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The ShoWest comedy star of the year, Zach Galifianakis, has a new movie that has its world premiere tonight, in North Carolina, and you've likely heard very little to nothing about it. What gives? ActionFest, that's what. The weekend tribute to action movies kicked off last night in Asheville, N.C., …
My friends at Atom.com caught up with Nick Kroll and Donald Glover at the kickoff of their Axe Twisted Comedy Tour — they'll be appearing at a college or comedy club near you later this month (April 25 at Comix in NYC), with Chelsea Peretti and Whitney Cummings. Watch Kroll …
I know it looks like I've given away everything right there in the headline, but Joe Mande and Totally J/K are at it again. Earlier, they had fun with video by coming up with "The Andy Rooney Game," in which they edited down Andy Rooney's 60 Minute monologues to only …
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre's new backstage video series on UCBcomedy.com continues with a brief conversation with Kay Cannon, improviser and writer for NBC's 30 Rock. Cannon talks about what it's like writing for the show, as well as what it means to be a funny woman. She performs most …
The second annual L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival kicks off tonight with a sold-out collection hosted by Frangela that includes films featuring Jane Lynch, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Patrick Warburton, Mindy Sterling, Nicole Parker, Cedric Yarbrough, Scott Lawrence, Dax Shepard, and the world premiere of Funny or Die's first venture into short …
I remember during the Jude Law episode of Saturday Night Live last month (#35.17), when late in the night, newcomer Nasim Pedrad got to carry a sketch as a precocious kid named Ravish who hosts her own talk-show from inside her living room. Something didn't seem right from the start …
Is there any crossover between Aziz Ansari's fan base and that of Ellen DeGeneres? Would you be surprised that I'm even asking that question? Either way, Ansari sat down for a chat with Ellen that airs today (4 p.m. in NYC, check your local listings), and she recognized just how …
Hey kids. Would you like to see the pilot for Penelope Princess of Pets, the comedy in which Kristen Schaal talks to pets (voiced by Daniel Kitson, among others!) and with the help of sidekick Kurt Braunohler, saves the world and takes down the evil MP Julian Barratt of The …
NBC devotes two hours of its prime-time programming tonight (9-11 p.m. Eastern/Pacific, 8-10 p.m. Central/Mountain) to a look back at Saturday Night Live in the 2000s, and if you think it's all about 2008, well, you're only partially right. There's plenty to mine here, and even from the preview clips …
I hear we have Rich Fulcher to thank for this. Thanks, Rich! It's some of the most famous paintings and drawings by the old masters, from Mona Lisa to Whistler's Mother and more, enhanced and revealed anew thanks to 3-D technology. Just wow. Roll the clip!