When Jimmy Fallon met Robert DeNiro
by Probably more than a few folks raised their proverbial eyebrows when NBC announced that Robert DeNiro would be Jimmy Fallon's first guest when Late Night …
Month: February 2009
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Are you ready for your audition?
All over the country, stand-up comedians are preparing for auditions — comics try out for commercial roles, sitcoms and film parts all of the time …
Derrick hosts “Mystery Team” screenings in NYC
This is pretty self-explanatory, and you should go and see this. (Derrick!)
Patton Oswalt’s new babies: CD, Comedy Central special, and actual baby
"I'm expecting a daughter at the end of April…(applause break)…I just hope she gets my looks and personality!"— Patton Oswalt, last weekend at Carolines in …
In other news, blogs…
February is wrapping up with some interesting and curious comedy items to relay from around the Internets. To wit: — Dave Chappelle performed a four-hour …
Eddie Murphy to play Richard Pryor in biopic?
Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly said writer/director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) was shopping his own script with Eddie Murphy set to star in Richard Pryor: Is It Something …
Robin Williams will return for a week on Broadway
Following hot off of the successful Broadway run of Will Ferrell's Bush spoof, Robin Williams announced today that his current stand-up tour, "Weapons of Self-Destruction," …
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Reminder: Bill Hicks Day tributes
Today is the 15th anniversary of the day stand-up comedian Bill Hicks died. Over in the U.K., comedy club Jongleurs in Camden held a tribute …
Ann Carr: Use It
Ann Carr doesn't simply create characters, she jumps into them so fully that you wonder where Carr went. I often want to tell anyone who …
Jerry Seinfeld returns to NBC with “The Marriage Ref”
Jerry Seinfeld doesn't need the money. But Seinfeld cannot stay away from the stage, whether it's stand-up comedy or television. NBC announced today that he's …