Day: May 12, 2016

Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore

Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore

Posted by | May 12, 2016 | , |

To mark yesterday’s world premiere of Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cafe Society, at the Cannes Film Festival, French comedic actor Laurent Lafitte jokingly compared Allen to another director, Roman Polanski. “You’ve shot so many of your films here in Europe, and yet in the U.S., you haven’t even been convicted of rape,” Lafitte cracked in front of Allen, his cast of Cafe Society, and Allen’s wife, Soon-Yi. Roll the clip! Pardon the Frenchman! Allen is accused of sexually assaulting one of his adopted daughters, Dylan Farrow, when she 7. He denies the accusation, and though he was investigated by local...

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Seeso’s “Debate Wars” with Michael Ian Black will reunite Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick when tapings begin next week

Seeso’s “Debate Wars” with Michael Ian Black will reunite Janeane Garofalo and Andy Dick when tapings begin next week

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This is a banner week for Michael Ian Black. Black has a new children’s book that he promoted on Late Night with Seth Meyers (you can pre-order A Child’s First Book of Trump now), his latest stand-up special, Noted Expert, premieres this Friday night on EPIX, and he’s been announced as host and moderator of a new Seeso series, Debate Wars. Debate Wars will feature two teams of comedians and improvisers facing off to settle classic arguments such as cats vs. dogs, pie vs. cake and vacation vs. staycation. “I look forward to moderating spirited debates on all manner of inconsequential...

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Gad Elmaleh on Conan

Gad Elmaleh on Conan

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Gad Elmaleh is still learning how to deliver comedy in English, as he explained in his American TV debut doing such on Wednesday’s Conan. The French Moroccan star is touring America, and he jokes about visiting the Statue of Liberty and trying to rent an apartment in New York City. If you’d like to hear Gad Elmaleh talk more seriously about this for a half-hour, you can do that, too! Gad Elmaleh appeared on Episode #23 of my podcast, Last Things First. Roll the...

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Episode #88: Liam McEneaney (live at QED)

Episode #88: Liam McEneaney (live at QED)

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Hey, it’s Liam McEneaney! Liam is a Queens native who turned his weekly comedy showcase in a Lower East Side bar basement into a concert film, Tell Your Friends!, that premiered at SXSW and also played at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival and Comic-Con. His own credits include VH1’s Best Week Ever, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, and the Showtime special, Caroline Rhea and Friends. He also hosts a new podcast called Top 3 with Liam, Frank, Kevin and Cat. His second stand-up comedy album, Working Class Fancy, comes out in May. If you’re in NYC on May 24, 2016, you can celebrate the release...

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