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Thu 28 June 2012
CK and you will find...
Louis's ticket gambit pays off
28/06/2012 … Louis CK’s decision to sell tickets to his stand-up tour directly to fans is paying off – taking $100,000 every hour.
Wed 27 June 2012
Harry Hill joins the Fringe
For eight work-in-progress shows
27/06/2012 … Harry Hill is to return to the Edinburgh Fringe to perform just eight work-in-progress gigs.
For sale: Jimmy Carr's massive head
27/06/2012 … Want to buy a giant Jimmy Carr head? Well it could be yours, after going on sale on eBay.
Set List stand-up show moves to TV
Sky Atlantic picks up 14 episodes
27/06/2012 … Set List - the live show in which comedians have to improvise entire routines from scratch – is to be made into a TV series.
Gervais: My critics are bullies
27/06/2012 … Ricky Gervais has branded vocal critics of his Channel 4 show Derek ‘bullies’.
Nora Ephron dies at 71
Writer of When Harry Met Sally
27/06/2012 … Nora Ephron, who wrote such witty Hollywood romcoms as When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle, has died at the age of 71.
Tue 26 June 2012
Alan Partridge movie gets release date
26/06/2012 … The Alan Partridge movie is to be released in August 2013, it has been announced today.