Roast Battle grew from a weekly mock-off in The Belly Room of The Comedy Store to a multi-season series on Comedy Central. Boast Rattle, its friendlier parallel universe counterpart, now has grown from a monthly show in the basement of Union Hall in Brooklyn to a new monthly radio program on SiriusXM! The first episode […]
Continue ReadingSo many of the apologies this past year from men who abused women and minors in show business have been lacking. Thank goodness for Lauren Maul. Maul, a NYC-based comedian, has released a new album, “Apologies from Men.” She will donate 100 percent of the sales revenue from the album to RAINN, the nation’s largest […]
Continue ReadingIf you thought the Academy Awards telecast already was too long and overbudget, just imagine if the 90th annual Oscars had followed through with this music video pitch from The Lonely Island. The song they wrote, “Why Not Me?”, would have included several stars from 2017’s box-office smashes. But, as The Lonely Island fellas (Andy […]
Continue ReadingMichelle Collins, comedian, talk show host and former co-host of The View, will host an uncensored daily show exclusively on SiriusXM’s Stars channel, starting this coming Monday morning, March 5, 2018. The Michelle Collins Show will feature Collins’ interviews with celebrity guests, newsmakers, experts and reality TV stars. She’ll also take calls from listeners, share personal stories […]
Continue ReadingKevin Hart’s own SiriusXM channel, Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud Radio, will debut this Wednesday on SiriusXM Channel 96, complete with the comedian’s own weekly talk show. Straight from The Hart, hosted by Hart alongside his co-hosts, the Plastic Cup Boys, will premiere Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) before moving to its […]
Continue ReadingThe Nerdist Podcast is no more. Long live ID10T! No need to fear, though, as host Chris Hardwick and his co-conspirators Jonah Ray and Matt Mira emphasized throughout Episode 929 today. ID10T will have the same hosts, the same format as their Nerdist show, which began podcasting eight years ago. You won’t have to change […]
Continue ReadingSpinal Tap’s career continues to climb past 11. In 2018, Harry Shearer’s Derek Smalls character is releasing a solo album! Smalls Change, Meditations on Ageing will drop globally on April 13, 2018, via Twanky Records/BMG on Digital, CD and Vinyl. Smalls Change is a poignant and oftentimes furious contemplation on aging that explores the passing of time […]
Continue ReadingComedy Central soon will have its own live morning radio show: You Up with Nikki Glaser. Glaser, who previously hosted a primetime TV talker, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, on Comedy Central in 2016, will host live Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon Eastern (7 to 9 a.m. Pacific) with her friend and […]
Continue ReadingWe’re making progress. Slowly but surely, the conversations are happening. Tough as they may be. As the #MeToo reckoning enters 2018, we’re moving past accusations and denials and toward making amends and making work and life better for us all. Dan Harmon (Community, Rick and Morty) closed 2017 with a Tweet offering up a mea […]
Continue ReadingBefore I deliver some hot, fresh episodes of my podcast, Last Things First, to ring in the new year, you really should check out my year-end episode with Jason Zinoman, the comedy critic for The New York Times. It’s our third annual celebration of the best moments and people in comedy, culminating in our nominations […]
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