“Natural Selection” to open 2011 Friars Club Film Festival
by The Friars Club has announced the lineup for its third annual Friars Club Comedy Film Festival, which opens Oct. 12, 2011, with a screening of …
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Free agent: Judah Friedlander drops 3 Arts and Gersh
Stand-up comedian/actor/author Judah Friedlander — series regular on 30 Rock, 2004 Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Actor nominee for Amercian Splendor and author of “How …
Steve Martin gives Eddie Murphy advice on hosting the Academy Awards
Steve Martin has hosted the Oscars multiple times. He’s also written and directed a movie with Eddie Murphy, Bowfinger. He knows of what he speaks. …
Kevin Hart’s “Laugh at My Pain” opens big, best box-office for a stand-up film since 2002
Kevin Hart’s fans turned out for him in the opening weekend of his new stand-up concert film and documentary, Laugh at My Pain, scoring $1.91 …
Movie review: Kevin Hart’s “Laugh at My Pain”
Kevin Hart cites Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence and The Kings of Comedy as his inspiration for bringing his latest stand-up effort to the …
Jimmy Fallon’s audition and the roles of comedians from “Almost Famous”
This week, filmmaker Cameron Crowe visited Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and reminisced with Fallon about Crowe’s semi-autobiographical 2000 film, Almost Famous. Here’s a special cut …
Jon Daly is Ticklish Cage
This is a piece of flash-sideways brilliance, as Jon Daly showcases his off-kilter impersonations by re-doing Nicolas Cage movie scenes as Ticklish Cage. But who …
Ken Webb’s “The Ballad of Gene,” from Wet Hot American Summer
Here is a treat for fans of the 2001 comedy film, Wet Hot American Summer. Singer/songwriter Ken Webb has written an ode to Gene, the …
Documentary short film follows a day in the life of Marc Maron: Sept. 19, 2001
September 2011 certainly is shaping up to be a big month to see the past, present and future comedy of Marc Maron. Maron’s independent TV …
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Would you like to see Eddie Murphy host the Oscars? Well, you will!
How can a good rumor become solid conventional wisdom in a hot minute? When the math looks right, for one thing. The Academy Awards suffered …