Sat 19 July 2008
Fringe woes continue
Crisis meetings over box office problems
19/07/2008 … Crisis talks have been held over the continuing problems at the Edinburgh Fringe box office – as up to 150,000 festival-goers have yet to receive their tickets.
King conga
19/07/2008 … Ross Noble has led a 3,000-strong conga line around a music festival, eventually leading them all to one bemused vegan food stall.
Miriam Elia – Original Review
19/07/2008 … Newbie Miriam Elia is hotly tipped as a talent to watch – and not without good reason, even if her formative gigs can be a hit-and-miss affair.
Stephen Merchant – Original Review
19/07/2008 … Though famous – and wealthy – for The Office and Extras, Stephen Merchant has quietly been honing a stand-up set of his own, making increasingly frequent appearances…
Fri 18 July 2008
'Not 100% fact...'
Truth about Osbourne's outburst at comic
18/07/2008 … The angry exchange between Jim Jeffries and Sharon Osbourne might not actually have happened, his publicist has conceded.
'Ohh I’m a snoozy little piglet!'
18/07/2008 … ‘Every comic who’s ever seen it says it’s the best comedy show they’ve ever seen.
The big draw
Simpsons & Family Guy films planned
18/07/2008 … Plans for both a Simpsons movie sequel and a feature-length Family Guy have been revealed - but both could take years to hit cinemas.