Update, 5:15 pm ET: This morning, Williams didn't show up to his Yolo County court appointment (mentioned in the story below). As a result, a $10,000 bench warrant for his arrest was issued, according to CBS in Sacramento. -------------------- Troubled comedian Katt Williams was arrested last night outside of his Los Angeles home after he failed to show up to a more...
Oh, so you know how we told you Katt Williams announced his retirement? Right. Well, I guess he was just joking? “Katt is definitely not retiring,” his reps said in a statement. “He will be moving forward with the tour.” In fact, Williams is due to perform in Houston tonight at the Toyota Center. His impromptu announcement came after he spent a rough few days more...
He was going to make the announcement from his business offices in Los Angeles, but when a local Seattle reporter caught up with him on the street outside the hotel from which he was ejected, Katt Williams, with a tear rolling down his cheek, decided there was no reason to wait. "I'm just going to go ahead and announce my retirement from stand-up," he says, dressed in a more...
When we last left Katt Williams on Thursday he had just been released from an East Oakland jail cell after getting arrested for allegedly breaking a bottle over a guy’s head. The investigation is still pending. The next night, he had a show at the Oracle Arena in Oakland. Much like his Nov. 1 performance in Denver – where he babbled incoherently and left the stage more...
Comedian Katt Williams was arrested last night in East Oakland, CA after police broke up a bar brawl at around 3 a.m. TMZ reports the comedian allegedly broke a bottle over someone's head at a hotel near Kimball's Carnival, the club where the scuffle took place. The comedian was questioned by police and released, although an investigation will continue. Williams, 39, more...
Last night wasn't the first time comedian Katt Williams has melted down onstage and I'm positive it won't be his last. The circumstances surrounding his latest outburst are all too familiar. Based on reports the show -- part of his Ghetto National Convention tour -- at the Wells Fargo Theatre in Denver started late, featured six -- SIX! -- opening comedians and when more...
Continuously embattled comedian Katt Williams has recorded a new stand-up special, Kattpocalypse, for Showtime. It will premiere on the network on Aug 24 with the DVD release scheduled for Sept. 18. Kattpocalypse will be Katt's newest hour since the release of It's Pimpin' Pimpin' in 2008. Since then, the comedian and actor had kept a low profile, staying out of the more...
Two years before Jimmy Fallon exited Saturday Night Live, just as he was building steam as a standout sketch player (and the one SNL cast member who laughed during sketches even when he didn't need to), he released his first comedy album. Strike while the iron is hot, right? It was called The Bathroom Wall, a combination of stand-up, celebrity impressions and funny songs. more...
A comedian is being criticized for things he said on stage? Couldn’t be. You say that comic is Russell Brand? But that’s just not like him! Oh, but it's true. Over the weekend the notoriously wild English funnyman found himself facing media scrutiny over remarks he made about the Paralympics during a stand-up show in London, referring to the games as having more...
