Entertainment company slaps Nicki Minaj with $50K suit

An entertainment company is suing rapper Nicki Minaj for $50,000, saying she acted like a diva, showing up late for an event and leaving early.

IMP Entertainment gave 50-grand to Minaj to host an NBA All-Star weekend event in Hollywood on Feb. 19, 2011.

Williams was depressed and broke

Neighbour who saw him before his death said comedian was drawn and thin and looked ‘a shell of himself’.

Robin Williams was found dead after telling friends he had "serious money troubles". He had sought treatment for depression in the weeks before his death, it emerged last night.

The 63-year-old actor, who was once reputed to be worth $150 million, had complained of losing a large chunk of his fortune in alimony payments to his two ex-wives, and had been trying to sell his 240ha ranch in California.

Losing a testicle, gaining a comedy show

Finding a lump and having my testicle replaced with a prosthesis made me realise stand-up comedy was nothing to fear

I was 27 when I found out I had cancer. I had just moved out of home. Pathetic, I know, but rents were high and I was suffering from crippling laziness. I was painting houses and doing deliveries. I was just floating along. My mother sat me down one day and told me that if acting was what I really wanted to do, I needed to move out, get a job and start saving to go to London.

Comedy Dynamics offers vast comedy library on Hulu featuring Jim Norton, Whitney Cummings, DL Hughley and many more (Sponsored video)

Comedian and frequent Time magazine contributor Jim Norton gets really awkward in social situations. But that’s partly because other people are obnoxious and awkward, too. Norton’s superb 2013 stand-up special Please Be Offended talks about the people in life who are way too sensitive and way too annoying. All of these people make Jim anxious, like the old man “warming up” to talk to you on the elevator. Yes, we’re aware that the elevator is moving slowly. Know what else is? You.

Lion taming and laughter: why fringe audiences love multitasking comedy

From throwing fruit in ‘sports’ challenges to circus escapology, comedy lovers are keen to watch standups do just about anything

The comedy boom – the explosion of UK comedy, its ubiquity over the last 10 years – continues to extend itself. Now it’s found a new manifestation in Edinburgh, traceable perhaps to the 2012-13 success of The Wrestling, the extraordinary late-night, theatrical combat encounter between professional wrestlers and standup comedians. The Wrestling was the ne plus ultra of “event comedy” on the fringe, but it’s also promoted the idea that audiences won’t just pay to see comedians performing comedy, but also see them being amusingly bad at a range of other activities.