Celebrity Comedy

Faith Valentine has it all – fame, money and extraordinary beauty. But what she wants more than anything is a quiet life away from the cameras. Except nobody ever asks Faith what she wants and her family’s expectations are crushing her. The world thinks she’s perfect, but is there is more to perfection than meets the eye?

Née en 1844, décédée en 1923, Sarah Bernhardt est considérée par beaucoup comme la plus grande tragédienne du XIXème siècle. Alain Grumbach retrace avec vivacité le parcours extraordinaire de cette femme que Victor Hugo surnommait "la voix d'or".

Katrin Weber ist einer der hellsten Sterne am sächsischen Kabaretthimmel. Zusammen mit Bestsellerautor Stefan Schwarz plaudert sie aus ihrem Leben voller Missgeschicke, Pannen und Ungeschicktheiten, die sie bis auf die Bühne verfolgten - größtenteils ehrlich und umwerfend komisch. Sie werden lachen. Garantiert. Die kleine Katrin hatte es schwer. Zu dick, zu langsam, zu dusselig: Stehen, Laufen, Pubertieren, die Liebe.

For Alex Davidson, being a celebrity publicist at a Los Angeles PR firm isn't the glamour job she thought it would be. Her love life is zilch, her newest client is an actor fresh out of rehab, and her firm has just been bought out by a rival agency. Suddenly, Alex finds her once-secure job at stake.

The Gift Bag Chronicles, the follow-up to So 5 Minutes Ago, continues the outrageous misadventures of Hollywood girl-about-town Alex Davidson, who has moved up the ladder at her firm. Formerly a mere publicist, she's now the head of the 'event planning' division, which means she's a party planner. And what goes on behind the scenes while the real stars (and the plastic surgeons who want to be treated like real stars) sip champagne, makes for the funniest, zingiest, sexiest story yet.

Raised in Manhattan by her overly protective sex-therapist mother who wore "seven layers of shoulder pads" and her two doting grandparents, life in Wendy Spero's world has never been dull. As a child, she passed the time organizing impromptu "garage sales" on city sidewalks, sniffing fruit-scented magic markers to intoxication, parenting dozens of high-maintenance stuffed animals, and seeking out other "microthrills", which she writes about in this hilarious audiobook of odd but true stories.

Am 5. September 2015 wird Dieter Hallervorden 80 Jahre alt. Doch ans Aufhören denkt er noch lange nicht, die Bühne ist sein zu Hause, das Spielen sein Lebenselixier. Aufgewachsen in Dessau, verließ er 1958 die DDR, um sich in West-Berlin ein neues Leben aufzubauen. Bis heute steht er vor der Kamera und auf der Bühne, vorzugsweise in seinem Schlossparktheater in Berlin.

Am 30. August 2015 feiert Helge Schneider seinen 60. Geburtstag. Der Komiker, Kabarettist, Buchautor, Schauspieler und Multiinstrumentalist wuchs in Mülheim an der Ruhr auf. Seinen Durchbruch hatte Helge Schneider 1992 mit seinem Album "Guten Tach", 1994 stürmte sein Hit "Katzenklo" die Charts.

This is no ordinary celebrity biography pieced together by an outsider. Steve Martin and author Morris Walker had a close relationship growing up. They were class clowns together, charming the girls and the teachers with their wit, and eventually going on the road as comedians. This personal account will introduce you to the Steve Martin you've never seen before.

The last three years have been rough on everyone, putting it mildly. After surviving 2020 intact, my journey through loss began in 2021 when my husband of 27 years died suddenly. Not from COVID-19, not from violence, just good old heart failure.

Jem’s life is a full-on soap opera! The now famous blogger chick’s roller-coaster relationship with reality show hunk, Daniel, her constant fear of losing custody of her brother and the steamy attention of rock star hottie, Jasper, are all taking their toll. Jem is heartbroken, the pain of betrayal running deep in her heart. But staying away from Daniel becomes easier when Jasper, amps up his game, begging Jem to let him be her one and only. Now, she’s got Jasper and Daniel hot on her stiletto heels and it’s all she can do to keep calm and flirt on!

