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Jimmy Carr appeared to confirm that he is now a dad-of-two in his recently released Netflix special Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer.The comedian, 51, has been in a relationship with Channel 5 exec Karoline Copping since 2001, and they are believed to have welcomed their first child, son Rockefeller, in 2019. It now seems the couple may have expanded their brood further, with Jimmy telling his audience: "I'm a father now. I had kids, I'm a dad," seemingly referencing more than one "kid".

Jimmy Carr has revealed that he nearly died as a child, as he opens up about battling meningitis.The comedian, 51, recalled the horrific time during an appearance on the podcast Where There's A Will, There's A Wake. Speaking to host Kathy Burke, he explained: "I had meningitis when I was a child. So my first memory is a lumbar puncture in Limerick in the General [hospital] "I was three, I think, and I was always told it was very close to death," he said, before explaining how his sense of humour helped him through the terrifying time.

Jimmy Carr has opened up about a life-threatening health condition he suffered as a child.The comedian has shared how he was diagnosed with meningitis as a child and was left “close to death”.Speaking on the Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake podcast with Kathy Burke, Carr, who is now aged 51, spoke about the childhood experience. “I had meningitis when I was a child.

Jon Richardson has been seen for the first time since his shock split from wife and fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont.The couple surprised fans when they announced their separation after nine years of marriage in a joint statement. Just days after sharing the heartbreaking news, Jon was spotted at a family event for children's TV cartoon Bluey, rubbing shoulders with other celeb guests.

Lucy Beaumont had fans in stitches with a cheeky quip about ditching Jon Richardson long before their shock split hit the headlines.The 40 year old funnywoman, who tied the knot with fellow comedian Jon, 41, back in 2015 and shares daughter Elsie Louise with him, recently left fans gobsmacked by announcing that they're parting ways after nearly a decade together.The comedy duo's separation news came as a surprise to many, but eagle-eyed viewers might recall Lucy's playful banter about divorce on Channel 4's Eight Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown last year, which now seems like it could have been a hint of trouble in paradise. During her appearance on the show in July 2022, Lucy didn't miss a beat when host Jimmy Carr, 51, teased her about her marriage, leading some to wonder if there was more truth to her jest than first thought.

Countdown's Rachel Riley had her Instagram followers in stitches as she posed with a giant troll, jokingly introducing him as her "check out my new boyfriend". The brainy beauty was getting ready for another episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown on Channel 4 when she shared the funny photo.

Rosie Jones has spoken out after receiving a number of cruel comments online after her recent television appearances.The comedian, 33, who has cerebral palsy, has hit out at the ableism she has faced in recent weeks after taking part in the Royal Variety Performance and the Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. Following the Royal Variety Performance, she shared a message to Twitter, which read: "Thank you for all of the lovely messages about The Royal Variety last night, what fun. "Less of a thanks to the not so lovely ones.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Something Special, the Seoul-based international format agency founded by format specialists Jin Woo Hwang (president and executive producer) and Kim In Soon (EVP & head of content) announce that ITV Studios has optioned the hit Korean celebrity format “Battle in the Box” for France, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel. The deal was unveiled on Wednewday, the first full day of the Asia Television Forum and Market (ATF) in Singapore. “Battle in the Box,” created by Korea’s NMedia and represented globally by Something Special, has previously seen deals announced with Fremantle for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal.

Lily Allen is reflecting on an awful rape joke made about her years ago.

Lily Allen is calling out Russell Brand for a rape joke made at her expense between himself, Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding and Jonathan Ross.

