Gervais does a U-turn on adverts
Superbowl commercial for Time Warner
06/02/2012 … He has previously been scrupulously principled about not appearing in adverts – but last night Ricky Gervais appeared in a multi-million pound Superbowl commercial…
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Mon 06 February 2012
Drunk comic banned from Perth festival
Bob Slayer DID outdrink Australia...
06/02/2012 … British stand-up Bob Slayer has been thrown off the programme of an Australian fringe festival – for being ‘drunk and inappropriate’.
John Bishop to take on a 'week of hell'
Cycle, row and run from Paris to London
06/02/2012 … John Bishop is to cycle, row and run from the Eiffel Tower to Trafalgar Square for Sport Relief.
Sat 04 February 2012
Harry Hill to make a movie?
Part of a reported £2m C4 deal
04/02/2012 … Harry Hill is reportedly poised to signed a £2million deal to jump to Channel 4 -– including the chance to make a full-length movie.
Fri 03 February 2012
Sky pilots Ronna & Beverly show
Talk show for Jewish mothers...
03/02/2012 … Bossy Jewish matriarchs Ronna & Beverly are to pilot their own talk show for Sky.
Roseanne, America's next President?
03/02/2012 … ‘People should be shot immediately in the street if they say Jackie Mason is a bad human being.
Thu 02 February 2012
Too old for this shit...
Billy Connolly loses patience with two troublesome audiences
02/02/2012 … Billy Connolly has been criticised for the second time in a week for ending his stand-up show abruptly.
Second E4 series for Noel Fielding
Luxury Comedy to return in 2013
02/02/2012 … E4 has ordered a second series of Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, just a week into the first run of six episodes.