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Pete Davidson, Judd Apatow announce movie loosely based on SNL star’s life

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Pete 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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Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen political comedy teases 2020 presidential election

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Charlize Theronand Seth Rogen are joining the presidential election buzz. No, the two actors are not on a split ticket. However, Theron will star alongside Rogen in a comedy about a long shot—the first female president of the United States. Long Shot, which also stars Bob Odenkirk and June Diane Raphael, premieres at SXSW this March. Lionsgate announced the new title Tuesday. Rogen will play an unemployed journalist, Fred Flarsky, who through

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Barry is “most evil bad-ass person” in HBO trailer

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Bill Hader is back for Barry Season Two! HBO released a teaser for the second season of the award-winning smash hit. While there is no release date yet, the show returns this spring. In the short trailer, Barry is still caught struggling between his dreams of being an actor and his job as a former marine-turned-hitman. While Barry asserts “What I do is not who I am,” his acting teacher

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Mindy Kaling movie snags $13 million Amazon deal at Sundance

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Mindy Kaling is getting paid! Amazon bought the U.S. rights to the Office star’s movie Late Night for a record-breaking $13 million. This total exceeds any previous U.S. distribution deal for a movie from the Sundance Film Festival. The film was written and produced by Kaling, who also co-starred with Emma Thompson. Late Night premiered on Friday at Sundance and is already being called a crowd pleaser. In the movie,

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel sweeps SAG Awards

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Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel swept Sunday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rachel Brosnahan won Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series while Tony Shalhoub won the corresponding award for a male actor. The show’s nine-person cast also received Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 25th Annual SAG Awards in Los Angeles. The three wins came as a shock considering the guild

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Saturday Night Live recap: James McAvoy, SNL recycle old bits

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James McAvoy hosted Saturday Night Live this week. McAvoy isn’t known for his comedy, but as an actor, he was fully committed to this week’s show. Films like Split, Glass, and the X-Men franchise made McAvoy a major star since his indie film days. The Wanted actor took the SNL stage with a lot of confidence. Unfortunately, the perennial sketch show cursed him with a lot of repeat sketches that

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Late night roundup: Adam Newman, Kellen Erskine (and Siri)

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It was a fairly quiet week in late night stand-up despite Conan’s return to TV. Adam Newman and Kellen Erskine did solid sets this week showcasing their talents to a national audience. Erskine can be seen on Amazon’s Inside Jokes docuseries and made his late night stand-up debut on Conan in 2018. He also performed on everyone’s favorite ‘what’s this person going to do?’ series America’s Got Talent. Newman is

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Amazon picks Jim Gaffigan as first original comedy special

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Jim Gaffigan will release his next stand-up special, Quality Time, on Amazon Prime Video later this year. Gaffigan’s seventh taped hour will be Amazon’s first foray into producing comedy specials. The Jim Gaffigan Show star will record Quality Time at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on March 9. “I am so honored to be Amazon’s first original stand-up special,” said Gaffigan. “This is going to be exciting.” Amazon’s entrance into

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Netflix in February: Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, Ray Romano stand-up special, more!

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Netflix just released its list of new shows coming for next month. The list came out in conjunction with a video hyping some of the new shows coming. The video does not show everything coming to the platform, but it does show some new original TV shows and new comedy specials. You can watch the announcement below, but Laughspin is here to break down all the comedies coming to Netflix

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Jay Leno on Conan O’Brien Tonight Show transition: I wouldn’t change a thing

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Jay Leno shared his thoughts on the disastrous Tonight Show transition in a rare appearance on Tuesday’s Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. When asked by Cohen for “one thing” he’d redo about his controversial return to late night, Leno stated, “I can’t think of anything I’d do different.” Jay Leno’s Tonight Show debacle resurfaces In case anyone forgot the decade-old drama, NBC replaced Leno with Conan O’Brien—then the

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