Katt Williams promises Priceless: Afterlife different comedy

Comedian Katt Williams has a new comedy special premiering on HBO this weekend. Directed by Spike Lee, "Priceless: Afterlife" is his second HBO stand-up special.

Netflix to present five comedy specials this fall

You can have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand. And Jim Jefferies will tickle you at your discretion.

Netflix is announcing performances by both comics and three more, set to roll out this fall. It's the latest in the original-content initiative from this subscription Internet channel.

Here's the lineup, with each program going online at 3:01 a.m. Eastern:
• "Jim Jefferies: BARE," premiering Aug. 29. Taped at Boston's Wilbur Theatre, it finds Jefferies weighing in on diverse topics such as politics, new fatherhood, orgies and Neil Diamond. (It will join the first season of Jefferies' FX comedy series "Legit," now streaming on Netflix.)

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Vikki Stone plays 20 instruments and Des Bishop taught himself Mandarin – can comedy get any harder?

The concept of Instrumental, Vikki Stone's new show (Underbelly), seems challenging enough to begin with: Stone, a classically trained musician, attempts to play 20 different instruments as a backing track, often several at once thanks to the magic of looping. The English standup burst on to the fringe in 2011, combining her impressive musicianship and energetic delivery in startlingly explicit comic songs about wanting to do filthy things to Phillip Schofield. There's more of that this year, but it quickly becomes clear that the mad dash around the instruments is a cover for something else. "This is a show about trying and failing," she explains.

EXCLUSIVE: Made In Chelsea Alex Mytton Celebrity Big Brother

EXCLUSIVE: Made In Chelsea’s cheating Alex Mytton could be heading to the Celebrity Big Brother house if Fran Newman-Young gets her way.

The new series of CBB almost upon us and a few reality TV personalities have been rumoured to be going in the house this year.
Is there a chance we could be seeing a Made In Chelsea star among the new crop of housemates? Well during an exclusive catch up with Metro.co.uk, Fran says the MIC lot would be great, particularly Alex and Spencer Matthews.

Celebrity Big Brother: new housemate amazing Luisa Zissman

Monday night will see a new set of celebrities enter the famous house - but we want to know now

Luisa Zissman has met the new batch of celebrities and at least one of them is "amazing".
After Luisa's outrageous shenanigans earlier this year the Apprentice star is now Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother's roaming reporter/presenter/panelist/interviewer.