4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (315+ words) For once, the performers at the Box weren't putting up with crap. The famous sexual burlesque acts at the Lower East Side club " which can skew toward the scatological " refused to go onstage on Friday night because accused rapist and…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (656+ words) During his six seasons as the lead on "Lucifer," the Welsh actor Tom Ellis developed a heightened version of his natural British accent. When he was cast in the new CBS series "CIA," he figured it was time to sound…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (440+ words) This weekend, get ready for a wild tale of two unlikely heroes who travel to the past in a souped-up vehicle and must find a way to return to the present day. Sound like "Back to the Future?" Well, that's…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (524+ words) Philippe Gaulier, a French clown who was known as one of comedy's greatest teachers, with students including Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson, died on Monday. He was 82. Michiko Gaulier, his wife, said in an emailed statement that he had…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (438+ words) If you were to imagine what your average comedy fan might've looked like during the first half of the 20th If you were to imagine what your average comedy fan might've looked like during the first half of the 20th century, you…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (193+ words) The story culminates in tragedy, but until then it is badinage all the way; the two-and-a-half hour run time flies by in a flurry of puns, double entendres, acerbic put-downs and Wildean aper'us. Rather than depicting the greenery of Sidley…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (290+ words) Kids in the Hall star Dave Foley provided the voice of Benny's robot assistant, Yes Man, in 2010's Fallout: New Vegas. Yes Man is a major character in the game and can be a great asset to the player, depending…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (847+ words) Before hitting the stage, the comedians of the TV series "Jokes with JoySauce" have an on-camera ritual of exchanging immigrant stories about growing up with their families. There is no audience during these moments, just comics being vulnerable with one…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (87+ words) Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this photo, or describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of. If you like, try telling the story from…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (912+ words) In the mid-1990s, when Catherine O'Hara flew into Lockhart, Texas, to begin shooting the indie mockumentary Waiting for Guffman, she felt spooked. The film's director and lead actor, Christopher Guest, had shown her scenes of their co-stars already seeming comfortable in…...