April 24, 2015
The stories people inside comedy are talking about around the country…
April 17, 2015
Last night Tom Dreesen was a guest on Letterman and the two old friends started talking about the early days in comedy clubs, when they got their start together.
April 15, 2015
Actor and impressionist Jamie Costa has done a tribute to the person he called "the man whose spark ignited my passion", Robin Williams.
April 8, 2015
Legislation is going forward to rename the Highway 101 tunnel in California after Robin Williams.
March 28, 2015
Bill Hader is a giant talent and Steven Spielberg recognizes it.
March 27, 2015
James Mullinger is a British comedian who now lives in Atlantic Canada. A circuit regular in the UK, he had his own TV show (Movie Kingdom) as well as an online series for Comedy Central. He toured five stand up shows over five years and was also the Comedy Editor for GQ Magazine where he directed short films with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling, Robin Williams and Paul Rudd (see here ) as well as Simon Pegg and Stephen Merchant (watch here). He also ran his own comedy club for seven years which played host to the likes of Russell Brand, Sugar Sammy, Darrin Rose, Stephen Merchant, Jimmy Carr and many more. A year ago he moved with his wife and children (Hunter, four, and River, one) to New Brunswick, Canada. Everyone thought he was mad. But his career has flourished rather then floundered. Why? The Interrobang finds out.
March 25, 2015
At the 70th Academy Awards, it could have been Ben Stiller's name among those listed as the nominees for Best Director.
February 28, 2015
A sitcom you most likely have never seen or heard of is continuing its run of success.
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 17, 2015
Channel 5 in the U.K. is doing an episode of their documentary series "Autopsy" on the last days of Robin Williams.
February 8, 2015
The 57th annual Grammy Awards are tonight on CBS.
February 3, 2015
This year the Sundance Film Festival had a lot of great offerings with comedy tie-ins, including several documentaries we’re dying to see, and a few comedy […]