Leslie Jones set to host the 2017 BET Awards
Just after the finale of Saturday Night Live’s 42nd season – and less than a year after she was tapped to cover the summer Olympics — it’s been announced that stand-up / actor Leslie Jones will host this year’s BET Awards. Jones told People, who reported the story: “BET was the first place I ever […]
Leslie Jones wants to yell people’s clothes off in Deadpool sequel
Leslie Jones wants to be cast in the next Deadpool film as Ryan Reynold’s loud sidekick. She makes that clear on her appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Leslie Jones is a comedian and actress who is a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live. Jones has been a featured performer at the […]
Game Changers of Comedy: Leslie Jones
Comedy is a craft. Amateurs can make people laugh. When your Uncle Kevin says that he can be funnier than the guy on television, he is not completely wrong. However, as a professional, one has to be funny more often and in more challenging circumstances. The craft is formulating punchlines and understanding the audience. This […]
Special Tapings Radar: The Funniest Comics Taping Comedy Specials This Month (November 2024)
L to R clockwise: Iliza Shlesinger, Atsuko Okatsuka, Leslie Jones, Andrew Schulz, Chelsea Handler, & Steve Byrne. We’re a few days now into November and with a new month comes new comedy specials in the works. Among recent specials shot earlier this year & now have premiere dates include Fortune Feimster‘s upcoming Netflix special, Crushing […]
Funny On The Field: Here Are 12 Comedians with Strong Ties To Sports
Comedians have a knack for getting involved in the sports world. Some started out as athletes themselves and others got involved later in their career. The sports industry has invited comedians time and time again to be commentators. This has especially been prevalent in the Olympics due to NBC’s ratings drop. Comedian commentators have provided […]
This Week In Comedy: Sam Jay’s “Salute Me or Shoot Me” Premieres on HBO
Sam Jay: Salute Me or Shoot Me. Courtesy of HBO. This Week In Comedy: Sam Jay is back with a new comedy special. In HBO’s Salute Me or Shoot Me, Jay “takes the stage at Brooklyn Steel for a hilariously frank discussion on embracing our differences, the stresses of long-term relationships, and the power of […]
The 35 Best Comedy Specials and Albums of 2020
The relationship between comedy and 2020 can best be described as contentious. The year started off strong then very quickly forced many to adapt to a pandemic which saw the comedy world (like many) flipped upside down. While there’s an end in site, it still might not be fast enough for many as we saw […]
Leslie Jones plays out her “Game of Thrones” fantasy in this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” promos
This weekend Kit Harrington hosts Saturday Night Live for the first time. We can fully expect the episode to be chock full of plenty of references to Game of Thrones and his character, Jon Snow. But it appears Leslie Jones intercepted Harrington and used him for her own fantasy role play.
Michael Che and Damon Wayans Jr. are helping Wil Sylvince get his movie made
At the end of last year comedian Wil Sylvince rolled out a Kickstarter campaign to fund a movie he co-wrote and will star in called I Am Maurice. The story is about a Hatian immigrant who comes to this country after a 2010 earthquake to make it as a boxer. The campaign earned just over […]
Leslie Jones has a message for comedy critics and that’s to just laugh
This clip has been making the rounds of late because it’s really resonated with the comedians sharing it. Leslie Jones was the guest on The View where she was a guest to discuss her recent Emmy nomination for her work on Saturday Night Live. While there, host and fellow comedian Joy Behar asked Jones about […]