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Actress-comedienne Tiffany Haddish has been apprehended for Driving Under Influence (DUI) after police reportedly found her asleep at the wheel of her running car. The 43-year-old star, who was arrested by cops in January 2022 in Georgia after cops received a call that a driver was dozing off on the road, was collared early on November 24 morning in California, hours after performing at a comedy show on Thanksgiving, and is said to have been handcuffed by officers.

“We responded to a call of a vehicle on the roadway at 5.45 this morning,” a watch commander for the Beverly Hills Police Department told Page Six, reports aceshowbiz.com.

He also noted officers were told the driver was “asleep behind the wheel.”

Page Six added sources said her car was “stopped in lanes of traffic” and not pulled over to the side, meaning any vehicles that were driving in the area at that time...

Actress-comedienne Tiffany Haddish has been apprehended for Driving Under Influence (DUI) after police reportedly found her asleep at the wheel of her running car. The 43-year-old star, who was arrested by cops in January 2022 in Georgia after cops received a call that a driver was dozing off on the road, was collared early on November 24 morning in California, hours after performing at a comedy show on Thanksgiving, and is said to have been handcuffed by officers.

“We responded to a call of a vehicle on the roadway at 5.45 this morning,” a watch commander for the Beverly Hills Police Department told Page Six, reports aceshowbiz.com.

He also noted officers were told the driver was “asleep behind the wheel.”

Page Six added sources said her car was “stopped in lanes of traffic” and not pulled over to the side, meaning any vehicles that were driving in the area at that time...

In today’s TV news roundup, Showtime announced the premiere date for “Shameless’s” final season, and “The National Dog Show” returns on Thanksgiving.

Casting

Carly Pope has been cast as a guest star in ABC’s two-part Season 4 premiere of “The Good Doctor,” Variety has learned exclusively. Pope will portray Lily, a woman whose husband has become sick with symptoms that mirror those of coronavirus. The premiere, which focuses on the effects of Covid-19, will include Lily’s increasing frustration at not being able to stand by her husband’s side due to safety protocols in place. Pope is represented by The Characters Talent Agency, Gersh and Link Entertainment.

Dates

Showtime announced that the final season of “Shameless” is scheduled to premiere on Dec. 6. The series began in 2011 and is Showtime’s longest-running show to date. The last season will deal with the Covid-19 pandemic and its side effects,...

Jamie Foxx, Tiffany Haddish, Jessica Kirson, Ricky Gervais and others appear in the trailer for This Is Stand-Up, a new documentary premiering April 12th on Comedy Central.

Directed and produced by Paul Toogood, the film will examine the life and art of stand-up comedy. “I was funny right out the womb,” Foxx says at the beginning of the clip. “The doctor goes, ‘Oh, this motherfucker’s funny!'”

“Being onstage, it’s like being next to God,” Haddish adds.

The trailer notes that stand-up is the starting point for any...

We are backstage at “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, where in just a few weeks the Leno era will come to an end, for the second time. Today is most likely the last appearance for comedian Kira Soltanovich, and her Phony Photo Booth hidden camera segment, her signature bit on the show. As her time here, and the show itself, comes to an end, it seemed like the right time to take stock of her “Tonight Show” journey. “Did I ever tell you this story?” Kira asks me. “I saw Jay Leno at a furniture store in the Valley.

Remember that flight attendant who was accused of hiding pet rats in her underwear? Louann Giambattista sued her former employer, American Airlines, and now she's suing Jay Leno, The Tonight Show, and NBC Universal for making "crude and defamatory" jokes about her, according to Courthouse News. In an admittedly unfunny segment called "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda," Leno prompted three comedians — Alec Mapa, Kira Soltanovich, and Jim Norton — to make jokes that "falsely accused Ms. Giambattista of engaging in sexual relations with a rat," according to the suit. (None of the three panelists are being sued.) Those accusations, which Giambattista denies, have caused her and her husband to become outcasts and have negatively impacted their marriage because, as the filing states, "every time [her husband] looks at her he thinks of Defendant Leno and the heinous segment depicting her as a sexual deviant."And people say The Tonight Show doesn't matter anymore.

How do you pronounce the name La-a?

That's the kind of comedy Alycia Cooper (America's Got Talent, Last Comic Standing) brings to this week's StandUp in Stilettos. For the record, you wouldn't even be able to guess how that name is pronounced. We've got a hilarious first look at this week's comedy hour, which also features Kira Soltanovich and Jessica Kirson, followed by Wendy Liebman, Ms. Pat and Erin Foley...

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"The idea was comedy for women, but it's not like a 'Cathy' cartoon; it's way hipper."

That's how "The Office" star Kate Flannery describes her new all-female stand-up show, "StandUp In Stilettos," coming to the TV Guide Network this month. The show's 12 episodes will feature 36 women, three per episode, performing comedy in front of a live audience. Flannery hopes the easily digestible segments will expose the Guide's browsers to quality comedy of the female variety.

"It's a nice intro for people who might be closed-minded about women in comedy," Flannery said in an interview. "I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them. The girls can play just as hard as the boys, so I think it's long overdue."

And based on the first (and as of writing, only) comment on the show's preview video on YouTube,...

"The idea was comedy for women, but it's not like a 'Cathy' cartoon; it's way hipper."

That's how "The Office" star Kate Flannery describes her new all-female stand-up show, "StandUp In Stilettos," coming to the TV Guide Network this month. The show's 12 episodes will feature 36 women, three per episode, performing comedy in front of a live audience. Flannery hopes the easily digestible segments will expose the Guide's browsers to quality comedy of the female variety.

"It's a nice intro for people who might be closed-minded about women in comedy," Flannery said in an interview. "I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them. The girls can play just as hard as the boys, so I think it's long overdue."

And based on the first (and as of writing, only) comment on the show's preview video on YouTube,...

Tonight we got a chance to swing by the Showtime Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival tapings and we saw a lot of Hollywood come out. Tonight's set featured comedians Red Grant, Chris "Kid'Reid, Thea Vidale and Chris Spencer as they put on a helluva show opening up the second installment of its festival shows, featuring 38 comedians that will premiere on Showtime in 2010 and 2011.

The diverse roster of other comedic performers include Will Durst, Bruce Vilanch, Al Madrigal, Ahmed Ahmed, Joey Medina, Dan Naturman, Eliot Chang, Nema Williams, Sandra Valls and Kira Soltanovich. The shows will be filmed December 9-12 at The El Portal Theatre, located at 5269 Lankershim Boulevard (at Magnolia) in North Hollywood, CA.

So check out the Showtime Lol Comedy Festival as we will be there broadcasting, so stay tuned!

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