Siran Babayan

Meili Cady; Credit: Photo by Byron Purvis/Admedia/Newscom

An Aspiring Actress Gets Her Big Break — With a Drug Bust

Meili Cady's family and friends had flown in from her hometown of Bremerton, Washington, last month to attend the 29-year-old first-time author's signing at Book Soup. The reading included a photo booth in which attendees took mock mug shots, a fitting if bizarre addition considering Cady is a convicted felon......
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Jim Bell

Jim Bell discusses his new book, The Interstellar Age: Inside the 40-Year Voyager Mission, in which he chronicles how NASA launched the twin Voyager probes to explore the outer planets in our solar system. The author also goes behind the team responsible for the mission, including Voyager’s chief scientist and......
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The Hebrew Hillbilly: Fifty Shades of Oy Vey!

Not entirely a spoof of Fifty Shades of Grey, and not to be confused with the 2013 parody book, Fifty Shades of Oy Vey, Shelley Fisher’s one-woman show still gives audiences plenty of reasons to laugh. In the musical, the Memphis-born blond sings and talks about her journey from Jewish......
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Speechless

For anyone who’s dreamt of being naked in front of a group of people, Sammy Wegent’s show is a nightmare come true. Originally conceived in S.F. in 2013, the comedy competition spoofs TED talks by inviting comedians, tech industry folks and entertainers to improvise a PowerPoint presentation with slides using......
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Showtime at the Apollo at UCB

Celebrate Black History Month by making someone else cry on stage. UCB resurrects Showtime at the Apollo’s famous amateur nights and invites comedians, singers, dancers and other brave souls to perform for a very tough and vocal crowd. Presiding over the cheers and sneers is host Mo’Nique as played by......
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Mike Epps

Earlier this year, Mike Epps was wondering the same thing we were: Why wasn’t he included in Chris Rock’s Top Five? The comedian might soon overshadow Rock’s stardom, though, as he prepares to play Richard Pryor in the upcoming Lee Daniels-directed biopic. Epps began his career in Def Comedy Jam,......
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Trailer Park Boys

Grab a rum and Coke. Boozing potheads Ricky (Robb Wells), Julian (John Paul Tremblay) and Bubbles (Mike Smith) are back for their latest misadventures in this new live show dubbed the “Still Drunk, High and Unemployed Tour.” The Canadian mockumentary series revolving around a group of trailer park trash living......
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The Golden Girlz Live!

Is there a sitcom more imitated by drag queens than The Golden Girls? After last year’s production, Sherry Vine, Sam Pancake, Jackie Beat and Drew Droege (of YouTube’s “Chloe Sevigny” videos) return nipped and tucked to play the senior spitfires of Miami Dorothy, Rose, Blanche and Sophia. This time, the......