The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Dave Chappelle on Oct. 27, 2019 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. As always, an all-star lineup will appear to toast the winner and recap Chappelle’s comedy legacy up …
After finalizing its acquisition of FOX, Disney released a new movie slate going all the way out to 2027, forecasting multiple new movies for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, Avatar, Pixar, regular Disney animation, and even Indiana Jones. And, oh yeah, a Bob’s Burgers movie? You better believe it! …
Romantic comedies may not be what they used to be, in terms of box office, at least. But Hollywood wants us to celebrate the rom-com this summer, as downtown Los Angeles will play host June 20-23, 2019, to the first-ever Rom Com Fest. The lineup announced Tuesday includes a special …
Just For Laughs, under new ownership over the past year, has gotten more and more involved in additional projects outside of its well-known comedy festivals. JFL recently launched an original web series, “It’s A Date!” starring Jessie Jolles. And now JFL has a new head of TV development in Spencer …
Adult Swim is adding some actual live women to the late-night cable channel’s programming. Three Busy Debras, starring, written and created by Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari and Alyssa Stonoha, will come to TV. Their sketch comedy series will follow the aforementioned Debras as housewives in the fictional well-to-do suburb of …
Phil Hanley’s attitude toward having a wife and kids might be what’s stopping him from having a wife and kids. Hanley explained in this stand-up performance on The Tonight Show, which also revealed how he handled learning he had dyslexia. Roll the clip!
Congrats to my neighbors in Queens!? NBC has ordered the sitcom Sunnyside to series for the upcoming Fall 2019 schedule. The sitcom stars Kal Penn as a young New York City Councilman from the Queens neighborhood of Sunnyside whose career crashes and burns, and then gets rescued, sort of, by …
The cast and producers of 1994’s Reality Bites reunited 25 years later for a screening and panel retrospective over the weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lisa Loeb even showed up onstage to play her hit song, “Stay,” over the end credits. Watch Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Winona Ryder and …
Keenen Ivory Wayans and his co-stars from In Living Color, including Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier, Shawn Wayans and Kim Wayans, reunited for a panel retrospective on their influential FOX sketch comedy show from the early 1990s.
The cast and director of the legendary This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 film that revolutionized the mockumentary movie, reunited for the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Rob Reiner’s improvised opus that starred Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer as a heavy metal band from England as they headed out …
