The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Sadly, this has become true in more ways than one, as it's almost 100 percent likely that live comedy (and music) shows will come to an end in the back lounge of Sound Fix Records at the end of February. There is a sign taped to the door of the …
Mary Hicks, mother of the late Bill Hicks, is taping an appearance this afternoon on Late Show with David Letterman that will air Friday and include the twelfth and final performance by Hicks that the show had censored back in 1993. Why the change of heart now? We'll find out …
Today is the day for Comedy Central to broadcast a marathon of Comedy Central Presents half-hours (and in one comedian's case, an hourlong special) for the top 20 finishers in its annual Stand-Up Showdown vote. If you'd like to be surprised, stop reading now and come back later…because they have …
You're used to seeing Mo'nique be large and in charge, whether it's delivering jokes on a comedy stage or by serving as a role model to women in her three seasons of F.A.T. Chance pageants on Oxygen. You're not that accustomed to seeing Mo'Nique take a dark dramatic turn, and …
This year's Sundance Film Festival is wrapping up, but the Sundance Channel got Chris Rock to sit down with his cohorts, Sarah Jones and Nelson George, to talk about their documentary, Good Hair. The doc started out with a much simpler concept, but ended up weaving a much larger tale …
This is a big weekend for Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Not only are they celebrating a reunion with both The State and Stella this weekend at the SF Sketchfest, but they're also getting a new series together on Comedy Central. I'd heard rumblings that the pilot had gotten …
Voting ends today to help determine the outcomes of two national online contests, although I'm about to tell you how one is more important than the other. I previously have described how the New York City comedians from Front Page Films had one of the final five Cylons, er, no, …
Patton Oswalt sat down on the Sundance Channel couch with his cast and writer/director (former Onion guy and writer of The Wrestler) Robert Siegel for his new movie, Big Fan, filmed on Staten Island and starring Oswalt as an obsessed fan of the New York Giants. Fans of Oswalt know …
The Apiary talks with Ann Carr, who is branching out from her already creative short-form character work to explore herself and her career in a new one-woman show, Use It. Her advice to other performers: "Just do the work and dedicate yourself to it. Energy begets like energy. Keep close …
In just the past 24 hours, we've seen the nominations revealed for the Academy Awards and what the academy deemed the best film work of 2008, and also the Golden Raspberry Awards, with fans determining the worst cinema dreck from last year. While you typically see unfunny comedies make the …