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“The comedy styling’s of Madonna” was how Jimmy Fallon introduced Madonna for her first ever stand-up comedy routine.

Stan Freberg, an all around creative icon who had a number of hits during the 50’s, died on Tuesday of natural causes at a Santa Monica, CA hospital at the age of 88.

NZ comedian Rhys Darby has been given his own show on the tele.

Eddie Izzard will return to Australia in 2015 following a flash visit this month for Just For Laughs in Sydney.

Rhys Darby has one of the funniest shows you will see on stage in Australia this year. He even has a hard time upstaging his opening act – himself.

Joan Rivers once joked that at her funeral she wanted “Meryl Streep crying in five different accents”.

Rhys Darby has added extra dates for Melbourne and Perth for his upcoming Australian tour.

Robin Williams’ death has spent fans into a shopping spree boosting two of his comedy albums back into the American charts.

Reggie Watts will head to Australia for Just For Laughs in Sydney in October and also perform for Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.

Eddie Izzard will head to Sydney in October to host the Just For Laughs gala event at the Sydney Opera House.

Tickets for Just For Laughs, the week of comedy for Sydney in October, have gone on sale.

Family Guy and Futurama will intertwine with The Simpsons for the next season.

Comedian Chelsea Handler will perform in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne in November.

Abba will release the complete ‘Live At Wembley Arena’ concert for the first time in October.

Weird Al Yankovic could be headed for the number 1 spot for the first time in his career.

Rhys Darby will perform Perth and Brisbane sideshows when he returns to Australia for Just For Laughs in October.

Just For Laughs will return to Sydney for a fourth season in October.

Jay Z, Calvin Harris and Will Smith are reportedly collaborating on a comedy series with HBO.

There is definitely something funny about the music of Stephen Lynch. Lynch says fans should expect “musical comedy” when he tours Australia later this month.

SXSW, the world’s biggest music conference held annually in Austin, Texas, is open for 2014 registrations.

Artists wishing to attend the SXSW Music Conference and Festival in 2014 may now apply.

Comedian and musician Stephen Lynch will return for Australia in August for a comedy tour.

Alanis Morissette put on the pigtails and went back behind a school-desk to perform with The Lonely Island for Jimmy Kimmel this week.

Almost a year ago, Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong announced that he was suffering from prostate cancer. Today, he says he is cancer free.

Jack Dee is a misery guts and proud of it. He wears the whinging, grumpy, Englishman tag to a tee; it bodes him well. Dee has made talking about banal daily routine an art form and centres on the worst week of his life, which started with a blown light bulb in his garage.

Margaret Cho’s show, Mother turns out to be the “mother of all bad stand up” rather than an “untraditional look at motherhood”.

Comedy Festival fans vacated the performance by American comedian Tracy Jordan at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on Sunday night when it quickly became clear that instead of a comedy set Morgan was just delivering a sexist, racist rant.