No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

WNBA veteran Sydney Colson is extremely funny. You can follow her on social media, listen to her podcast with fellow WNBA vet Theresa Plaisance or maybe check out a future stand-up set where Colson is ...

Before streaming specials and social media clips, stand-up comedy was discovered through late-night television, vinyl records, and smoky nightclub stages. For Baby Boomers, certain comedians were once ...

British comedian Russell Brand will appear in court in January 2026 to face two new charges of rape and sexual assault.

During UC Berkeley film students Laney Marquette and Harper Hammond-Wilonsky’s interview with The Daily Californian about their upcoming project, “Miss Unfunny America” — the two writer-directors and ...

Throughout his decades-long career, he has had multiple legal issues, including sexual abuse allegations In December 2025, Dick allegedly suffered from an apparent overdose in public, according to ...

British police said on Tuesday that comedian and actor Russell Brand had been charged with a new count of rape and another of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Wow, 2025 — in the race to dismantle civilization, you certainly outdid yourself. And it took some brilliant stand ...

No other comedy special this year accomplishes quite the same mixture of emotion that Jordan Jensen’s does. It is so closely written, so thoroughly and carefully conceived as a window into Jensen’s ...