Gatis Kandis is the 'Not-So-New' Comedian Of The Year
Former Britain's Got Talent contestant triumphs at Leicester Square Theatre
15/05/2019 … Gatis Kandis has been named this year’s ‘Not-So-New’ Comedian Of The Year by Leicester Square Theatre.
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Wed 15 May 2019
Jemaine Clement joins Avatar
Flight of the Conchords star to play a marine biologisy
15/05/2019 … Jemaine Clement has landed a major role in the Avatar sequels.
Revealed: The best-selling Laurel & Hardy films on DVD
...as Stan & Ollie enters the weekly sales chart
15/05/2019 … The Stan & Ollie biopic is the highest new entry on this week’s official film sales chart.
Louis CK's UK gigs dropped after protests
Backlash 'made the shows untenable'
15/05/2019 … Louis CK has cancelled his two UK shows less than 24 hours after they were announced.
Comedy club punter calls the cops over a joke
'It made us very uncomfortable,' he says in 911 call
15/05/2019 … A comedy club punter called police after a stand-up made a joke about terrorism that made him feel ‘uncomfortable’.
© BBC Dame Edna makes a TV comeback
BBC One orders a one-off special set on her 'luxury yacht'
15/05/2019 … BBC One has ordered a one-off Dame Edna Everage special that will take place aboard her ‘luxury yacht’.
© Caroline Bonarde Ucci/CC BY-SA 3.0 Judi Dench to star in Blithe Spirit movie
15/05/2019 … Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Isla Fisher are to star in a new movie version of Noel Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit.
US comedian Tim Conway dies at 85
Co-star on The Carol Burnett Show
15/05/2019 … Veteran US comedian Tim Conway, best known for his co-starring on The Carol Burnett Show for more than a decade has died at 85.