The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chris Rock said he came up with the idea and started writing the screenplay for Top Five during idle time on the set of Grown Ups 2. If only all or even any of his other cast members could reach a similar epiphany! All comparisons to Annie Hall aside, Rock …
They announced the nominees for Golden Globes in January 2015, hosted once more by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. The awards show will be great fun. But once more, it’s time to remind everyone that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association doles out these recognitions with somewhat of an agenda, to …
The year in movies may end with Oscar, but it always begins with Sundance. The 2015 Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its official selections, and among them are new documentaries on stand-up comedians Tig Notaro and Barry Crimmins, the history of The National Lampoon magazine and brand, plus a look …
Imagine you’re Bill Cosby. You broke color lines, through racism to the most mainstream of success, consecutive Emmys and Grammys in the 1960s, starring in I-Spy and releasing hit stand-up album after hit stand-up album. You built a reputation of being the ultimate father figure, first with an animated classic …
This week, a grand Hollwyood memorabilia auction saw the original Cowardly Lion costume from The Wizard from Oz, as well as the piano Sam plays it again on in Casablanca go for more than $3 million each. Bonham New York’s TCM Presents…There’s No Place Like Hollywood auction sold almost 90% of its …
This story begins when I was about 8 years old, as most of my stories do. That is the year that I became captivated by comedy. My parents’ record cabinet is where it really all began for me. I listened to everything they had, mostly Broadway cast albums of “Funny …
Mike Nichols, the celebrated comedian and director who achieved the rare feat of winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards in his lifetime, has died. Nichols was 83. His death was announced this morning by the president of ABC News. Nichols had been married for the past 26 years to …
The New York Comedy Festival kicked off officially on Wednesday night with the eighth annual all-star benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation, Stand Up For Heroes, with Louis C.K., Jim Gaffigan, John Oliver, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Stewart performing to raise money for our wounded veterans and their families. Last …
You may have noticed Chris Rock and other comedians weighing in over the past day with their Top Five lists of all-time rappers. It’s all a tie-in to Rock’s new movie, Top Five, and this scene from it, wherein Rock’s comedian/actor character Andre Allen comes home to a welcome and …
If you thought that Stephen Merchant’s Hello Ladies said goodbye already back in 2013, then you’ve got a second coming coming. HBO will wrap up the show’s initial eight-episode storyline with an 80-minute Hello Ladies: The Movie, that debuts Nov. 22 on the cable channel and wherever your HBOGo goes. Here’s …
