Standup Cally Beaton: ‘Connecting with people is my only skill – luckily it’s a superpower’
The former TV executive on life lessons from Joan Rivers, paper-plane heckles and a ‘perfect day’ doing Live at the Apollo
May 2022
Toasting not roasting: these comedians would surely mock Netflix’s hall of fame
Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Joan Rivers and Robin Williams are given their dues in The Hall but the event is oddly sanctimonious
August 2021
Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand: the myth of their lesbian play
Before they were superstars, Joan Rivers kissed and tried to kill a young Barbra Streisand on stage – or so she claimed. Now her tall tale has inspired drama The Funny Girls
September 2020
Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
A funny thing happened: stunning portraits of stellar standups – in pictures
From Ken Dodd and his tickling stick to Nina Conti and her monkey, Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton has snapped a host of superb comedians on stage
November 2017
Fashion Police: host Joan Rivers’ biggest zingers
With the TV show coming to an end next month, here are some of its fierce frontwoman’s finest on-air gags
June 2016
Joan Rivers' silver dog bowl fetches $14,000 in New York
VIP syndrome: why do the doctors to the stars make fatal mistakes?
March 2016
200 items from Joan Rivers's New York penthouse to go up for auction
The items for sale, which range from $500 to $200,000, include Cartier jewels, and a custom engraved Tiffany’s water bowl used by Rivers’s dog Spike
November 2015
Lily Tomlin: ‘I don’t relate to any of my life, except the stories I’m telling you’
Still breaking Hollywood taboos at 76, the actor plays an abortion-funding grandmother in her new film
October 2015
Rewatching classic Australian films
Les Patterson Saves the World rewatched: a spectactular turkey
Australian cinema is not without its jaw-dropping flops and this messy, misjudged Barry Humphries vehicle was one of them – even with Dame Edna
August 2015
Mind your language
How to sneeze in Japanese. LOL (or, as they say in Indonesia, wkwkwk)
Gary Nunn
A new book aims to illustrate all the eccentricities of international onomatopoeia
May 2015
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best chatshow moments
Last week, we listed the 10 best chatshow moments. Here, from Serge Gainsbourg’s meeting with Whitney Houston to the Sex Pistols swearing on ITV, are your suggestions
Academy explains that it was ‘unable to feature’ the late star in last night’s telecast but that she does feature on their website
Film blog
The good, the bad and the John Travolta … the Oscars according to Twitter
All the reaction to last night’s ceremony – in tweets
Joan Rivers snubbed by Oscars In Memoriam tribute
Annual rollcall of Hollywood’s most notable departed fails to find room for comic, actor and fashion analyst
November 2014
Joan Rivers' daughter 'outraged' over mistakes that led to comedian's death
Report finds New York endoscopy clinic failed to respond to comedian’s waning vital signs, failed to check her weight and performed procedures without consent
October 2014
Joan Rivers died from low blood oxygen during surgery, medical examiner says
New York medical examiner says death of comedian last month resulted from a predictable complication from procedure
September 2014
Rick Perry suggests Joan Rivers might not have died under Texas abortion laws
Texas governor defends strict regulations on clinics and says he is preparing ground for possible 2016 run
Joan Rivers posts from the grave: 'I've just bought an iPhone!'
iPhone 6...feet under? A scheduled sponsored ad on the late comedian’s Instagram account has boasted about her new Apple device. By Hannah Jane Parkinson
Joan Rivers remembered by Sean Foley: 'she eviscerated the audience'
Sean Foley, who directed Joan Rivers' 2008 stage show, recalls days of hard graft with an incredible actor, skilled standup and ultra-acerbic clown
