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Whether discovering that being dyslexic means delivering your lines to camera back to front in the midst of filming a TV series, or starting a new business and travelling the world, or dealing with life's more sober moments like the birth of a son or the loss of a father, Paul Carter is still the funniest man in the bar and the nicest alpha male you'll ever meet as he risks all for the sake of a good story.

Eine Woche in einem Haus am See. Fünf Freund:innen und die Geheimnisse, Verheißungen und Verwicklungen eines Sommers. An der Uni waren Sylvia und ihre Freunde unzertrennlich, jetzt haben sie Jobs, Beziehungen, manche sogar Kinder. Doch eine Sommerwoche wollen sie gemeinsam verbringen, in einem Haus am See. Im Mittsommerlicht, beim Kochen und Krebse fangen, in Gesprächen über Liebe, Queerness und das Leben, kehrt die alte Vertrautheit schnell zurück.

Hell Unearthed charts Dante’s journey, guided by his hero, Virgil, through the underworld. In this modern version of Inferno, the cast of sinners Dante meets includes gangsters, dictators, pop stars, sports stars, princes and princesses. These characters’ stories will be familiar to many and they sit alongside sinners drawn from classical mythology as well as the heroes and villains from Dante’s contemporary medieval Tuscany. Characters are positioned in Hell according to the gravity of their sin and are tormented by weapons.

Seri, Aja und Karl verbringen ihre Kindheit in einem Ort in Süddeutschland: Verbunden durch eine innige Freundschaft erleben sie magische Kindertage...

Rarely has an Evangelical upbringing been depicted with the relentless honesty, wide-ranging empathy, and Superbad-meets-Siddhartha playfulness of USA Today best-seller HELL IS A WORLD WITHOUT YOU. During the time of Pizza Hut buffets, 9/11, and all-night Mario Kart parties, a grieving teenager faces a mortal crossroads: fire-and-brimstone certainty vs. forbidden love. And whether or not you’ve ever begged God to delay the Rapture (so you could have time to lose your virginity), that kid’s story is about you.

Somebody once told me, “When you become a comedian, you’re not just choosing a profession. You’re choosing a lifestyle.” I should have listened harder. My name is Jay Starr, and I’m a South Asian stand-up comic. I went to LA to pursue my comedy dreams but instead got twisted up in the world of Bollywood, meeting the love of my life and becoming a YouTube sensation known to the world as Tiger Rai.