Lily Allen has criticised Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and Jonathan Ross for making rape jokes about her while she was on the Channel 4 panel show The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year.The singer, who in recent years has pursed acting, said in a new interview that although she didn’t take offence at the time she now realises how “horrendous” they were.Her comments come in the wake of Brand being accused by multiple women of sexual assault and in some cases emotional abuse.Brand has denied the majority of the accusations levelled against him to date, however, he has not publicly responded to more recent ones including allegedly sexually assaulting an extra on the set of his 2010 film Arthur.A clip of the moment the rape jokes were made during a 2007 episode of the series went viral on X (formerly Twitter) after rape allegations surfaced against Brand in September.In the episode in question, Ross moved Allen, whom he calls “the only sexually attractive young lady” on the show, away from panellists Brand and Fielding, stating: “And then Lily may go home with her dress still on.”Fielding then replied: “How dare you – we’re not rapists.”Host Carr then quizzed Fielding about why he was wearing a cape “if [he] wasn’t a rapist” before Fielding pointed out that the cape he’s wearing is, in fact, a Jack the Ripper cape.Fielding said: “He wasn’t a rapist, he was a…”, before Brand interjected to say: “Serial murderer”.Brand continued: “There is no direct corollary between rapes and capes, it’s just a rhyme.”Allen has now spoken to Grazia UK about the incident.“[There was a clip] where I was on a chat show with Russell Brand and Noel Fielding and Jonathan Ross. And there are comments, I think, about me being raped or something.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Jon Stewart, Bruce Springsteen, Rita Wilson and more stars performed as a tribute to U.S. veterans and their families at the New York Comedy Festival and Bob Woodruff Foundation’s Stand Up for Heroes event Monday. Held at David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the night included performances from musicians and comics, including Stewart, Springsteen, Wilson, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, Tracy Morgan, The War and Treaty, Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng and Shane Gillis.

Prince Harry has released a video just hours before his father King Charles' appearance in his first State Opening of Parliament as monarch.

Brett Goldstein is just getting started.The comedian, who you may know as the show’s irascible soccer star turned slightly less grumpy soccer coach Roy Kent, has 25 shows remaining on his ongoing ‘The Second Best Night of Your Life’ stand-up comedy tour.Along the way he’ll perform back-to-back-to-back nights at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Nov.

EXCLUSIVE: British comedian Russell Howard is launching a comedy podcast featuring the likes of John Oliver, Jimmy Carr and Taylor Tomlinson.

Most of us are just now hearing all the sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand. If you’re not up to date on that, you can get the horrible details from this weekend’s exposé HERE. The gist of it is, several women have now come forward with stories from 2006-2013 — including a girl who was just 16 at the time. And there are receipts.

EXCLUSIVE: The Veterans is launching international sales on upcoming UK period comedy Fackham Hall at Toronto and has unveiled first members of the ensemble cast.

Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, Tracy Morgan and the ever-present Jon Stewart will stand up at this year’s Stand Up for Heroes fundraiser. The fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families, will also feature comedians and musicians including Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng, Shane Gillis, The War and Treaty and Rita Wilson. Stewart has been a steady presence at the annual event.

New York’s annual Stand Up for Heroes event for the Bob Woodruff Foundation will take place at David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on November 6, featuring performances by comedians and musicians including Jimmy Carr, Ronny Chieng, Shane Gillis, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp, Tracy Morgan, Jon Stewart, The War and Treaty, Rita Wilson and more to be announced.

Conan O’Brien will bring his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend to this year’s New York Comedy Festival, with a taping of the live episode later airing on Team Coco’s SiriusXM Channel.

Brett Goldstein is crossing the pond.The comedian, “Ted Lasso” star and two-time Emmy winner just added eight additional shows to his North American ‘Second Best Night Of Your Life Tour.’He’s now set to play New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Friday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov.

Brett Goldstein aka Roy Kent, is headed stateside to perform stand-up at the 2023 New York Comedy Festival.On Friday, Nov. 10, the British actor-comedian-writer-podcaster will hit the stage at NYC’s Beacon Theatre for a show he’s dubbed “The Second Best Night Of Your Life.”According to the show description, “there will be swears.”Not familiar with Goldstein outside of “Ted Lasso?”Turns out he’s quite an accomplished comic who had a solo show about working in his dad’s strip club.Yes, you read that right.And if you want to score tickets to see him live in the Big Apple today, we’re here to help.Although inventory is limited on Ticketmaster due to high demand, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.Many comics have been tapped to perform at this year’s Festival in November.Just a few of the biggest names on the bill include Bill Burr, Anthony Jeselnik, Dave Attell, Ilana Glazer and Jimmy Carr.You can find more knee-slappin’ acts set to perform at this year’s comedy extravaganza here.If you can’t make it out to NYC to catch Goldstein live this year, there will be plenty of other silver and small screen stars trekking all over the U.S.

