Roseanne Barr appears to have a new gig: foreign diplomat? Barr announced that she will travel to Israel next month to speak to the country’s parliament. “While I intend to further my own knowledge of Jewish and Israeli history, I have important work to do as a voice against the insidious and anti-Semitic BDS movement,” the comedian said in a statement. BDS stands for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement
Continue ReadingRoseanne Barr appears to have a new gig: foreign diplomat? Barr announced that she will travel to Israel next month to speak to the country’s parliament. “While I intend to further my own knowledge of Jewish and Israeli history, I have important work to do as a voice against the insidious and anti-Semitic BDS movement,” the comedian said in a statement. BDS stands for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement
Continue ReadingJordan Peele is at it again! On Christmas Day, the Key and Peele star dropped the trailer for his upcoming horror film Us. The trailer, showcasing Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong’o, Black Panther’s Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker, was received with rave reactions. Us has multiple keywords trending all day on various social media platforms. Us is about a husband and wife, played by Nyong’o and Duke, who take
Continue ReadingJordan Peele is at it again! On Christmas Day, the Key and Peele star dropped the trailer for his upcoming horror film Us. The trailer, showcasing Academy Award-winner Lupita Nyong’o, Black Panther’s Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker, was received with rave reactions. Us has multiple keywords trending all day on various social media platforms. Us is about a husband and wife, played by Nyong’o and Duke, who take
Continue ReadingThe National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York (the hometown of Lucille Ball!) is one of 20 attractions vying for the Best New Attraction honor in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. A panel of travel experts narrowed down the list of finalists. It is now up to the public to vote and decide a winner. Plenty of comedians, including Lewis Black and Jim Gaffigan, are joining the cause. And
Continue ReadingInfamous comedian ambusher Sacha Baron Cohen recently revealed that there will not be an encore season to his scathing Showtime satire Who Is America? Conservatives everywhere—from Sarah Palin to Dick Cheney—can breathe a sigh of relief. The reason for the truncated show? Cohen says people are wise to the act and he would need to create new characters; no small feat given that those characters require him to spend five
Continue ReadingDrunk History has released a trailer for its upcoming sixth season on Comedy Central. The show, which features comedians getting hammered and recounting historical events while an all-star revolving cast reenacts them, returns on January 15 with a parody of the popular Nickelodeon show Are You Afraid Of The Dark? and dealing with the story of the creation of Frankenstein. The first episode will feature Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Wood,
Continue ReadingDrunk History has released a trailer for its upcoming sixth season on Comedy Central. The show, which features comedians getting hammered and recounting historical events while an all-star revolving cast reenacts them, returns on January 15 with a parody of the popular Nickelodeon show Are You Afraid Of The Dark? and dealing with the story of the creation of Frankenstein. The first episode will feature Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Wood,
Continue ReadingComedy Central has obtained the rights to the hit sitcom Parks and Recreation and is celebrating with an all-day marathon on Martin Luther king Jr. Day. Select episodes will also be available to stream on the Comedy Central App and cc.com. The news comes on the heels of a Parks and Rec cast reunion for 2019. Parks and Rec ran for seven seasons before ending its run on NBC in
Continue ReadingSamantha Bee pulled out all the stops for her holiday special Full Frontal Presents Christmas on I.C.E., which aired Wednesday night on TBS. The special weaved together Full Frontal’s trademark political satire with silly holiday bits and jokes. The special raised funds for KIND’s Family Separation Response Team. The team seeks to reunite children that were separated from their parents during the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance Policy.” In the episode,
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