Sf Comedy Competition News

 
Where: Goonies Comedy Club, 7 Second St. SW
Post-Bulletin
Baldwin's act, which is made up of all clean material, has also earned him some of comedy's top honors. Baldwin won last year's Seattle International Comedy Competition, which is along with contests in San Francisco and Montreal, one of the three ...


 
Funnyman bringing act to Northern Cambria
The Tribune-Democrat
He was named the funniest comic in Kansas City in 2005 and 2006 and placed third in the San Francisco comedy competition in 2007. Baldwin said that while most comedy competitions last for one night and allow a comedian to pack the crowd with friends, ...


 
Oakland Native Bringing Hollywood To His Hometown
Sacramento Bee
When actor/comedian Kente Scott received the key to the city during Oakland's 150th anniversary celebration, he vowed to be the next in that lineage. On May 18, he will participate in the 26th edition of the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition & Festival ...

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Riviera CEO Andy Choy plays the odds on a classic casino
Las Vegas Weekly (blog)
Choy spent his undergrad years at UC Berkeley, then leapt across the San Francisco Bay to Stanford for business school. He understands the numbers. He knows his hotel's demographics. He knows how a single-zero roulette wheel can appeal to gamblers ...

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Entertainment calendar May 25, 2012
Fairfield Daily Republic
Punch Line, San Francisco: Nick Griffin, 8 and 10 pm Friday, 7 and 9:30 pm Saturday; San Francisco Comedy Showcase, 8 pm Sunday; Hari Kandabolu, 8 pm Tuesday; Will Durst, 8 pm Wednesday and Thursday, 8 and 10 pm June 1, 7 and 9:30 pm June 2; ...

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Time Warner, PTO Backlog, Skechers: Intellectual Property
Bloomberg
Viacom Inc. (VIAB), the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and the Paramount film studio, agreed to resolve a legal dispute with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), allowing cable customers to see Viacom shows on devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad.

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Amazon unveils effort to develop original TV shows
Reuters
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO May 2 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unveiled a new effort to develop original comedy and children's TV shows to distribute over the company's video streaming service. The move is part of a broader push by Amazon to produce ...

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