By Samantha Simon | May 10, 2012 at 12:10 pm | No comments
MTV announced today that Russell Brand will be hosting this year's MTV Movie Awards. The show will broadcast live on June 3 from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California at 9 p.m. ET. The comedian and actor has previously hosted MTV's Video Music Awards, which...
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By Samantha Simon | May 8, 2012 at 12:43 pm | No comments
Paul F. Tompkins' webseries, Speakeasy launched this week over on MadeMan.com. The premise is every man's dream-- or maybe it's my dream, excluding being a man. Celebrity guests hang out with Tompkins while he feeds them fancy cocktails. The premiere kicked off with Ty Burrell...
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By Samantha Simon | May 7, 2012 at 2:17 pm | No comments
Saturday Night Live had a great showing this past weekend. As it turns out, though, one sketch that was planned to run got scrapped. In the sketch, President Obama, portrayed as per usual by Fred Armisen, addresses the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, and reminds America...
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By Samantha Simon | May 7, 2012 at 11:15 am | 2 comments
It's graduation season and you know what that means! Someone somewhere is sitting through a three hour procession of watching 200 people wearing oversized gowns stand in line to shake somebody's hand. Hooray! But seriously, congratulations to all you recent grads. You make us...
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By Samantha Simon | May 4, 2012 at 11:40 am | 3 comments
If you've been googling "Daniel Tosh" in the past year (type that into Google and see what auto fill inserts for you) or even watching his show, Tosh.0, you probably won't be surprised to hear there's a gay porn parody, especially since the below trailer has been out since...
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By Samantha Simon | May 2, 2012 at 3:40 pm | One comment
Last night, Alec Baldwin visited Conan, in part, to chat about what it's like working with Tracy Morgan on 30 Rock. During he and Conan O'Brien's conversation, Baldwin relates a story of the time he walked in on Morgan (at 7 a.m.) watching vintage videos of Michael Jackson. Cue:...
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By Samantha Simon | May 2, 2012 at 1:21 pm | 2 comments
The documentary American Masters Johnny Carson: King of Late Night is set to premiere May 14 on PBS. In this preview, members of The Tonight Show -- writer Raymond Siller, musician Doc Severinsen, talent coordinator Paul Block -- and Conan O'Brien remember what it was like to...
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By Samantha Simon | April 30, 2012 at 5:02 pm | No comments
Although we don't know yet if her NBC sitcom Whitney will be returning in the Fall, comedian Whitney Cummings will have at least one weekly onscreen gig. E! just announced that her new talk show Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings will premiere later this year alongside Joel...
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By Samantha Simon | April 27, 2012 at 9:54 am | No comments
Further proof that the world of comedy is in a tremendous upswing? Television studios are injecting it into food competition shows! Check it out: Veteran stand-up comedian and actor Ralph Harris is hosting a new cooking show on TV One called My Momma Throws Down, which combines...
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