Marc Maron joins cast of Melissa McCarthy’s upcoming holiday comedy
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Josie Lawrence: ‘As soon as I could speak, I was putting on shows’
The actor looks back over a four-decade career balancing ‘serious’ drama and improv comedy, describes the making of her wholly improvised new film, and explains why we don’t see her on TV so much any more“I hope they don’t want me to look wacky,” frets…
Continue ReadingJosie Lawrence: ‘As soon as I could speak, I was putting on shows’
The actor looks back over a four-decade career balancing ‘serious’ drama and improv comedy, describes the making of her wholly improvised new film, and explains why we don’t see her on TV so much any more“I hope they don’t want me to look wacky,” frets…
Continue ReadingJulia Scotti: Funny That Way review – transgender comedian is cracking company
Uplifting documentary allows its funny, flawed and likable subject to tell the poignant story of how she came to realise who she wasIn 2016, the comedian Julia Scotti auditioned for America’s Got Talent and brought the house down. Once the applause had…
Continue Reading‘It still hurts’: Chris Rock speaks about Will Smith slap for first time
Comedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way more than he hurt me’Chris Rock has spoken at length for the first time about being slapped by Will Smith during the Oscars, almost …
Continue Reading“Girls Trip 2” is officially happening, taking place in Ghana
After being a hit with both audiences and critics back in 2017 – which helped turn Tiffany Haddish into a… MORE
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Tim Minchin on “Matilda,” “Revolting Children” on TikTok, and the story behind his song “Thank You God”
In 2010, a limited engagement of a musical version of Ronald Dahl’s Matilda opened at the Royal Shakespeare Company in… MORE
Tim Minchin on “Matilda,” “Revolting Children” on TikTok, and the story behind his song “Thank You God” appeared fir…
Ryan Reynolds to appear at Just for Laughs comedy festival at O2 London
The festival will celebrate 40th anniversary in 2023 with London shows featuring the actor talking to Rob Delaney, plus host of standup actsJust for Laughs, the comedy festival that began in Canada in 1983, will celebrate its 40th anniversary next year…
Continue Reading‘You should remain silent’: John Shuttleworth squares up to his own creator
Graham Fellows’ film Father Earth records the Sheffield comedian’s trip to Orkney with his dad – and a bid to step out of his alter ego’s shadowWhen I last saw Graham Fellows in character as northern singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth, back in 2015, I…
Continue ReadingRobbie Coltrane, star of Cracker and Harry Potter, dies aged 72
Scottish actor who graduated from the alternative comedy scene to become a major performer known for taking on complex and difficult roles Robbie Coltrane, whose acting career spanned everything from Bond films to Cracker to Harry Potter, has died aged…
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