Gene Simmons to talk our ears off Aug. 6 at the River Cree – for $80
So KISS snubs Edmonton for Fort McMurray (July 2, story here) and all we get is a lecture from Gene Simmons? Hey, we’ll take it! The legendary KISS bassist is also an accomplished raconteur – so we’re excited that the man of the big tongue in more ways than one will be doing a spoken […]
CONCERTS: Tegan and Sara get intimate July 6, Daniel Tosh adds show
Here’s a show that’s going to sell out in the blink of an eye – Tegan and Sara at the Myer Horowitz Theatre on Wednesday, July 6. Well, maybe: the big discussion online yesterday was whether the $75 the pair are commanding for tickets was highway robbery. The twin sister goddesses of alternative rock from […]
Kathy Griffin to give Edmonton a piece of her mind Oct. 12
“I saw Tommy Lee at an awards show, and I got crabs just from looking at him!” “I may have said in an interview in People magazine that I thought Renee Zellweger was so thin that she looked like the lost Olsen triplet. And I may have said that she hasn’t eaten since Chicago … […]
GIGGLE CITY: Shaun Majumder’s anti-racist comedy
It won’t be long until Shaun Majumder is known for more than just being “the indo-Canadian comedian who isn’t Russell Peters,” if he isn’t already. Maybe it’ll be the other way around before too long. Despite holding the Humourist’s Carte Blanche that allows any non-white comic to make fun of almost any race without consequence, […]
CELEBRITY DOPE: Man on Man Action
Three different stories about three different male celebrities talking about homosexual sex come out on the same day – and all mere days before the May 23 release of Lady Gaga’s new album Born This Way. Coincidence, you say? Probably. Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler – who is filling the Paula Abdul role on American Idol […]
GIGGLE CITY: ‘Farts never go away’ – Brian Scolaro
Maybe it’s his tough Brooklyn accent. Maybe it’s because he’s large and hairy and releases a record called “Sneezes, Farts and Orgasms.” But Brian Scolaro seems to have suffered far too many hecklers for a guy who’s been on TV and is not known for “working the crowd.” Most comics we interview usually come up […]
Marathon variety show planned for Slave Lake relief
Edmonton entertainers have not wasted any time rallying to help victims of the terrible fire that devastated Slave Lake on Sunday. Among several other local fundraising events coming together, there’s a marathon variety show starting this Friday at 7 p.m. at Bunkers Sports Pub, 615 Hermitage Rd. Organizer Sebastian Steel, a noted local hypnotist, is […]
GIG-A-BITS: Daniel Tosh, SOS Fest, Warhol Superstar
If you’re a fan of the wacky TV-video clip comedy show Tosh.0 on the Comedy Network, you surely won’t want to miss an actual live performance from the man behind the Internet insanity – Daniel Tosh. One of the brightest new stars of comedy brings his button-pushing wit to the Winspear Centre on Monday, Aug. […]
GIGGLE CITY: Jen Grant’s female perspective
Funny, we don’t get many comediennes for Giggle City – mainly just comedians. In fact, Jen Grant – at Yuk Yuk’s this weekend – is the first female comic we’ve interviewed for this series, not counting the fabulous Stephanie Wolfe from the Die-Nasty soap opera. Stand-up is a male-dominated industry, with only a few notable […]
Dennis Rodman celebrates 50th birthday – at the River Cree Casino
In this modern age of certain celebrities who have so little left to sell that they start selling their personal lives – even getting PAID to attend their own birthday parties – one wonders what sort of bidding war erupted with Dennis Rodman’s impending 50th birthday. Well, hey, we won – the River Cree Casino […]
The DAILY FUNNY: iPhones and dirty racehorses
We’d like to tell you this Sunday edition of the Daily Funny cleverly loops together a string of seemingly unrelated comedic threads until, subtly and cleverly, an overarching theme is revealed. We’d LIKE to tell you that’s the case. But instead it’s more like a bunch of unrelated funny crap stuck together…… With that said, […]
