The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Before James Corden became a late-night staple in America, he was hosting a sports/comedy game show in the U.K. called A League of Their Own., which is in its 14th season across the pond. Now CBS is adapting the format for the U.S., and has tapped Keegan-Michael Key to host …
When people talk about the longest-running TV shows in American history, will they remember to mention Whose Line Is It Anyway? Before August 1998, improvisational comedy wasn’t even really seen on television. Certainly not as the main attraction. But on Aug. 5, 1998, Whose Line made the move from British …
Steve Martin’s newest play, “Meteor Shower,” will mark the Broadway debuts of comedians Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key when it raises the curtain this November at the Booth Theatre. Schumer said on Instagram: “I got to do a Steve Martin play in college and have loved him since I saw …
Alamo Drafthouse, a 25-location chain of movie theaters based in Austin that prides itself on offering high-quality food with their movie offerings (and has expanded to include its own festival, Fantastic Fest, and entertainment website, Birth.Movies.Death), is celebrating the grand opening of its newest location in downtown Brooklyn this weekend …
“Our movie is good. We don’t need this.” That’s the message behind this humorous inception-level meta exercise in publicity, as Mike Birbiglia and the cast of his wonderful new movie, Don’t Think Twice, battle their own personal demons, the virus of “viral videos” that prompts them to lash out at …
We’re told as young boys and girls to dream big. Be the best you that you can be! Whether you want to become president of the United States, a professional athlete, a movie star or anything and everything in between, in whatever career may pay you enough to support a …
In a live conversation on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, host Colbert looked forward to sitting down with guest Keegan-Michael Key to talk about his new movie, Don’t Think Twice, because it’s rooted in improv comedy. Of course, Colbert, like Key, got his start at The …
Comedy Central unveiled a new and improved website for the late, great sketch comedy series, Key & Peele. The site includes everything you saw (or didn’t see) on TV the first time around — including 176 sketches that hadn’t yet made the leap to online archives for sharing and caring. …
Jhpiego is an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University that works to bring quality health care services to women around the world. Many comedians have supported the agency’s causes, and at a “Laughter is the Best Medicine” Gala last month, the agency recognized Comedy Central President Kent Alterman and actress Julie …
Congratulations to black-ish, Master of None, Transparent and UnReal, among the TV programs honored this year in the 75th annual edition of The Peabody Awards. The Peabody Awards, from University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, honor excellence in broadcasting. Other honorees for 2016 include the film Beasts of No Nation, and …
