Los Angeles Times

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It is widely acknowledged that no American leader has ever done more for the nation's comedians than Donald Trump. As a businessman, he made a habit of running companies into the ground. As president, he has spawned a boom in the satire industry. Wha

Woman's Day

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Just when you thought you were safe from Jigsaw, a new film in the Saw series begins... This time, Chris Rock plays detective Ezekiel Banks, who’s on the trail of the sadistic mastermind. IN CINEMAS Thursday Erin Kennedy never dreamed her husband

Games World of Puzzles

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Pictured here are 26 actors and actresses whom you may recognize from recent streaming series and TV shows. However, we’ve spliced their photos together so that each face represents two different people. How many can you identify? 0 TO 10: You must r

Cairns Vibrance

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The Multicultural Comedy Gala is a night celebrating cultural diversity with a superb line-up of some of the country’s best stand-up comedians. Join Australia’s favourite and emerging comedic talent as they touch on cultural identity in a concoction

Angels on Earth magazine

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NICE TO BE HERE,” my 80-year-old father said to the waitress at his favorite restaurant. “At my age it’s nice to be anywhere. By the time you’re my age, you’ve learned everything. The trouble is remembering it.” The waitress laughed. We all laughed.

Country Life

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1 a) All have played Hamlet; b) All have played King Lear; c) All have played Cleopatra; d) All have played Malvolio; e) All were directed by Peter Brook; f) All were designed by the architect Frank Matcham 2 a) ‘Hamlet’; b) ‘Look Back In Anger’; c)

The American Scholar

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Erich Schwartzel reports on the film industry for The Wall Street Journal and is the author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy. His work for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette won the 2011 Scripps Howard Award for

India Today

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Not all theories in science come with a catchy name. The infinite monkey theorem' does, with a sideways glance at William Shakespeare. Here's what it claims: A monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter for an infinite amount of time will almost s

WHO

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Of all forms of public speaking, stand-up comedy is possibly the most terrifying. While we’re not saying you need to try it (unless you want to, of course!) it may help to take a few tips from those who jump in at the deep end. Laura Bouskila from Th

NPR

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In his new book Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture, Ken Jennings takes humor seriously, tracing how comedy infiltrated every aspect of our lives — and what it's doing to us.

NPR

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"It's a lot of different moving parts, this movie: It's a buddy movie, it's a travel movie, it's got amazing landscapes with this beautiful stop-motion animation that is breathtaking," Galifianakis tells Here & Now.

The Atlantic

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Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special, filmed at the Sydney Opera House, dismantles and subverts everything about how humor is supposed to work.

WHO

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It’s hard to believe that comedian Urzila Carlson only commenced her stand-up career aged 32. Now 44, Carlson was 2019’s hottest ticket at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and is a staple on Australian TV shows including Have You Been Payi

Her World Singapore

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35, STAND-UP COMEDIAN @FAKKAHFUZZ 53,000 200,000 The first Singaporean to have a Netflix original comedy special, Fakkah hosts the More Better podcast when not performing at live shows. He has also just launched a pop-up comedy club. HIS NE

This Week in Asia

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A comedian puts on underwear smeared with medication that causes a burning sensation in his groin. An entertainer tries to escape from a deep hole in the ground as his cast mates mock his increasingly frantic efforts to get out. He repeatedly falls b

Femina

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Born and brought up in Delhi, Shibani Bedi always wanted to be an actor. She got her start as an actor in school and took it all the way up till college. She switched to working in media but was still pretty consistent with theatre and took up small

The Millions

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Satire is like punching someone in the back of the head—it makes them turn around and look at what you’re saying, at the very least! The post Caitlin Kunkel Wants to Turn You On—Equitably appeared first on The Millions.

India Today

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Q. You won an International Emmy nomination just days before your US tour. Yours is the only stand-up special nominated in the comedy category. What does this recognition mean? It means a lot, simply because it is not just a recognition of my stand-u

FHM Australia

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Are you a struggling actor or have a desire to be in films and/ or on TV? Well, the pandemic really put things in Hollywood and other entertainment markets on hold for a while. But now as we slowly come out of it, studios are looking for fresh faces

India Today

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There's a pretty popular rumour that has been doing the rounds since 400 BC, when comedy was first invented (believe me, I've checked). It is said in hushed tones by audience members at an open mic, proclaimed in all caps by men on the Internet and m

India Today

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The ironically-titled Tamil series LOL: Enga Siri Paappom (let’s see you laugh) borrows its format from an American reality show called Last One Laughing. With 10 contestants locked up in a closely-monitored set, the objective of the game is to make

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES — The Sri Lankan community dinners that comedian D'Lo grew up attending in Lancaster, California, and Los Angeles were lovingly chaotic — 100 or so people sprawled across someone's living room, the "aunties" clustered around the couch, th

Chat

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Parminder Nagra of Bend It Like Beckham and ER fame stars in this four-part crime drama. She plays Rachita Ray, a detective inspector from Birmingham who takes on a murder case that forces her to confront the conflict between her British identity and

Total Film

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10 Number of wigs Chastain wears as Tammy Faye 2 OSCAR NOMINATIONS, (THE HELP AND ZERO DARK THIRTY) 4M Followers on Instagram 500% INCREASE IN OCTAVIA SPENCER’S SALARY AFTER CHASTAIN INSISTED ON PAY PARITY 16 Years Chastain has been vegan ■

Fast Company

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A small film about two friends in Pretoria, South Africa, who use their expertise in botany to create a special strain of weed, became one of the top-performing films at the South African box office in January. Written, directed, and produced by come

Dance Australia

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NOTHING releases life’s pressure-cooker better than a hearty chuckle. And why dab those giggles sporadically like Vegemite when you can spread it thick like Nutella! As a writer, dancer and choreographer, I love the challenge of humour. Eliciting lau

Emmy Magazine

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Samantha Bee, Executive Producer/Host Jason Jones, Executive Producer Allana Harkin, Co-Executive Producer Elisa Kreisinger, Mike Drucker, Kristen Bartlett, Producers Jax Media with Randy and Pam’s Quality Entertainment Scott Aukerman, Zach Galifiana

TIME

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OVER THE PAST DECADE, CHINA HAS emerged as the world’s No. 1 consumer in a slew of important product categories ranging from autos to mobile phones. Hollywood has long salivated over the prospect that films too would be added to that list. The 2017

NPR

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Hannah Gadsby, an Australian comedian, has a Netflix special that talks about the construction of jokes, the pain of self-deprecation, and what we owe to ourselves and the people who hear our stories.

Naples Illustrated

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The city’s popular outdoor art fairs have returned downtown. Naples Art’s Art in the Park (naplesart.org) will take place on Park Street along Cambier Park December 5. A local tradition since 1957, this juried show features fine art and craftwork by