Review: Eboni Booth’s ‘Primary Trust’ is tender, comic and uplifting
Eboni Booth’s “Primary Trust” won the Pulitzer Prize for drama this year, but don’t expect a grand epic. This is a quirky, small-scale, quietly reflective…
Leaning on queer family history during uncertain political times
As the country is trying to keep up with this year's election shifts, an artist leans on queer family history to pay homage to the…
Sebastian Maniscalco makes history as Intuit Dome’s first stand-up comic
No vision board, no grand plan, no dreams of greatness. The only thing comedian Sebastian Maniscalco really knew when he came to Los Angeles from…
‘The Instigators’ review: Damon and Affleck, comic criminals
Moviegoers and critics often say that what they want more from films is originality. But let’s not dismiss the sturdy pleasures of the reliably familiar.…
Why Comic-Con hasn’t outgrown its comic book origins
Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter!I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and some of my earliest obsessions with…
‘Sunny’ review: Rashida Jones is powerful in this dark comic mystery
In “Sunny,” premiering Wednesday on Apple TV+, Rashida Jones plays Suzie Sakamoto, an American living in a near-future Kyoto who has apparently lost her Japanese…
Comic actors on improv, breaking — and chicken suits
Comedy takes on many different forms. Larry David’s HBO series, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” weaponized improv for more than two decades to make its audience laugh-cringe.…
Martin Mull, comic actor, ‘Roseanne’ star and painter, dies at 80
Martin Mull, the comedic actor best known for his roles in “Clue,” “Roseanne,” “Arrested Development” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” died Thursday. He was 80.…
Coldplay stops concert as Israeli comic rushes stage, falls
Chris Martin briefly paused a Coldplay concert in Greece after a man draped in an Israeli flag tried to rush the stage but instead wound…
Bill Burr, Bill Maher think Louis C.K. should be uncanceled
Bill Burr says cancel culture is over. Bill Maher isn’t so sure. The one thing the two Bills in comedy can agree on? Louis C.K.…
Lenny Henry's last ever Comic Relief raises £38million total for charity as 3.6million tune in
The annual fundraising programme, which featured a host of comedy sketches, musical performances and tributes to Sir Lenny, saw a notable rise in viewers compared…
Red Nose Day: ‘Irreplaceable’ Lenny Henry kicks off his last Comic Relief
Speaking to the audience at home, Henry said: "There are so many people living tough lives in incredibly difficult situations here in the UK and…
Mollie King Pedal Power Challenge LIVE — Cycle route revealed as Radio 1 star raises over £500k for Comic Relief
Stuart Broad’s advice to Mollie In an exclusive chat as she finished the first 20km stretch, Mollie opened up about how Stuart, 37, had been keeping her spirits…
Scrappy old comic book found in attic is worth HUNDREDS due to 4 numbers on back – mystery owner must come forward now
A SCRAPPY old comic book found in an attic is now worth hundreds due to four numbers on the back. The weathered comic book is…
Lewis Black reflects on his final tour as America’s crankiest comic
Lewis Black is in his element. Onstage before an adoring audience, he merely says the name of disgraced former Rep. George Santos before the crowd…
Alex Horne lines up legendary comic for TV comeback on Channel 4's Taskmaster
Comedian Alex Horne has set his sights on legendary comic Jasper Carrott to make a huge TV comeback on his Channel 4 show Taskmaster after…
L.A. comedian Neel Nanda dies, just days after 32nd birthday
Just nine days ago, Los Angeles comic Neel Nanda was headlining a Toronto comedy club for the first time, cracking up the crowd and inviting…
Jessica Lange plans to retire, slams comic book movies
Jessica Lange has no interest in seeing “90%” of the films being made today. In an interview published Thursday in the Telegraph, the Oscar winner…
Trump comic Sarah Cooper opens up about cost of viral fame
In 2020, as the world was gripped by a suffocating pandemic, Sarah Cooper became a viral phenomenon. But what happened during and after her skyrocket…
Gone Fishing's Bob Mortimer replaced by much-loved comic after major health update
Bob Mortimer has been replaced at the last minute by TV comic Lee Mack for his TV show Gone Fishing as the comedian had fallen…