Russell Brand

Russell Brand struck by migraine attack on stage

Russell Brand, who has just filed for divorce from Katy Perry, was struck with a migrane attack on stage, however was able to continue his 90-minute set after taking medication.

Being modern: Arena comedy

Lee Evans, Steve Coogan, Dylan Moran, Eddie Izzard, Peter Kay, Russell Brand, Tim Vine, Michael McIntyre... the very best of our home-grown talent has since filled the O2 Arena, the very biggest of our coliseums - and McIntyre has made playing to these rooms an expected practice rather than a remarkable event thanks to his televised "roadshows". Fewer than 100,000 arena-comedy tickets were sold in 2004; within five years, that figure had breached a million.

Russell Brand 'sets his sights' on Zooey Deschanel

The 36-year-old funnyman is said to be determined to woo New Girl actress Zooey Deschanel, who filed for divorce from her husband Ben Gibbard just three days before Russell and Katy's split announcement.

Once again we come across another example of a great comedy programme that is only on in Scotland (thank goodness for the iPlayer). Late 'n' Live Guide to Comedy is a six-part documentary series about the Late 'n' Live comedy show at the Gilded Balloon venue during the Edinburgh Fringe.

For those who don't know, this is a series of late night stand-up shows featuring several comedians performing on stage in front of an audience who are usually loud, drunk and willing to heckle at any given opportunity. To quote Jenny Eclair, the greatest error made when you're try to avoid heckling at Late 'n' Live is when "you make the mistake of breathing," and thus leave a short enough pause for someone to shout: "Fuck off!"

Other than learning about the history of the late-night show, the best thing about this documentary is watching some early stand-up performances by famous names. These include Johnny Vegas encouraging his audience to throw coins at him while he sang and Russell Brand in 2001, who at the time had only performed between 20-30 gigs. His stand-up involved deliberately angering and provoking the audience - what a surprise. But this lead to a storm of abuse and Brand getting an encore.

During the encore someone tried to throw a glass bottle at him. It missed Brand, but a shard landed in the leg of the next act, Fiona O'Loughlin, meaning she was bleeding when she went on stage...

Gigglebox weekly #35

This week Ian Wolf talks about a bottle being thrown at Russell Brand and an intriguing picture of Pele.

Russell Brand to star in new film The Hauntrepreneur

Russell Brand's Hollywood career is to take a ghostly twist with horror comedy about a businessman specialising in haunted houses.

Russell Brand: Chaotic gig helped me get off drugs

Russell Brand says a chaotic Scots gig helped him to quit drugs and make it as a stand-up.

Russell Brand: All I want to do is make people laugh

Russell Brand has spoken publicly for the first time since his marriage split - and then wouldn't shut up.

Russell Brand doing well after Katy Perry split

Russell Brand has put his marriage breakdown behind him to get back to work promoting his new TV show, insisting he is feeling "quite well" after his split from Katy Perry.