The 68th Emmy Awards comedy nominations
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) and Lauren Graham (The Odd Couple) have done their due diligence and announced the nominations for the 68th Emmy Awards so let the debating begin. The 68th Annual Emmy Awards Show will be held on Sunday, September 18th, 2016 at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and will be broadcast […]
Stand-up documentary “Dying Laughing” features Schumer, Hart, Shandling and more
Stand-up comedy icons Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Jamie Foxx, Billy Connolly, Steve Coogan, Cedric The Entertainer, Mike Epps, Eddie Izzard, Jerry Lewis, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Keenen Ivory Wayans and the late, great Garry Shandling, among many others, appear in Dying Laughing, which bowed at this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival. The documentary […]
Mark Normand to tape his Comedy Central special November 17th in NYC
Mark Normand is going to tape his first stand-up comedy special for Comedy Central next month, and you can be in the audience to watch it happen. Normand released his debut comedy album Still Got It in 2014 with Comedy Central Records. This will be his first special with the network. He’s also bringing in […]
11 must own audiobooks from your favorite girl bosses
For those of us who can’t enjoy the solidarity of time well spent with a good book in the isolation and comfort of our favorite room, we have audiobooks to help us get through. Whether you have a long commute driving, take public transportation to work, or you are just lazy and don’t like to […]
The Cubs, comedians, and Roy Wood Jr.’s great escape
It’s real. It’s really real. The Chicago Cubs are champions of baseball. 108 years of heartache now erased. Whether you stayed up until the early hours on the east coast watching on television, or woke up this morning to hear the news that transcended the sport, one thing we know for sure is that there […]
Amy Schumer responds to the alt-right trolls trying to tank her Netflix ratings
Last week, Amy Schumer’s latest hour, The Leather Special, premiered on Netflix – and the reviews were in almost immediately. Somewhat surprisingly, The Leather Special seemed to tank, generating hundreds of one- and two-star reviews in the first few days since its debut. Schumer is a huge, if a bit controversial, comic, so things just […]
Go behind the scenes of Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn’s “Snatched” photoshoot
Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer play an unexpectedly adventurous mother and daughter in upcoming comedy Snatched, and they did a fun photoshoot for Entertainment Weekly in character as famous mom/daughter duos. Go behind the scenes of the shoot, above, and watch Schumer patiently nod while Hawn explains what comedy is. Snatched was written by Schumer, her sister, […]
Mark Normand’s new special, “Don’t Be Yourself,” finally has a premiere date
You won’t have to wait that much longer for Don’t Be Yourself, the very first hour from stand-up Mark Normand. Technically titled Amy Schumer presents Mark Normand: Don’t Be Yourself, the special finally has a release date – it’ll air on Comedy Central at midnight on May 12th. Comedy Central originally announced that it’d be […]
This week on TV: Norm MacDonald and Mark Normand both drop new stand-up specials on us
Tuesday is a big day for stand-up comedy fans as Norm Macdonald releases his first stand-up special in a long time. Norm might be one of the funniest people walking the earth and it’s been a solid 6 years since he last released a stand-up comedy special. Of course Norm has been busy since then, […]
Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes spoof “Taken” in “Snatched” movie promo
Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-star in new comedy Snatched, which is out next week – but before they can hit the premiere, they’ve got some other stuff to deal with. In this spoof of Liam Neeson’s Taken, a frantic Schumer calls Sykes, worried she’s made bad decisions after doing shots with some dentists and […]