The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You’re invited to perform at a monthly live show in the part of the East Village formerly known as Alphabet City, and you’re excited not only because the show promises a chance for networking, but also a free videotape, which you really could use to show to club and TV …
Hannah Gadsby took to the podium this week at the 2018 Women in Entertainment gala. It’s been quite a year for Gadsby, and a year for women in entertainment, too. Gadsby took aim at “the good men” in show business and everywhere else, and delivered some real talk. “I want …
While Louis CK continues to make unannounced drop-ins at New York comedy clubs, much to the dismay of anyone hoping he’d talk about the reason for his absence over the past year, Aziz Ansari hasn’t been quiet as quiet. Ansari began headlining comedy clubs again this summer, about six or …
Ten months ago, the long-whispered rumors about Louis CK became reality when The New York Times published on-the-record allegations, followed by a public statement by the award-winning comedian in which he confessed to masturbating in front of female comedians without their consent. Over the weekend, CK showed his face in …
We’re almost one year removed from the first wave of mainstream media attention toward the underreported and overlooked mistreatment of women in all walks of life (but particularly in comedy and show business, as Tig Notaro’s second season of One Mississippi shone a spotlight on the harsh realities women face …
Chris Hardwick is in the clear in the eyes of AMC. The cable network announced today that Hardwick will return to its airwaves Aug. 12, 2018, as host of Talking Dead for the after-shows of The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, following an investigation into allegations he was …
In just the past year, comedians as big as Bill Cosby, Louis CK and Chris Hardwick have found their careers halted or suspended due to newly surfaced or resurfaced allegations of sexual misconduct. CK admitted his guilt, Cosby denied it but was convicted of rape, while Hardwick has denied allegations …
Sunday night was supposed to herald another big moment for Chris Hardwick’s TV career with the premiere of Talking with Chris Hardwick and his big-get guest, Donald Glover. But AMC pulled that episode, and the entire series, following allegations of sexual assault and abuse made by an ex-girlfriend of Hardwick’s …
Most people who were fans of the animated cult classic Ren & Stimpy knew that its creator had a troubled past with Nickelodeon, withJohn Kricfalusi getting fired from his own show. And people who worked on the show likely knew that Kricfalusi liked to date younger women. But until BuzzFeed …
So many of the apologies this past year from men who abused women and minors in show business have been lacking. Thank goodness for Lauren Maul. Maul, a NYC-based comedian, has released a new album, “Apologies from Men.” She will donate 100 percent of the sales revenue from the album …
