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Stand-up comedy is a comedic style. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. The performer is commonly known as a comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or simply a stand-up. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television.
In stand-up comedy the comedian usually recites a fast-paced succession of humorous stories, short jokes called "bits", and one-liners, which constitute what is typically called a monologue, routine or act. Some stand-up comedians use props, music or magic tricks to enhance their acts. Stand-up comedy is often performed in comedy clubs, bars, neo-burlesques, colleges and theaters, but there are no real restrictions on where the craft can be performed. Stand-up comedy is also performed by professional comedians outside of traditional entertainment venues, such as in country clubs, at corporate events and conferences, as charity fundraising events, even in temples and churches.
Stand Up may refer to:
Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009,The Ricky Gervais Show.
He has won multiple awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.
Actors: Jenna Jameson (actress), Michael Blackson (actor), Butch Robinson (producer), Trina (actress), Walter Latham (director), Walter Latham (producer), Rosa Acosta (actress), Robert Stein (producer), Sonny Bhatt (actor), Carolina Catalino (actress), Yulonda Smith (producer), Alex Wright (producer), Mari Keiko Gonzales (editor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Randin Graves (composer), Sue Rock (actress), Michael P Gardner (actor), Kerry McCormick (actress), Scott Ross (actor), Richard Houghton (actor), Libby Mitchell (miscellaneous crew), Candice Smith (miscellaneous crew), Tex Marshall (actor), Scot Michael Walker (writer), Scot Michael Walker (actor), Scot Michael Walker (editor), Scot Michael Walker (director), Sarah Kate Allsup (actress), Scot Michael Walker (producer),
Plot: Robert Brown is an agnostic Shakespearean actor. His new girlfriend, Valerie, drags him to church after a night of pre-marital sin. He is impressed with the amount of money given to Valerie's church, and he's especially impressed with the reverend's $70,000 Hummer. Robert and his stoner friend, Gary, realize that being a preacher is a lot like acting - you memorize a monologue, you put on a costume, you do a show, and people give you money. So Robert and Gary decide to create their own church and Robert transforms into the Rockin' Reverend. His sermons are controversial, being an agnostic. As he becomes successful, he is tempted by greed, lust, and drugs. He must choose between being a rock star reverend or being a good father, loyal friend, faithful boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Dan Chisu (writer), Dan Chisu (editor), Dan Chisu (producer), Dan Chisu (director), Serban Ionescu (actor), Dragos Bucur (actor), Florin Piersic Jr. (actor), Lia Bugnar (actress), Crina Semciuc (actress), Andrei Sota (producer), Marius Moga (producer), Marius Moga (composer), Oreste Alexandru Scarlat Teodorescu (actor), Claudiu Trif (editor), Vlad Voinescu (producer),
Plot: In a world where any teenager can film with his own mobile phone and post all kinds of things on the Internet, Laura, an 18-year-old girl, spends a night in a club with her friend Mira. She gets drunk and smokes her first joint. In the morning she does not remember anything and discovers that her friend Mira has died. She wants to find out the truth and so she finds all of Mira's posts on YouTube. The adventure of her life starts here. She wants to avenge Mira's death no matter what. Her story of revenge finally returns to the Internet, the place where it all began.
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Josef Hader (actor), Michael Maier (director), Michael Mittermeier (actor), Thomas Hermanns (actor), Gaby Köster (actress), Hennes Bender (actor), Guido Thomsen (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Josef Hader (actor), Michael Maier (director), Michael Mittermeier (actor), Thomas Hermanns (actor), Gaby Köster (actress), Hennes Bender (actor), Guido Thomsen (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Iqbal Hans (editor), Iqbal Hans (producer), Iqbal Hans (director), Vidur Kapur (actor), Rajiv Satyal (actor), Vijai Nathan (actress), Michael Gatzios (composer), Mark Saldana (actor), Rani Sahota Hans (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Iqbal Hans (editor), Iqbal Hans (producer), Iqbal Hans (director), Vidur Kapur (actor), Rajiv Satyal (actor), Vijai Nathan (actress), Michael Gatzios (composer), Mark Saldana (actor), Rani Sahota Hans (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Iqbal Hans (editor), Iqbal Hans (producer), Iqbal Hans (director), Vidur Kapur (actor), Rajiv Satyal (actor), Vijai Nathan (actress), Michael Gatzios (composer), Mark Saldana (actor), Rani Sahota Hans (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Joel Lipman (producer), Joel Lipman (director), Pei Pei Chung (composer), Rick Scott (director), Brandon Alexander III (actor), Rick Scott (producer), Eric T. Feldman (producer), Michael Danahy (producer), Amy Shomer (actress), Christian Jean (producer), Chad Peiken (editor), Reverend Malcolm Boyd (actor), Dustin Heyborne (producer), Phranc (actress), Paul Park (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Edgar Wright (actor), Edgar Wright (director), Edgar Wright (writer), Edgar Wright (actor), Zygi Kamasa (producer), Nicola Stapleton (actress), Jeremy Beadle (actor), Dan Palmer (actor), Neil Mullarkey (actor), François Evans (composer), Sebastian Smith (actor), Mark Sheffield (actor), Daniel Figuero (producer), Gareth Owen (producer), Graham Low (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Western,