Burmese comic gets 45 years
21/11/2008 … Burmese comedian Zarganar has been sentenced to 45 years in jail following his most recent run-in with his country’s military regime.
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21/11/2008 … Burmese comedian Zarganar has been sentenced to 45 years in jail following his most recent run-in with his country’s military regime.
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20/11/2008 … A comedy club has been banned from advertising on Virgin Trains for fear it is promoting gun crime.
20/11/2008 … Eddie Izzard is making a film version of his cancelled US TV show The Riches.
20/11/2008 … The life of American comedian Sam Kinison is to be turned into a movie.
19/11/2008 … Comedy writer Irving Brecher, who penned two Marx Brothers films, has died in Los Angles at the age of 94.
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