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Comedy
Stand-up comedian spills the beans on the secret to a good joke
With six Netflix specials under her belt, Iliza Shlesinger says she knows the trick to making people laugh – and it’s all about fear.
- by Daniel Herborn
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Hear me out: maybe we should have just let Y2K happen?
We had the chance to give computers less control, and instead we gave them more.
- by Robert Moran
‘Stressful time’: Raygun responds to criticism for demanding $10k in legal fees
The Olympian said the ordeal had been “tough” for herself and Stephanie Broadbridge and stressed it was not her intention to cause harm.
- by Nick Galvin and Lachlan Abbott
Raygun hits up comedy club owner for $10,000
Lawyers for Rachael “Raygun” Gunn are demanding $10,000 in legal fees from a small Sydney promoter that had planned to stage a musical based on the Olympic breakdancer.
- by Kayla Olaya and Nick Galvin
‘Everything I was punished for as a child, I’m celebrated for now’
Drag queen Bianca Del Rio has been dubbed “the Joan Rivers of the drag world” by The New York Times.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Raygun: The Musical cancelled after Olympian issues legal threat
Legal letters asked comedian Steph Broadbridge to cancel the show and not use the name “Raygun” or the athlete’s “kangaroo dance”.
- by Mary Ward
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