Kevin Hart will host the 2019 Oscars
by The Academy Awards will have a brand-new host for 2019: Kevin Hart. Hart broke the news himself tonight via social media. “For years I have …
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Anniversary tributes for This Is Spinal Tap, Reality Bites to ring in 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
2019 will mark the 35th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap, and the 25th anniversary of Reality Bites. Both cult classics will celebrate these milestones …
SAG-AFTRA approves new animation contract through 2020
As animation and voiceover work becomes ever more commonplace among mainstream TV and movie fare, it’s more necessary to work out fair labor contracts. SAG-AFTRA …
Review: “A Futile and Stupid Gesture” on Netflix
All biopics start from a grain of truth, the essential building blocks of the subject, and then weave an imaginative backstory complete with a heartwarming …
Tyler Perry will stop playing Madea after 2019 tour and movie
“I just don’t want to be her age, playing her,” Tyler Perry said of his famous alter-ego, Madea, who has starred in six major motion …
There’s a George Carlin biopic in the works
A feature film biopic on comedy legend George Carlin is in the works, with Jerry Hamza, Carlin’s estate executor and former manager, on board as …
Too Soon? Documentary recalls “The Onion” issue following 9/11
Satirical publication The Onion began printing on actual newsprint back in August 1988. The staff picked up and left their original home in Madison, Wisc., …
Rain check: Amazon shelves Woody Allen’s last (?) movie?
Every year since 1982’s A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Woody Allen has directed and released a feature film. Until now. Not only is Allen not …
Michael Jr.’s “More Than Funny” special will play in cinemas via Fathom Events
Michael Jr.’s newest comedy special will be released nationwide in movie theaters as a one-night-only event. Tickets for the Oct. 18 screenings of “Michael Jr.’s …
Indiegogo campaign to complete final, posthumous documentary special on Ralphie May
When I sat down with Ralphie May and Lahna Turner to podcast in the green room of Gotham Comedy Club back in March 2015, a …