September 7, 2015
In 2015, everyone is talking about women in comedy and making references to our time being a golden age for female comics. And it is. Amy […]
August 14, 2015
On Thursday SiriusXM launched a new comedy channel called Comedy Greats that will play the legends of comedy around the clock. For their big launch event, Comedian […]
August 13, 2015
If you have the Antenna Channel, you will soon be able to fall asleep watching Johnny Carson's Tonight Show every night. This will be the first time the show will be broadcast regularly since Carson went off the air in 1992, turning the reigns over to Jay Leno and igniting the Late Night wars.
August 11, 2015
Yesterday crowds of fans lined up down the block outside Caroline's on Broadway in New York City to have a chance to listen to SiriusXM Host Ron Bennington sit down with everyone's favorite comedian Brian Regan to tape an episode of Unmasked.
August 10, 2015
One year ago Robin Williams was still with us, Joan Rivers was alive, and Bill Cosby was a comedy icon and role model. The loss of these three living legends has changed the face of comedy. It's been a long and emotionally charged year for comedy fans and each of these events have left marks on the genre that will resonate for years to come.
August 2, 2015
Joan Rivers, George Carlin, Harold Ramis and Milton Berle are no longer with us, but their children and family members, Melissa Rivers, Kelly Carlin, Julian Ramis and Marshall Berle (who is actually the nephew of the late great comedian), grabbed ceremonial shovels and helped to break ground for the construction of a new National Comedy Center in Jamestown New York on Saturday, according to wgrz.
July 30, 2015
Comedian Brian Regan will be joining host Ron Bennington as the next guest on Unmasked, a series of uncensored conversations with the world's greatest comedic voices.
July 14, 2015
Yesterday Ron Bennington announced that for the first time ever, he's taking Unmasked up to the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He already announced that he'll be sitting down with Bill Burr in front of a live studio audience for an hour interview, and now he's added a second show, with a live audience with special guest Chris D'Elia.
July 13, 2015
Ron Bennington is taking Unmasked on the Road! The critically acclaimed long format talk show is going to Montreal this month, and it's just been announced that Bennington will sit down with one of stand up comedy's greatest performers-- Bill Burr.
July 10, 2015
The Washington Post, one of our nation's most venerable guardians of free speech took a step in a surprising direction earlier this week, publishing an article by Dr. Stacey Patton and David Leonard that called out comedian Amy Schumer as a racist.
July 4, 2015
In courtroom papers just made public this week, Dr. Gwen Korovin, a laryngologist who performed the procedure that led to Joan Rivers death last summer had denied any wrongdoing. In her papers, Koroven flat out denies the allegations, denies that photos were taken and further states that she had been invited to perform the flexible endoscopy on Rivers and none of the doctors in the room objected to her being there.
June 22, 2015
Comedian, writer, actor and producer Jim Gaffigan will be the guest on the next episode of Unmasked with host Ron Bennington. In his one hour series, Bennington interviews the biggest names in comedy about their craft, and their creativity in front of a live audience.
May 26, 2015
One superfan has taken the David Letterman montage from the Late Show and contextualized the entire thing; 1 by 1, frame by frame, for 534 frames. This job wasn’t too much for Adam Nedeff - the man who undertook this task - as he posted this project to his facebook account and explained the moments behind each picture and video shown.
May 14, 2015
During an interview at the 92nd Street Y to promote her new memoir, The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation, Melissa Rivers was asked about Kathy Griffin and her brief stint co-hosting Fashion Police.
May 6, 2015
Joan Rivers always talked about having plastic surgery in her act.
May 5, 2015
Humans, Ewoks and Wookies everywhere celebrated Monday's "May the 4th...be with you" Star Wars holiday.
May 4, 2015
Melissa Rivers was on the Today Show to discuss many things about the death of her mother Joan Rivers last year.
May 1, 2015
Melissa Rivers' new memoir remembering her mother, the legendary Joan Rivers is out Tuesday.
April 27, 2015
The Daytime Emmys returned to regular television after a year off and comedians were taking home the trophies.
April 24, 2015
Earlier this week, Kevin Pollak sat down with Ron Bennington to tape an episode of Unmasked at the SiriusXM studios in New York City. Pollak is already an accomplished actor, at the top of his game as a stand up comedian, and one of the biggest podcasters in the game, and now he can add director and filmmaker to his marquis.
March 12, 2015
The new addition to E!'s Fashion Police, Kathy Griffin talked for the first time about the controversy surrounding her co-host, Giuliana Rancic. Griffin was surprised that the first media scandal surrounding the show since she joined, didn't involve her. Rancic found herself making a public apology after she joked during their Oscars show that actress Zendaya’s dreadlocks probably smelled like “patchouli oil and weed.”
February 26, 2015
Colin Quinn's digital series "Cop Show" is blowing up everywhere and Last Night Seth Meyers had Colin on the show to promote. Quinn covered a lot of ground in this clip from last night's show. He promoted "Cop Show" which features Amy Schumer in Episode 2 (scroll down below to watch), he talked about his new coloring book coming out later this year, and he talked about his tweets during the Oscars, which offered some solid advice for Neil Patrick Harris, and he talked about working with Bill Hader on Amy Schumer's new movie, Trainwreck.
February 23, 2015
Joan Rivers acted and directed a Hollywood movie and single handily added hours to the Oscars TV telecast by asking "Who are you wearing?"
February 13, 2015
The stories and news people talk about around the industry when the club closes and they’re sitting at the bar….
February 12, 2015
Melissa Rivers is honoring her late mother with a book about growing up with the comedy legend, Joan Rivers.
February 10, 2015
The Schwartz may be with you again! Mel Brooks is talking about doing a sequel to his 1987 comedy “Spaceballs”.The film was a Star Wars spoof […]
February 8, 2015
Five months after passing away, Joan Rivers is now the Grammy Award winning Joan Rivers.