Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart launch a YouTube talk show: This Might Get…
by Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart are best comedy friends who have become YouTube stars (Helbig has 3 million subscribers; Hart, 1.2 million), written best-selling books …
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Funny Or Die partners up with Vox Media
Funny or Die‘s evolution will continue this summer, jumping its main website to Vox Media’s platform. Last year, The Ringer made a similar move, leaving …
Seeso’s “Take My Wife” finds new home on iTunes, Starz
After several months in TV purgatory following the death of Seeso, Take My Wife has found two new takers! The first and second seasons of …
The Lonely Island wrote an all-star song for the Oscars: “Why Not Me?”
If you thought the Academy Awards telecast already was too long and overbudget, just imagine if the 90th annual Oscars had followed through with this …
Highlights from the 2018 Academy Awards and Independent Spirit Awards
The difference between independent and mainstream can sometimes be easy to see, as this weekend proved once again, with Saturday afternoon’s Independent Spirit Awards on …
Michelle Collins to host morning radio talk show for SiriusXM
Michelle Collins, comedian, talk show host and former co-host of The View, will host an uncensored daily show exclusively on SiriusXM’s Stars channel, starting this coming …
Adam Sandler performs publicly at Comic Strip Live, in disguise at the Times Square subway station
Adam Sandler’s Netflix special is going to be a doozy! He has been filming himself performing on stages from Los Angeles to New York City …
Netflix orders 32 episodes of a weekly talk show from Hasan Minhaj
The Daily Show second-generation poaching is in full effect now, as Netflix has just announced its second new weekly talk-show from a correspondent who up …
Judd Apatow offering a MasterClass in making comedy
Pre-enrollment starts today for the $90 online course in making comedy, as taught by Judd Apatow. Apatow is the latest expert to sign up with …
R.I.P. Barry Crimmins (1953-2018)
He wasn’t from Boston, but Barry Crimmins accomplished more in the 1970s and 1980s to make the metropolitan area an artistically and financially profitable hub …