October 3, 2016
Written by Debra Kessler and Justin Heritage The Toronto JFL42 Comedy Festival just wrapped after ten pretty spectacular days. There were over 100 shows to see […]
September 7, 2016
Bill Cosby has a trial date in the Pennsylvania criminal trial accusing the comedian of sexual assault. June 5, 2017 has been set as the deadline […]
August 24, 2016
Once one of the biggest stand-up acts in the country, Martin Lawrence has been relatively quiet on the comedy scene in recent years. He’s continued to […]
August 17, 2016
New York features some of the best live comedy in the world every single night. Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen curate a list every week of […]
August 3, 2016
New York features some of the best live comedy in the world every single night. Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen curate a list every week of […]
July 19, 2016
Louis CK gets more than enough credit for being one of the greatest stand-up comedians in the game today, so aside from agreeing that it’s a […]
July 11, 2016
Bill Cosby has changed up his legal strategy yet again, firing his main lawyer, and hiring a new lawyer from Liner LLP to tackle the civil charges […]
July 9, 2016
Jim Jefferies, the Los Angeles by-way-of Sydney, Australia comic and former star of FX’s Legit, released his seventh comedy special on July 1st (his second with […]
July 7, 2016
New York Live Comedy listings for the week of July 7 – July 13, 2016. Curated by Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen. Scroll down to submit […]
June 25, 2016
Man the shit you have to do to cover uo the fact that your song stinks. Is that Bill Cosby in there !?
June 14, 2016
Bill Murray enters the unofficial Comedy Hall of Fame. Since 1998, The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor has been considered the top prize in the […]
June 9, 2016
New York Live Comedy listings for the week of June 9 – June 15, 2016. Curated by Christine Marie Evans and Emily Cohen. Scroll down to submit […]
May 24, 2016
Today a judge ruled that Bill Cosby will stand trial for his accused criminal behavior, Deadline is reporting. He’s been charged with drugging and sexually […]
May 15, 2016
May 12, 2016
“Try to fit in and try to act a little less – what’s the word I’m looking for – terroristy. You dig?”
May 12, 2016
The Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday night with excitement... glamour...a new Woody Allen movie... and a rape joke. Audiences at Cannes were surprised last night when the master of ceremonies for the opening night premiere of Woody Allen's new movie, "Cafe Society" made a joke presumably directed at Roman Polanski, but also possibly a shot at Allen. “It’s very nice that you’ve been shooting so many movies in Europe, even if you are not being convicted for rape in the U.S," mc Laurent Lafitte said.
May 9, 2016
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 covered the scene at Gotham Comedy Club, the Cutting Room and the New Stages Theater.
May 4, 2016
French-Canadian comic Mike Ward has been a big name in Quebec, and across Canada for years now with a strong successful stand up career. A comedian since 1993, Ward has produced multiple stand-up specials and has become a veteran of some of the biggest venues in comedy, like Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival.
April 19, 2016
Noel Fielding just finished his first US Tour, with An Evening With Noel Fielding, and by all accounts, it was a gigantic success. I caught the show in New York City- it was my first time seeing Noel live- and was intrigued, enlightened, enchanted, and utterly converted by Noel and his conceptual whirlwind of a comedy show.
April 7, 2016
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Once a week we take a break from comedy to bring you this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more.
March 18, 2016
The folks at WNDU in Indiana had a little mix up during their coverage on Frank Sinatra Jr.'s death. During their story an image appeared to accompany the coverage but it was not Frank Jr.;
March 15, 2016
With the season premiere of his acclaimed, The Carmichael Show, on NBC last weekend, Jerrod Carmichael hasn’t steered away from dissecting tough issues just as he does with his national headlining stand up set.
March 5, 2016
After this week it seems a good portion of America is agreeing “Oh this Donald Trump this has gone from absurd to terrifying real fast,” not the least of which is Sacha Baron Cohen.
February 13, 2016
Does it feel like everyone has a Valentine's day plan but you? Do you hate being alone while everyone else crams into overstuffed restaurants with hiked up prices and standardized specials? Are you afraid you'll miss out on romantic strolls and movie dates and other "fun"?
February 10, 2016
No need for judge or jury. The law of the land comes from Kanye West, even when we don't ask for it.
February 9, 2016
This week Franjola sat down with Jarrett Bellini at the W hotel in midtown Atlanta to talk about baseball, Long Island, the Beatles, and the time Chris may (or may not) have cock blocked Bill Cosby from Chelsea Handler.
January 21, 2016