Netflix is closing out 2017 with the final standup special of the three-special deal it made with Dave Chappelle last year. Following The Age of Spin and Deep in the Heart of Texas earlier this year, the streaming network announced today that the third special, titled Equanimity, will debut on New Year’s Eve next month. […]
Continue ReadingTransparent guest star Trace Lysette is the latest woman to come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against a Hollywood figure, this time fellow Transparent cast member Jeffrey Tambor. In a statement released to The Hollywood Reporter, Lysette – who plays a yoga instructor in the Amazon series – details allegations that Tambor not only sexually harassed her […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from tonight’s episode of Hulu’s I Love You, America, where Sarah Silverman addresses the recent news about her longtime friend Louis C.K. “I’ve of course been asked to comment, and in full honesty, I really really really don’t want to. I wish I could sit this one out. But then I remembered […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from tonight’s episode of Hulu’s I Love You, America, where Sarah Silverman addresses the recent news about her longtime friend Louis C.K. “I’ve of course been asked to comment, and in full honesty, I really really really don’t want to. I wish I could sit this one out. But then I remembered […]
Continue ReadingMaria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite returned to Netflix with its second season last Friday, and it’s turned up the absurdity on Maria’s world even higher. Now with flashes back to 1987 Duluth and flash forwards to Maria creating a meta version of Lady Dynamite itself, audiences get a deeper look into the various personalities in Maria’s […]
Continue ReadingIn September, billboards proclaiming “Netflix Is a Joke” popped up overnight in Los Angeles and New York. While some thought it was a shot by its competitors Hulu or Seeso (RIP), it turned out to be a lame attempt at guerrilla marketing by the tech-entertainment behemoth. Since their industry disrupting blitz began in 2013, Netflix has […]
Continue ReadingThere truly is no justice in the world, because Julie Klausner’s Hulu series Difficult People will not be returning for another season. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming network has decided to cancel the Klausner and Billy Eichner-starring series not long after season 3 wrapped up its 10-episode run. The show was originally developed as […]
Continue ReadingBack in June it was announced that Judd Apatow would make his standup special debut on Netflix this year, and today the streaming network dropped the trailer. Titled Judd Apatow: The Return, the special was taped at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival in July, marks Apatow’s return to standup after 25 years away, and heads […]
Continue ReadingFrench comedian Gad Elmaleh is heading to Netflix to star in his own series. According to Deadline, the streaming network has ordered a half-hour comedy series based on Elmaleh’s life called Huge in France. The eight-episode series follows Elmaleh “at an emotional crossroads” as he leaves a successful comedy career in France “and moves to […]
Continue ReadingBrian Regan heads to Netflix later this month with the first of his two Netflix standup specials, and the streaming network just released the trailer. Titled Nunchucks and Flamethrowers, the special was taped at The Paramount Theatre in Denver and follows Regan as he “reflects on his relationship with underwear elastic, rants about city council […]
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