Refinery29’s RIOT: “A female-first YouTube comedy channel”
by Refinery29 announced a slate of new initiatives during their Newfronts presentation on Monday, among them the launch of a separate YouTube channel dedicated to women …
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Lincoln Center film society celebrating Judd Apatow’s movies, July 10-14, 2015
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will have a five-day feast of funny feature films this summer by presenting “I Found This Funny: The Comedy World …
66th Primetime Emmy Nominations in Comedy
Here are your nominees for 2014 Emmy Awards in TV comedy. Will update with more categories and breakdowns, but for now, congrats to all! Making …
SNL web-only sketch: Vanessa Bayer’s choreography for Beyonce’s “Partition”
This wasn’t so much a sketch from last weekend’s Saturday Night Live, insomuch as it’s a re-enactment of an actual backstage encounter cast member Vanessa …
SNL #39.15 RECAP: Host Lena Dunham, musical guest The National
Look. Sometimes you’re not anywhere near home or a TV on a Saturday night, nor even Sunday night, after you’ve seen several cast members of …
Howard Stern’s 60th Birthday Bash yielded many gifts, most precious of all? Perhaps this David Letterman interview
For his 60th birthday party, the King of Morning Radio held court for four hours Friday night in Midtown Manhattan, presiding over an entertainment feast …
2013 Emmy Nominations for Comedy
Here’s the thing you have to remember about the Emmys: As much as the TV people like to send out mixed messages (they love to …
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Jimmy Kimmel’s five-drink toast to his fellow Time 100 influencers
Jimmy Kimmel raised a glass, and another glass, and another, and another, and another to toast his fellow influencers on TIME magazine’s arbitrary list of …
72nd Peabody Awards honor Lorne Michaels, Louis C.K., D.L. Hughley, Lena Dunham
The 72nd annual Peabody Awards recognized several comedies from 2012 and cited Lorne Michaels for his career accomplishments in comedy. From the University of Georgia …
Comedy winners at the 2013 WGA Awards
Congratulations to all of the writers who took home prizes from the 2013 WGA Awards, as well as all of the writers nominated by their …