Wil Sylvince’s inspirational boxing film, “I Am Maurice,” tags Michael Che, Damon Wayans Jr. as EPs
Wil Sylvince’s passion project outside of stand-up comedy has been almost a decade in the...
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truTV goes inside The Comedy Cellar for truInside
truTV’s behind-the-scenes comedy history series, truInside, has focused on classic...
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Review: Chris Rock’s “Top Five” easily one of the top movies ever about stand-up comedians
Chris Rock said he came up with the idea and started writing the screenplay for Top Five during...
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Ardie Fuqua out of intensive care, in a rehab facility, recovering from tragic Turnpike crash
Finally! Some great, encouraging news to share regarding comedian Ardie Fuqua, courtesy of our...
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Meet the Top 100 comedians competing on Season 8 of Last Comic Standing
So who received invites to the televised comedy competition that is Last Comic Standing in 2014?...
Read MoreFrom jail to Carnegie Hall, It’s Pimpin’, Pimpin’: A long day’s night in NYC for Katt Williams
So, that happened. What a weird, wild 30 hours for Katt Williams in New York City last week. It began on Wednesday afternoon, when NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien taped its show and never heard from Williams, a...
Read MoreWho is New York’s Funniest Stand-Up?
If you were to ask me at the start of the 2008 New York’s Funniest Stand-Up contest, who I thought would win, well, someone did, and before I could say "John Mulaney" (whoops, he’s not even in the contest?...
Read MoreExperiment: White on Black Comedy
If there’s such a thing as alt-comedy, then can there also be such a thing as alt-black comedy? Elon James White thinks so. White and fellow New York comedian Baron Vaughn have been trying to educate audiences on the...
Read MoreScenes from the Cellar
I mentioned seeing Chris Rock at the Comedy Cellar the other night, and while yes, that twas a highlight, twas not the only light sparkling on Jan. 2 in the basement of a beloved Greenwich Village restaurant. Mike DeStefano,...
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