Who said he was no oil painting?
Frank Skinner in portrait show
03/08/2011 … Frank Skinner and Catherine Tate are to be immortalised in copies of famous portrait paintings in a new Sky Arts show.
Wed 03 August 2011
Jonnie Marbles launches appeal
03/08/2011 … Jonnie Marbles has launched an appeal against his six-week jail term for throwing a shaving cream pie at Rupert Murdoch.
Edinburgh Fringe 2011
Comedy reviews from the festival
03/08/2011 … All 2011 Edinburgh Fringe reviews: Bridget Christie: Housewife Surrealist Bring Me The Head Of Adam Riches Hannah Gadsby: Mary.
Stuart bags a comedy show...
03/08/2011 … Stuart Baggs, The Apprentice candidate humiliated by Sir Alan Sugar, is doing is own Edinburgh Fringe show.
Russell Brand set for faith-crisis comedy
03/08/2011 … Russell Brand is set to star in new comedy drama about a religious woman who has a crisis of faith.
Doug Stanhope goes to jail
03/08/2011 … American comic Doug Stanhope will play his next major gig in an Icelandic maximum security prison.
Sam Simmons: Meanwhile in Melbourne 2011
03/08/2011 … Amid the now-meaningless notes I wrote during Sam Simmons’ show, one leaps off the page: ‘He is one fucked-up dude.