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Angela Hoover took on celebrity moms in her semifinal performance on last night’s live episode of America’s Got Talent on NBC. If celebrities are just like us, as the tabloid magazines suggest, why then are they getting so much praise for acting like us? That’s the premise for Hoover’s routine, …
You’ve seen plenty of snark and bark in the past two days following the MTV VMAs, and particularly about Miley Cyrus and her act-out performance (which she promised in a pre-show boast would be her moment to take the torch that had been passed down before her from Madonna to …
Something special happens each week on The Jeselnik Offensive, which ends its second season tonight on Comedy Central, whenever Anthony Jeselnik introduces his two guest comedians to the panel. And it’s not just the fact that Jeselnik says the word panel over and over again to bookend each panel segment. Few other places …
Eric Andre had mounted a social media campaign in the weeks leading up to the MTV Video Music Awards in hopes of hosting the show. Andre didn’t host Sunday night’s telecast from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But this photo from the red carpet with Jenni Farley (aka JWoww) is …
Bridget Christie wore a “No More Page 3” shirt when she won the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards honor for Best Show at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her show, Bridget Christie: A Bic For Her, carried this description: “Star of BBC Radio 4’s Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, BBC2’s It’s …
Jim Norton hopes you watch his new EPIX stand-up special, American Degenerate, but as the title of his 2012 special for the cable channel went, Please Be Offended. Please don’t waste your time writing on Facebook, Tumblr or whatever blogging/social media platform you use to let Norton and us know …
How do you like your pizza? With bagels and hot dogs on top? Perfect! Then you’ll love this New York City food tour that Michael Ian Black leads Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts on for this sketch in tonight’s episode of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC. Those facial expressions would …
The second I saw this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine piece about former Saturday Night Live stars recalling their SNL auditions, I knew we’d be off and running with the rumors about who passed their auditions and final interview tests with Lorne Michaels. And before I could type, “Whoa, Nellie,” …
“I’m in a suit! This is big time for me!” That’s how Sean Donnelly opened his network TV debut last night on Late Show with David Letterman. Just a month ago, Donnelly was one of the New Faces at Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival. Of course, two other New …
If you’ve seen Aziz Ansari perform live anytime in the past year, you’ve likely heard him ask audience members about their experiences in dating and technology. It’s made for some fun crowd work in what Ansari has turned a running dialogue with the audience about what’s appropriate and not in …
