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Chappelle also celebrated his 50th birthday on Thursday with a star-studded private show / party at Comedy Cellar.

’Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian’ may have been filmed at a surprise set Aziz did at NYC’s Comedy Cellar in December

Plus: Ela Minus, The Soul Rebels, Dummy, D.R.U.G.S., Roadburn 2022 additions, Unsane, For Your Health, and more tour and festival news.

Aziz Ansari will close out the year and begin 2022 on the road on his ”Last Minute Tour,” which runs through late December into January

The 2022 Netflix is a Joke lineup reads like a Who’s Who in Comedy, including stand-up shows, podcast tapings and events with John Mulaney, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Gabriel Iglesias, Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, and much, much more.

Chris Rock, Aziz Ansari and Questlove were also part of the NFT collective party

Described as ”an evolution of the series that remains tethered to previous seasons while breaking new storytelling ground of its own,” S3’s story focuses on friend Denise (Lena Waithe) and her relationship with her partner Alicia (Naomi Ackie).

Streaming service HBO Max — which has finally been added to Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices — has an amazing library, including loads of music-related titles. We’ve picked a few things that are worth seeking out.

Thursday night NBC aired A Parks and Recreation Special, a new episode of the series that reunited pretty much the entire cast of the beloved sitcom while raising money for COVID-19 relief…and you can still give.

It’s a very ”indie“ Album of the Year category this year. Nominees for other categories include Tool, Thom Yorke, Big Thief, Tyler the Creator, DaBaby, Candlemass, The Cranberries, Tyler Childers, J.S. Ondara, Andrew Bird, Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Koffee, Burna Boy, and more.