The Robin Williams Center for Actors, Broadcasters and Recording Artists to open in New York
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation are opening a new educational space and screening room in New York City this October 5th that will be named the Robin Williams Center for Actors, Broadcasters and Recording Artists in honor of the late actor-comedian. The space will offer free educational programming to artists in the fields of acting, broadcasting, and […]
IFC renews Hank Azaria’s “Brockmire” for second season ahead of much-hyped premiere
IFC’s latest offbeat comedy, Brockmire, doesn’t premiere until tonight, but the network has just announced it’ll be getting a second season. Brockmire stars Simpsons voice Hank Azaria as the titular character, an off-the-rails baseball announcer who’s sent back to the minors when he catches his wife cheating and goes on a massive, very public bender. […]
Hank Azaria goes on a major bender in IFC’s “Brockmire”
Hank Azaria is perfectly cast as an adorably dysfunctional sportscaster in new IFC comedy Brockmire. The Simpsons voice and Emmy award-winning performer is a home run (SORRY) as aging Jim Brockmire, an accomplished — if perhaps a bit vintage – baseball announcer on the downslope of a major life crisis: when he catches his wife cheating, he gets […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jimmy Fallon & Aidy Bryant Join “All In: Comedy About Love” On Broadway
Everybody is all in on Simon Rich‘s newest broadway production All In: Comedy About Love! The comedian & former SNL writer’s upcoming broadway production has announced the expansion of the show’s already star-studded & stacked rotating cast. Joining is Tony-Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, who will be taking over for John Mulaney as lead for the […]
Bridget Everett helps Hank Azaria reach rock bottom in the season finale of “Brockmire”
Hitting rock bottom has never sounded so good. Inspired by IFC’s hit comedy Brockmire, the one and only Bridget Everett recorded a new version of her song, “Rock Bottom” with a few more customized lyrics to highlight the antics of everyone’s favorite booze-soaked baseball announcer Jim Brockmire (Hank Azaria). The season finale of Brockmire […]
Watch the season 2 teaser of Hank Azaria’s “Brockmire”
IFC has announced the season 2 premiere date of their breakout comedy Brockmire a series about a former major league baseball announcer (Hank Azaria) who is trying to put his life back together after a public meltdown. Season 1 saw of the show started us 10 years after the meltdown and Jim Brockmire is announcing […]
Watch a new clip from Hari Kondabolu’s Simpsons doc, “The Problem With Apu”
Check out this clip from Hari Kondabolu’s upcoming truTV documentary, The Problem With Apu a documentary where the comedian examines the racial implications of the Apu Nahasapeemapetilon character from The Simpsons and what it means for people of Indian descent. A nuanced documentary where Kondabolu expresses his love for the show, yet at the same […]
Hari Kondabolu addresses racial stereotypes in new truTV doc, “The Trouble with Apu”
It’s 2017, and cultural appropriation is a hotbutton discussion had by many across the land. Comedian Hari Kondabolu, whose never been afraid to discuss such issues, is on a quest to break down issues with a TV character, Apu. That’s right, the animated Kwik-E-Mart owner from the long-running cartoon, The Simpsons. A show that’s been […]
“Brockmire” coming to IFC
IFC’s new series Brockmire is set to premiere on April 4th. The show is based on a Funny Or Die web series and stars Hank Azaria as a down-on-his-luck baseball sportscaster who drinks possibly a tad too much. We got a press screener of the show and with it a bobblehead that says some of […]