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Story At the University of Colorado, Boulder, marketing and psychology professor Peter McGraw has been mulling over this puzzle since 2008 and at last, he and his fellow researchers have put a finger on an answer: Humour equals tragedy plus time. The
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Chennai, October 1, 2012 Stand-up comedian Bharti Singh is all set to keep the audience in splits at the Laugh Chennai Laugh' show on Tuesday evening In a world where most people are weight-obsessed and think twice before biting into a muffin, here's
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Most newcomers who try to make it in show biz each season fiercely believe in their subjective heart of hearts that they're beautiful or handsome enough to make it big as dreamy romantic-dramatic leads. That's why the local acting trade is so
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Rosie O’Donnell is a married woman. Comedienne Rosie O'Donnell has revealed that she wed girlfriend Michelle Rounds earlier
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News in pictures Opinion blogs This may be the last of this spat: Stephen Twigg, Labour's education spokesman, has replied to... The fact that QE made the asset rich wealthier is no great surprise given that one of the main objec... David Cameron
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Irish comedian Aisling Bea has won the So You Think You're Funny? competition for up-and-coming stand-up comedians. She is only the second woman to have won in the 25 years that Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has been running the contest. It
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Alfie Brown isn't the only comedian at the Fringe berating his industry for catering to the lowest common denominator, but he may well be the one doing it with the least amount of grace...It sounds depressingly like something that the mercenary agent
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Comedian and podcaster Andy Zaltzman said "we were barely Britain any more" and the successes have been an "unmitigated disaster for the nation comedically", but there was still the state of the railways to laugh about. He spoke to Sarah Montague,
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AP One can't help but feel a certain amount of trepidation when embarking on the fool's errand of coming to the defence of jokes about the Holocaust. It's not a position likely to gain you the moral high ground in many people's eyes. But still, after
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Phill Jupitus and Thom Tuck in Coalition at the Pleasance Dome. Photograph: Idil Sukan A Liberal Democrat party stretched to breaking point by the demands of coalition government...It sounds like just another week in Westminster, but in fact this
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