Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On? is the latest fictional film to mine humor and pathos from life on the stand-up stage—but ...

Stand-up urgency is a sudden need to urinate when getting up from a seated or reclined position. Treatment options include addressing underlying medical conditions and pelvic floor exercises. Share on ...

Let's take a look at the 25 greatest stand-up comedians of all time, presented in no particular order, because laughter is not a competition.

Going out on a limb here: you could probably use a good laugh. Fortunately, a lot of the best stand-up comedy is more than just silly stuff. Today’s most popular stand-up comedians have expanded their ...

Ryan Heffernan is a Senior Writer at Collider. Storytelling has been one of his interests since an early age, with his appreciation for film and television becoming a particular interest of his during ...

Some of the most well-known stand-up comics have taken unique routes to get to where they are today. Several of the comedians, like Eddie Murphy and Jerry Seinfeld, knew they wanted to be onstage from ...

Netflix's Eddie Murphy starrer 'Dolemite Is My Name' is one of a list of movies that explore the world of stand-up comedy, following in the tradition of films like 'The King of Comedy,' 'Mr. Saturday ...

HBO ruled stand-up for decades. If you were a comedian, landing an hourlong special on HBO was one of the biggest signs that you were a success—confirmation that all the time spent on stage and on the ...

Stand-up comedy is so much more than telling jokes with a microphone in hand. For seasoned masters of the art, it’s an exploration of everything right and wrong with humanity, all at once, from the ...