Sony pays $2 million to distribute Black Dynamite
by Congratulations are in order for the folks at Ars Nova, the New York City theater and production company that made its first foray into feature …
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NYC comedians in MAD magazine revealed
If you're still stumped trying to figure out if you know any and/or all of the New York City comedians depicted in cartoon form in …
Single DVD or 3-disc special for Chris Rock’s Kill The Messenger
The DVD, or rather, DVDs for Chris Rock's 2008 HBO special, Kill the Messenger, became available on Tuesday. You can experience the special as it …
Katt Williams “Tink Tink” bit done up in animation
Katt Williams's 2008 special, It's Pimpin' Pimpin, makes it TV debut this coming weekend on Comedy Central (times and dates here), but the folks at …
Clips and an interview from Why We Laugh
Robert Townsend's documentary, Why We Laugh, based on Darryl Littleton's book, Black Comedians on Black Comedy, makes its debut at this year's Sundance Film Festival. …
Spring Breakdown gets an audience at Sundance
Rachel Dratch stars and co-wrote Spring Breakdown, a comedy that has Dratch, Amy Poehler and Parker Posey getting mixed up with the shenanigans of spring …
Showtime filming new specials
Sorry for only catching word of this now, but Showtime is in the middle of taping six new comedy specials in Southern California as part …
SNL #34.13 with Rosario Dawson, Fleet Foxes
Don't know about you, but after Thursday's amazing "Miracle on the Hudson" plane crash and seeing several of the SNL crew in jovial spirits on …
SNL’s Whopper Virgins parody
In case you missed it, last week's Saturday Night Live ended with a filmed parody of the Burger King "Whopper Virgins" campaign. The short film …
Comedy Central Presents: Brian Scolaro
About halfway through Brian Scolaro's Comedy Central Presents, the comedian announces he'll now tell some random jokes. That's not the only thing random about his …