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Mark Normand to Present YouTube Comedy Series ‘Human Trials,’ Which Puts Stand-Up Comics in Front of Hyper-Niche Crowds (EXCLUSIVE)

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (278+ words) What if a stand-up comedian walked onstage only to find the audience was 50 bald men? Or 50 clowns, or nuns, or bikers or goths? Mark Normand wanted to find out, so he co-created a new YouTube series with Unicorn titled "Human…...

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variety.com > 2026 > digital > news > mark-normand-youtube-stand-up-comedy-series-human-trials-1236703858

Mark Normand to Host YouTube Comedy Series ‘Human Trials,’ Which Puts Stand-Up Comics in Front of Hyper-Niche Crowds (EXCLUSIVE)

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (278+ words) What if a stand-up comedian walked onstage only to find the audience was 50 bald men? Or 50 clowns, or nuns, or bikers or goths? Mark Normand wanted to find out, so he co-created a new YouTube series with Unicorn titled "Human…...

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Emma Laird on Going From ‘The Brutalist’ to ‘The Bone Temple’ and Picking Bold, Bonkers Roles: ‘I Don’t Want to Do Shakespeare, I Want to Play a Fish’

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (938+ words) The rising British star is at the Berlinale with Charlotte Regan's buzzy series 'Mint' Emma Laird recalls a moment " not all that long ago " when she was stood on the rooftop of her apartment in Los Angeles, looking out across…...