The 30 best living comedians

In the run-up to the Edinburgh Festival our comedy critic Dominic Maxwell ranks the funniest comics working now.

Michael Che: American comedy's next big thing

The New Yorker is taking a break from working with Chris Rock and writing Saturday Night Live to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe. Nick Clark meets him.

Kristen Stewart, star of Twilight, never looks particularly happy, so here's hoping she cheers up a bit when she arrives on Norton's sofa. Stewart, well-known as the inamorata of her co-star Robert Pattinson, is in the studio to promote her new film Snow White and the Huntsman.

They will be serenaded by Engelbert Humperdinck, singing UK Eurovision entry Love Will Set You Free. In the comedy corner is the mighty Chris Rock, talking about his new movie, the animated kids' comedy Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

This week's guests on the garrulous host's banquette of banter include Twilight starlet Kristen Stewart, who'll be talking about upcoming fairy-tale flick Snow White and the Huntsman, US funnyman Chris Rock and crooner Engelbert Humperdinck - who will also perform Love Will Set You Free, the UK's surprisingly decent entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in a fortnight's time. Well, he can't do much worse than our recent efforts.

Chris Rock: 'I envy Ricky Gervais'

Chris Rock has admitted that he is jealous of Ricky Gervais.