My cocaine and drink addiction
Producer Jimmy Mulville comes clean
01/08/2010 … Top comedy producer Jimmy Mulville has revealed how his father’s suicide sparked a alcohol and cocaine addiction that destroyed his marriage.
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Sat 31 July 2010
© NBC 30 Rock goes live
...and cast will have to do it twice
31/07/2010 … America’s NBC network is to broadcast a live edition of its acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock.
Fri 30 July 2010
'I cried all the way home...'
30/07/2010 … Alan Carr's dog is called Beverley Callard, after the Coronation Street actress.
Where are the funny women in films?
30/07/2010 … Bette Midler has claimed funny women find it difficult to break into movies, as there aren’t the roles for them.
Scotland's got sketches
STV back in the genre after 20 years
30/07/2010 … Scottish broadcaster STV has commissioned its first sketch comedy in 20 years.
Making an ass of Richard Blackwood
Comic to play Donkey in Shrek musical
30/07/2010 … Richard Blackwood is to play the Donkey in Shrek The Musical when it opens in the West End next year.
Thu 29 July 2010
Russell Brand, swordsman
29/07/2010 … Russell Brand already has something of a reputation as a ‘legendary swordsman’ – and now he might have found a film role to live up to that.
Coogan joins Idiot Brother
29/07/2010 … Steve Coogan has landed another Hollywood role, in an indie comedy called My Idiot Brother.