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Norman Lear documentary will help open 2016 Sundance Film Festival

by Sean L. McCarthyDecember 7, 2015

Sundance, the annual kick-off of film festival season, has announced most of its 2016 lineup. While a number of comedians will head to Utah in …

Episode #24: W. Kamau Bell

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 8, 2015October 8, 20151

For two seasons over two different channels (FX and FXX), W. Kamau Bell joined elite company as host of his own late-night TV talk show, …

Bentzen Ball 2015 ends with a surprise guest from curator Tig Notaro

by Sean L. McCarthyOctober 5, 2015October 5, 2015

The Bentzen Ball, an annual comedy festival curated by Tig Notaro and presented by Brightest Young Things since 2009, was an unequivocal smash hit this …

SXSW Comedy gets its close up in two-part stand-up showcase special on Showtime

by Sean L. McCarthyJuly 24, 2015

If all of this talk about and from Montreal’s Just For Laughs has you feeling left out of what’s hot in the comedy game right …

W. Kamau Bell’s “United Shades of America” docu-series coming to CNN in 2016

by Sean L. McCarthyMarch 10, 2015March 10, 20151

Did you miss seeing W. Kamau Bell on your cable TV to steer you through the multicultural headlines of 2014 and 2015? CNN is fixing that! …

The movie trailer for Jordan Brady’s “I Am Road Comic” documentary

by Sean L. McCarthyJune 3, 2014

Here it is, the official movie trailer for I Am Road Comic, the documentary sequel to Jordan Brady’s I Am Comic. I Am Road Comic …

Sarah Silverman wonders why Comedy Central’s #FrancoRoast targeted her age, as a woman

by Sean L. McCarthySeptember 13, 2013September 13, 20137

Comedy Central Roasts are all in good fun, “but it’s brutal!” So said Sarah Silverman, interviewed by W. Kamau Bell on Thursday night’s Totally Biased …