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Jimmy Kimmel hosted the Oscars this year. It didn’t suck! And nobody got sucker-punched! There were some choice moments for comedy fans and comedy nerds alike. I’ve got you covered on that, Marlon Wayans in character interviewing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Bert Kreischer announcing dates and lineups for …
Marlon Wayans will star in one stand-up comedy special and host another for HBO Max as part of a new deal announced today. Here’s the press release… HBO Max announced today an overall deal with Marlon Wayans, which includes a number of projects in the works from the multi-hyphenate star. On the …
Marlon may not be the first to notice that President Trump treats the White House like a reality TV competition, or even that “Donald Trump is the Flavor Flav of white people.” He probably does win a “too soon” award, however, for his impression of Wendy Williams fainting, though, now that …
Welcome to Upfronts Week, when each of the broadcast networks march into New York City to meet with advertisers and present their new fall lineups for primetime and hope that advertisers keep buying 30-second spots for the TV, on the TV. So, without further ado, here are the synopses and …
British ventriloquist Paul Zerdin continued to prove himself a hit with the judges at America’s Got Talent this season, earning a “golden buzzer” from guest judge Marlon Wayans which sent him straight past “Judges Cuts” to the live rounds in August from Radio City Music Hall. Roll the clip and …
Last summer, Marlon Wayans presided over a comedy competition on TBS called Funniest Wins. This summer, this Wayans brother is headed to broadcast network TV on the same channel his older brother Keenen Ivory Wayans is seen on as a judge for Last Comic Standing. No contest. No, really. No …
As you may recall, comedy fans have waited several years to see a major motion picture biography of the legendary Richard Pryor. It’s happening now, directed by Lee Daniels and starring Mike Epps as Pryor, with Oprah Winfrey playing Pryor’s grandmother, who raised the young comedian in a brothel. But …
In case you missed it, the other Wayans brother with a televised comedy competition this summer wrapped up its first season last weekend on TBS, crowning Sydney Castillo the winner of Funniest Wins. So he was funniest. That’s how those words work. Castillo takes home $100,000 and a development deal …
Marlon Wayans already was hard at work on his new comedy competition series, Funniest Wins on TBS, when he heard that his older brother, Keenen Ivory Wayans, was joining the other competition as a judge on Last Comic Standing. “I think my lawyer may have told me,” Marlon Wayans told …
There is a funny show hidden within Funniest Wins. Perhaps too hidden from view, and viewers. It debuted late last Friday night (with repeats overnight Saturday) on TBS and scared up less than a half-million viewers. More of you watched aspiring comedians on VH1’s I Love The 2000s — as well …
