The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Chris Rock spent most of his Monday on a full-court press run for his new movie, Top Five, spending several hours alone just inside the Sirius XM offices, bouncing from studio to studio — Howard Stern, Opie with Jim Norton, and a “Town Hall” moderated by Cedric the Entertainer — …
MSG Network has announced that Four Courses with J.B. Smoove will return for a third season with 10 all-new episodes premiering Monday, January 19, 2015. Smoove hosts the half-hour talk show filmed around a table at Hudson Malone restaurant in New York City, as his fellow comedians, actors, athletes and …
We knew that “Stephen Colbert” would interview President Barack Obama on Monday night’s The Colbert Report, but we didn’t know that Obama would upstage Colbert even earlier into his episode, taking over just as Colbert was about to deliver “The Word” segment. As the president said, “How hard could this …
The year in movies may end with Oscar, but it always begins with Sundance. The 2015 Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its official selections, and among them are new documentaries on stand-up comedians Tig Notaro and Barry Crimmins, the history of The National Lampoon magazine and brand, plus a look …
With only eight shows left, “Stephen Colbert” is going out with a bang on Comedy Central these next two weeks, starting tonight with a field trip to Washington, D.C., to sit down with President Barack Obama. It’s been a long, strange, wonderful trip with The Colbert Report. And we’re all …
American audiences are just warming up to James Corden. Broadway fans already bestowed a Tony Award to Corden a couple of years ago, and Brits know him from sitcoms such as Gavin and Stacey and panel chats. This Christmas, Corden stars in the new season of The Wrong Mans on …
Saturday Night Live likes James Franco enough to let Franco film a documentary behind the scenes of SNL, so it’s not surprising that he’ll get some leeway whenever he’s invited back to host, as he was for the third time this weekend. SNL also likes Nicki Minaj, who was given …
The Grammy Awards rolled out their nominations throughout the day on Twitter, but once they did, looks like they found some great picks out of the hundreds of stand-up comedy CDs released during the past eligibility period (which differs from the calendar year, remember). As you can see, in comedy, …
Laughs has earned a reprieve and then some, receiving an additional order for 20 late-night stand-up showcases that air on a group of FOX TV stations late Saturday and/or Sunday nights. It has been airing “remix” episodes with old and new bits the past few Saturdays after already having received …
After taking a year off, the Garden of Laughs all-star benefit show will return in 2015, with Lewis Black, Bill Burr, Dane Cook, Billy Gardell, and J.B. Smoove already confirmed to participate on March 28, 2015, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Steve Schirripa will host. It’s executive-produced by producer/manager Rory …
