Hannibal Buress was unable to attend last night’s Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere in Hollywood, but instead of just accepting that he’d miss out on a bunch of promotional red carpet interviews, he did something a little different. As Entertainment Weekly reports, Buress took to Twitter yesterday afternoon in search of “a lookalike with solid comedic timing […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Trump’s latest attacks on the media, the delayed vote on the Senate healthcare bill due to the lack of Republican support and, of course, the fake Time magazine cover featuring Trump that’s displayed at all of his golf resorts. “That […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Full Frontal, where Samantha Bee sits down with Senator Elizabeth Warren to talk about the time Mitch McConnell told her to be quiet, how to remain optimistic and persistent “on the ledge of the death of democracy,” and, of course, Warren’s intense love for the HBO comedy Ballers, which […]
Continue ReadingBill Burr’s animated comedy F Is for Family just got another season. Burr revealed on Twitter today that Netflix has officially renewed the show for season 3: Really happy to announce there will be a season 3 of FIFF. Thanks to everyone for watching! @netflix #FIsForFamily #gaumontTV pic.twitter.com/YVowj4j7yE — Bill Burr (@billburr) June 28, 2017 […]
Continue ReadingBill Burr’s animated comedy F Is for Family just got another season. Burr revealed on Twitter today that Netflix has officially renewed the show for season 3: Really happy to announce there will be a season 3 of FIFF. Thanks to everyone for watching! @netflix #FIsForFamily #gaumontTV pic.twitter.com/YVowj4j7yE — Bill Burr (@billburr) June 28, 2017 […]
Continue ReadingBefore Jason Mantzoukas was being asked about the logistics of breaking into the comedy world, he was traveling the real world. Living for almost two years abroad on a trip funded through the Watson Fellowship, a grant that enables graduates to pursue an independent study internationally, Mantzoukas had only one restriction: he could not return […]
Continue ReadingFX Networks just revealed premiere dates for returning comedies You’re the Worst and Better Things. The network announced today that You’re the Worst will return to FXX for its fourth season with a special hourlong premiere on Wednesday, September 6th at 10:00pm, while Pamela Adlon’s Better Things will debut its second season on FX Thursday, September […]
Continue ReadingIt seems like nobody can agree on whether to take comedy very lightly or very seriously. People get firmly locked in their respective ideological camps, proclaiming either that comedy is powerful because it’s meaningless or that it’s powerful because it contains more meaning than anything else (and indeed it’s usually “the most” of something; people […]
Continue ReadingFew mainstream filmmakers treat the full range of cinema as their playground quite like Edgar Wright does. With each film he releases, the British director (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) —known for his innovative yet playful visual language — pushes the boundaries of what we’ve come to accept about the limitations […]
Continue ReadingBroad City’s Abbi Jacobson is teaming up with WNYC Studios and the Museum of Modern Art for a 10-part podcast about modern and contemporary art. Titled A Piece of Work, the podcast will debut on Monday, July 10th and feature guests like Hannibal Buress, Tavi Gevinson, RuPaul, Questlove, and Samantha Irby as well as MoMA […]
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