By Becca Scheuer | July 22, 2010 at 11:52 am | No comments
Ricky Gervais announced on his blog that he will be handing out an Emmy. No word yet on which category, but here’s what he had to say on the issue:
“Got asked to hand out an EMMY. Nice. I'm there anyway as I'm nominated for the animation [the Ricky Gervais Show] and The...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 21, 2010 at 3:19 pm | No comments
Rosie O’Donnell and Jim Breuer recently had an intense guessing game competition at the Sirius XM studios.
But they weren't alone. Rosie and friend Jeanne-Weenie vs. Jim Breuer and fellow comedian Pete Correale duked it out, while satellite radio host and comedian Pete...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 21, 2010 at 1:16 pm | No comments
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If you’re sad that Montreal’s Just for Laughs is over and you want another Canadian comedy festival to get excited about, look no further. Vancouver’s ComedyFest just announced...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 21, 2010 at 12:49 pm | No comments
Kyle Cease, the comedian who recently came under fire by Doug Stanhope for his stand up comedy boot camp classes, released a video featuring himself as Tony Hayward, beloved BP CEO.
In this Atom.com original video, Cease/Hayward apologizes for the oil spill, but in true BP...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 12, 2010 at 1:55 pm | No comments
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First it was Jerry Seinfeld and Lady Gaga, now it’s British comedian Alan Carr and Lily Allen. What’s up with these comedian vs. pop star beefs?
Okay, gossip time: Recently Lily...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 12, 2010 at 11:30 am | No comments
You may have seen Heather McDonald, a comedian on Chelsea Handler’s Chelsea Lately, doing impressions of the Real Housewives and the Kardashians. Like many of the show's regulars, she’s becoming more and more of a recognizable name in comedy. Now she’s written a book...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 9, 2010 at 2:15 pm | 10 comments
On Wednesday night, a record 2.4 million people tuned into Tosh.0, Daniel Tosh’s weekly roast of all things dumb on the Internet. Why is this important? Well, as Deadline.com points out, the show Tosh.0 fills Comedy Central’s 10:30 p.m. Wednesday slot right after South Park,...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 8, 2010 at 1:36 pm | No comments
Comedian Donald Glover of NBC’s Community and Derrick Comedy released his third rap album, Culdesac. Although many of you may know Glover from his sketch, stand-up comedy, or recent Twitter campaign to be chosen as the next Peter Parker for Spiderman, he’s also a hip-hop...
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By Becca Scheuer | July 8, 2010 at 12:42 pm | One comment
This summer, three comedians (and one singer) in four cities will moderate environmental debates in Lexus’s newest promotion, “The Darker Side of Green.” After the success of the initial debate that Sarah Silverman moderated, Lexus decided to continue with the...
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