Here’s a clip from Billy Eichner’s appearance on last night’s Late Night, where he makes a strong case for why Billy on the Street deserves to win the Outstanding Variety Sketch Series Emmy this year despite the steep competition of Saturday Night Live. “I know I’m just supposed to be nice and gracious and happy to be nominated, […]
Continue ReadingShowtime has revealed the fall premiere date lineup for returning comedy series Shameless as well as two new half-hour series: the Jamie Foxx-produced White Famous starring Jay Pharoah and SMILF starring Frankie Shaw and Rosie O’Donnell, which was ordered to series back in May. First up is the series premiere of White Famous, which will air […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Donald Trump’s New Jersey vacation, the launch of his so-called “Real News” program, Mueller’s growing investigation of Trump’s ties to Russia, and Trump’s decision to react to the investigation by attacking Hillary Clinton and White House staffers who leak to […]
Continue ReadingJimmy Kimmel is bringing his ABC late night show back to Brooklyn this fall. According to Deadline, Jimmy Kimmel Live will tape a week of episodes from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House from Monday, October 16th through Friday the 20th. It will mark the third time Kimmel’s taped a week of Brooklyn shows […]
Continue ReadingIf you ask Tony Hinchcliffe how things are going he’ll likely sum it up this way: “It’s a wild time to be a comedian doing real standup and podcasting at the same time.” The album version of his One Shot special recently dropped, he’s currently just a few nights into his headlining run with the […]
Continue ReadingBack in 2015 it was reported that Aaron Sorkin had an authorized Lucille Ball biopic in the works with Cate Blanchett attached to star, and now the project has a home at Amazon. According to Deadline, the streaming network has acquired the biopic, titled Lucy and Desi, which will follow Ball’s 20-year marriage to Desi […]
Continue ReadingYou’re Invited to a Screening of ~HOCKEY JERKS~ To: amandasjunkmail@ymail.com From: thescreenery@screenery.film Subject: You’re Invited to a Screening of ~HOCKEY JERKS~ SCREENINGS’ GREETINGS! Hey [amandasjunkmail@ymail.com], Thanks for participating with The Screenery! We’d like to invite you to a screening in your area of the upcoming feature film, Hockey Jerks! Here’s all of the information you […]
Continue ReadingTBS has partnered up with this year’s New York Comedy Festival, and in addition to Conan O’Brien’s previously announced week of shows at the Apollo, the network just released a video where O’Brien reveals some of the many comedians slated to perform throughout the festival. This year’s festival runs from Tuesday, November 7th through Sunday […]
Continue ReadingDavid Wain is a true believer in the idea that limitations are the mother of invention. That was certainly true of Wet Hot American Summer, Wain’s feature directorial debut, in which it rained nearly every day and featured a cast and crew who were also movie first-timers for the most part. Though Wet Hot got […]
Continue ReadingSteve Martin has a new Broadway play in the works called Meteor Shower, and he’s assembled a solid cast of comedic actors. Today it was confirmed that Amy Schumer, Keegan-Michael Key, Laura Benanti, and Alan Tudyk have all joined the cast of Martin’s play, which will be directed by Jerry Zaks and debut at the Booth […]
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