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What do you get the First Lady who turns 50? How about a woman almost half her age who can make fun of her on Saturday Night Live? It took until now for SNL to hire a cast member who could impersonate Michelle Obama, and we’ll likely see Sasheer Zamata …
Earlier this week, when Jerry Seinfeld met up with Jason Alexander and Seinfeld’s co-creator Larry David at the sitcom’s iconic diner location of Monk’s, the filmmaker directing a real documentary about the real Tom’s Restaurant also was on the scene in New York City’s Morningside Heights. Gian Franco Morini, director …
Christian Finnegan and his wife, Kambri, live in NYC, but have mixed feelings about it. Which makes them real New Yorkers! Don’t take my word for it. Let Finnegan explain in his stand-up set from Thursday’s Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. As a compromise, Finnegan and his wife bought …
Conan O’Brien had Shameless star Emmy Rossum on Thursday night’s episode of Conan, and after sharing the recent cover shot Rossum scored for Complex magazine, Rossum, fellow guest Joseph Gordon-Levitt and O’Brien opened up about how difficult it can be to comply with the directives of photographers. Especially, O’Brien said, …
The last time Jimmy Kimmel took his late-night TV talk-show on the road, his native Brooklyn was besieged by Superstorm Sandy and his ABC program aired after midnight. What, pray tell, will happen when Jimmy Kimmel Live broadcasts five nights of shows from Austin during SXSW for the week of March …
Neal Brennan‘s first one-hour stand-up special does indeed focus squarely on his relationships with “Women and Black Dudes,” but before we get to his Comedy Central broadcast — which premieres uncensored at midnight this Saturday — let’s start at the ending. This is not a spoiler alert, insomuch as it …
The race for best little films that could of 2014 begins on the same day that the nominees are announced for the best films of all sizes from 2013. Such is the circle of life for cinema. So just as Academy Award nominations get handed out and congratulatory phone calls …
The changing of the guard at the Friars Club is from old guard to older guard. Larry King, 80, is stepping up to replace 76-year-old Freddie Roman as Dean of the Friars Club, the New York City institution announced late Wednesday. King will sit next to 87-year-old Jerry Lewis, the Friars …
Neal Brennan has a new hour stand-up special, his first, debuting on Comedy Central this weekend. You can see some of what’s up Brennan’s sleeves by watching his performance on Tuesday night’s Arsenio. Roll the clip! Brennan also shows off his red socks and Barack Obama impersonation in a second …
Bill Cosby sat down for another stand-up set on Monday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, then sat down with Letterman for a delightful panel chat. This time around, Cos wanted us to know what it’s like for him as a grandfather, thinking that a pinata at a 5-year-old’s birthday …
