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A funny story showed up in the Canadian Press this afternoon. Turns out a reporter was following Russell Peters on Twitter and decided his afternoon complaint about not being part of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver was news, because, well, Peters grew up in the Canadian part of Canada and is …
In case you're not already following Louis CK's every career move, then here is some news for you. The comedian recently sat down with Canada's Q TV/radio host Jian Ghomeshi and talked about where he gets his new ideas for bits, and how he is more than OK with moving …
I don't know who is in charge over at Muppetland these days, but whomever it is, he or she really has figured outhow to tap into the new digital generation of viewers with their videos over the past year or so. This latest one, "Beaker's Ballad," shows they know how …
CMT, cable television's country music channel, has announced it is helping Rooftop Comedy in its search for stand-up talent for the 2010 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival with a partnership called "Next Big Comic." It's not a TV series, mind you. Rather, Rooftop and CMT have put clips online from 12 …
Haven't done the math on this, but when I saw that Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard and Emo Philips all celebrate Feb. 7 as their birthday — though not the same year (Rock turns 45, Izzard 48 and Philips 54 today) — I wondered what day has witnessed the birth of …
The ECNY Awards announced this year’s nominations live at noon today via Ustream webcast, because why not. It’s 2010. This is how we do it now, Montell Jordan. If you missed it, you can watch it again with Comix’s Kambri Crews and two-time ECNY winner Kumail Nanjiani reading the names …
The Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan is adding its first comedy component this year, from Feb. 19-21, and organizers Michael Moore and Jeff Garlin have announced an eclectic lineup, saying in a mass email today that they "think you'll agree that we have shot out of the gate with …
Stephen Colbert won the Grammy Award on Sunday night for best comedy album for his collection of all-star duets on "A Colbert Christmas." When you have talent like Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, John Legend, Toby Keith and Feist helping you out, Colbert's disc certainly had a much richer musical experience …
Hey kids! The past few years, Comedy Central inadvertently leaked the results of their annual "Stand-Up Showdown." Not so this year. They're learning! So we all really do need to tune in today to find out, if we really care who gets an extra broadcast of their old half-hour comedy …
I've been getting more emails regarding comedy benefits for Haiti this week, so I thought I'd try to give you an update on some shows that have happened in NYC in the past few nights, as well as links to upcoming shows in and around Los Angeles. NYC recaps Spin …