Showing 91 - 105 of 689 articles tagged "Standup Comedy"

• Posted Monday 1/03/22 at 10:26AM EST

  Patton Oswalt apologizes, defends New Year's Eve photo with Dave Chappelle

  Oswalt's New Year's Eve Instagram post with Chappelle generated so much controversy that the comedian deleted some of the negative...

• Posted Friday 12/24/21 at 2:15AM EST

  Louis CK's brand of standup comedy isn't effective in the aftermath of his sexual misconduct scandal

  As Lili Loofbourow explains, the comedy in Louis CK's new self-released special, "trollishly titled" Sorry, would've worked better pre-scandal.

• Posted Saturday 12/11/21 at 3:38AM EST

  Hannah Gadsby on lashing out at Netflix over Dave Chappelle's The Closer: "I bit the hand that fed me"

  In her new standup show Body of Work, which she performed this week at Australia's Sydney Opera House, Gadsby addressed...

• Posted Monday 12/06/21 at 3:10PM EST

  Dave Chappelle will open the Netflix Is A Joke Fest

  Chappelle is reteaming with the streaming service next year following his transgender controversy over The Closer.

• Posted Wednesday 12/01/21 at 2:48PM EST

  Taylor Tomlinson to star in her second Netflix standup special

  The Last Comic Standing alum, whose Quarter-Life Netflix special premiered in March 2020, will shoot her untitled special on Dec.

• Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 4:11PM EST

  Dave Chappelle's high school alma mater says it will proceed with naming its theater after him

  Over the weekend, Chappelle proposed a contest in which donors could decide whether the school should proceed with the naming...

• Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 4:11PM EST

  Nicole Byer is a "Big Beautiful Weirdo" in the trailer for her first Netflix standup special

  The Nailed It! host takes the stage in New York City in BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo), premiering Dec.

• Posted Monday 11/29/21 at 9:22AM EST

  Students call Dave Chappelle a "bigot" and "childish" during his return to his high school

  During a visit to Washington, D.

• Posted Thursday 11/25/21 at 5:11AM EST

  Teri Hatcher got help in learning standup comedy from a pre-Ted Lasso Brett Goldstein

  The former Desperate Housewives star, who will appear on Showtime's Even More Funny Women of a Certain Age, has been...

• Posted Monday 11/22/21 at 4:19PM EST

  Watch Mo Amer's Mohammed In Texas standup special trailer

  The comedian and Ramy star returns to his hometown of Houston as he recalls growing up Arab-American in Texas.

• Posted Friday 11/19/21 at 2:14PM EST

  Nikki Glaser to star in her first HBO comedy special

  The comedian and host of HBO Max's FBoy Island will tape her first special later this month in Denver.

• Posted Friday 11/19/21 at 1:44AM EST

  Michael Che's new Netflix standup special contains a degree of self-reflection that is almost entirely absent from his friend Dave Chappelle's The Closer

  The SNL star saying "I don't want no trouble" is a recurring theme in his new special, Shame the Devil, and...

• Posted Wednesday 11/17/21 at 4:10PM EST

  Report: Dave Chappelle's "Some of my best friends are trans" Daphne Dorman story from The Closer doesn't hold up

  Journalist and You're Wrong About podcast co-host Michael Hobbes delved into Chappelle's claim that Dorman, whom he mentioned in 2019's...

• Posted Tuesday 11/16/21 at 1:24PM EST

  British comedian Russell Howard lands a Netflix standup special and standup documentary

  Howard's stand-up special, Lubricant, and companion documentary, Until the Wheels Come Off, will premiere on the streamer on Dec.

• Posted Monday 11/15/21 at 6:47PM EST

  Dave Chappelle's high school delays a fundraiser after students threatened to walk out over The Closer controversy

  Duke Ellington School of the Arts initially canceled the fundraiser that Chappelle was supposed to attend after students threatened to walk...