Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giants
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New BBC boss wants more right-leaning comics. Is he having a laugh?
Tim Davie wants to tackle left bias on comedy shows, good luck with that
Eddie Murphy: ‘I was kind of an a-hole’
The star explains why he is returning to stand-up and the big screen in Dolemite Is My Name
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Paul Schrader: ‘I have lived in the sweet spot of human history’
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Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando were lovers, Pryor’s widow confirms
Jennifer Lee Pryor confirms Quincy Jones claim. ‘It was the ’70s! Drugs were still good’
Graham Rix the subject of racism and bullying claims
Former Chelsea coach alleged to have horrifically abused youth team players
‘Among men, there’s certain aspects that are supposed to stay suppressed’
Harris Dickinson, the rising British actor, has been praised for his performance in the Sundance prizewinner Beach Rats
Comedy has no barriers – but Corden’s Weinstein jibes were pathetic
Rather than channelling anger at Harvey Weinstein, he giggled like a schoolboy
Chris Rock on why bullies work and his “scary ass drive” through Limerick
“Comfort is the poison” reads the on-screen message, as Rock wrongfoots his audience at every turn during an incendiary show
Bigelow on Detroit: ‘Racism hurts everyone. It’s a human story’
Katherine Bigelow’s furious new film, ‘Detroit’, tackles historic racism and strikes some shocking notes. But the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director has been taking fire for even taking on the project
2016: The 50 best films on Netflix
While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’
Irish America’s Wall Street 50 have a party
Denis O’Brien will have to wait another year to be entered on to prestigious list
Marc Maron: ‘The first 100 episodes are me asking celebrities for help’
Comedian Marc Maron was an embittered recovering alcoholic before he found his way as a podcast interviewer of brutal honesty. Not even Obama refused the call
Kevin Hart: ‘People love a broad comedy’
The world’s biggest-grossing comedian is everywhere at the moment. He talks about new film The Wedding Ringer, ‘the knack’ of success and growing up in a tough part of Philadelphia
The funny thing about being a girl is . . .
So, women aren’t funny, eh? We talk to four funny females playing the Vodafone Comedy Carnival to get their take on that lazy trope
Acerbic comedian Joan Rivers dies aged 81
Comic never recovered consciousness after suffering cardiac arrest during surgery last week
Robin Williams: So plentiful were his gifts he rarely reached for ‘off’ switch
He always said he was most liberated when doing stand-up – protected by the force field of genius the way he was not when he was ‘Robin Williams’ walking down the street
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