Russell Brand
- 49 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings Page 40
Russell Brand's wrong: comedy can't change the world
The British comic fancies himself a radical provocateur. In reality, he's anything but.
Sean MacElwee, Salon, 6th July 2014Edinburgh Fringe preview: Eric Lampaert
A little bit Paul Foot, a tiny bit Noel Fielding. He looks like a wasted Russell Brand and delivers an amiably quirky view of life.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th June 2014Eric Idle: Russell Brand & Eddie Izzard could stand in
In a behind the scenes documentary, Eric Idle has revealed that it has crossed their minds that one of them might not be able to make it on stage, joking that if Michael Palin can't make it they plan to draft in Eddie Izzard or use Russell Brand as a replacement for John Cleese.
The Telegraph, 28th June 2014Radio Times review
Either actress Emily Blunt is a smart, funny person or she's unbelievably good at chat shows. If you've seen her previous appearance on Norton's show - memorably jousting with Russell Brand - you'll know she's terrific value, and the fact that she had a baby this year can only, hopefully, add to her stock of funny stories.
It says something for the show's pulling power that Blunt is probably the least starry name on the sofa. Her co-star in sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow Tom Cruise returns to the show - oh yes - while Seth MacFarlane and Charlize Theron drop by to promote their comedy western A Million Ways to Die in the West. Making up the numbers on music duties are a band called Coldplay.
David Butcher, Radio Times, 30th May 2014Opinion: What Ricky Gervais & Russell Brand taught me
Never throw anything away.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th May 2014Robert Webb interview
Robert Webb - the new Bertie Wooster - on Peep Show's final season, Russell Brand, and why he's not a "miserable bastard".
Andrew Burns, The Big Issue, 20th May 2014Why are comics not musicians, talking about revolution?
In the twilight of neoliberalism it's comics such as Russell Brand and Italy's Beppe Grillo who puncture establishment thinking. Will pop ever become political again?
David Harvie, Brian Layng and Keir Milburn, The Guardian, 12th May 2014Russell Brand accepts damages from The Sun on Sunday
UK comedian Russell Brand accepts libel damages over Sun on Sunday claims that he cheated on girlfriend Jemima Khan.
BBC News, 8th May 2014Studying Russell Brand at A-level? Boring...
With Russell Brand now acceptable material for English A-level, is there anything his flowery prose can teach us? UCL professor John Sutherland casts his critical eye over Brand's recent testimony on drug addiction.
John Sutherland, The Telegraph, 7th May 2014Why not study Russell Brand for A-level English?
Those who mock the inclusion of modern cultural references in the syllabus are misguided to think English was a once-fine structure now at risk.
Laura Barton, The Guardian, 7th May 2014