Top earners between June 2008 and June 2009: At #3, Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham earned an estimated $30 million. "The one thing I'm proud of most is that my show has no social redeeming value whatsoever," jokes Dunham. "I'm not here to teach anybody anything. You come and...
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Burma's most popular comedian, Maung Thura who is well known as Zarganar faces 20 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims in the Irrawaddy delta " The repressive and...
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It's interesting to note that no mention was made of the audience, other than that Dane fed 'em. All how many of 'em? Could anyone possibly endure seven hours of stand-up (that is, unless it was Dave...
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"The pint-sized Australian redhead isn't burning bras, but is challenging the film studio system to make comedies starring women.
Studios will greenlight a comedy if they can attach a Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller or more than 10 other comedians, but are...
I'm not sure if I could take Drew seriously behind those big round glasses and round face as he hocked speed boats and washing machines. I think he'd barely be able to contain his laughter. Is a comedian suited...
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The Rove Rap (a musical improv scene performed at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, which was hosted by comedians Brad Sherwood and Colin Mochrie) is everywhere...and it's drawing everything from...
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"Call it the second Al Franken decade..."Washington Post:Comedian Al Franken has decided to run for the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008, a senior Democratic official from Minnesota said Wednesday.Franken told...
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The best festival weekend of the summer?"In all of the years of the Capitol Hill Block Party, never has there been such a kick-ass musical line-up as 2006.With over 45 bands, three stages, comedians, DJs,...
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"Three standup comedians from Pakistan have jested their way to the finals of a popular Indian television show, as cultural and sporting ties lighten troubled relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours."