Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the Season 3 opener of “Hacks,” stand-up legend Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, touches down in Montreal to accept the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Just For Laughs comedy festival, a once-dominant stand-up comedy showcase for Hollywood, is set to return under new owner ...

Stand up comedy showcases are planned for Sydney, Australia and Bermuda by new parent ComediHa! By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The new owner of the Just For Laughs festival brand has taken the ...

River Butcher performs at the Comics to Watch showcase during the 2017 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montréal. (Penske Media / Getty Images) The organizers behind Canada's global Just for Laughs ...

Quebec City-based ComediHa! announced it picked up unspecified assets as part of a sale. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The parent company of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, Groupe ...

MONTREAL, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- Stingray (TSX: RAY), the world’s leading connected streaming media company, today announced the global launch of Just For Laughs Radio on TuneIn, a new ...

I ran into an old episode of Hogan’s Heroes the other day that stuck me as odd. It didn’t have a laugh track. Ironically, the show was one where two pilots were shown, one with and one without a laugh ...

The organizers of Canada’s well-regarded Just for Laughs festival, a major gathering in Montreal where a number of comics have been discovered, have canceled the 2024 edition and filed for bankruptcy.

Apparently, Just for Laughs can’t survive just on laughs — it needs money too. The storied Montréal comedy institution that, each year, awards the coveted distinction of “New Faces” to a crop of ...

In the Season 3 opener of “Hacks,” stand-up legend Deborah Vance, played by Jean Smart, touches down in Montreal to accept the comedy special of the year award at the venerable Just for Laughs ...