Wonder Woman star Chris Pine hosted this week’s slightly offbeat, thankfully mostly Trump-free episode of SNL, and despite the fact that most viewers probably had a hard time identifying the actor – a fact that he addressed right up top – Pine was a playful and deft addition to the cast, smiling through typical hot-guy-host […]
Continue ReadingBradley Cooper is set to make his directorial debut in an upcoming remake of the 1937 film A Star Is Born, and the project just added another star to its cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dave Chappelle has joined the cast of the film, which will star Lady Gaga and Cooper and also includes […]
Continue ReadingJes Tom (they/them) is a weird queer standup comic based in NYC, gleefully providing the nonbinary queer Asian American radical cyborg perspective that everyone never knew they wanted. You can find them on Instagram @jesthekid and watch the short film they created with fellow comic Chewy May here. This week, Tom talked to me about […]
Continue ReadingWill Ferrell is teaming up with Justice League and Aquaman star Jason Momoa for a new movie. According to Deadline, Paramount is developing an untitled comedy written by The Grinder co-creators Andy Mogel and Jarrad Paul, which would center on Ferrell and Momoa as “a washed up TV star reuniting with his now grown TV […]
Continue ReadingIn the second of Dave Chappelle’s recent Netflix specials, there’s a moment in the middle of his performance where he makes a not-so-bold declarative statement. “I hate bloggers,” he says with conviction, angrily expressing his frustration related to an online backlash he’d previously sparked amongst the LGBTQ community. In making this statement, Chappelle belatedly joins […]
Continue ReadingWe are all familiar with the old adage that “we laugh to keep from crying.” But what’s wrong with a healthy dosage of both? You’ll experience plenty of laughter — as well as some cathartic tears — while watching Chris Gethard’s new HBO special Career Suicide, a hilarious and heartbreaking one-man show framed around his failed […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, Alec Baldwin appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ show and revealed that Saturday Night Live invited Donald Trump to appear back in February, and when Baldwin asked DeGeneres if she’s invited Trump on her show, she responded as plainly as possible with just a one-word answer: “No.” Speaking with Matt Lauer on Today this […]
Continue ReadingDuring last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live featuring guest host Kristen Bell, the show found the perfect way to celebrate Star Wars Day. During Bell’s interview with guest Adam Scott, the two revisited a story he told Kimmel before about inviting his idol Mark Hamill to his 2nd birthday party. Unfortunately, Hamill didn’t show up to […]
Continue ReadingIn light of Donald Trump’s puzzling comments about how Andrew Jackson felt about the Civil War — which happened 16 years after he died — during last night’s President Show, Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump got a very special, anti-baldness medication hallucination-induced visit from Jackson himself (played by President Show writer Neil Casey). “One of the greats, […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at the AHCA bill the Republicans’ jammed through Congress yesterday, which was a lot like their first attempt at a healthcare bill with a bunch of even worse items added in (or as Meyers puts it, “they basically took an […]
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