By Cort Tafoya, AmericasComedy.com |If you’re reading this, I’ll just assume you’re a Daily Show junky, and you’re already familiar with the show’s Senior British Correspondent, John Oliver. My question – and I’m sure everyone else’s – is why was he picked to replace Jon Stewart during Stewart’s movie directing hiatus? What about Jason Jones, Sam Bee, Wyatt Cenac or [...]
Is it just me, or was 2012 a great year for comedy; especially in the film industry. With films such as This Is 40, American Reunion, That’s My Boy, and so much more, it going to be hard to believe that 2013 just might be able to top 2012—believe it though! First and foremost, did you know that a Hangover [...]
By Carl Unegbu, ComedyBeat | Competition breeds tension and as more people than ever flock to comedy venues to catch some laughs, tensions are rising in the backrooms as the folks who run the comedy shows try to outdo one another in the race for audience members. And as the turf wars heat up, pushing the boundaries is just something [...]
By Nicole Watson, ABC Action News | Tommy Chong, best known as the second half of the marijuana-loving “Cheech and Chong” comedy duo, is diagnosed with prostate cancer, CNN reports. Although he first noticed symptoms about eight years ago while incarcerated for selling drug paraphernalia, Chong said he was diagnosed “about a month ago.” He revealed his condition in an [...]
By Paul Brownfield, The New York Times | “I’ve really been in my head this last week,” a morbid-sounding comedian said on his podcast recently. “Every time I think I’m out of the woods with my depression and my self-obsession, I manage to backslide, and then that makes me even more depressed.” The podcasting comedian (wait for it) confessed that a [...]
By Ethan Anderton, Variety | Over the past few years, the incomparable John Lithgow has taken on some great roles in the Showtime series “Dexter,” not to mention this year’s turn in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and a forthcoming appearance in New Year’s Eve. Now Lithgow teaming up with some comedy giants as Variety reports the “3rd Rock from the Sun” star [...]
By Sean O’Connell, Cinema Blend | Hearing Kristen Wiig’s name attached to something titled The Comedian makes sense. Clarify that it’s a Robert De Niro vehicle scheduled to be directed by Sean Penn, and the project becomes more of a headscratcher. The Comedian long was thought of as a possible reunion gig for De Niro and Martin Scorsese (and if you [...]
By Tim Molloy, Reuters, NEW YORK | Amicable exes David Arquette and Courteney Cox have their next collaboration lined up after his run on “Dancing With the Stars”: The “Scream” co-stars’ new series about a recently split couple has been sold to NBC. ABC Studios announced Tuesday that it has sold the comedy, “10 Years,” as well as the drama “The [...]
By Bill Brownstein, The Montreal Gazette | They’ve tried to warn people from the beginning. They come clean with a disclaimer at the start of their show: “All characters and events in this show – even those based on real people – are entirely fictional. All celebrity voices are impersonated … poorly. The following program contains coarse language and due [...]
By Sean O’Connell, Cinema Blend | Slowly but surely, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin are becoming the Hope-and-Crosby of the 21st Century. Nancy Meyers pitted the funnymen against each other for Meryl Streep’s affections in the light-as-a-feather rom-com It’s Complicated. The Academy tapped them as co-hosts for the 2010 Oscars. Baldwin recently passed Martin for the most hosting appearances in Saturday Night Live [...]
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