The Definitive Guide to Comedy
If you think it's tough being a comedian, then try being an agent for a comic actor who only seems to cause trouble. You know, like Charlie Sheen? Well he's nothing compared to being Mel Gibson's agent, as Livia Scott imagines herself in that situation, playing the role of agent …
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The folks at Access Hollywood asked Denzel Washington on the red carpet for his new movie, Unstoppable, what he thought about comedian Jay Pharoah's impersonation of Denzel on SNL. His answer may surprise you. Roll it!
The comedy management team of MacDonald-Murray experienced its own Mad Men plotline this summer, and it didn't involve booze. Not exactly. While the fictional Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce was facing a crisis over the loss of its biggest client, Lucky Strike, the very real MacDonald-Murray saw its biggest client, the …
You'd like to think that you can just harness the power of the Internet and become a success story, and that's certainly the case for most comedians today. You know, the ol' short-hand of Dane Cook getting 2 million MySpace friends and turning that into millions of dollars, movies and …
Is there a more likely sign of success than appearing in an ad campaign for the Gap? How about being in the Gap's holiday ads? The buzz buzz buzz surrounding Donald Glover continues as he appears in this new short for Gap's "Want" series featuring hip and hot people helping …
I don't get to see Jon Dore perform live too often, but whenever I do, his willingness to commit to something completely foolish usually wins me over. Seeing him listed on the programming schedule as the first stand-up comedian to perform on Conan O'Brien's TBS show gave me hope that …
In their latest episode for Yahoo!, the legendary comedy duo of Stiller & Meara recounts a story from WWII, in which Jerry Stiller served with the U.S. Army, in honor of Veterans Day. I'll let you just sit back and enjoy the ride. It's short but sweet. Click click! …
Amended! When I wrote earlier today about HBO's plans to film a one-off special called Talking Funny with Louis CK, Ricky Gervais, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld, and mentioned Showtime's The Green Room with Paul Provenza, I should also have mentioned a third televised possibility. That's because Greg Behrendt's pilot, …
The tributes continue to roll out for the late Greg Giraldo. Thanks to Matt Ruby for pointing me to comedian Jon Fisch's podcast, In the Tank, which recently sat down a number of comedians, associates and fans of Giraldo to talk about him. Those offering words and praise to Fisch …