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© Picturehouse Pegg calls in the lawyers after bar's false claims
08/03/2013 … Simon Pegg has called in his lawyers after a Wolverhampton bar falsely advertised that he was to make a live appearance there.
And Keith Lemon is the funniest film, according to the Laftas
07/03/2013 … Paul Chowdhry has been named best stand-up in this year’s Loaded Lafta awards.
'We just want it to be kind of funny '
07/03/2013 … Rizzle Kicks are working on a TV sitcom.
British star praises US remake
07/03/2013 … The American remake of hospital sitcom Getting On is ‘fantastic’ – according to one of the stars of the British original.
Sitcom replaces actors with foam
06/03/2013 … American sitcom Community is to swap all its actors for puppets in a one-off special.
Comic faces charges in Ireland
06/03/2013 … Kevin Bridges is facing criminal charges following a drunken incident in which a car was damaged.
Hislop's BBC film to star Michael Palin
06/03/2013 … Michael Palin is to star in a BBC Two film about a First World War ‘forerunner’ to Private Eye, written by the magazine’s editor Ian Hislop.
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