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Clap back: A billboard advertises Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ in which he addresses being slapped by Will Smith at last year’s Oscars.  Photo: Patrick Fallon/AFP/Getty Image

One Show Two Takes: Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’

The comedian’s latest Netflix special does address that slap but it delivers very few laughs

Trevor Noah hosts Chivas Regal’s The Venture Final Pitch Event on July 14 in New York City.

Interview with Trevor Noah: Life, jokes and art

The Mail & Guardian had a chat with the comedian about himself, his book, his writing and the art of comedy.

Hannibal Buress brings his laidback brand of humour to the Comedy Central International Festival in South Africa.

Is Hannibal Buress a one-trick pony?

The guy who killed Cosby is struggling for life after his deadly joke.

Women still don’t cut it in Chris Rock’s Top Five

Comedian Chris Rock’s film reminds us that even race-incisive (black) men continue to be very gender-blind.

Chris rocks up

American comedian Chris Rock found time to drop in on unsuspecting comedy fans at a Johannesburg restaurant on Sunday night.

Everybody loves Chris

But for a trick of fate, Chris Rock might have been a truck driver. Instead the Brooklyn boy is the "funniest man alive".

Hollywood cast lines up for real-life detective drama

The list reads like the credit roll from a 1980s movie: Sylvester Stallone, Farrah Fawcett and Keith Carradine. Instead they are the standout names from a five-page list of…

Oprah ‘shaken’ by school sex claims

United States television magnate Oprah Winfrey said on Monday that abuse charges at her all-girl academy in Johannesburg was one of the most devastating experiences in her life.…

Ex-matron at Oprah school out on bail

A former dormitory employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg was released on R3Â 000 bail by the Sebokeng Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Virginia…

Cops probe abuse allegations at Oprah school

South African police are investigating alleged abuses at billionaire United States television magnate Oprah Winfrey’s all-girl leadership academy, a police spokesperson said on…