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‘Enjoying yourself?’: Queen jokes with G7 leaders in family photo – video
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The Queen caused G7 world leaders to break out into laughter as she cracked a joke when they posed for a photo at an evening reception hosted by the monarch on Friday. ‘Are you supposed to be looking as if you're enjo...
‘I don’t matter’: Queen jokes about her platinum jubilee cake being upside down – video
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The Queen jokes at an event held in Sandringham House in the lead up to the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. 'I don’t matter,' she said when she was told it had been positioned to face the press. 'I t...
‘The butt of all jokes’: why TV needs to ditch stale immigrant stories
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It feels sad, amid a wave of such positive, nuanced, complex depictions of immigrants on TV, that United States of Al had to launch this month in the US. “How do you say: ‘We’re so happy to see you’ in – what language...
En Net So: bad jokes are the least of its problems
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Good sex, like good comedy, relies on timing, and maybe, 17 years after the original show ended, 11 years after the second film departed cinemas, Sex and the City no longer has its finger on the clitoris when it comes...
Beyond Trump grappe: hoe het laataandkomedie gevaar in die Biden-era?
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Op een of ander manier, dit is amper 'n jaar sedert die koms van laataand-televisie se post-Trump-raaisel - met die einde van 'n administrasie wat beide 'n seën vir graderings en 'n kreatiewe doodloopstraat was, hoe sou liberale politiek ...
Boris Johnson a feminist? Wel, apart from his policies, his antics and his jokes…
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His press secretary ignores a lifetime of chronicled sexism to contort the truth about her employerAn unusual tolerance for the unbelievable and contemptible was always going to be an essential qualification for anyon...
Clare Connor: ‘There were lots of sexist jokes … that isn’t without damage’
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Clare Connor has been in cricket ever since she was a little kid on the boundary, watching her dad play at Preston Nomads CC near Devil’s Dyke on the South Downs. The game got under her skin, in that way it does. Sy ...
Don’t give up the day job: groans all round for Sunak’s budget jokes
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He may be the Tories’ most polished politician. And he may even be a future prime minister. But there is one area where Rishi Sunak definitely falls flat: delivering jokes. In his 64-minute budget speech on Wednesday,...
Elon Musk jokes about whistleblowing in Tesla merchandise tweet
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Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has appeared to joke about whistleblowers on Twitter in the wake of high-profile lawsuits against the electric carmaker brought by current and former staff. The billionaire urged hi...
Flashback – Jayde Adams and her late sister, Jenna: ‘I started making jokes at her bedside, and I haven’t stopped since’
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Born in Bristol in 1984, Jayde Adams is a comedian, actor and presenter known for her bombastic storytelling, extrovert aesthetics and operatic abilities. Her debut standup show – written in the wake of her sister’s d...
Ek is 'n komediant en geskerts is my werk – dit is die waarheid oor rassistiese grappies
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“Ek hou van jou handsak!" Ek sê. “Dit was net 'n pond, van die pond winkel," sy sê. "Geen! Ek het gedink alles in die pondwinkel was £10,99. Jy is onderbelaai luv, jy moet teruggaan en die res betaal!” Dit is ...
James Blunt jokes he will release new music on Spotify in Rogan protest
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James Blunt has jokily threatened to release new music on Spotify if the audio streaming service does not remove a podcast by the US commentator Joe Rogan that has been criticised for promoting anti-vax views. The Eng...
Jokes, cheers and dire warnings: Twitter reacts to Musk’s takeover
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Elon Musk’s $44bn deal to buy Twitter has elicited cheers, concern, and lots of questions for the future, most of them issued on, wel, Twitter. Muskus, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist”, reached ...
Middle Eastern stand-ups: ‘People assume we only do terrorist jokes’
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Every comedian expects rejection when they’re starting out. But an email mix-up convinced Jenan Younis that her jokes weren’t the problem. To research comedy nights on Facebook, Younis set up a new account, and to avo...
Pep Guardiola jokes about his ‘stupid tactics’ in Champions League
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A defiant Pep Guardiola has joked about “overthinking” the Champions League knockout stage in the past with “stupid tactics”, but the Manchester City manager insisted he will not change his approach. City host Atlétic...
Skotse sokkerskrywers se liggaam jammer, want 'volgende vlak' seksistiese grappies lei tot uitstap
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'n Liggaam wat sokkerskrywers in Skotland verteenwoordig het om verskoning gevra nadat 'n spreker se seksistiese en misoginistiese grappies deelnemers aangespoor het om uit sy jaarlikse toekenningsdinee te stap. Die terugslag op opmerkings by Sondag se Skotse ...