Kathy Griffin News

NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, New York Comedy Festival and Comedy Central today announced four additional free events, including bus tours, improv shows, and walking tours, during Comedy Week, November 5-11.

On the next episode of GLEE, titled, 'The Role You Were Born to Play,' the school production of Grease is underway, and Marley (Melissa Benoist), Jake (Jacob Artist), Kitty (Becca Tobin) and football player Ryder (Blake Jenner) compete to play "Danny" and "Sandy." Meanwhile, former Glee clubbers Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Mike (Harry Shum Jr.) return to cast the play, and Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) struggles with a difficult decision. Check out photos from the episode below!

Viacom brands MTV, VH1, CMT, BET, Logo, TV Land, TeenNick and Paramount Pictures will join the hosts of Good Morning America, the cast of Days of Our Lives, Dianna Agron, Chaz Bono, Pauly D, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Jenni "JWoww" Farley, Fran Drescher, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Kimmel, Joel McHale, Reba McEntire, Sir Ian McKellen, Maria Menounos, the New York Stock Exchange, hosts of CNBC, Facebook and millions of Americans in 'going purple' for Spirit Day on October 19 in a stand against bullying and to show their support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, GLAAD announced today. The National Basketball Association (NBA), NASCAR Diversity, Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) will also participate through social media.

The world's largest solo theatre festival, established in 2010 at Theatre ROW on 42nd Street in Manhattan, has grown to more than twice its original size. One hundred solo productions will be presented between today, October 11 and November 18, 2012, among them fifteen shows by artists who successfully performed at the United Solo Festival in the past.

Best In Drag Show - the outrageous and long-running annual fundraiser for Aid for AIDS - has announced that Emmy Award winning comedienne Kathy Griffin will headline this year's event for her 10th consecutive year. Following her opening monologue, Griffin will join the celebrity judges panel alongside Academy Award nominee Melanie Griffith, Tony Award winner Sara Ramirez and Olympic Gold medalist winner Greg Louganis.

Celebrated entertainer and Las Vegas legend Don Rickles brings his one-of-a-kind comedy back to The Orleans Showroom tonight, October 6 and tomorrow night, October 7.

United Solo, the world's largest solo theatre festival, doubled in size in the past three years. During the upcoming six?week run between October 11 and November 18, a variety of one hundred solo shows will perform at Theatre ROW on 42nd Street in New York. Performers come from all over the world, bringing stories in which they explore global and local issues, address universal dilemmas, and adapt classical literature in shows like "Medea's Got Some Issues," "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and "Vonnegut, Vonnegut."

The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts has announced that Seth Rudetsky, Broadway host on SiriusXM Satellite radio, will bring his one man show, SETH'S BIG FAT BROADWAY SHOW to Milwaukee tonight, October 4 and October 5, 2012.

After a popular appearance last fall, City Theatre welcomes back Seth Rudetsky with his brand new show, Seth's Big Fat '70s Show, a City Events special presentation featuring Rudetsky's celebrated, comic "deconstructions," now applied to 1970s variety and awards shows. Seth's Big Fat '70s Show runs in City Theatre's Hamburg Studio Theatre October 25-28, 2012.

The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), in association with COMEDY CENTRAL, has announced more than 70 additional shows taking place at more than 25 venues throughout New York City, now added to its 2012 schedule, highlighted by two events in partnership with The Paley Center for Media: a reunion of the creative minds behind the landmark TV series The Ben Stiller Show and a Conversation with Denis Leary in celebration of his new publication Merry F***in' Christmas.

With the 2012 Presidential election coming up, it's hard to avoid the constant political coverage, ads, and spoofs that have taken over television. In the video below, celebrities Miley Cyrus, Jane Lynch, Tony Hawk, Josh Duhamel, Joel McHale, Eric Stonestreet, Busy Phillips, Miranda Cosgrove, Jenna Ushkowitz, Connor Paolo, Chad Lowe and Twitch, along with Broadway veterans Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kathy Griffin, Darren Criss, and Neil Patrick Harris teamed with Funny or Die to share how they're planning to Rock the Vote in 2012.

Before there was Madonna, Lady Gaga, Kathy Griffin, The Real Housewives and countless others there was the Diva Madame! Newly teamed with award-winning performer Rick Skye the hilarious and fabulous icon is returning to television. Madame will debut on Thursday, September 27 @ 11pm ET only on Bravo's Watch What Happens LIVE, hosted by Andy Cohen, with further airings to follow.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) and the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) are proud to present STAND UP FOR HEROES, an evening of comedy and music benefiting our injured service members, veterans and their families, taking place at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at 8 p.m.

Check out part three of our photos from the red carpet below! Fashion! Stars! Glamour!

Check out part two of pictures from the red carpet below! Fashion! Stars! Glamour!

The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards aired live coast to coast on Sunday, September 23 (8:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET) on ABC and originated from the Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. The telecast was produced by Don Mischer Productions and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. This was Kimmel's first time hosting the Primetime Emmy telecast. And the winners are...

StageSource will kick off its first ever online charity auction today, September 21st. All proceeds to benefit the expanded mission and vision of the organization's programing including "Live from the Library" and the 2013 StageSource Theater Conference. To participate visit The StageSource Auction Online. Site goes live today, September 21st. Bidding closes Friday, September 28th.

On tonight's episode of Fox's GLEE titled 'Britney 2.0', Brittany S. Pierce is in a funk and turns to her icon Britney Spears' music for inspiration! Get a first listen to the GLEE cast singing Britney classics below!

Oxygen plays matchmaker once again with the season four return of the hit dating competition series 'Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too' on Monday, November 5 at 11PM ET/PT. Hosted by fan favorite, Tanisha Thomas, this season features Amy, Camilla and Dani from 'Bad Girls Club' Las Vegas as they compete and search for love from a pool of 14 eligible suitors. Beginning Monday, November 12, the series will move to its regular timeslot at 10PM ET/PT. For more information, visit www.oxygen.com.

Oxygen plays matchmaker once again with the season four return of the hit dating competition series LOVE GAMES: BAD GIRLS NEED LOVE TOO on Monday, November 5 at 11PM ET/PT.