eBebo - Iliza Vie Shlesinger, a stand up comedian, and she belongs to Dallas, Tx. She was born on 22 February 1983. Iliza Vie Shlesinger now has the title, after winning a show named NBC`s Last comic stand season 6 show. Now she becomes a first female who won the show in the history.

Iliza attended Greenhill School in Dallas, where she was a member of the Improv Team at the school.  The 27-year-old graduated from Emerson College and was a member of the ‘Whiteboy Comedy’ group of comedians from Los Angeles.  Becoming one of the most famous members of the ‘Whiteboy’ group,

Artistdirect.com - Lewis Black –quite possibly my favorite stand-up comedian and I am a stand-up comedy nerd- is back and angrier than ever! He is also busier than ever, as he is about to celebrate the release of a CD and a DVD, as well as a special on Comedy Central titled Stark Raving Black. Mr. Black also has a gaggle of tour dates on his docket, as well. So if you want to pee your pants, then snag some tickets to his shows!

Stark Raving Black is scheduled for release on June 12 via CD and DVD via Comedy Central. It's a

WOAI - SAN ANTONIO – Double Emmy Award-winning, Grammy-nominated, NY Times Best-Selling Author, and 2009’s GLAAD Vanguard recipient, Kathy Griffin is returning with her rapid fire wit and hilarious Hollywood gossip to San Antonio. The multi-faceted performer has more stories, more dish, more of what she shouldn't say, but you know you want to hear.

Catch Kathy live in her true element Friday, August 6 at 8 PM at the Majestic Theatre. Tickets ($60-$80) go on sale Friday, June 4 at 10 AM.  Purchase tickets online at www.ticketmaster.com, via phone at (800) 745-3000, or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Majestic

by Nate Billy, Punchline Magazine (blog) - Recently, Eddie Murphy has been hinting toward his return to stand-up comedy. The star himself has said, “Within the last six months or so, I started getting an itch to do it again. I started writing stuff… I was like, ‘I could go and do 15, 20 minutes right now. Maybe in a couple of months I’ll start working out again.”

The question is this: should we believe him? Murphy stated almost two years ago that he wanted to get back into stand-up, and even went as far as hinting at retirement from Hollywood. He had told Extra, “Thirty years and

Daily News & Analysis - London: Eddie Murphy is "itching" to get back to stand-up comedy.

Before becoming a famous film star, Murphy was one of the world's top comics.

And now he wants to go back, reports The Daily Star.

The Shrek star says, "Within the last six months or so, I started getting an itch to do it again. I started writing stuff... I was like, 'I could go and do 15, 20 minutes right now."

'Maybe in a couple of months I'll start working out again.'

"But it'll take a year before I'm ready to go on the road... It's gonna take at least a year to

By Hector Saldaña, San Antonio Express - Comedic actor Mike Epps rolls into Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club Friday night for a much-needed, three-night stand of adult-style hilarity and political incorrectness.

“I can’t wait to get back to San Antone. I’ve got my sombrero and it’s going down, man,” Epps joked. “All my family is coming from Guadalajara to see me for the weekend. Let’s do it.”

He says that he does movies – his last one was the out-of-nowhere hit “The Hangover” – to keep his fans on their toes.

“I do a couple of movies here and there to make the fans say, ‘Dang, Mike is working.’ Then

NBC2 News - NAPLES: A new brand of vodka hit a major milestone and the company brought in a big name from Hollywood to celebrate.

Famous comedian Dan Aykroyd was in Naples promoting his Crystal Head Vodka after the company sold its millionth bottle and he caused a fan frenzy.

Hundreds of fans waited in line to meet him Monday and to get a signed bottle of that vodka.

"I've given radio and television waves - audio waves and movies. I put things in people's eyes and ears - now I'm putting a nice taste in people's mouths," said Aykroyd.

Self described

PR NewsChannel (press release) - Award-winning actor and Jenny Craig celebrity spokesperson Jason Alexander announced today in New York that he lost 30 pounds in 18 weeks* on the Jenny Craig Weight Management Program.   The award-winning actor, who has starred in television, theater and film, celebrates his weight loss in a surprise song-and-dance musical national spot for Jenny Craig.

Following in Jenny Craig spokesperson Valerie Bertinelli’s footsteps, Alexander dares to get into a bikini. “Throughout this campaign, Valerie has been taunting me to get into a bikini, or as she calls it, a ‘mankini’.  I thought, forget the mankini, if I lose the weight, let’s take

by Ernie Osborn, Tulsa Today - Hilarity reigned supreme Saturday night , May 15 at Brady Theater.  Conan O'Brien brought an amazingly energetic and side-splittingly funny show to Tulsa.

