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Netflix's 'Chumbak' Is the Antidote to India's Prestige-Drama Overload
The creators of 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' are back with a multi-generational neighbourhood comedy that bets Indian audiences still want to laugh out loud. Netflix drops it August 28 — and the cast alone is an argument.
Alley Cats Is What Happens When a Comic Stops Being Afraid of Himself
Ricky Gervais's new Netflix animated series arrives trailing a great voice cast and zero creative risk. What's left when shock value is the whole act?
Broda Shaggi Resurfaces After Alleged Gunshot Incident: 'I'm Coming Back Stronger'
Nigeria's most recognisable street-comedy voice went dark for months — and the silence wasn't just a content break. Samuel Perry has now spoken, and the circumstances that kept him away are as telling as the comeback itself.
Glasgow Gets Its Big Yin Back: Connolly Exhibition Hits Kelvingrove in 2027
Sir Billy Connolly is bringing his life, his laughs, and his legendary wardrobe to the city that made him. The Kelvingrove announcement is a homecoming decades in the making.
Korean Kanakaraju: Varun Tej's Horror-Comedy Punches Down at the Wrong Target
A film that had every ingredient to celebrate India's K-culture moment instead decided mockery was funnier than curiosity. The real horror isn't on screen — it's in the writing room.
Amanda Knox Takes the Edinburgh Stage. Meredith Kercher's Family Says That's Enough.
Knox's solo comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe is drawing fire from the Kercher family and a growing public petition. The case was closed in court — but the moral reckoning, apparently, is not.
Tommy Davidson Finally Gets His Own Show — And Martin Lawrence Is Along for the Ride
Thirty years after Varnell Hill first annoyed Martin Payne on a Detroit TV set, the character gets his own spinoff on Paramount+. The '90s are back, and this time Davidson is the lead.
Christina Pazsitzky Breaks Down On Air: 'Tom and I Are Divorcing, and It Is Extremely Sad'
After 20 years together, 18 married, and a podcast empire built side by side, Christina Pazsitzky and Tom Segura are calling it. She said it herself, on mic, in tears — and the comedy world is listening.
Super Troopers 3 Arrives 25 Years Later — Same Jokes, Same Guys, Same Gamble
Broken Lizard's cult cop-comedy franchise returns for a third round nobody asked for and a surprising number of people will show up to anyway. Whether that's loyalty, nostalgia, or a failure of imagination is a question the film itself never quite answers.
BBC's Ludwig Returns August 20 — All Six Episodes Drop at Once on iPlayer
The corporation's biggest comedy launch in six years is back, and the BBC isn't making anyone wait. David Mitchell's reluctant detective gets a simultaneous full-series drop, and a guest star designed to cause friction.
Europe's Largest Comedy Festival Dies at 30 — Killed by Austerity and Empty Promises
The Big Difference Company, operator of the Leicester Comedy Festival since 1994, has declared insolvency and shut its doors. What killed it isn't a mystery — it's a policy choice dressed up as market forces.
TikTok Comedian Cesar Gastelum Executed Mid-Livestream in Sinaloa's Open War
A motorcycle hit team gunned down influencer Cesar Gastelum in front of nearly 600,000 followers outside a Culiacán fast food restaurant. The killing was brazen, public, and recorded — which in Sinaloa is rarely an accident.
Delhi HC Draws the Line: Pandey's Face Is His, But Satire Stays Protected
India's edtech poster child is fighting back against deepfakes, fake endorsements, and obscene AI-generated content — and the Delhi High Court is drawing a line that could reshape digital personality rights across the country. The catch: the court isn't handing him a blank censorship order.
He Warned Him. Mazi Okeke Didn't Listen — Now the Fallout Is Public
Nigerian comedian Mazi Okeke's very public heartbreak now has a backstory his inner circle is tired of keeping quiet. His associate Lenzi says he saw it coming — and has the receipts to prove he said so.
Ghana's Flagship Hospital Under Fire as Comedian's Mother Dies After Alleged Serial Misdiagnosis
Michael Blackson went public with a scorching account of his mother's final weeks at the University of Ghana Medical Centre — and the hospital's rebuttal raised more questions than it answered. When a country's most prestigious medical facility can't silence a grieving son with its own records, something is wrong.
ABC Kills Rosie O'Donnell's NSFW Trump Parody Before She Can Host Kimmel
O'Donnell had a "Wizard of Oz"-themed song mocking Trump ready to go — crowds loved it off-Broadway. ABC's answer was a quiet but firm no.