Iliza Shlesinger Inks Book Deal for Essay Collection, “All Things Aside”
by Iliza Shlesinger has scored another book deal. After writing and publishing “Girl Logic” in 2015, Shlesinger now will produce a series of essays titled “All …
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Phoebe Robinson’s Tiny Reparations expands, adding book imprint under Dutton/Plume
Phoebe Robinson spent the better part of a year touring the world with former First Lady Michelle Obama, interviewing her to promote Obama’s book, “Becoming.” …
Woody Allen memoir shelved by publisher after immediate protests
Earlier this week, Grand Central Publishing surprised the world by announcing a new memoir from Woody Allen that would come out in April. On Tuesday, …
Episode #276: Josh Gondelman
Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who currently writes and produces comedy for Desus and Mero on Showtime. Before that, Gondelman spent five years at HBO’s Last …
Virgil Films to release “Truly Tasteless Jokes” documentary in August 2019
Virgil Films has acquired a documentary about the best-selling Truly Tasteless Jokes books from the 1980s. The film, Tasteless, from comedians Jeff Cerulli and Matt …
New book details previously unrevealed stories from the night John Belushi died
A new book about West Hollywood’s notorious Sunset Strip hotel for superstars goes into deep details about the night comedy star John Belushi died from …
Episode #237: Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper could have enjoyed a lucrative career in tech, only she didn’t enjoy Google as much as she did making jokes about it. She …
Episode #234: Anthony Cumia
Anthony Cumia was installing heaters and air conditioners at 33 when a song parody he wrote about OJ Simpson caught the attention of a Long …
Episode #221: Maeve Higgins
Maeve Higgins was a bestselling memoirist and comedian in her native Ireland when, at the age of 31, she decided to move to America. So …
Julie Seabaugh and Troy Conrad document “Ringside at Roast Battle” in a new book!
My colleague on the West Coast, freelance comedy journalist Julie Seabaugh, has turned many late Tuesday nights at The Comedy Store into a brand-new book …