© Netflix International acts back on Melbourne festival line-up
16/02/2022 … British comedians are to return to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the first time in three years after Australia relaxed its Covid rules.
© South Park Studios On streaming service Paramount+, coming to the UK
16/02/2022 … South Park are to make two new movies a year under a new deal with Paramount+.
16/02/2022 … Aisling Bea has become the face of Jameson Irish Whiskey.
© BBC Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper headline
16/02/2022 … A raft of top names has been added to the forthcoming BBC period comedy The Witchfinder, starring Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper.
Joe Lycett, Alan Carr and Mawaan Rizwan all nominated
16/02/2022 … Joe Lycett, Alan Carr and Mawaan Rizwan are among the nominees for this year’s British LGBT Awards.
© Cato Institute/CC BY-SA 3.0 Tributes to 'the funniest writer of the last 40 years'
16/02/2022 … American satirist PJ O’Rourke has died at the age of 74.
© Forever Edinburgh (edinburgh.org)/CC BY-SA 2.0 Ending 'open access' will help cure Edinburgh's problems, says report
15/02/2022 … The Edinburgh Fringe should rethink its ‘open access’ policy and introduce more regulation, a new report has urged.
Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall
15/02/2022 … The 94th Oscars will be hosted by Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and comedy actress Regina Hall it was announced today.
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