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The 34th edition of Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, the world’s biggest comedy confab running from July 13-31, 2016, has announced its headliners for this summer. The industry ComedyPro section — including New Faces, panels, podcasts and awards — will happen July 27-30, 2016. Among the biggest events revealed so …
Netflix has acquired and will release Hannibal Takes Edinburgh, a feature-length documentary film featuring comedian Hannibal Buress, with a global premiere on Friday! From the Netflix announcement: Filmed over the course of 28 days in August 2013, Hannibal Takes Edinburgh follows Buress as the then up-and-coming comedian performed nightly to packed houses …
Comedy fans may have noticed the latest Katt Williams skirmish with civilians and news headlines, which culminated with Williams daring to call out Kevin Hart in some sort of million-dollar joke-off, or something. Then he called it off. But Jay Pharoah found it the perfect excuse to imagine a black …
Like how this photo of Hannibal Buress frames one of the chandeliers as a halo above his head? He’s no angel. But Buress is one of the top stand-up comedians working today, and his new Netflix special, Comedy Camisado, went live today. I spoke with Buress while we were both …
Hannibal Buress, threw himself a big ol’ bash when he turned 30. By then, Hannibal already had released two albums and a Comedy Central special, written for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, won an American Comedy Award, and was providing straight-man sidekick glances for The Eric Andre Show. It’s …
If DJ Khaled ran for President of the United States, then he’d be Donald Trump. Congrats to you both on the comparison! It comes courtesy of Hannibal Buress, who also found rappers to serve as comparisons for candidates Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Ben Carson and Bernie Sanders. Well, almost all …
Winning a prize at the New York Television Festival might not put your independent TV pilot on the air immediately, but it definitely will put you on the map and on the radar for the executives and showrunners who are looking to hire the next great voice. Even just before …
“I’m Hannibal Buress, and this is my job: Stand-up comedy. This is the only job I’ve ever had. Most people in America do real jobs for a living, though. And those jobs usually involve real skills. I don’t have any of those skills! But for the sake of television, I’m …
Heading into the Labor Day weekend, Damon Wayans spent his 55th birthday on Friday performing at Carolines on Broadway, and promoted the gigs with a half-hour session on Power 105.1 FM’s “The Breakfast Club” with DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee. Perhaps you’ve seen the Internet light a viral fire …
The second season of stand-up showcase, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, premieres late-night Tuesday on Comedy Central after @midnight. If you’re lucky in Los Angeles this week, you’ll see co-host Jonah Ray spinning a custom-made sign on the sidewalks. “I was thinking of wearing short-shorts, tank tops and a …
