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Chris Rock had to address the elephant in the room. The 57-year-old comedian returned to the stage Wednesday night to perform in front a sold-out crowd in Boston. The gig went down just days after Will Smith slapped Rock across the face during the live telecast of the 94th Academy Awards. Many people suspected the former Oscars host would speak […]
A Bob Saget memorial that took place in January at the Comedy Store in West Hollywood is being turned into a new Netflix special, according to Saget’s friend and fellow comic Mike Binder. As spotted by TMZ this week, Binder—whose directorial catalog includes a 2020 docuseries on the stand-up venue—revealed during a recent appearance on the […]
Shortly after Chris Rock announced he would embark on the Ego Death World Tour this year, Kevin Hart has confirmed he’ll do a short co-headlining run with his fellow comic this July. Titled Only Headliners Allowed, the five-date tour will see the two perform consecutive nights at venues across New York and New Jersey. It’ll start at Northwell Health at Jones […]
Both Nicki Minaj and Aaron Rodgers get mentions in Aziz Ansari’s latest standup special for Netflix, with the comedian and Master of None co-creator saying they’re both “trapped in a different algorithm” when it comes to their widely criticized public comments on vaccines. In a clip from the Nightclub Comedian special, which hit the streaming platform on […]
T.I. is a masterful MC and has dipped in worlds other than music, and now it looks like the wordsmith is testing his mic abilities on the stand-up comedy stage. A video that surfaced on social media Thursday shows Tip working the mic at what is evidently a comedy club, where the rapper ran through a […]
Dave Chappelle is remembering the life of his friend Bob Saget. Following the Full House star’s unexpected death, Chappelle took the stage at the Peppermint Club in West Hollywood on Thursday night and let the crowd know about his plans to lay Saget to rest, which happened at Friday’s funeral. And judging by a video uploaded by […]
TV host and comedian Steve Harvey has identified “cancel culture” as the reason he couldn’t “continue as a stand-up” and why he may never record another special, although he does “want to do one more.” While promoting his new ABC series, per Variety, 64-year-old Harvey said today’s political climate makes it too difficult for him to return to the world […]
Friends and colleagues took to social media to mourn the sudden loss of Bob Saget, who was found dead in his room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando Sunday afternoon. He was 65. News of his passing sent a ripple effect through the stand-up community and beyond, with entertainers praising Saget, and the qualities that made him so […]
Patton Oswalt took to Instagram Sunday to discuss the response to a series of photos he posted of himself and Dave Chappelle. Oswalt posted the photos after Chappelle texted his old friend to come perform at his Seattle show on New Year’s Eve. “Why not? I waved good-bye to this hell-year with a genius that I started comedy with 34 years […]
We all know Dave Chappelle is the king of telling hilarious and captivating stories, but it looks like Danny Brown is challenging a tale the comedian told on Big Sean’s Detroit 2 album. While speaking with HotNewHipHop, the Detroit rapper said that the story Chappelle told about Brown getting high with him before his set in the Motor […]
