Eddie Izzard’s new memoir Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens hits bookstores in June, and he’s going on a US standup tour to mark the occasion. Izzard’s tour will make stops in New York, DC, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and Boston from June 14th through the 22nd and feature Izzard performing […]
Continue ReadingEddie Izzard‘s new memoir, “Believe Me,” comes out this June, and the celebrated multilingual comedian will celebrate its release with a weeklong blitz of a book tour across America that includes stand-up, readings and audience Q&As. Tickets went on sale today for his “Believe Me” book release tour. Each ticketholder will receive a copy of […]
Continue ReadingJay Chandrasekhar has spent the past two decades writing, directing and acting in film and television. With his group Broken Lizard, he has co-written, co-starred and directed their feature films, Super Troopers, Beerfest and Club Dread. He’s also directed the big-screen version of Dukes of Hazzard, small-screen episodes of Arrested Development, and appeared in a […]
Continue ReadingJay Chandrasekhar is a writer, actor, comedian, and director. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, and has directed many of their films including Puddle Cruiser, Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest in addition to a long list of TV shows including The Grinder, Arrested Development, Community, and Happy Endings. […]
Continue ReadingJay Chandrasekhar is a writer, actor, comedian, and director. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, and has directed many of their films including Puddle Cruiser, Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest in addition to a long list of TV shows including The Grinder, Arrested Development, Community, and Happy Endings. […]
Continue ReadingStandup and new CNN star W. Kamau Bell has written his first book, and it’s coming out in May. The book has an impressively long title: The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6′ 4″, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian. Here’s […]
Continue ReadingA chance encounter set off a chain of events that led to me meeting my wife and ended with police searching my attic
I should have picked Batman. Or Superman. Or the X-Men.
Pretty much any other superhero would have been cooler than the Phantom. In fact, I’m not even sure that “superhero” is the correct label, given his lack of super powers. All he had was a wolf, a horse and a skull ring which he punched his enemies with.
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Continue ReadingGeorge Saunders’s new novel is headed to the big screen with some help from Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. According to Deadline, Mullally and Offerman have acquired movie rights to the new Civil War-set bestselling novel from Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo, which was released last month along with a 166-person voice cast audiobook. Saunders […]
Continue ReadingHe stood and looked over the building. He had his fist clenched at his chest. He entered. Dust and ash everywhere. The crushing emptiness of looping monitors telecasting Pauly Shore’s Son in Law warned of death. He looked at the boy. Evening, sir. Welcome to Blockbuster, the boy said. I know. He walked down the aisles. Every clamshell case […]
Continue Reading“You won’t mind if I ask to see some identification, I’m sure. It’s precinct policy.” The cheerfulness of the property clerk behind the window told me her shift had only recently started. And she was new to the squad on top of that. I could only see her head and upper torso, but that told […]
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