Louis C.K. has secretly been working on a movie that’s set to make its world premiere next month. According to the Los Angeles Times, C.K.’s film I Love You, Daddy has been added to the lineup of next month’s Toronto International Film Festival. Not a whole lot is known about the film except that it […]
Continue ReadingPod-Canon is an ongoing tribute to the greatest individual comedy-related podcast episodes of all time. There are certain incontrovertible milestones in podcasting. These include landmarks for the medium like President Obama’s appearance on WTF, Comedy Bang Bang’s 500th episode, Harris Wittels’s final podcast appearances, and that one episode of The Nerdist where Chris Hardwick got way […]
Continue ReadingJanicza Bravo has made several short films that debuted at premier festivals such as Sundance and SXSW, and also directed an episode of the hit FX series, Atlanta. Bravo’s first feature film, Lemon, features her husband, Brett Gelman, as an actor and acting coach who turns 40 and realizes nothing in his life is where it’s supposed […]
Continue ReadingIf you can never get enough of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s masterful impersonations from The Trip series, you’re in luck, because the two bring their vast collection of expert impressions to their latest movie The Trip to Spain directed by Michael Winterbottom. In the above clip, Coogan steals the scene with his spot-on take […]
Continue ReadingIf you can never get enough of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s masterful impersonations from The Trip series, you’re in luck, because the two bring their vast collection of expert impressions to their latest movie The Trip to Spain directed by Michael Winterbottom. In the above clip, Coogan steals the scene with his spot-on take […]
Continue ReadingBill Murray, comedy legend and star of the 1993 now-classic film, Groundhog Day, attended the Broadway performance Tuesday night of Groundhog Day: The Musical. Murray sat with his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray (who played a Punxsutawney official) and Danny Rubin (who co-wrote the screenplay as well as the Broadway adaptation), and toasted the Broadway cast backstage […]
Continue ReadingFOX had a cultural hit in bringing a live version of the musical Grease to TV, and this Christmas, they hope to capture the same magic by casting Maya Rudolph in A Christmas Story, airing live on Dec. 17, 2017. Rudolph will star as 9-year-old Ralphie Parker’s mom. No word yet on who’ll play Ralphie, […]
Continue ReadingLast year, Adult Swim aired a golf special starring comedic actors Jon Daly and Adam Scott playing roles as their golf-world namesakes: John Daly and Adam Scott. Daly has been particularly interested in catching the attention of his golf alter-ego, going so far as to create JonDalyIsJohnDaly.com and creating an entire photo series of himself […]
Continue ReadingA few years back Aaron Sorkin was working on an authorized biopic of the late, great Lucille Ball. He even… MORE
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Back in 2015 it was reported that Aaron Sorkin had an authorized Lucille Ball biopic in the works with Cate Blanchett attached to star, and now the project has a home at Amazon. According to Deadline, the streaming network has acquired the biopic, titled Lucy and Desi, which will follow Ball’s 20-year marriage to Desi […]
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