February 18, 2015

Dan Aykroyd Gives Some Clues To New Ghostbusters, And Reveals Plans for Another Sequel Already in the Works (Video Added)

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 15, 2015

SNL 40: Live From New York, It’s Saturday Night…On A Sunday!

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.
January 14, 2015

Coming Soon: Spy

The new action comedy movie from director Paul Feig and starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham and Jude Law.
December 29, 2014

The Ten Best Comedy Movies of 2014 (Vote!)

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 11, 2014

The IBang Comedy Shopping List: The Only Holiday Shopping List You’ll Need This Year

Ho Ho Ho!!! It's almost Christmas, Hannukah and other assorted gift giving holidays. Is there any better gift than the gift of laughter? Support your favorite comedians while making your friends incredibly happy with the greatest gift in the world. Here are some new releases that will make great gifts in 2014. You don't have to leave your chair, just click a few links, and your holiday shopping is done. Don't be a cheapskate! But a few! You need the friends. Just click on the link in each listing to purchase and you'll be done in minutes.
November 18, 2014

Loni Love Sets the Record Straight About Women in Comedy

Comedian Loni Love has had an impressive career, and she's just got plenty more planned. Author, headliner, tv personality, actor and sister to all of America, now she can add Lipshtick headliner to her resume. This weekend she heads back to the Venetian Hotel for her second show headlining for the Lipshtick series of women in comedy.
November 17, 2014

Why Does Will Arnett Have So Many Failed Comedies?

Over the past 4 years, Will Arnett has starred in 5 series; "Running Wilde", "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret", "Up All Night", "The Millers", and the limited series of "Arrested Development" (after that 10 year break). "The Millers" was the only one to have a second season. And yet, since 2006, he’s received 5 Emmy nominations, once for the third season of "Arrested Development" and the other four as guest actor for "30 Rock". So why is an actor as talented as Will Arnett, not making hit TV series? What is the divide? What isn’t working?
October 16, 2014

Bill Murray Fills Us In on Details of Some Infamous Bill Murray Stories

Bill Murray isn't a big fan of sequels, but if Ghostbusters 3 is all femaile, he'd go watch that in a second. He'd cast Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, Linda Cardellini. He also thinks all the Parks and Recreation women are very funny, like Amy Poehler, and Rashida Jones. He loves Kristin Wiig too but stops short when the audience calls out Betty White.
October 9, 2014

The Filtered Excellence: October 9, 2014

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 things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more
August 27, 2014

The Last Chelsea Was a Star Packed Affair

The last episode of Chelsea Lately was a celebrity filled celebration last night. Not only did Ellen drop by to pick a bone or two with Chelsea but she got a visit slash intervention from her three celebrity best friends, Jennifer Anniston, Sandra Bullock and Mary McCormack; a parade of all of her comedian panelists, and a stage-packed celebrity filled version of We Are the World tuned "Goodbye to E!"
August 17, 2014

President Obama Wins an Emmy

President Obama's episode of "Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis on Funny Or Die won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program.