Thanks to a nasty backroom fight among its financiers and now a court order, Jon Favreau’s upcoming comedy Chef has hit a rough patch and no one is in a laughing mood anymore. The star-studded comedy which includes such Hollywood heavies as Dustin Hoffman and Iron Man star Robert Downey, Jr. is about a chef,…
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THE ‘WEDGIE’ COMEDIAN: Crossing the Line Between Comedy and the Jailhouse
Though he’s still pretty young, aspiring comedian Charles Ross not long ago learned a simple lesson he should have known all along: that comedy is only about jokes as long as everyone understands what is happening as a joke even if they may not like the joke. And of course, as long as any funnyman…
KATT WILLIAMS: When a comedian’s time onstage may be too small
Katt Williams is a comedian who is no stranger to run-ins with the law and with other folks. And lately, his run of legal troubles have been adding up: he attacked an aspiring rapper on his tour bus at an Oakland hotel and then (two days later) led cops on a high speed chase for…