Comedy

Larry The Cable Guys said, 'We lost a good friend today in the comedy world. The talented hilarious and one of the sweetest people in comedy Alabama's own Vic Henley. We loved Vic so much and for those of us that have known him since the late 80's we are heartbroken for his family and friends. Salute. … [Read more...] about Comedy Central star Vic Henley dies from a pulmonary embolism at age 57 as Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones give tributes

‘Onwards and upwards’ I was going to be at the fringe with my fifth show, How to Train Your Psychopath, an hour-long comedy, partnered with Women’s Aid all about controlling relationships, directed by the Bafta-nominated Ben Mallaby. We were in the process of getting a big brand sponsorship deal and planning to film a panel show and do an accompanying podcast series and tour, which would have included a month in Edinburgh at Underbelly. Now that I’ve finished crying into my pillow, I’ve started writing the show as a TV pilot script instead. Onwards and upwards, there are more important things to focus on now. Maddy Anholt … [Read more...] about ‘I’ll miss the camaraderie’: readers on the Edinburgh festival cancellation

Tripland? Or perhaps Off-Your-Nutland? Here’s the freakiest film of the year so far, a pulpy dystopian noir with a lurid sex-trafficking storyline from Canadian film-maker Bruce McDonald. It’s set in some kind of nearish future where the bad guys have gone legit and joined the establishment. … [Read more...] about Dreamland review – distasteful dystopian noir

Jimmy Kimmel In Los Angeles, Jimmy Kimmel also decried Trump’s fact-free briefings, including his insistence that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat coronavirus (doctors say there is no evidence for this, and taking the drug can have lethal side effects). “Well now it turns out Trump’s inexplicable passion for this drug might be a bit more explicable,” said Kimmel, because “turns out, he has a financial stake in the company that makes the drug. Of course he does. Do we really think he went out of his way to learn how to say hydroxychloroquine for no reason?” … [Read more...] about Stephen Colbert to Trump: ‘Grow up and do your damn job’

“Now, before you get depressed by the fact that America is being led by someone who knows less about medicine than Dr Pepper, there is still a lot of good news out there,” he continued. Numbers of coronavirus deaths in Spain, France and Italy are slowing down. South Korea, which confirmed its first case on the same day as the US, reported only 47 new cases on Sunday, and has fewer than 200 deaths out of a population of 51 million people. … [Read more...] about Stephen Colbert on masks: ‘Of course Trump says he doesn’t want to wear protection’