Comedian Nimesh Patel talks SNL, Netflix special
Comedian Nimesh Patel stars in new Netflix comedy special "Buy the Dip."
Comedian Nimesh Patel stars in new Netflix comedy special "Buy the Dip."
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Dara Ó Briain was a "nerdy" university student when he realised he had a gift for making people laugh. At 54, his own life is providing a rich vein for his comedic storytelling.
The prank involved his close friends.
EXCLUSIVE: Comic Jaron Myers has announced that he’ll release his new special Happier on streamer Gorilla Comedy+ on Nov. 16. This will be followed by a YouTube premiere at 7 p.m. CT on Dec. 15. With more than a million fans and two...
EXCLUSIVE: Gianmarco Soresi has announced that God Forbid — his second full-length stand-up special and first for Netflix — is set to premiere globally on December 3. Filmed over a sold-out run at Chicago’s Thalia Hall, the special...
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran New England comic Juston McKinney has announced that he’ll release his sixth one-hour special, It’s the Little Things, on YouTube at 7:30pm ET on November 23. Directed by Jason Katz, McKinney’s new hour turns the...
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Barney Moorhouse passed away in December last year. His father has now opened a new coffee shop in the Printworks named after him
Judith Lucy/Instagram Comedian and author Judith Lucy shared a candid photo after undergoing a double mastectomy. The 58-year-old Australian actress was diagnosed with breast cancer in September. On Oct. 27, she revealed the results of...
Danish comedian Rasmus Wallbridge spent four months thinking he was making a feature film with his creative partner
Rasmus Wallbridge, a comedian and actor in his mid-30s, was tricked into believing that he was directing a comedy-horror film - something he had long dreamed of doing.
Dave Chappelle has faced fierce criticism from Trump supporters after a Madison Square Garden joke about Charlie Kirk's killing, while a short clip leaves the routine's broader context unclear. Comedian Dave Chappelle set off a...
Dave Chappelle told a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden last night that he felt "better" after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In a leaked clip that made the rounds on X, Chappelle said ... "I feel f***ed up...
Dave Chappelle Sparks Firestorm With Charlie Kirk Line At Madison Square Garden Comedian Dave Chappelle told a Madison Square Garden crowd this weekend that he has felt better "ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got...
Comedian Dave Chappelle set off a firestorm on the right after a joke about Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. In a clip circulating on X, Chappelle can be heard telling the...
Adult star Lisa Ann and comedian Matt Rife have started up a bitter feud three years after she was removed from his Radio City Music Hall show in handcuffs. On a recent episode of "Veterans Minimum" ... Lisa revealed that Matt has shown...
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A former BBC comedian has found his art imitating life after leaving a string of debts in his wake while touring a show about Rangers' financial collapse.
LAUREN "LO" SMITH/NETFLIX MAGA-friendly comedian Nate Bargatze is ready to step back into the spotlight. Bargatze hosted the 2025 Emmys and built a reputation for clean comedy before he was caught schmoozing with prominent MAGA figures...
Alex Edelman, the comedian and actor who won an Emmy for his 2024 HBO/Max special Just For Us and a special Tony for the original Broadway staging, laments what is effectively the loss to comics of a newly politicized Kennedy Center....
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The Daily Beast/Hulu Everything about comedian Heather McMahan screams MAGA—except for her actual politics. In her Oct. 16 stand-up special, Heather McMahan: By a Thread , the comic discusses the public’s huge misconception. She told...
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Police described both shootings as extortion-related.
The arrests were announced on Friday by the British Columbia Provincial Extortion Task Force. Both incidents of shootings for which the accused have been charged occurred in October 2025
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The two came to blows in 2012 during a BBC Newsnight discussion about drugs, during which Brand, a former heroin addict, accused Mr Hitchens of homophobia.
The actress plays a grandmother hosting her family at her London home on Christmas Eve
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The legal injunction against Szilvia Berki, unearthed for the first time yesterday, was last night branded 'a gross breach of freedom of expression' and sparked calls for a Commons inquiry.
EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has set an Oscar-qualifying run for Just Look Up, a documentary about Michael Greenberg, “the brash, relentless founder of Climate Defiance” who is using innovative and confrontational tactics to urge action...
The Sonny Disposition is a rare thing: an original comedy, made here, aired on a local commercial TV network.
"I did not have to channel anything...Rylee had to ask me to tone it down." Comedian Connor Wood jokes that playing Troy Bolton came naturally to him during their team performance inspired by "High School Musical" for Disney Night of...
Comedian Fiona Cauley is calling the disabled community to the front of the class, er, stall in her new digital series Talking Sh*t. No more hiding in the wings. Produced by Inevitable Foundation’s newly launched digital arm, the...
EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Pauly Shore is set to release a new half-hour stand-up special, Road Comic: Live from Portland, via PlayStation 5 on November 1. Shore’s special is one of the first ever made available for free on-demand viewing via...
Comedian Jo Koy breaks down his favorite joke from his special "Blue in the Face" and talks perfecting his bit about Fred at a Dodgers game in this episode of Anatomy of a Joke. Subscribe to Variety on YouTube:...
Comedian Kathy Griffin claims that if the Democrats don't win the midterm elections, then the U.S. will become a "fully fascist nation," and that she cannot sleep "because of fascism."
Comedian Dave Rispoli created John Goblikon, a metal-loving goblin who has become a comedy star with a personality all his own.
Adam Carolla To The Atlantic: "F*ck Off And Eat Sh*t" Comedian Adam Carolla told The Atlantic to "f*ck off" and "eat sh*t" over its call for a pandemic "amnesty." "Of course all the people who wanted everyone drawn and quartered for not...