When they came for the comedians, we would not stay silent. Mohanad Elshieky certainly wouldn’t. Elshieky, named one of Conan’s Comics to Watch in 2018 as well as one of Thrillist’s Best Undiscovered Comedians in America last year, re…
Continue ReadingThe Bodega Boys are coming to Showtime. The comedy duo—comprised of Desus Nice and The Kid Mero—closed a deal with the premium cable network for their own weekly late-night show. Episodes of the half-hour show will be coming out in February 2019. The pair left their Viceland show Desus & Mero after two seasons. Deadline reported that Viceland tried to keep the comedians for more seasons, but the two were too excited
Continue ReadingJason Mewes and Kevin Smith will get back in front of the camera as hetero-lifemates at least one more time this February for Jay and Silent Bob Get a Reboot, according to Mewes. The actor-turned-storyteller told Laughspin, “If all goes as planned, we’re supposed to start pre-production January, start shooting in February in New Orleans.” Production had been previously reported to begin this past August. Jay and Silent Bob Get
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t heard, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson split up this weekend. While the couple’s time together was short, every moment of their 5-month engagement was obsessively dissected by Grande’s legion of fans. If you aren’t a devoted follower of stan Twitter, it was hard to keep up with the rumors, the timeline, and tumultuous ups and downs of their relationship. Lucky for you, we have you covered with
Continue ReadingIf you haven’t heard, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson split up this weekend. While the couple’s time together was short, every moment of their 5-month engagement was obsessively dissected by Grande’s legion of fans. If you aren’t a devoted follower of stan Twitter, it was hard to keep up with the rumors, the timeline, and tumultuous ups and downs of their relationship. Lucky for you, we have you covered with
Continue ReadingDan Harmon has created a new community of sorts with his improv comedy series HarmonQuest— so much so that the animated live-action sitcom was greenlit for a third season. Production will begin Fall 2018 in Los Angeles with stars Harmon, Spencer Crittenden, Erin McGathy and Jeff B. Davis all set on returning. New episodes will then air on the popular streaming service VRV in 2019. “I think I speak for
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Continue ReadingSanta Monica, 1998. Lucky for me to be friends with a fellow who also happens to be America’s sharpest stand-up comedian. Andy Kindler. This photo is doubly guilty of hipster namedropping because I’m also wearing a Might Magazine t-shirt. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart, for the outpouring of well wishes […]
Continue ReadingIn just the past year, comedians as big as Bill Cosby, Louis CK and Chris Hardwick have found their careers halted or suspended due to newly surfaced or resurfaced allegations of sexual misconduct. CK admitted his guilt, Cosby denied it but was convicted of rape, while Hardwick has denied allegations by an ex-girlfriend yet gone […]
Continue ReadingOn tonight’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Bee delivered a special message following up on the backlash she’d received by calling Ivanka Trump a “feckless cunt” on last week’s episode. Bee said she’d tried to reclaim that word by saying it often, but acknowledged that some women don’t want it reclaimed. Sounds kinda like attempts […]
Continue ReadingWhat happens when a Roast Battle vet auditions for America’s Got Talent, but doesn’t tell the audience or the judges that he’s going to roast them for his audition? Watch and see what happened when Alex Hooper did just that on Tuesday night’s episode on NBC. “Oh! That was just an appetizer!” Roll the clip!
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