The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Did Jon Hamm ever get Kristen Wiig's bra off during their wild sex romp in the movie Bridesmaids? I'm sure you want to know the answer to that. While you're wondering, watch this clip series of outtakes from the hit comedy, in which actors Hamm, Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey …
Watching Beardyman jam with Reggie Watts and Tim Minchin at the 2010 Montreal Just For Laughs festival was a true highlight, but American audiences got their first true glimpse of the Beardyman experience last night on Conan. Beardyman showed his prowess by letting the panelists (in this case, actress Melissa …
Mike Birbiglia worked out his first one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me, as stand-up comedy bits, then as short stories for public radio, and eventually a successful Off-Broadway run, book and CD. Now Birbigs is looking to turn it into a feature film. On June 1, you'll be able to get …
This is your new Larry? Let me clarify for the kids out there who did not have birthday pizza parties at Shakey's while The Three Stooges played in black-and-white on the big screen. This is Sean Hayes as Larry from the revamped version of The Three Stooges, which The …
The Young Hollywood Awards celebrate the up-and-coming stars of today who will be the superstars of tomorrow, and Dan Levy won "Comedian of the Year" for 2011 when they handed out the awards last Friday night at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. It's not a spoiler alert. Because it's not a …
You may have heard that Adam Carolla surpassed Ricky Gervais for the Guinness World Record of most podcasts downloaded. Well, that in itself is a triumph of quantity as it is quality, although you need a quality amount of fans to keep on downloading to become that popular. Which is …
The Drama Desk Awards, which reward excellence in New York theater no matter their productions' relation to Broadway, nevertheless heaped mighty praise with five awards for the South Park team's hit musical, The Book of Mormon. Winners of Drama Desk Awards in 2011 who inhabit the world of comedy: The …
You may know part of who Nick Cannon is. Young, charismatic star in the movie Drumline. Mastermind of MTV sketch comedy jams such as Wild 'N Out and Short Circuitz. Morning radio host here in NYC on 92.3 FM. Host of NBC's summer talent search, America's Got Talent. Husband of …
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, the documentary film that followed Conan and Team Coco as they launched a North American theater tour last spring and summer, opens in cinemas across the country on June 24. I saw it in March with a packed house in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW festival. …
A comedy fan named Danielle who goes by schwaggology on Tumblr was up late the other night watching the first season of the Upright Citizens Brigade's Comedy Central series from way back in 1998 when something caught her eye. Sitting alongside UCB members Amy Poehler and Matt Besser were mostly college-aged fresh-faced …