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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeA year after announcing his farewell tour, comedian Bill Engvall is ready to reveal how he’ll wrap things up: With one final stand-up comedy special. Comedy Dynamics has partnered with Engvall to produce his final stand-up comedy special, which will take place in Salt Lake City at Eccles Theater on New Year’s Eve, Dec.

Robin Williams and George Carlin have filed a lawsuit against Pandora, claiming the platform has been “willfully” streaming the late comedians’ recorded routines without proper licensing.According to Rolling Stone, the families of the comics filed the copyright infringement suit on Monday (February 7) alongside related complaints from fellow comedians Andrew Dice Clay, Ron White and Bill Engvall.The estates claim that the works of both comedians “continue to be exploited, performed, broadcast, and streamed” across Pandora’s platforms without the proper permission and without any “substantive response” to warnings issued by literary agency Word Collections over the past couple years.“While Carlin would have been thrilled for his works to live on through valid licenses and payments, he would have seven dirty words to say about Pandora’s actions and willful copyright infringement, no doubt,” Carlin’s paperwork states.Williams’ estate is seeking $4.1million in damages, while Carlin’s is looking for $8.4million.Rolling Stone reports that the filings allege Pandora improperly offered 27 of Williams’ works through its digital broadcast radio service. The routines in question reportedly derive from the Mrs.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPandora, the digital music platform owned by SiriusXM, is ripping off comedians by streaming their recordings without properly licensing the works — and has been doing so for years, according to a series of new lawsuits.On Monday, L.A. law firm King & Ballow filed copyright-infringement lawsuits against Pandora on behalf of five comedians or their estates: Robin Williams, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Bill Engvall and Ron White.

EXCLUSIVE: In a continued expansion of its comedy division, CESD Talent Agency has hired veteran talent agent Scott Simpson as Executive Director of Comedy. He will be based in CESD’s New York office and lead the division that continues its comedy buildout.

Comedian Ron White is feeling the pinch amid the coronavirus pandemic.The 63-year-old Texas born funnyman is asking a judge to stop his spousal support obligations to ex-wife Margo Rey, who he split from in 2017.Ron has been paying $25,000 a month to singer Margo since November 2019 but says his income has been drastically reduced due to gigs being cancelled amid the global health crisis. Comedian Ron White is asking to stop his spousal support payments to ex Margo Rey as he claims his income has been drastically reduced amid the coronavirus pandemicIn court documents obtained by TMZ, Ron explains '...

Ron White wants a judge to end monthly spousal support payments to his ex-wife because the coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible for him to book gigs and make a living.