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Chris Rock spent most of his Monday on a full-court press run for his new movie, Top Five, spending several hours alone just inside the Sirius XM offices, bouncing from studio to studio — Howard Stern, Opie with Jim Norton, and a “Town Hall” moderated by Cedric the Entertainer — …
On the one hand, all of us want to know that Tracy Morgan is doing OK, or doing better, making progress toward recovery from this summer’s New Jersey Turnpike crash that killed his friend “Jimmy Mack” and also critically wounded fellow comedian Ardie Fuqua and Morgan’s assistant, Jeffrey Millea. On …
A court hearing Tuesday in New Jersey brought with it an update, however vague, about the recovery of Tracy Morgan from a fatal crash this June on the New Jersey Turnpike. Benedict Morelli, Morgan’s lawyer, told reporters outside the courthouse in Trenton that Morgan had suffered a traumatic brain injury …
You may have noticed Chris Rock and other comedians weighing in over the past day with their Top Five lists of all-time rappers. It’s all a tie-in to Rock’s new movie, Top Five, and this scene from it, wherein Rock’s comedian/actor character Andre Allen comes home to a welcome and …
Is this the great Chris Rock movie we’ve all been waiting for? Early reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival say Rock’s Top Five easily will be in the top five movies he has ever appeared in. The first official trailer debuted tonight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as part of …
From the hours immediately following the fatal crash along the New Jersey Turnpike in June that killed one comedian (“Jimmy Mack”) and critically wounded three others — Tracy Morgan, Ardie Fuqua and Morgan’s assistant, Jeffrey Millea — Walmart said it’d do everything to settle the matter quickly and smoothly. Bill …
Marc Maron jokingly wondered this summer if anyone ever had looked him up after seeing him on TV in Canada via one of the many comedy “Galas” produced each summer by Montreal’s Just For Laughs. Joke no more. Especially since some media reports described JFL’s new YouTube Channel as releasing …
Neal Brennan went on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night to promote his new Sundance series based on New York magazine’s The Approval Matrix. But first, Brennan also wanted us all to know he spoke with Tracy Morgan on Monday. Physically, Morgan’s recovery may be slow. But mentally, Brennan …
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its slate of world premieres, gala screenings and more this morning, and both Jon Stewart’s directorial debut as well as Chris Rock’s latest both will make their world premieres there this September. Rosewater rose straight from a guest’s appearance on The Daily Show with …
Comedians Tracy Morgan and Ardie Fuqua, and Morgan’s personal assistant Jeffrey Millea and his wife Krista Millea, have filed a joint lawsuit against Walmart for the deadly New Jersey Turnpike crash last month that critically wounded Morgan, Fuqua and Millea and killed a fourth passenger, comedian James “Jimmy Mack” McNair. …
