KATHMANDU, August 29: Kathmandu District Court (KDC) has ordered police to release standup comedian Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh on bail.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: Indian comedian Raju Srivastava died in Delhi on Wednesday while undergoing treatment for a heart attack. The 58 year-old comedian was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital for the last 41 days.

Bollywood Comedian Rajpal Yadav arrived in Sarlahi on Saturday. He has arrived in Nepal to address at the ninth National General Convention of Gopal Sewa Samiti on Sunday. The event was organized at the cover hall of the district headquarters Malangwa.

Louie Anderson is being treated for cancer in a Las Vegas hospital, a spokesman for the actor and comedian said. Anderson, 68, was diagnosed with a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and “is resting comfortably,” his longtime publicist Glenn Schwartz said Tuesday.

A Mumbai court on Monday granted bail to comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Harsh Limbhachiya, who were arrested after seizure of drugs from their house in Mumbai.

British performer Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of comedy trio The Goodies, has died after contracting the new coronavirus. He was 79.

Comedian Andy Dick has pleaded not guilty to groping a driver from a ride-hailing service.

Actor-comedian Kevin Hart has been injured in the crash of a vintage muscle car in the hills above Malibu.

KATHMANDU, June 17: Following an order of the Kathmandu District Court, police on Sunday released standup comedian Pranesh Gautam, 25. He was arrested a few days ago on the charge of posting a 'foul-mouthed' review of the movie Bir Bikram 2 on Youtube.

Pranesh Gautam, a young comedian, is in custody for the last one week simply because he made a critical and satirical review of Nepali movie Bir Bikram 2. Police authority has not shown any sign of setting him free despite protests from youths, civil society and social media users for his release.

KYIV – In the 2000s, The West Wing was everybody’s favorite television show about an aspirational US administration—one that fought terrorism without waging war on an entire region or religion, refused to trample on the rule of law, and generally made decisions that were in the country’s best interest. Many wished the show’s calm and collected fictional president, played by Martin Sheen, could replace America’s cowboy president, George W Bush, and his war-mongering sidekick, Dick Cheney.

KIEV, April 22: Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after exit polls showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at war.

KIEV, April 1: Early results Monday in Ukraine’s presidential election showed a comedian with no political experience maintaining his strong lead against the incumbent in the first round, setting the stage for a presidential runoff in three weeks.

INDIA, Dec 2: Bollywood actor and comedian Rajpal Yadav landed behind bars after he failed to repay a loan of Rs50 million which was taken by his company for the production of a film.

KATHMANDU, April 3: Yashoda Shrestha, wife of legendary actor of Nepal Madan Krishna Shrestha has died yesterday at around 11 PM at Nepal Cancer Hospital, Harisiddhi.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 11: Comedian Louis C.K. admitted on Friday to engaging in sexual misconduct as recounted by several women, three of whom said he had masturbated in front of them, and television and film companies moved quickly to sever ties.

MUMBAI, Sept 7: With Kapil Sharma's show heading for a "break", his colleague Kiku Sharda has confirmed that he is moving on to SAB TV's new sitcom ‘Partner’ with veteran comedian Johnny Lever.

WASHINGTON, August 21: Dick Gregory, an American comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, died on Saturday at age 84, his son said.

BARDIBAS, Jan 9: Comedians Sitaram Kattel and Kunjana Ghimire aka Dhurmus and Suntali were felicitated in Bardibas, Mahottari on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 9: Nepali actor/comedian Rudra Prasad Bhattarai, best known as Lajalam, passed away on Thursday night at his residence in Biratnagar.