July 6, 2015
Jim Florentine's professional life has been on quite a roll lately.
June 24, 2015
Monday night Lisa Lampanelli appeared at the infamous 92nd Street Y in conversation with radio host Ron Bennington, to promote her new special, Back to the Drawing Board. It was an important and meaningful night for Lisa, not only because of the history of incredible speakers who have sat down in conversation at the 92Y, but also because it was her first time speaking frankly, in front of a live audience about everything that's happened in the past two years.
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.
June 10, 2015
Paul Feig wrote and directed the biggest comedy of the summer so far-- "Spy" starring Melissa McCarthy and Jason Statham. Last week Feig stopped by the SiriusXM studios to sit down with Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington to talk about the movie. Feig talked about some of the reasons his films succeed where others fail, stressing the importance of trusting your performers, using logic in physical comedy, and guarding tone. He also discussed why chick flicks fail, the return of strong women to the silver screen, and addressed the question of why so many adults want to "grow down" instead of act like grown ups. Feig can't understand the desire for adults to act like kids. In fact, he said, he can't remember a time when he didn't want to be an adult.
June 4, 2015
Earlier this week Paul Feig stopped by SiriusXM's "Bennington" to talk with Ron Bennington and Gail Bennington about his new movie "Spy" which hits theaters this Friday. Feig talked about working with Melissa McCartney and why they have such a great working actor-director partnership, the return of strong women to the big screen, and why "chick flicks" aren't good movies (and why his movies aren't "chick flicks"). Paul also shared some of his secrets to a successful action-comedy movie, and we took careful notes. We chose five things we learned about how to make a great action comedy movie to share.
June 1, 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. This week, Jeffrey visited Carolines on Broadway, The Stand, The Producer's Club and more.
May 28, 2015
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
May 26, 2015
Lisa Lampanelli has undergone a real transformation. In the past two years, she has not only changed her physical appearance, shedding more than 107 pounds and cutting her hair short, but she's also changed her entire way of thinking, living and performing. She ended an unhappy marriage, and has gone from the "queen of mean" to wanting to focus on service, happiness and gratitude. On June 22, she's going to be talking about it all when she sits down "in conversation" with Ron Bennington at the 92nd Street Y.
May 14, 2015
May 12, 2015
David Steinberg Red Nose Day Comedian David Steinberg didn’t want to wear the red nose, but he did want to show support for #RedNoseDay after appearing […]
May 6, 2015
Recently, singer, songwriter, musician and activist Willie Nelson was a guest on SiriusXM's Ron Bennington Interviews. Nelson put on an official Red Nose to support Red Nose Day. This year is the first official year that Red Nose Day is being celebrated in the United States.
May 5, 2015
Stand up comedian, actor, talk show host, and filmmaker Kevin Pollak put on a red nose to show his support for #RedNoseDay recently after appearing in an episode of Unmasked with Ron Bennington. Pollak was in promoting his new movie Misery Loves Comedy. This year is the first official year that Red Nose Day is being celebrated in the United States.