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A.D. Miles, Jimmy Fallon’s first and only head writer for both Late Night and The Tonight Show, is stepping out. “Riding Jimmy Fallon’s coattails for the past eight years has given me all the confidence I need to strike out on my own and work on a movie with Jimmy Fallon,” …
How were the 2017 Golden Globes for you? Aside from the actual winners (see who won the Golden Globes here), it seems most people kept talking about Meryl Streep’s acceptance speech for her lifetime achievement award, while those who wonder about the humor inherently expected at the Globes focused on …
Previously only available as an exclusive to subscribers of Howl, the WTF with Marc Maron podcast has just made its special roundup episode, “Lorne Stories,” available to everyone else, too. The two-hour collection, “Lorne Stories,” features experiences with Saturday Night Live creator and guru Lorne Michaels, as told to Marc …
Although Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert both broadcasted live Tuesday during Election Night, the outcome of the presidential vote was still not called by the time they went off the air at midnight Eastern. A day later, not only they but also everyone else in America had some time to …
NBC announced that Jimmy Fallon — not Ricky Gervais, nor the dynamic duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler — would become the network’s next host of the Golden Globes. From the press release, which accompanied NBC’s turn at the summer TV Critics Association (TCA) press tour today: “We’re thrilled …
Mike Birbiglia says that his new movie about an improv group, Don’t Think Twice, uses plenty of real-life influences and anecdotes. Jimmy Fallon’s life isn’t among them, although Fallon shared a funny note about what happened when he himself got the call from Saturday Night Live — when Fallon called …
Remember how your parents and grandparents warned you growing up about how to protect yourself in the case of a mass shooting? No. They were more worried about global thermonuclear war killing us all, than they were of a single madman shooting up a church, a movie theater or a …
“What is this?” Both Martin Short and Kenan Thompson both asked variations on that question during the opening monologue for the debut episode Tuesday night of Maya & Marty on NBC. In short, it’s Saturday Night Live alums (mostly), performing in front of a live audience (but taped on Thursdays …
Seth Herzog is what Malcolm Gladwell would call a Connector. The Zog seemingly knows everyone in comedy and show business who lives and works in New York at any given moment, and on any given Tuesday, you might see one of his famous friends onstage or playing sidekick to Zog …
Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show tenure will receive a second-anniversary primetime party on Valentine’s Day, followed by a week of shows broadcast from Universal Studios in Universal City above Los Angeles. NBC announced the celebration and L.A. visit for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon during the network’s turn Wednesday before …
