Paula Abdul: Bruno spoofed me
...but she's only just twigged
01/05/2009 … Paula Abdul has admitted she was duped by Sacha Baron Cohen for his new Bruno film.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 01 May 2009
Watson to front £8m ad campaign
New ads for Magners pear cider
01/05/2009 … Mark Watson is to front a new £8million TV advertising campaign for Magners Pear cider.
Thu 30 April 2009
Skinner makes Question Time debut
30/04/2009 … Frank Skinner is to make his debut appearance on BBC One's Question Time tonight.
Wed 29 April 2009
© ITV Jim Davidson back on TV
Putting his comedy under the spotlight
29/04/2009 … Jim Davidson is to make a return to TV in a one-off reality show called: So You Think I'm An A***hole.
Montreal, here we come...
Just For laughs unveils line-up
29/04/2009 … This year’s line-up for Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival has been announced, with John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Carr and Tommy Tiernan…
Flanimals on film
Hollywood confims movie version
29/04/2009 … Ricky Gervais’s Flanimals children’s books are to be made into an animated Hollywood movie.
Tue 28 April 2009
© Universal Studios Russell Brand to remake Drop Dead Fred
'...in the tone of Beetlejuice'
28/04/2009 … The 1991 Rik Mayall comedy film Drop Dead Fred is to be remade – with Russell Brand in the starring role.
Jongleurs firm to pull out of stock market
Regent Inns shares plunge again
28/04/2009 … Share in struggling Jongleurs owner Regent Inns have plunged again after the company announced plans to pull out of the stock market.