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The controversial The Closer is Dave Chappelle's last scheduled special on Netflix, but the Grammy nominee will be back in business with the streamer next year for a huge comedy festival with many of his top tier peers. Delayed from its 2020 debut because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Netflix Is A Joke festival will…

Emmy-winning comedian Hannah Gadsby, who most recently made headlines when she slammed Dave Chappelle's transphobic remarks as well as remarks made by Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, has announced a 2022 North American tour for her new standup show, Body Of Work. Gadsby won an Emmy and a Peabody for her 2018 Netflix show…

After nearly three weeks of controversy, Netflix’s firing and suspensions of trans staff, and protests on the streets of Hollywood over remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities by Dave Chappelle in his special The Closer, the comedian is finally responding significantly — and it’s a mixed bag, to put it…

"All philanthropy today," Netflix’s Reed Hastings said Monday at the Milken Conference after moderator and CNBC correspondent Julia Boorstin lamented that she wasn't able to ask the co-CEO about the Dave Chappelle backlash, earnings or anything else related to the streamer. Staying strictly on message, Hastings today…

Now things are really getting messy. Netflix has today fired a long time employee who leaked confidential financial information in response to the streamer’s launch of Dave Chappelle’s controversial The Closer special on October 5. “We have let go of an employee for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive…

From the moment Netflix announced itself as an original programming player with House Of Cards, the streamer has been touting its great relationship with talent. That reputation has taken hit over the last week in the wake of Dave Chappelle’s controversial new special The Closer which has had top Netflix talent…

UK animation firm Aniventure has set Peter Dinklage (Game Of Thrones) and Lilly Singh (A Little Late With Lilly Singh) for the lead voice roles of Hitpig and Pickles, respectively, in animated movie Hitpig. Also joining the voice cast are Rainn Wilson (The Office), RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Hannah Gadsby (Nanette)…

Hannah Gadsby won a Primetime Emmy and a Peabody for Nanette, her debut 2018 stand-up special on Netflix that broke barriers tackling what it was like growing up on Tasmania, and how she's has taken on the cultural norms that enable sexism, homophobia and abuse. The success has spawned Hannah Gadsby: Douglas, a new…

Hannah Gadsby’s new stand-up comedy special, Hannah Gadsby: Douglas, has been set for a May 26 worldwide launch by Netflix. Creator and star of 2018 Netflix comedy special Nanette, Gadsby toured Douglas — which is named for her eldest dog — beginning last year in Melbourne. The North American tour kicked off in San…

Hannah Gadsby’s new stand-up special titled Douglas, set for an Off Broadway stand this summer, will debut on Netflix next year, Gadsby announced at Monday’s Netflix FYSEE event in Los Angeles. Gadsby made the announcement during the FYSEE panel discussing her 2018 Netflix special Nanette. "I'm so excited to announce…

Hannah Gadsby, creator and star of Netflix’s comedy special Nanette, will stage a four-week Off Broadway solo engagement this summer, producers WestBeth Entertainment have announced. Gadsby’s solo show, titled Douglas, will run July 23-August 17 at the Daryl Roth Theater. The show marks Gadsby’s return to New York…

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed Hannah Gadsby, the writer and stand-up comic whose Netflix special Nanette has been met with critical acclaim since it bowed in June on Netflix. Part comedy special and part intimate storytelling, the show has resonated even among fellow comics with Gadsby’s honest and unapologetic stories…