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In 2019, rapper and movie star Will Smith crossed stand-up comedy off of his “Bucket List” by performing at a gig for his Facebook Watch series. Later that year, Smith also met up with several stand-ups to hang with them for a would-be Quibi series, This Joka, which has yet …
Taping began today for the upcoming The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special. The 30th anniversary reunion includes star Will Smith as well as series regulars Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Alfonso Ribeiro, plus recurring co-star DJ Jazzy Jeff. As previously announced, the special will be a funny and heartfelt night full …
Will Smith’s “This Joka” stand-up showcase will be coming to Quibi this year as a 16-episode series. Smith filmed the showcases last fall in Las Vegas, as I first reported. From today’s announcement by Quibi: This Joka is a co-production of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Media and …
Why were a bunch of stand-up comedians hanging around with each other in Las Vegas last week, hitting golf balls at a driving range, cruising down the Vegas atop a double-decker tour bus, and oh yeah, posting selfies with Will Smith? Probably most definitely these jokers were participating in This …
When Will Smith emerged in the 1980s as a rapper and sitcom star, there was no denying his comedic sensibilities. Some three decades later, though, the idea of performing stand-up comedy still scared The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air enough that he had it on his “Bucket List,” which he crossed …
Bert Kreischer is my special guest today, in an episode recorded in front of a live audience at the 2016 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. He literally is the “Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child.” That’s the title of his 2014 memoir — it describes how Bert’s …
The Writers Guild of America held simultaneous award ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Patton Oswalt hosting the Hollywood crowd, and Michael Ian Black presiding over the Gotham nods. If you want to know how L.A. and NYC are different in show business, just …
The Writers Guild of America held their annual awards in both New York City and Los Angeles on Saturday night, with Colin Quinn hosting on the East Coast, and Brad Garrett later on the West Coast. Congratulations to this year’s comedy and variety winners! COMEDY SERIES Veep, Written by Simon Blackwell, …
