Showing 616 - 630 of 689 articles tagged "Standup Comedy"

• Posted Friday 7/06/18 at 3:07PM EDT

  Dating Ariana Grande has made Pete Davidson more famous -- and more scrutinized over his old jokes

  The SNL star made headlines this week when a Manchester bombing joke that he told last fall surfaced.

• Posted Friday 6/29/18 at 10:56PM EDT

  Hannah Gadsby's Nanette comedy special calls out stand-up comedy's most pervasive bad habit

  Many comedians excel because they are self-deprecating.

• Posted Wednesday 6/27/18 at 9:42PM EDT

  Hannah Gadsby's Netflix stand-up special Nanette is a radical, transformative work of comedy

  The Australian comic's word-of-mouth hit special, taped at the Sydney Opera House, is radical because of what she does in...

• Posted Monday 6/25/18 at 9:28PM EDT

  "Netflix Discovery Syndrome": When a new Netflix property becomes a hit, despite a lack of promotion

  Comedian Hannah Gadsby's stand-up special Nanette and the Netflix original romcom movie Set It Up are examples of Netflix programming...

• Posted Wednesday 6/20/18 at 6:07PM EDT

  Comedians barely make money in L.A.'s burgeoning comedy scene -- contrary to a report that they can rake in thousands per week

  Last week, a Hollywood Reporter article stated that "a newer comic just breaking into the L.

• Posted Friday 6/15/18 at 10:55PM EDT

  Netflix has sparked a comedy club "gold rush" in Los Angeles

  Comedy clubs throughout L.

• Posted Friday 6/15/18 at 10:55PM EDT

  Check out the trailer for W. Kamau Bell's Netflix special

  The CNN host's W.

• Posted Thursday 6/14/18 at 1:46PM EDT

  Ellen DeGeneres announces her first stand-up tour in 15 years ahead of her Netflix special

  Ellen's first tour since launching her daytime talk show will only visit three cities over the course of eight nights.

• Posted Wednesday 6/13/18 at 1:59PM EDT

  Amazon orders a Just for Laughs docuseries

  The long-running Montreal comedy festival will be the subject of a six-part docuseries that is described as "Hard Knocks for...

• Posted Monday 6/11/18 at 9:19PM EDT

  Comedian Cameron Esposito is releasing her Rape Jokes comedy special for free on the web

  Viewers of her self-released special can make a $10 donation, or watch for free.

• Posted Thursday 6/07/18 at 12:59AM EDT

  Kathy Griffin: No one wants me for a reality show or a standup special after Trump beheading scandal

  “I can't get a television series, even though I have eight (Emmy) nominations and two wins,” Griffin tells Entertainment Tonight.

• Posted Wednesday 5/23/18 at 2:17PM EDT

  Ken Jeong to star in his first Netflix comedy special

  Ken Jeong: First Date will film this fall at the Pasadena comedy club where he got his first start.

• Posted Tuesday 5/22/18 at 5:47PM EDT

  Owner of New York's famed Comedy Cellar is happy to have Aziz Ansari perform -- and he'd welcome Louis CK back, too

  Comedy Cellar owner Noam Dworman tells The New York Daily News a woman walking out of a recent Ansari performance...

• Posted Tuesday 5/22/18 at 6:12AM EDT

  A woman walked out during an Aziz Ansari standup set in New York City

  The New York Daily News reports the Master of None star made a surprise stand-up appearance at the Comedy Cellar...

• Posted Friday 5/18/18 at 11:54PM EDT

  Should stand-up comedy specials avoid politics?

  John Mulaney and Ali Wong knocked it out of the park in their recent Netflix specials in part by choosing...