was 80. The official notice from The Second City on Sloane's passing : We are heartbroken to let you know that Joyce …
In a new op-ed for The Herald in Glasgow, Scotland, Doug Stanhope stands up for comedians everywhere by writing about the nature of offensive comedy, focused on a recent uproar across the pond about a joke Frankie Boyle had told that had offended a woman in the audience. Stanhope defends …
Larry Getlen has written an insightful article on the brilliant comedy, and the tragic addictions, of the late Greg Giraldo. Getlen interviewed comedian Jesse Joyce — who toured with Giraldo and wrote for his many popular Roasts — as well as Jim Norton for the piece. But you won't find …
You've heard of the Guinness Book of World Records. If you're on the Internet, which I know you are, then you may have heard of the URDB. UCB original Matt Besser isn't listed in either of these record databases, although he claims to own several comedy records already. Among them: …
The 92Y caught a lot of flack over its recent panel with Steve Martin because the conversation with the comedian spent more time on his love of art than it did on things that the Upper East Side venue's audience wanted to hear: Namely, things that are funny. They're making …
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Colorful comedian Charlie Callas died yesterday in Las Vegas from natural causes. He was 86. Born in Brooklyn on Dec. 20, 1924, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II and began his career as a big-band drummer. But his own sound effects and physicality served him even …