The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The 7th annual ECNY Awards were handed out last night in a standing-room-only reception at the 92Y Tribeca in New York City. "We couldn't be more proud of the winners,‚Äù said ECNY producer Carol Hartsell, who also works as editor of the Huffington Post Comedy vertical. ‚ÄúWith a record number …
Guess what, gang? I just found out via Twitter that I won the ECNY Award for best comedy site! Huzzah! Sorry I couldn't be there in person to accept my big cash prize. I'm "stuck" in Austin participating in SXSW. Guess this means I better get back to work now. …
Just a quick reminder to all of my readers who may be in Austin today for the SXSW festival, then you'll definitely want to check out my panel at 3:30 p.m. CDT (yes, it's daylight time again!) at the Hyatt's TX Ballroom 1. It's called "Social Media and Comedy: F**k …
Look. I know it seems like there's a ton of comedy festivals happening in March 2011, and that's because there are, and you'll be reading quite a bit about SXSW on this site over the next week, and maybe you're thinking to yourself: If only we had known about submitting …
After today's devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan provoked an even more horrifying tsunami in the Pacific Ocean, the reverberations are being felt on both sides of the Pacific and everywhere in between. Which is where ABC talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel comes in. He was off this week vacationing in French …
What do they say about New York City: There are eight million stories, and sometimes it seems as though eight million of the people telling them think they're comedians? No, that's not it. It is a fact, though, that America's biggest city is also its biggest comedy mecca. Hollywood may …
Gallagher has built a lengthy career in comedy by shocking his audience, first by smashing watermelons and just about anything else he can think up with his "Sledge-O-Matic" hammer, and in more recent years, by telling shockingly offensive jokes and berating anyone who doesn't like it. Last night, however, the …
Funny or Die is expanding in two different ways that help currently working comedians. Yesterday, the site announced its first Funny or Die Sketch Comedy Challenge. And no, you cannot enter the challenge, because they've already selected the three sketch troupes competing for cash and prizes from T-Mobile, plus a …
Deadline reported today that manager Lisa Blum had joined New Wave Entertainment, taking her client roster of comedians and comedic actors with her from The Collective. Blum's biggest-name (and most active) client is Marlon Wayans — she's currently working on multiple projects with him attached as star. Her biggest working …
Yes. Yes they did. The photo of Whitney Cummings is from the (gold) red carpet last night at the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump. The photo of Angelina Jolie is from 2009. This must be why Cummings stood next to me and yet never saw me. Just like Angelina.