O'Brien, not being known for stand up comedy, was enigmatic in his approach, but pulled it off like a seasoned vet.  He brought different tinges to the stage through skit, video and song.

Opener Reggie Watts got the sold out house going with his constantly changing accents and beat-box songs.  Upon first coming to the stage he had an urban accent and led into using spontaneous voice samples to create a short song.  Next, he started an English accent

Stanford University News - Meyers joined the SNL cast in 2001. In 2005, he was promoted to writing supervisor, and in January 2006 he became co-head writer, sharing the role with Tina Fey and Andrew Steele. With Fey's departure, Meyers became head writer for the 2006-2007 season and also took on the role of Weekend Update co-anchor with Amy Poehler. Before SNL, Meyers got his improv comedy start as a member of the Northwestern University improv sketch group Mee-Ow. He continued his career at ImprovOlympic with the group Preponderate as well as overseas as a cast member of Boom Chicago, an improv troupe based

San Bernardino Sun - Comedian George Wallace and special guest John Witherspoon will perform at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino on Thursday night.Wallace has been included on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time and has won an American Comedy Award for "Best Stand Up Comedian."

He said he hasn't been to San Manuel before, but that he'll find it. "Just give me a car, give me a microphone, and I work," he said.

Wallace said he has approached the stage in the same manner for 30-plus years.

"I have no idea what's

Madison.com - Steve Martin is coming to Overture Hall on July 27 -- but it's not a comedy show.

In addition to being famous as a comedian and actor ("Roxanne," "The Jerk,") Martin is also a talented five-string banjo player who won 2009 Grammy Award for his bluegrass album "The Crow." Martin, who recently played in Milwaukee, will bring his bluegrass combo the Steep Canyon Rangers to Overture Hall, on Tuesday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m.

Examiner.com - This weekend, stand-up comedian-turned-talk show host Conan O'Brien got back to his roots at Los Angeles' Gibson Amphitheatre. Playing to a sold-out crowd that included television reporters, fans, and celebrities in their own right (including The Office's Craig Robinson, comedian David Spade, and Comcast TV exec Ted Harbert), O'Brien took his "Legally Prohibited (from Being Funny on Television)" Tour to a stage just yards away from where many of the same crowd rallied  for him to keep his time slot just months ago.

Of course, being in such close proximity to NBC-Universal called for jokes in and of itself. O'Brien started

Punchline Magazine (blog) - Those dirty, godless, bleeding heart liberals will rejoice with this bit of comedy news: HBO has re-upped Real Time with Bill Maher for yet another season– and with more scoops of raisins episodes than before! That’s 35 episodes for Maher’s ninth season of his political chat show.

“Bill Maher is one of the most sought-after opinion makers on TV. [We're] delighted that this fearless and provocative observer will return to HBO next year,” the network said in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter. “By presenting an increased number of episodes in 2011, we’ll be able bring this live, topical show to

By Carley Thornell, Boston Herald - Comedian, actor, game show host and best-selling author Howie Mandel has a new job: reality show judge.

He’ll take the place of David Hasselhoff when “America’s Got Talent” returns to the air this summer. But right now he’s on the road simultaneously scouting acts for the top-rated NBC series and performing his stand-up act.

What to expect at his Boston show at the Wilbur Theatre tonight?

“Everything I was ever hit or expelled or punished for is what I get paid for now,” Mandel said. “It’s just me trying to be the center of attention.”

No wonder the 54-year-old found it easy to channel

by BWW News Desk, Broadway World - Although TV viewers know Denis Leary as the Emmy/Golden Globe-nominated dramatic star of FX's hit series Rescue Me, his career began in Boston comedy clubs as a stand-up. His "second" tour return to those comedy roots, The Rescue Me Comedy Tour 2, will showcase Leary's politically-incorrect style of humor at PlayhouseSquare June 22 at 8 pm. (Tickets go on sale Fri., April 9th at 11 am.)

Joining Leary on the tour will be fellow comedians/Rescue Me series cast members Lenny Clarke and Adam Ferrara, plus musical guests The Enablers featuring The Rehab Horns. (One dollar of each concert ticket sold will

WMU News - KALAMAZOO--Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan will perform at Western Michigan University's Miller Auditorium at 8 p.m. Friday, April 16.

