May 28, 2016
Ryan Cavanaugh’s Relativity Media and Netflix have been feuding in bankruptcy court for months over the release of two features on the streaming platform before […]
May 26, 2016
The Roast of Amy Schumer by The People continued yesterday via Instagram. After a photo of Schumer in a one-piece bathing suit was posted, and promptly insulted, the comedian responded by saying, “I meant to write "good morning trolls!" I hope you find some joy in your lives today in a human interaction and not just in writing unkind things to a stranger you've never met who triggers something in you that makes you feel powerless and alone. This is how I look. I feel happy. I think I look strong and healthy and also like miss trunchbull from Matilda. Kisses!”
May 26, 2016
The Wrap announced that Adam Sandler will write, star in, and produce in an untitled family animation through STX Entertainment through his Happy Madison Productions company. The company is a fledgling production house and gaining Happy Madison is a huge move.
May 26, 2016
The weird and wonderful Reggie Watts becomes futuristic and digitized on Thursday when he performs stand-up through virtual reality social media site AltspaceVR.
May 25, 2016
There’s a beautiful faraway world where an accomplished nerd and his robotic foe are forced to work together while on the run. That world is the […]
May 24, 2016
Lady Dynamite has been a long time coming and, it’s funny. Maria Bamford’s new semi-autobiographical Netflix series is well crafted, and about as fun as anything you've ever seen on television. It won't be experienced by as many people as saw Trainwreck this year, and that's a shame, because its not only fun and funny, it's also silly and poignant, and even important.
May 23, 2016
Another Period Renewed for a Third Season Comedy’s conquest into retelling history expands with the return of the narcissistic Bellacourt sister. All episodes of season 2 […]
May 16, 2016
Jenny Slate has found a groove with the writers of “Obvious Child”. The trio is nearing production’s start date for their next project on May 23rd. […]
May 16, 2016
Is Louis C.K. going on jeopardy to win back all the money he lost on Horace and Pete?
May 16, 2016
Hulu is expanding its reach into live-television with an international adaptation of Brazillian series “As Canalhas” through Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Production. The name translates to […]
May 14, 2016
Women continue to dominate in the field of comedy programming, and HBO just promoted two of its female executives who have been producing results in comedy and comedy-talk programming. THR reports that senior vice presidents Amy Gravitt and Nina Rosenstein move up as executive VP’s of HBO programming.
May 12, 2016
Jenny Slate and Chris Evans are not only co-stars in the upcoming film “Gifted”, but also a real couple now, too. This news follows Slates’ finalized […]
May 11, 2016
Scott Aukerman and “Weird” Al Yankovic complete each other in IFC’s sneak peek for the fifth season of “Comedy Bang! Bang!”. Al has stepped up to […]
May 10, 2016
The only whale indigenous to Oklahoma is new, impressively sized and returning home from September 8-11th. The Blue Whale Comedy Festival in Tulsa is only in its third year, but features headliners Eric André and Fortune Feimster this year. The beautifully designed site offers tickets exclusive to their headliner’s performances as well as weekend-wide festival passes. Certain shows will be 21+.
May 10, 2016
A new app called Laugh.ly bills itself as the Pandora of stand-up. According to AV Club, the streaming platform will launch this summer and promises the […]
May 10, 2016
His album has been available on all digital platforms for three days, but Mike Polk Jr.’s debut album “Baseless Arogance” already hit #3 on iTunes. Released […]
May 10, 2016
Netflix and British channel E4’s house studio Urban Myth Films are collaborating on a dark comedy about best friends/exorcists called “Crazy Face”. The six-part comedy will […]
May 9, 2016
On May 4th, the Internet was proven to be, as so many uncles in the 90’s prophesied, just a fad. NYC comedian Alison Zeidman offered to replace […]
May 9, 2016
Comedians with talent-driven television shows continue to dominate book sales and Amy Schumer is no exception. She’ll join her colleagues as an author, specifically of personal […]
May 8, 2016
If you love sitting still and listening, well you get in that chair and shut your butt because NYC’s Podfest is almost here. More than twenty podcasts will be recorded in front of a live audience on the weekend of May 21st at Brooklyn’s Bell House and Manhattan’s Cake Shop.
May 6, 2016
NYC based comedian Mike Brown has released the entire second season of his web series, “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”. We first met Mike soon after he released season one, (check it out here if you're unfamiliar) and we're excited to see he's onto a second season.
May 5, 2016
If audiences are half as excited as Mike Birbiglia is about the North American premiere of Don’t Think Twice, then we should be creepy stoked-- just drink the Kool Aid amped and then some
May 4, 2016
Patton Oswalt’s latest hour-long stand-up special, “Talking for Clapping” is astute, pointedly hilarious and as strong as you’d expect. It was released streaming to Netflix April 22nd. It has more to do with children’s birthday parties than death. Oswalt, a prolific constant within comedy, tweeted to promote the special as well as condolences for the loss of Prince. Hours later he lost his wife and the mother of their young daughter for reasons unknown. Her name was Michelle McNamara.
May 4, 2016
An SNL studded cast with Taran Killam at the helm as screenwriter and director will begin production on “Why We’re Killing Gunther” this June. The feature […]
May 3, 2016
The new ad-free self-appointed artisanal comedy site Seeso is rewarding its paid subscribers with seven new series and a documentary premiering this summer including a doc […]
May 3, 2016
Showtime’s beefy summer docket of stand-up specials features stars working for their first time veterans on to their third project with the channel.
May 1, 2016
Key and Peele have been getting away with all the stunts they can on the late-night circuit to promote their new movie “Keanu,” in theaters now. If […]