Day: August 6, 2016

Remembering Matt Villines, half of comedy directing duo Matt & Oz

Remembering Matt Villines, half of comedy directing duo Matt & Oz

Posted by | Aug 6, 2016 | |

Matt Villines died in July after a two-year battle with kidney cancer. Villines was only 39, still approaching the heights of his career as a comedy director. As half of the directing duo, Matt & Oz, he was responsible for many of your favorite short films that have aired on Saturday Night Live since 2012, made even more hilarious shorts for Funny or Die, and marked his big-screen directorial debut with Brother Nature, which just released its first trailer on Thursday (starring SNL cast members Taran Killam and Bobby Moynihan, with Gillian Jacobs and more, it comes out Sept. 9...

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Anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birthday greeted with new statue, all-star comedy fest and prep for a national comedy museum in her New York hometown

Anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birthday greeted with new statue, all-star comedy fest and prep for a national comedy museum in her New York hometown

Posted by | Aug 6, 2016 | |

Lucille Ball would have turned 105 today. To celebrate, Ball’s hometown of Celeron, N.Y., unveiled a brand-new statue of the iconic TV comedy legend today — sculpted by Carolyn D. Palmer, chosen from a nationwide search after the previous sculpture of Ball was deemed more scary than lovable. “I not only wanted to portray the playful, animated and spontaneous Lucy, but also the glamorous Hollywood icon,” Palmer said. “I just hope that all the Lucy fans are pleased and that Lucille Ball herself would have enjoyed this image of her.” In neighboring Jamestown, N.Y., the annual Lucy Comedy Fest...

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Mark Normand on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Mark Normand on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Posted by | Aug 6, 2016 | |

Mark Normand owns a suit! A nice summer suit at that! I joke because for years, Normand always wore the same lucky track jacket in live shows, stand-up performances on TV, and even his album cover. For his debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, however, he cleaned up his look — if not also his stand-up material. Bleep! Normand himself teased the performance by saying on Twitter earlier Friday: “It’s a dicey set.” CBS censors did allow Normand to joke about the differences between how we use the word “douchebag” vs. the actual item, how women’s looks...

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