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Queen of Mean Lisa Lampanelli will grace the stage at the Palm Beach Improv this weekend. Known for her shocking insult comic style, Lampanelli is no stranger to touching taboo subjects many comedians leave alone.
The boisterous blonde got her break in 2002 at the New York Friars’ Club Roast of Chevy Chase. Since then, she has served on the panel for numerous celebrity roasts including Denis Leary, Pamela Anderson, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, William Shatner, Joan Rivers and David Hasselhoff. She also has appeared on several Comedy Central specials and films including Delta Farce with Larry the Cable Guy and Drillbit Taylor with Owen Wilson. Read the full story

A lot of artists sing about the military, and country music as a whole is tremendously supportive of the troops, but Craig Morgan is one of a handful who actually served in the military.

Morgan served as a fire support specialist in the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions of the U.S. Army. While stationed in Korea, he continued to work on his singing and songwriting, and he even won a few awards, including snagging an opening slot in a Korea show for the band Sawyer Brown.

For most of the year, Morgan has been touring with Carrie Underwood, but on June 30, he’ll be at CityPlace in West Palm Beach performing a free concert.
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30 Rock star Tracy Morgan will perform at the Palm Beach Improv June 18-20. Morgan, best known for his memorable seven-season stint on Saturday Night Live, has been busy this year with his film career. He starred alongside Bruce Willis in Kevin Smith’s action comedy Cop Out earlier this year. Morgan can be seen on the big screen now with Chris Rock in Death at a Funeral, the remake of the 2007 British film by the same name. Nailed, another film starring Morgan, is due out this year. He is also dabbling in the dramatic genre with The Son of No One, also starring Al Pacino and Juliette Binoche. Currently in production, the film is due out in 2011.

What: Tracy Morgan
When: 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday, June 18, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19, and 7 p.m. Sunday, June 20.
Where: The Palm Beach Improv, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 250, CityPlace, West Palm Beach
Tickets: $39.78
Phone: (561) 833-1812

The new host of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Craig Robinson, will visit the Palm Beach Improv at CityPlace this weekend. Robinson may be best known for his role as Darryl, the sarcastic warehouse worker on The Office, but recently starred in a slew of other memorable roles in feature films including Hot Tub Time Machine and Pineapple Express.

His voice can be heard at area theaters in the final chapter of the Shrek films, Shrek Forever After, and you can join him on the search for the next big thing in comedy every Monday on Last Comic Standing.

What: Craig Robinson
When: 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Thursday, 7 and 9:45 p.m. Saturday , and 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Palm Beach Improv, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 250, West Palm Beach
Tickets: $29.13
Phone: (561) 833-1812

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Pablo Francisco will be the first to tell you that he’s not savvy with computers.

But he’s among a wave of comedians who can count themselves fortunate they live in the age of YouTube.

Francisco, whose celebrity impressions and sound effects will be on display at the Palm Beach Improv at CityPlace through Saturday, had counted himself a success already. He’d been a writer on MADtv, had development deals for television and toured the country.

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Just a few years ago, downtown West Palm Beach was on the verge of becoming a culinary wasteland.

Prominent eateries in the Clematis Street district and CityPlace were closing. And few restaurateurs appeared willing to fill the vacancies, perhaps discouraged by ongoing construction projects that turned city streets into traffic nightmares. The real action was to the north and south — in the suburban hotbed of Palm Beach Gardens and the vibrant cityscape of downtown Delray Beach.

But in the past 12 months, all that has changed.
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Scenes from around the world at screenings

This is it! Finally!

The world premiere of Michael Jackson’s eagerly awaited concert movie,This Is It, begins midnight screenings tonight.

Leslie Gray Streeter is going to be at Muvico Parisian at CityPlace, talking to the expected crowds, checking out the movie and reviewing it.

There are also midnight showings at the Regal theaters in Royal Palm Beach and the Shadowood, west of Boca Raton.

See photos, hear what Michael’s fans had to say, and read Leslie’s review of the movie: Wednesday morning at palmbeachpost.com and pbpulse.com

By DEBORAH S. HARTZ-SEELEY

Ron Del Signore got tired of going out to breakfast and having to wait in line for a table. So he decided to serve breakfast at the restaurant where he’s general manager, Il Bellagio in West Palm Beach’s CityPlace.

It’s a pretty spot with outdoor tables under green umbrellas overlooking the center’s dancing fountain and central piazza.

And here, he’s not offering just another bacon-and-eggs menu. To create the food, Del Signore sat down with his wife, Rosalie, and his chef, Pauli Johnston, and drew on a lot of family memories.

Del Signore thought about what he ate at his Italian grandmothers’ houses growing up in Pittsburgh.
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Comedic chameleon Mike Epps will appear at the Palm Beach Improv this weekend. His talent was first recognized by a national audience in 1995 when he appeared on the Def Comedy Jam tour and starred in two of HBO’s Def Comedy Jam broadcasts. Epps made his feature film debut in Next Friday, the second installment of Ice Cube’s Friday series.

Soon after, he landed several movie roles in various genres including a dramatic role in Talk To Me with Don Cheadle. He also appeared in Resident Evil: Apocalypse with Milla Jovovich and was most recently featured in the hit comedy The Hangover. Read the full story