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MTV let us all know last night that Amy Schumer would host the 2015 MTV Movie Awards in the biggest and most direct way possible — by inviting Schumer to take over the cable network’s social media and announcing the news herself over Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Vine. Post by …
The final night of the official 2014-2015 TV season also will bid a fond farewell to Late Show with David Letterman, as Letterman, his Worldwide Pants production shingle and CBS announced today that his final broadcast would air May 20, 2015. “David Letterman has given to all of us a …
About the Interviewees: Peter Desberg and Jeffrey Davis provide readers with a unique glimpse into the intelligent and quirky inner workings of the comedic mind with their new video based on the book Show Me the Funny! At the Writers Table with Hollywood’s Top Comedy Writers now streaming on Vimeo. …
It’s been a big 24 hours for cable sitcom renewals, with two newcomers in particular — USA’s Playing House and truTV’s Friends of the People — earning season renewals with a little help from their friends and fans in the digital and On Demand spaces. Season 2 of Playing House …
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 …
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