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© Mike Epps/Twitter Mike Epps plays comic; Oprah Winfrey his gran
27/08/2014 … Comedian Mike Epps has been cast as Richard Pryor in the upcoming biopic of the comic legend – with Oprah Winfrey playing his grandmother.
As ceremony honours Robin Williams
26/08/2014 … Ricky Gervais has lost out on winning an Emmy for Derek to Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory.
26/08/2014 … BOTH seasons of The Green Room with Paul Prozenza – the comedians' round-table chat show that aired on Showtime in the US – have been made available legally…
25/08/2014 … Comedians Bec Hill and Will Franken are among the winners of the first Barry Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
25/08/2014 … The Edinburgh Fringe has recorded another box office record this year – with 2.
23/08/2014 … Frankie Boyle has launched a typically forthright attack on risk-averse TV commissioners, toothless middle-class satire and the lack of women on panel shows.
23/08/2014 … THE WINNERS of the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards have been announced at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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