Gaffigan is true comedic triple threat, having achieved major milestones in stand-up comedy, acting and writing. Beloved by a wide range of audiences, he continues to prove himself a major talent who is responsible for some of the funniest and most memorable moments in recent television and film. His clever and quiet style has earned him a spot as one of the top-five touring comedians in the country. His 2006 Comedy Central special "Beyond the Pale" was certified Platinum, selling more than 150,000

By TIMOTHY R. WOLFRUM, Bradenton Herald - Comedian and screenwriter Carol Leifer took a leap out of her comfort zone by signing up for “Celebrity Apprentice 3.”

There’s no script for how to deal with the psychological puppetry of mogul Donald Trump or the psychosis of the cast.

But Leifer, a 53-year-old veteran who has written for “Seinfeld,” “The Larry Sanders Show” and “Saturday Night Live,” insists her brush with reality television is not a betrayal of her script-writing past.

“Who can say why you watch something,” Leifer said during a phone interview from her home in Santa Monica, Calif. “A show I watch a lot is ‘The Real Housewives’

New Jersey Monthly - Lewis Black is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today and he will be at the Music Box for two nights – February 5 and 6, 2010. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author. Black’s live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. A passionate performer who is more of an angry optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon, he has perfected expressing what the rest of us cannot say in polite company. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs over two hundred nights a year to sell-out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand,

PR Newswire (press release) - NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- A very important show returns to COMEDY CENTRAL for a second season.  Season two of the hit sketch comedy series "Important Things with Demetri Martin" debuts on Thursday, February 4 at 10:00 p.m.  The new "Important Things with Demetri Martin"/"The Sarah Silverman Program" block airs on Thursdays.

The 10-episode second season of "Important Things with Demetri Martin" was produced in Los Angeles and San Francisco and features stand-up comedian, actor, Emmy®-losing writer and all-around person Demetri Martin as the creator, executive producer and star of the series.  Martin mixes stand-up comedy, sketches, animation, studio bits

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent - Sen. Al Franken was the keynote speaker at the Roe v. Wade 37th Anniversary Luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday afternoon. Franken has championed several bills to address reproductive inequalities, including the much talked about “anti-rape amendment.” He’s one of the top recipients of campaign funds from reproductive rights groups.

But his appearance at the event was attacked (predictably) by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, an anti-abortion group.

“Senator Franken should not be celebrating the deadly Roe v. Wade decision as keynote speaker at a NARAL luncheon,” Scott Fischbach, MCCL executive director, said in a statement on Tuesday. “As Senator Franken rejoices

By BILL CARTER, New York Times - Right in the middle of one of the most contentious periods in his long career, Jay Leno was announced Friday as the choice to be the keynote speaker for the White House Correspondents’ dinner in May.

But he was not picked to bring an extra dollop of hype to the event, said Edwin Chen, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, which runs the dinner.

“Jay agreed several months before this whole flap started,” said Mr. Chen, the senior White House correspondent for Bloomberg News. He was referring to the recent upheaval in NBC’s late-night lineup, which has resulted in the

New York Times - NEW MILFORD, Conn. — A typical workweek is so frenetic for Joan Rivers — the comedian, Emmy Award-winning talk show host, jewelry designer, businesswoman, best-selling author, red carpet fashion roaster, reality TV star and plastic surgery zealot — that about the only time she sits is for hair and makeup. Occasionally she puts up her feet, but only for an eye lift or tummy tuck.

Most days start before dawn in her opulent apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and Ms. Rivers, 76, is up and ricocheting among her office, where she brainstorms her irreverent rants and witty one-liners

New Jersey Monthly - New Jersey native and best selling author Jim Norton is best known for his unique point of view and outspoken humor. As a comedian, he has toured the country performing in front of sold out crowds. He is a New York Times best-selling author, radio personality, and television host. Each day Jim is listened to by millions of devoted fans on the Opie & Anthony Radio Show for Sirius/XM Radio. Jim is a frequent guest on the late night talk show circuit, including The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Jim's first

Broadway World - New York,NY,USA - It has been confirmed that Joan Rivers has cancelled the return season of her one-woman show Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress in Leicester Square Theatre. The show, which ran at the theater from August 29th through September 18th 2008 was scheduled to return on December 2nd where it would run through January 29th, 2009.

Producer Martin Witts said today: "It is with great sadness that I have to announce that Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress by a Life in Progress will not have its full London run. Audiences and critics have been unanimous in their praise, and Joan and the

Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA - Jay Mohr is a hard man to pin down.

An actor, producer and stand-up comedian, Mohr seems to saturate the media — popping up on radio, TV, stage and film and in magazines and newspapers.

His new series, “Gary Unmarried,” made its debut in September, a few days before his final appearance as a recurring character on “The Ghost Whisperer.”