The New York Comedy Festival, considered the largest comedy festival in the U.S., is about to get larger: In its 19th year, the 2023 NYCF will expand from seven to ten days, running Friday, Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 12.

Naman Ramachandran SISTER, the media group co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Jane Featherstone and Stacey Snider, has unveiled a creative partnership with and taken a significant stake in new TV and tech entertainment company Yes Yes Media. Yes Yes, an unscripted entertainment venture, is founded by broadcaster and format developer Richard Bacon, who has presented “The Big Breakfast” and “Top of the Pops” and created formats “The Hustler,” hosted by Craig Ferguson (ABC), “This Is My House” (BBC1) and “I Literally Just Told You,” hosted by Jimmy Carr (Channel 4). The deal allows Yes Yes to leverage access to the SISTER’s global network of creative companies and investments spanning television and film, podcasting, publishing and live events.

Bill Maher is touring all over North America from April through November this year and bringing his brand of outrage along with him.At shows, fans can expect to hear a mix of new material along with signature bits.And if you want to grab tickets to see Maher uncensored live, you can for fairly reasonable tickets.Over the course of his 20-show run, we found some tickets going for as low as $48 before fees on Vivid Seats.We can’t be mad at that.So, if you want to see the “Real Time” and “Club Random” (that’s Bill’s podcast) host live, here’s everything you need to know.All prices listed above were found at the time of publication and are subject to fluctuation.Maher’s nationwide jaunt will get underway on April 1 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre.After that, he’ll hit notable cities like Philadelphia (June 3), Las Vegas (June 16-17), Charlotte (Aug. 19), Austin (Sept.

Janey Godley has revealed it was Jimmy Carr who convinced her to go on her Not Dead Yet tour after finding out her cancer had come back. The Scots comedian was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer in November 2021.

The Masked Singer fans were left in complete shock tonight as comedian Katherine Ryan was revealed as Pigeon.

42 has made a big name hire. Former Netflix and Tiger Aspect Productions exec Ben Cavey is joining as Head of Comedy and Entertainment.

Amanda Holden and Jimmy Carr walked off the set of BBC One show I Can See Your Voice after one contestant made a cutting remark.

Popular show I Can See Your Voice is back for a brand new series and the first episode sees a Scots couple take on the challenge.

Channel 4 has bought a painting by Adolf Hitler and will let an audience decide whether Jimmy Carr should destroy it in an upcoming televised debate.The show, titled Art Trouble, will feature artworks by a number of “problematic” figures, including Pablo Picasso, convicted paedophile Rolf Harris and sexual abuser Eric Gill.As explained by Ian Katz, Channel 4’s director of programming, the show will see “advocates for each piece of art” present an argument for why the artwork should not be destroyed, before the studio audience ultimately decides its fate.“There are advocates for each piece of art,” Katz told The Guardian. “So you’ve got an advocate for Hitler.

Jimmy Carr’s dad is said to be suing the much loved comedian for defamation after the comic made too many gags about him in his routines. Sources close to Jimmy’s father, Jim Carr Sr, say he is sick of the 8 Out of 10 Cats star's “lies” about him and revealed that he had chosen to take legal action against the star. A well-placed source revealed: "The last thing Jim wanted to do was take his own son to court, but enough is enough.

Jimmy Carr looked every inch the doting dad on Friday as he took his boy out for a low-key stroll in his buggy in North London. The comedian, 50, cut a casual figure in a blue T-shirt and navy trousers as he walked along the street while occasionally checking on his son. Jimmy added a pair of black and white slip-on shoes to his look and hooked a pair of sunglasses on his top, while jackets were seen under the buggy should the weather change.

Gogglebox has finished, it is time for Celebrity Gogglebox. There will be some new celebrity faces and some series regulars returning for the new series. Denise van Outen will be returning to the series with a new face joining her on her sofa after she split from her ex of seven years Eddie Boxshall.

There is no shortage of original TV series premiering online in June. Prime Video and Apple TV+ subscribers have plenty of new content to choose between – from comedies such as the return of adult animation Fairfax, to dramas such as the high-stakes sci-fi series For All Mankind.

Wilson Chapman editorAmy Schumer, James Acaster, Jimmy O. Yang and many other comedians have joined the lineup of Just for Laughs Montreal’s 40th anniversary festival.