The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Comedy Central’s fake game show, @midnight, aired an unprecedented full-hour episode last night devoted to Trump vs. Bernie — aka comedians Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian — as host Chris Hardwick moderated a debate version of the show instead. Click here to watch the @midnight Trump vs. Bernie episode in …
If Kevin Hart can earn $2 million just to type 140 characters into Twitter, then what could he pull in for writing 140 pages about himself? No terms disclosed, but 37 Ink — an imprint of Atria Publishing Group — announced Tuesday that it had acquired the rights to Hart’s …
What a difference 10 months of retirement makes! TMZ snapped up the above photo of David Letterman — bald on top, bearded and flowing from the chin — jogging on March 22, 2016, on St. Bart’s. I like to think Letterman inherited “the Santa Clause” to become Santa Claus upon …
Six years ago, director Jordan Brady turned the cameras back on his comedy career — interviewing dozens of stand-up comedians about the art of joking, and coaxing Ritch Shydner out of touring retirement for I Am Comic. Then Brady himself got back into stand-up, joining Wayne Federman for a weekend of …
Who books that? It’s an oft-posed question whenever your comedian friend lands a huge opportunity, and among the best stand-up gigs in the show business these days are a Netflix special and a slot in Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival. Both of those places now have new bookers in …
Louis CK gave his first TV interview Wednesday night since releasing Horace and Pete as a TV series exclusively on his website, and explained it to Jimmy Kimmel this way: “It’s fun to do it yourself. Because you watch people react to it, and there isn’t some company making a decision. …
A year and a half after she died, the late great Joan Rivers still has an estate and a NYC penthouse apartment, and hundreds of items from her estate will come up for auction this summer. Christies will host “The Private Collection of Joan Rivers” from June 16-23, 2016, with …
Welcome to the Robin Williams Tunnel. The late great comedian and actor’s name now adorns the rainbow-lined Highway 101 tunnel connecting San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County. Signs went up earlier this week, $3,000 each paid for through private donations, according to reports Caltrans told SFGate. Julie Wainwright, …
The Flight of the Conchords reunion concert at the Newport Folk Festival this summer has taken full flight into an extended tour of the United States, starting in June in Cleveland and running through the end of July with dates in New York City’s Central Park and the Greek Theatre …
In case you missed it, the past couple of weeks have borne witness to some significant strides forward toward shining a light on the plight of women in comedy. Particularly when it comes to harassment and sexual abuse. First and foremost, Charna Halpern confirmed that she had fired an artistic director …
