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The cast and crew of Pee-wee’s Big Holiday held a big-screen premiere party at one of the biggest parties in America — Austin’s SXSW festival — on Thursday night, even though everyone everywhere could watch the first Pee-wee Herman movie in a quarter-century from the comfort of wherever thanks to …
The worst secret is no longer secret, no longer just a rumor. Netflix announced today that it’ll be the exclusive home to the first Pee-wee Herman movie in three decades, as Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, a new film by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust, produced by Judd Apatow, and directed by …
That long-awaited Pee-wee Herman comeback movie reportedly won’t happen on the big-screen now, unless you have a really big screen connected to your Netflix account. The Wrap reported Monday through an anonymous source that the film, written by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust and produced by Judd Apatow, “moved to …
Netflix announced today a two-season commitment to a new comedy series, Love, created, written and produced by Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Lesley Arfin. Love stars Rust (I Love You, Beth Cooper; Inglorious Basterds) and Gillian Jacobs (Community) as a couple navigating the ups and downs of romance. It’ll debut …
Was recreating the opening credits to Simon & Simon the “greatest event in television history”? No. No, it was not. Don’t take my word for it. That’s just one of the lines handed to Jeff Probst as he once again hosts a new special event for Adult Swim, in which …
PaFunny or Die has unveiled its first “on-site feature film,” iSteve, starring Justin Long as the late Apple founder Steve Jobs. With a running time clocking in just under 78 minutes, FoD hasn’t allowed embedding of iSteve — watch the full movie at https://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d2e0f617e3/isteve The film also comes with a disclaimer: “All characters …
How to gear up for this weekend’s Del Close Marathon? How about warming up your comedic palette with this new web series from the Upright Citizens Brigade’s Matt Besser, “Inside the Master Class,” in which Besser and his Los Angeles students of a super improv master class learn some life …
A quick look at comedy and comedians making news in the past day: — iTunes is giving away Denis Leary's audiobook for free, or at least 26 minutes of it. I'm sure it's almost as entertaining as listening to Kenny Powers. Almost. — The New York Times pretends the world …
It's Thursday afternoon and how busted are your March Madness brackets already? Pretty scary, huh? (Preceding sentences only applicable to people who care enough about men's college basketball to bet money on the season-ending tournament with friends and co-workers) You know what we all can agree was pretty scary and …
It might be easy to forget that B.J. Novak is a stand-up comedian, because he’s still in his 20s and pretty much everyone knows him as the writer/producer/actor from NBC’s The Office. At Sunday night’s "B.J. Novak and friends" show at Town Hall to close out the 2008 New York …
