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Ali Wong ramps up acting resume with virtual reality project

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Ali Wong has crossed over into artificial intelligence. The Baby Cobra comedian is lending her voice for the upcoming virtual reality project called Bonfire from Baobab Studios. The interactive, alien-themed adventure allows the comic and writer to continue her voiceover work. Just last year, Wong lent her vocal talents to Ralph Breaks the Internet and to the children’s animated series OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes. Bonfire is an interactive story

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RuPaul Drag Race star Nina West: I’m the John Goodman of drag

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Bob the Drag Queen, Bianca Del Rio, Katya Zamolodchikova. Many iconic comedy queens have become household names after performing on RuPaul’s Drag Race and this season Nina West is set to be the next big comedy icon in the world of drag. Before competing on Drag Race, West won Entertainer of the Year in 2008. She also started the Nina West Fund which raises money for charities through drag performances.

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7 indie web series that outperform their budgets

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We all know someone who “has” a web series (and has likely asked us to contribute to their Indiegogo to fund it). While companies like YouTube and Comedy Central are committing big money producing their own digital content, there is something very special about independent web series. The lighting might be all wrong and the sound might be awkward, but the jokes and performances are there. The struggle to present

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Nathan Macintosh: To The Point has “infectious” energy in album we wish was longer

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Nathan Macintosh’s To The Point rapidly explores the crazy, off-the-cuff, and always eventful life of the Nova Scotian-born comedian. The near 22-minute performance by the Positive Anger podcast host delves into lessons learned on his journey from the Great White North to our nation’s comedy clubs stages and late night talk shows. Throughout the album, Macintosh is manic, frantic and overwhelming in his live performance. To The Point feels like

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Pete Davidson, Kate Beckinsale public smooch fuels dating rumors

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Sunday morning, surrounded by the smell of Long Island breath and Bud Light, Pete Davidson and Kate Beckinsale shared tongues during a Rangers game at MSG. Rumors have floated around that Davidson and Beckinsale were dating since the 2019 Golden Globes Netflix afterparty in January, where they got cozy and were seen leaving together. There’ve been several sightings of the pair in the last two months. Beckinsale accompanied the Saturday

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Stormy Daniels upset a lot of comedians with comedy club gig

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Stormy Daniels made waves after announcing a headlining gig at Joke Joint Comedy Showcase in Houston. Comedians nationwide took offense to Daniels, who likely has never done a comedy open mic in her life, headlining a comedy club on name recognition alone. But here’s the rub: porn stars have been headlining comedy shows for years. Bree Olson made a web series, Bree Does Comedy, about an adult film star that

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New Conan O’Brien podcast goes ‘inside Conan’…without Conan

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Conan O’Brien expanded his Team Coco content over the weekend with a new behind-the-scenes podcast. Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast debuted last Friday. The new podcast is already number five on the iTunes US comedy podcast rankings as of this writing. Inside Conan is co-hosted by two writers and producers from O’Brien’s half-hour late-night show, Conan. The podcast takes listeners “behind the pompadour” to explore “petty office dramas,” “hot

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John Mulaney’s SNL throwback photos give behind-the-scenes glimpse

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John Mulaney got sentimental leading up to his SNL return Saturday night. Last week, Mulaney started posting pictures from his old Saturday Night Live days—and it is as charming as you would think it would be. SNL ratings rise with John Mulaney as host The Big Mouth star wrote for SNL for six seasons after auditioning for the show in 2008. Mulaney hosted the show for the first time last

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Saturday Night Live recap: John Mulaney should always host SNL

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John Mulaney is great and this week he made Saturday Night Live great. After spending six seasons as a writer, Mulaney is very at home at Studio 8H. He was wonderful when he hosted SNL last April and the Big Mouth star is always a treat when he pops back in (for example, to review The Mule). Mulaney really elevates SNL whenever he comes back and, while there were some

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Late night round-up: Mo Welch, Colin Quinn

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Not a lot of stand-up on the late night shows this week. Mo Welch made a solid late night stand-up debut on Conan where she reminds everyone how weird it is to be from Normal, Illinois. Certainly worth a watch. Colin Quinn popped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week. Quinn did not do any stand-up, but he did give us a taste of his new one-man show

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