Fabrizio Copano to Release First English-Language Special “From the Future” in July

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Fabrizio Copano is switching tongues for laughs…

The 36-year-old Chilean comedian will release his first English-language special, From the Future, exclusively through 800 Pound Gorilla Media on July 14.

The hour special will be available everywhere comedy is streamed or sold starting on July 29.

In the special, Copano talks about identity, fatherhood and cultural whiplash, capturing humor in the ride through the immigrant experience, millennial parenting, and the absurdity of living between two cultures.

The special is also about claiming a new identity while trying not to lose his old one.

Copano became a U.S. citizen soon after completing this special thanks to a joke about the President that made him think, “Okay, before I drop this special, maybe I should make sure I can actually stay in the country.”

A Comedy Cellar regular currently based in New York City, Copano started his comedy career 20 years ago in Chile, where him and his friends had to build a comedy scene from the ground up. Inspired by American stand-ups like Eddie Murphy and Lewis Black, he started doing stand-up in coffee shops and grew to become one of Latin America’s most well known and highly regarded comics, as well as the first South American to shoot an original comedy special for Netflix. In addition to 2017’s Solo pienso en mi for that streamer, he put out the Spanish-language special Live from Caupolicán in 2024.

Previously, Copano co-wrote and starred in one of Chile’s highest grossing comedies, 2013’s Barrio Universitario.

His credits also include writing and starring in the Chilean comedy show El Club de la Comedia, hosting late-night show El Late de Copano, and hosting La Culpa es de Colon for Comedy Central Latin America.

He was included in Just For Laughs’ 2022 New Faces cohort, was part of CBS’s 2025 Comics to Watch Showcase, and made his American late-night debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

Marcello Hernandez Signs with LBI Entertainment

Posted on March 9, 2024 by Tom Castaneda

Marcello Hernandez has new representation…

The 26-year-old Cuban & Dominican American stand-up comedian, writer and actor has signed with LBI Entertainment.

Hernanadez currently performs as a featured player on Saturday Night Live.

On SNL, he has been featured on Weekend Update and appeared in some of the more memorable recent sketches with Pedro Pascal, Bad Bunny, Ana de Armas and Jason Momoa, among others.

Performing stand-up since the age of 18, Hernandez has opened for headliners such as Jo Koy, Dave Chappelle, Tim Dillon, Mark Viera and Gilbert Gottfried.

In 2020, he became a host and creative director for @onlyindade, a Miami-based account with over one million followers.

In 2022 he was selected as a Just For Laughs New Face of Comedy.

Starting in 2023 he can be seen in commercial campaigns for T-Mobile and Nissan.

Vlad Caamaño to Appear at This Year’s Just For Laughs Festival

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Vlad Caamaño is hitting the Great White North this summer…

The Dominican American comedian is set to appear at this year’s Just For Laughs Festival, which runs July 12-31 in Montreal, Canada featuring a plethora of stand-up performances by Judd Apatow, Trevor Noah, Ali Wong, John Mulaney, Chris D’Elia, and Tom Segura.

The signature marquee highlight this year to celebrate the fest’s milestone: Jerry Seinfeld will share the stage with France’s biggest comedic star Gad Elmaleh for a one night performance on July 26.

Caamaño will appear as part of The Ethnic Show, hosted by Iranian-American stand-up Maz Jobrani. Joining Maz and Caamaño, are Jessica Kirson, Steve Byrne, The Doo Wops (John Catucci and David Mesiano) and Mike Rita.

Comedy Central Greenlights Torres’ Original Series “Messages from the Future”

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Tom Castaneda

Julio Torres is heading back to Future…

Comedy Central has greenlit an original series featuring the El Salvadoran comedian.

Entitled Messages from the Future, the original series stars Torres, who lives in the future and is sending us urgent messages to help save us from our dark, apocalyptic fate — but also he’s hoping that you can find the umbrella that he lost and bring it to him in the future.

“I’ve never been good or too interested in making jokes about or having material about being Latino or being gay or any of those things. They’re very much part of who and what I am, but I feel like the one sort of label that I do feel a strong creative connection with — because I do feel a connection with the other two in other ways — but creatively what I do feel connected to is the idea of being from elsewhere. This idea of foreignness or otherness, which is why space as a trope is very exciting to me,” said Torres in an interview with Brokelyn.com.

Torres’, the self-described as the Space Prince for reasons above, has been named one of Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch, one of Just For Laughs’ New Faces and a finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award.

He also made a brief appearance along with his friend and collaborator Lena Einbinder on Louis C.K.’s new show, Horace and Pete.

O’Dogherty to Perform at the Comedy Central International Showcase

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Tom Castaneda

Alex O’Dogherty is taking his show across the Atlantic…

Viacom’s South European and African Comedy Central channels will hold their first-ever joint Comedy Central International Showcase, with the 42-year-old Spanish comedian/actor forming part of the lineup.

The Comedy Central International Showcase, which aims to increase the international exposure of its local standup comics, will be held during the upcoming Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.

O’Dogherty, who performs on stage, television, radio and has appeared in 32 films, is best known for his role of Arturo in Camera café.

He’ll be joined by South African comedians Jason Goliath and Conrad Koch, and Italian comedian Francesco de Carlo.

The live show will be held in Montreal’s Yuk Yuk’s comedy club on July 25, with the show airing in Italy, Spain and Africa this autumn.

“Developing the stand-up industry is definitely a part of our DNA at Comedy Central and in the past few years we have been doing that successfully in Spain, Italy and Africa,” said Amalia Martinez De Velasco, VP of Comedy Brands for Viacom International Media Networks, in a statement.

“This event is a great chance for our comics to get new exposure while at the same time demonstrating to other up-and-coming talents in our regions that Comedy Central supports local comics and can create opportunities for them,” she added.

Brillon Signs with William Morris Endeavor

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Gina Brillon is one step closer to getting laughs on a bigger stage…

The Bronx-born Puerto Rican comedienne has officially signed with William Morris Endeavor (WME), according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Brillon has been performing stand-up since she was 17, serving as a headlining act at clubs throughout the country, including Caroline’s, The Comedy Store and both Los Angeles and New York City outposts of The Laugh Factory.

Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs international comedy festival selected her to be part of its New Faces Class of 2013, and the year before she became the first Latina to receive top honors at Stand-Up NBC, an annual showcase for diverse comedians whose alumni include Hannibal Buress, W. Kamau Bell and Brandon T. Jackson.

Her television appearances include The View, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, E!’s Chelsea Lately, AXS’ Gotham Comedy Live and NuvoTV’s Stand Up and Deliver.

Earlier this month she generated laughs with a special set at the upfront presentation for the Jennifer Lopez network.

Brillon, who also has published poetry in The New York Post and the Daily Newsand as a singer served as the opening act for artists including Ne-Yo, will appear in comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias’ upcoming documentary The Fluffy Movie, and is preparing to shoot her first one-hour special later this year.

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