“I was in The Hangover! Hangover 2! Cut out of Funny People!” — Steven Brody Stevens (1970-2019) On Thursday night’s Conan, Judd Apatow and Conan O’Brien talked about how so many comedians loved Brody, who took his own life two weeks …
Continue ReadingJudd Apatow will produce a new same-sex romantic comedy starring Billy Eichner. Nick Stoller, who worked with Eichner on Friends From College, will direct. The Billy on the Street star wrote the film, which is based around two men with commitment issues that are “attempting a relationship.” The rom-com announcement comes just in time for Valentine’s Day. With last year’s Love, Simon as the first major Hollywood studio film to
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Continue ReadingPete Davidson and Judd Apatow are coming to a theater near you. Apatow is directing a yet-unnamed-comedy based on segments of Davidson’s life. The movie was co-written by Davidson, Apatow, and Dave Sirus—a stand-up comic and former writer for Saturday Night Live. On Tuesday, Apatow announced on Twitter that, “we are finally ready to shoot this summer. It’s been many years in the making.” Apatow and Barry Mendel, both of
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Continue ReadingPete Davidson had a small role onscreen in Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck, the last feature film Judd Apatow directed. Since then, Apatow has been trying to figure out how to help Davidson fashion his own starring vehicle on the big screen. And now the…
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Judd Apatow and Pete Holmes went on SiriusXM’s Jim & Sam to promote the third season of their HBO series Crashing, which premieres on January 20, and they had something to say about Louis C.K.’s recently leaked set. The interview started with the guests and hosts—Jim Norton and Sam Roberts—talking about Artie Lange’s drug issues and how it affected the Crashing shoot. Holmes smiles slightly as he describes the “nose continuity” issues while
Continue ReadingPete Holmes’ HBO sitcom Crashing is coming back for a third season. This time around the sitcom loosely based on… MORE
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“I think that’s what I’ve always tried to do when I’ve gone out to perform. I think of myself as… MORE
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And how was your Labor Day? The New Yorker Fest announced its star-studded list of attendees for one-on-one talks Oct. 5-7, 2018, and one name stopped several of the stars from attending. Steve Bannon, the co-founder of Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm that helped Donald Trump win the White House while also deceiving Facebook (and […]
Continue ReadingJudd Apatow and Pete Holmes first met on a podcast, and ever since, have developed a wonderful working relationship. Holmes first pitched the idea for Crashing to Apatow on his late great TBS late-night show, and I caught up with both the stand-up comedian and the writer/director/producer on the set of HBO’s Crashing at The […]
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