By the 1920s English comic Stan Laurel had been in dozens of films, and American Oliver Hardy had appeared in hundreds, but it was not until they formed a duo together in 1926 that they began to truly be noticed. Once they did, however, Laurel and Hardy became one of the most famous comedy teams in American history, with a career that spanned four decades and included over 100 combined shorts and feature films.

This laugh-out-loud memoir takes listeners backstage and inside the writers’ room of one of America’s best-loved shows. With more than 17 million viewers and more than 70 Emmy nominations—including two wins for best comedy—Everybody Loves Raymond reigned supreme in television comedy for almost a decade.

Acclaimed biographer Jem Roberts narrates his brilliant new biography of the Beatles and their relationship with comedy. Includes a foreword written and narrated by Kevin Eldon, who also voices George Martin throughout the audiobook. Fab Fools is the full, hilarious story of how John, Paul, George, and Ringo laughed their way to the toppermost of the poppermost in their classic films, cartoons, and even pantomime, not to mention their experimentations with audio comedy through Sir George Martin's Parlophone comedy classics series.

Die Gruberin ganz persönlich. Seit Jahren begeistert Monika Gruber ihre Fans auf der Bühne, zuletzt 20.000 Menschen in der zweimal ausverkauften Olympiahalle - aber wie macht sie das eigentlich? Wie ist sie jedes Mal auf den Punkt vorbereitet? Was sollte man vor dem Auftritt essen - und was eher nicht? Was passiert nach der Show? Und wie schafft man es, sich in der kleinsten Künstlergarderobe der Welt hinter Bierkisten unfallfrei umzuziehen und zu schminken?

Erinnerungen eines legendären Theatermachers. Erstmals erzählt Tom Pauls von dem Moment, der ihn für die Bühne begeisterte, von Selbstzweifeln während seines Schauspielstudiums, den Widersprüchen vor 1989 sowie dem Neuanfang nach 1990. Noch nie sprach er so persönlich von den Höhen und Tiefen seiner Karriere, über die Rolle des Theaters in der DDR, die Ostalgie sowie gegenwärtige Katastrophen wie Elbe-Hochwasser und Corona-Pandemie. Ohne Herausforderungen ging es bei ihm nie. Aber mit Possen bringt er unverdrossen sein Publikum zum Lachen und macht immer weiter Theater.

El humorista Manolo Royo entrevista a sus compañeros de profesión. Gila, Tony Leblanc, Tip y Coll, Martes y 13, Francisco Umbral, Manolo Summers, Chumy Chúmez, Miliki, Mingote, Forges... A través de una serie de entrevistas informales Manolo Royo habla con más de 40 humoristas y otros profesionales del humor, esos que en un momento u otro de nuestra vida nos han hecho reír y pensar, y presenta esta colección única e inolvidable, ¡una joya del humor!

Best known for her positive outlook on life, no matter what the circumstances, award-winning comedian/actress Alyse Kenny shares fun stories, positive anecdotes, and personal tips to get you through this crazy time. Unmasked reveals more about Alyse’s private life than ever before - from her humorous take on Zoom dating and garage birthday parties to her more private “aha” moments and behind-the-scenes tales from the years she worked on staff at ABC’s The View and The Dr. Oz Show. 

Inolvidable actor cómico mexicano, mundialmente célebre con el nombre de su más famoso personaje Cantinflas, al que dio vida en la mayoría de los filmes que rodó. De orígenes humildes, se enroló en una compañía de cómicos ambulantes y recorrió todo México. En el circo desarrolló todo tipo de trabajos, entre ellos interpretar pequeños papeles, hasta que llegó al cine, donde alcanzó la inmortalidad.

Mo Riverlake always dreamed of the limelight. And now that he's the dazzling host of America's favorite game show, he's certain he has it made for life. But when a fat-fingered tweet accidentally triggers the wrath of cancel culture...nothing he does can stop his perfect world from turning into a brutally vindictive social nightmare.