April 13, 2015
It's hard to believe it, but we are only 37 days away from the very last Late Show with David Letterman. On May 20th, 2015, Dave will host his last show, presumably read his last monologue, and share the last top ten list.
March 24, 2015
When James Corden takes over as host of the Late Late Show tonight on CBS, his first guest will be somebody that everybody loves, America's sweetheart, Tom Hanks.
March 20, 2015
How do you top off a week at SXSW in front of a massive live audience? With Bill Murray. And if you think you've heard so many Bill Murray stories that he can't possibly do anything new that would surprise you, you're wrong because here comes Bill Murray. On a Horse. In a Dress. Escorted by a mariachi band.
March 20, 2015
Sophia Coppola is directing a Christmas project that will star Bill Murray as himself.
March 6, 2015
It's great when someone shares a Bill Murray story, it's almost as good as having a Bill Murray appearance. Well not really but we don't have a Bill Murray appearance to talk about so we'll settle.
February 25, 2015
We’ve all heard the news and controversy surrounding Paul Feig's 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters featuring an all-female cast, have we really explored what would come of this seemingly strategic casting job? Strong heroic women saving a city from supernatural forces – it sounds agreeable enough, superficially. But what is the motive behind this maneuver? An optimist might assert that studio executives actually trust female performers to carry what was historically a male-centric franchise. This writer, however, can’t help but suspect that it’s all merely a gimmick that producers are using out of desperation because the original cast members are either retired, dead, disinterested, or Dan Aykroyd.
February 21, 2015
The 87th Annual Oscars are upon us, and with that comes the common debate as to whether the Oscars don’t give comedy their due. The argument can certainly be made that there is a definite type of film which always receives nominations described as “Oscar bait”; the films which seem to have been made with a checklist of “how to get nominated.” But in the 87 years since the Oscars have been around, there have more than a few times that the Oscars genuinely loved comedy. After all, the first film to get nominated in the top five AND the first film to receive nominations in all for acting categories were both comedies (It Happened One Night (1934) & My Man Godfrey (1936)). And despite seeing more than a few times that the Oscars somehow overlooked great comic performances or only nominated comedians when they went serious (Cary Grant’s two nominations were both in dramas), a few times they showed they had a sense of humor.
With that said, here are my picks for the 87 funniest film performances which ever got nominated, ranked.
February 20, 2015
The Rum House is a Theater District cocktail lounge where Bill Murray has been known to sing with the house jazz band and celebs have been known to spark out joints.
February 18, 2015
Dan Aykroyd sat down this week at the SiriusXM studios for an episode of "Unmasked with Ron Bennington" and shared a few more details about the Ghostbuster reboot.
February 17, 2015
The year he got to star in his first movie, Bill Murray also got to play some professional baseball.
February 16, 2015
The performances on the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special didn't end when the show went off the air.
February 16, 2015
Last night during the Saturday Night Live 40 year celebration, a few famous former SNL castmembers reprised their old roles. Will Ferrell brought back his fan favorite Celebrity Jeopardy sketch with a lot more than 3 contestants. Darrell Hammond played the ever popular and always confused Sean Connery who loves categories like Whore ads (or Who Reads), Kate McKinnon channeled Justin Bieber, and Alec Baldwin as Alec Baldwin. They were soon joined by Burt Reynolds/Turd Ferguson (Norm McDonald), Christoph Waltz (Taran Killam), Matthew McConaughey (Jim Carrey) with a special video question by Bill Cosby (Kenan Thompson).
February 15, 2015
Lounge singer Nick Ocean returned to Saturday Night Live for its tribute to musical characters on the 40th anniversary special.
February 15, 2015
Saturday Night Live is celebrating its 40th season with gigantic special Sunday Night on NBC. It's a reunion of players, hosts and performers from the original season to current one and every one in between. So far, no one really knows what to expect when the special airs live on Sunday night. One of the anticipated moments is the return of Eddie Murphy to SNL after 31 years and he didn't know how it was all going to work.
February 12, 2015
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. Tonight, a special extra report, from the Third Annual Patrice O'Neal Benefit at City Center in New York City.
February 12, 2015
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting […]
February 11, 2015
Artie Lange is a man with many talents that has worn many hats in a business where if you don't you will be long forgotten.
February 8, 2015
If you are a stand-up comedy fan that's new to Chicago, or just visiting or considering visiting, this is the guide that has you covered. Chicago has one of the best scenes in the country with great stand-up show seven days a week that includes open mics, major clubs with national headliners, and strong local acts just about to break.
January 29, 2015
Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting […]
January 29, 2015
With the Super Bowl this weekend, everyone is choosing up sides.
January 11, 2015
It's Golden Globes day! It's Golden Globes day! The country is only 24 hours away from talking about who won, who lost, who looked really drunk and who did hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler destroy in their monologue? The 72nd annual Golden Globes Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press will be given out tonight on NBC. Here's a preview on what to look for in movie and television comedy tonight.
January 7, 2015
Ever get tired of hearing stories about how cool/funny/blessed Bill Murray is? Ok good, then here is another one.
January 6, 2015
As 2014 came to a close, we also celebrated our first anniversary as a website devoted to the business of comedy, so we had double the reason to celebrate the year in comedy.
December 31, 2014
It's been a tremendous year of change for all of us. At the end of our first year devoted full time to comedy, we wanted to thank everyone who has helped the site grow. The contributors, the developers, the writers, readers and commenters, and everyone who helps us out by retweeting, posting on other sites and boards, we can't thank you enough. We have big plans for 2015 to continue and grow and hope you'll all stick around.
December 29, 2014
Our picks for the ten greatest comedy movies of 2014 are all over the map. There is a blockbuster, and bunch of indie films among our picks, and we chose several films that you might argue aren't actually comedies. But we stand by the notion that often the best comedies are films that are dark, or mixed genre, so we didn't get details like that get in our way of picking some great films that skirted the edges of being pure comedies. Let us know what your favorite comedy of the year was this year by voting or leaving us a comment.
December 29, 2014
2014 was a year where comedy news dominated the headlines regularly, and that was in no small part because we lost so many comedy legends this year. The empty spaces at the comedy dias this year are large and unfillable. Literal legends, people who created modern comedy who we were lucky enough to have in our midst just a year ago like Joan Rivers, Sid Ceaser, David Brenner, Mike Nichols and Robin Williams, are no longer here. We also lost younger brilliant comics who should have had decades ahead of them, like John Pinette, Otto Petersen, and Tim Wilson. All eight of these tremendous talents have left behind great work for this generation and future generations to enjoy for years to come.
December 25, 2014
It's Christmas and so the IBang quizmasters are giving you a gimme with an easy game about our favorite Christmas movie-- SCROOGED. All you have to do is guess which Scrooged character said these famous quotes. Was it Frank Cross, Eliot Loudermilk, the Ghost of Christmas Past or the Ghost of Christmas Present.