If you’re like me, then you would have been proven wrong or severely let down by too many of 2025’s stand-up comedy specials. Which made those who did step up this year stand out that much more. I’ve ...

Caleb Hearon is putting it all out there in his first HBO stand-up special, Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian, but the comedian, actor, writer, and director isn’t a stranger to opening up as his star ...

From left, Steph Tolev, Frankie Quiñones and Nate Jackson. (Photo illustration by Josep Prat Sorolla / For The Times; photographs by Christina House / Los Angeles Times and Ethan Benavidez / For The ...

Sarah Sherman and Bowen Yang were together at the premiere of Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh, a stand-up special from HBO.

But in his stand-up special, Hearon is keeping things intimate in a small performance setting, opening up about his childhood, his sexuality, the loss of his father, and so much more. Below, Hearon ...

Originally from Kansas City, Hearon made his way up in the Chicago comedy scene and has appeared across film and television in titles like Prime Video’s recent hit Overcompensating and Jurassic World ...