Dr. Jonathan Katz intro'ed his friend Andy Kindler's annual State of the Industry Speech. Kindler's been taking on the industry's sacred cows for nearly 20 years at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and it's always a major event.
This guy really hates Pixels...so much he cursed 60 times. By the time you get through this, you'll actually want to see the movie, just to see how terrible it is.
This week, Sandler's new movie Pixels comes out, so he is doing that whole talk show circuit thingy. He talked with Seth Meyers about creating the Pac Man Sequence for the movie. They shot in Canada and thought people would be thrilled to have the movie shoot there. Nope.
Last night on the Tonight Show, former rommates Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler were on the show, and Adam said Judd has always been the sweetest, most loving, most giving guy. "We had no idea you were going to be become whatever the hell you are right now," Sandler said, but he's happy for him.
Netflix has announced the release dates of its first four feature films. The move is a significant step for the streaming service in its push to continue to develop original, innovative content.
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey visited Gotham, The Cellar, The Creek and the Cave and the 92nd Street Y.
How did Adam Sandler get the black eye that he was sporting on Kimmel Live last night? Well, there was something about a basketball game, a flat tire, and none of it makes a bit of sense.
In 1983, a teenage Judd Apatow began interviewing stand-up comedians on their process. Now one of the most influential figures in comedy, Apatow continues to talk to comedians and their process. His new book, Sick In The Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy.