For the past two weeks, rumors have been swirling about the fate of the Tonight Show come 2014, when host Jay Leno’s contract expires. According to The Hollywood Reporter, who cited “two high-level industry insiders,” on March 1, Fallon would become the new host in the...
Sarah Silverman will likely join the already-stellar cast of Seth MacFarlane’s newest comedy flick, A Million Ways, the Family Guy creator’s second live-action big screen project. His first, last year’s Ted, has grossed nearly $550 million worldwide. A Western, A...
Lucky comedy fans in Austin will get to peep Maron a full week before its official debut on IFC. As part of the second annual Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, Marc Maron will be on hand to screen a full episode of the show based on his life as a successful podcaster and...
Last week, the talent behind the newest premium comedy channel on YouTube -- inexplicably named JASH -- Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts and Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim descended upon South By Southwest in Austin to officially announce the coming of their newest...
AUSTIN -- Yesterday was the eighth and final day of SXSW’s comedy shows, and I can’t think of a better way to close this year’s proceedings than with a fabulous slew of performances on Doug Benson’s The Benson Interruption podcast. Sitting alongside Benson onstage...
As of this morning the official website for comedian Scott Kennedy was down due to it running out of bandwidth; in other words, too many people were trying to access the site at the same time. The reason is that the veteran comedian, who meant so much to so many, died suddenly...
AUSTIN -- Friday marked the seventh day of comedy at SXSW 2013, but don’t be fooled – we’re not taking a breather over here in Austin. Let’s do the math: weekend + final days of SXSW + St. Patrick’s Day = pure pandemonium. It’s a perfect storm of mayhem and...
GRAND RAPIDS -- After two days and eight performances, comedian Mike E. Winfield snagged himself $10,000 in the third annual Gilda's LaughFest national stand-up comedy competition. Winfield and four other finalists -- James Adomian, Jamie Lee, Brendon Walsh and Julian McCullough...
AUSTIN -- If there was any doubt that I am now immersed in SXSW Music, it was put to rest yesterday thanks to Loud Village-- an entity that encapsulates both alternative music and alternative comedy. So, in other words, the hipster dream. Loud Village offered a showcase...
