A group of comedians settled their claims after a court-appointed special master last year recommended that Pandora should ...

No matter how quick the wit, no stand-up comic starts out a success. Forget the top: on the way to the bottom rung, comics need to endure endless open-mic tryouts, log thousands of miles for little or ...

A weekly pickup basketball game in Manhattan is populated almost entirely by professional funny people from all corners of the comedy landscape — stand-up comedians on their way up, comics past their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shydner said even getting to the door could take the wind out of a guy. While Chase “bombed a desk piece,” Shydner had to climb ...

Netflix has become a premier platform for streaming modern comedy specials, with some of the biggest names in the business launching their shows on the service. This includes a growing number of ...

Rochelle Newman-Carrasco is the EVP of Hispanic Marketing for Walton Isaacson. Human nature is complicated. Why do we think that culture is any easier to understand? Rather than acknowledge the ...

Bill Boronkay didn't set out to be a stand-up comedian, but he had defied the odds before. Told he'd never make it in television, he earned five Emmy awards during his sportscasting and hosting career ...

Comedians Tig Notaro and Matteo Lane are set to headline civil rights organization Lambda Legal’s inaugural Stand Up for Equality event on March 4. Held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, the ...