Russell Brand

Russell Brand arrested for LA airport 'assault'

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has been arrested at Los Angeles airport, after allegedly pushing a photographer, police have said.

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand team up to promote book

Controversial presenters Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, who were disgraced after leaving lewd messages on the phone of veteran actor Andrew Sachs, are teaming up again to promote a new book.

Interview: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren on Arthur remake

Russell Brand and Helen Mirren talk about the challenges of remaking an 1980s tale of a drunken millionaire during an era of recession.

Susan Morrison: Comics are just too soft to rock

Comedy was once pronounced the new rock and roll. And for a while it looked like that. Russell Brand swept the medal table clean for the comedians in all the bad boy behaviour categories, such as substance abuse, furniture damage and Being Naughty With Ladies Whose First Name He Hadn't Learned.

The Amnesty International Comedy Podcast: Episode 1

Russell Brand, John Cleese, Fred MacAulay, Rob Rouse and Danielle Ward all exercise their right to freedom of expression on the inaugural Amnesty International Comedy Podcast. Expect Vaseline on the nipples, hair ruffling and bottom patting.

It would make an interesting study to count how many times the BBC has used the once-fashionable word "edgy" to describe a comedy programme in the 18 months since the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand "Sachsgate" row touched ground. My bet is that you'd be able to count the instances on one hand. Instead, the Corporation has taken to producing industrial volumes of feel-good, night-out-with-your-mates-style comedy. This new bright and breezy entertainment show, hosted by Liverpudlian stand-up John Bishop, is a case in point. Bishop takes on a different theme in each of the series's six episodes - family, growing up, holidays, etc - and gives it a stand-up treatment, interspersed with contributions from celebrity guests, cheaply produced sketches and interviews with the general public. Puzzlingly, no specific information about tonight's first episode was available at the time of going to press, but I was able to watch a taster DVD for the series in which Bishop discussed the pros and cons of love and marriage in front of a studio audience. It was funny, in an easy, unchallenging sort of a way - and about as edgy as a Victoria sponge.

So this is it. The end. The final curtain. The last ever Friday Night with Jonathan Ross after nearly ten years on BBC1. Ross was always an acquired taste; his blokey, jokey style was too smut-centric for some, while others thought him edgy and funny. None of that matters now, of course. Ross was all too willing to assist in the implosion of his BBC career when he and Russell Brand Went Too Far and left mucky messages on a blameless Andrew Sachs's answering machine during Brand's Radio 2 show. The reaction was ridiculously overblown - the sky didn't fall in - but it was the kind of national convulsion that could end only, eventually, with Ross's departure. Tonight's final guests are David Beckham, Jackie Chan, Mickey Rourke and Roxy Music.

Katy Perry's album 'inspired' by partner Russell Brand

Katy Perry says her fiance Russell Brand has had a big impact on the direction of her second album, Teenage Dream.

Russell Brand sports silly fake beard

Looks like Russell Brand is missing his facial hair - the funnyman wore a fake beard as he filmed his new movie Arthur.

Where was Russell Brand on Jonathan Ross?

After a no-show on Ross's last ever BBC chat show, does this mean Russell Brand has put his bawdy days behind him?