The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Promoting his new movie, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Cedric The Entertainer fielded a question from VH1’s Sway about how comedy has evolved. The o.g. Original Kings of Comedy alum — who’s touring now with a crew of D.L. Hughley, George Lopez, Eddie Griffin and Charlie Murphy for The Comedy Get …
This just in! Here’s the press release with all of the details from Comedy Central…including two new showcase series hosted by Kevin Hart (when will he find the time?!?!?), a full TV series of Roast Battles from Jeff Ross and friends (plus a special in which Ross Roasts The Police), …
Kevin Hart’s relationship with Lionsgate is going next level, LOL, VOD. Literally. Hart’s Hartbeat Digital and Lionsgate announced today they’re launching a new video-on-demand service called Laugh Out Loud that’ll exclusively hold all of Hart’s content outside of live touring and theatrical releases — starting with an original series starring …
If Kevin Hart can earn $2 million just to type 140 characters into Twitter, then what could he pull in for writing 140 pages about himself? No terms disclosed, but 37 Ink — an imprint of Atria Publishing Group — announced Tuesday that it had acquired the rights to Hart’s …
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 …
More Super Bowl TV ads already are live on YouTube for your consumption and approval. This spot stars Kevin Hart as a father lending his Hyundai to a teen boy taking his daughter out for a first date. Roll the clip!
New York Times critic Jason Zinoman joined me for a special year in review of 2015. Instead of just glossing over the headlines like most year-end retrospectives, Jason and I debated what it means to be the comedian of the year and who deserves to be considered in that discussion …
For all of the talk about Amy Schumer this year, it’s worth noting that Schumer joked throughout this summer’s Oddball Festival about how little money she made off of her own blockbuster hit movie, Trainwreck. And truth be told, Schumer — nor any woman — are to be found on …
Shiny, new and fresh-faced, The Daily Show relaunched Monday night with a new host in Trevor Noah, a new correspondent report from Roy Wood Jr., a first guest in Kevin Hart, and plenty of self-referential jokes to let you know that they know that everything hasn’t completely changed about Comedy …
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 …
