Austin Nasso left his Microsoft software engineer job in 2021 to pursue stand-up comedy full-time. Nasso learned 3 key things from "The 4-Hour Workweek" that influenced how he pursued his career.

It's a bit tough to pin Caleb Hearon down, but that's expected now that he's become one of the most booked comedians in the business — sold-out tours, multiple movie deals, and a popular podcast that ...

My career’s so boring, I’m giving comedy a shot. It sounds like a Rodney Dangerfield line, but according to one comedy school director, unexciting careers and a bleak jobs picture are driving people ...

Early on in Mr. Saturday Night, the new Broadway musical based on the movie of the same name, Billy Crystal takes the stage, reprising his role as Buddy Young Jr., a past-his-sell-by-date stand-up ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Everyone’s experienced the soul-crushing indignity of a terrible job. I’ve worked at amusement parks, sold balloons, and my first job in entertainment was telling New ...

Earlier this month, more than 100 people — writers, artists, actors — lost their jobs at CollegeHumor, a venerable and seemingly secure online comedy institution. Unfortunately, this kind of thing has ...

The best part of working a horrible job is complaining about it. Family members, friends, coworkers, and strangers in line with you for coffee—it doesn't matter who; nothing hits quite like kvetching ...

Rowan Atkinson took a stand against “cancel culture” in a recent interview with the Irish Times, sharing his belief that the goal of comedy is to offend or at least to have the potential to offend.

Kevin Hart and CJ Entertainment have banded together to remake the Korean crime comedy 'Extreme Job.' By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Tracy Oliver, who penned Girls Trip and Little, will write the ...