Finally, a cure for terminal laziness! (The Funny Side)

A few years ago, we were hiring an administrative person to work in our New York offices. We had two final candidates; both looked great on paper, and their phone interviews had been good. We always have candidates do an in-person "inbox simulation" ...

Comedian Rob Delaney — who is among Twitter's most popular, funny and ribald comedic tweeters — will take over the official Major League Baseball account for several hours Tuesday afternoon. Delaney's incisive wit and bon mots have gained him ...

Observations bull; It's shocking how few people showed up for Sunday's race in Talladega. Granted, the track is massive, so whatever crowd was there was spread out. But Sunday demonstrated fans' preference to stay home and watch on the HD flat ...

Source: Supplied Review of 'Roll With It', a funny crime novel by former Melbourne police reporter Nick Place. ROLL WITH IT, BY NICK PLACE, HARDIE GRANT BOOKS, RRP $24.95 It's difficult to imagine a journalist taking 25 years to write a book . . .

Cecilia Singley is one of those people about whom I will always be able to say "I knew her before she was famous." I met her three years ago when she was dating my stepson, she came on a family vacation to my favorite place in the world, the island ...

Two or three years ago, Martin Amis said in an interview that people assume that it's the gloomy buggers that are the serious ones — but in fact, anyone who has ever been anywhere in fiction is funny. Amis went on to castigate the Nobel laureate ...

I sat at a local bar the other day, and listened to people talking. There was laughter, clinking of glasses, and happy chatter. There was also an awful lot of "it's all about me." I was tired, still a bit run down from being sick and having some ...

Everything about a television pilot is stressful, because the entire future of the program rests on it. The people making them have to introduce the show's characters, concept and voice without seeming like theyre trying too hard (or forgetting to ...

Saif's spend so much time shooting for 'Bullett Raja' in Lucknow now, that he could well be counted as one of us. He's enjoyed the North Indian winter here, and survived the blazing summer sun. But the actor still arouses a great deal of curiosity ...