We reported back in November that beloved Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent John Oliver would leave the Comedy Central program to host his own weekly show on HBO. The premium cable network announced that Last Week Tonight With John Oliver will debut on Sunday, April 27....
The How I Met Your Mother spinoff pilot has chosen its star-- indie actress Greta Gerwig will play the lead role of Sally on How I Met Your Dad. Sally is "vibrant, messy and unpredictable" according to recently-leaked character breakdowns. She's "a female Peter Pan who has never...
News surfaced today that Gary Sanchez Productions – that’s Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy – will establish a production division in charge of developing female-centic movies. The new arm of the wildly successful company will be lead by Jessica Elbaum, who’s...
When you think of Xbox, you likely think of Grand Theft Auto or Splinter Cell or Halo. You probably don’t think about Xbox Entertainment Studios, which was launched in 2012 for the express purpose of developing original content to be viewed on your television. Its latest...
The friendship between Jack Black and Tim Robbins goes back a long way— further back, even, than the JB and Kyle Gass partnership that blossomed into Tenacious D. One of Black’s first showbiz jobs was in 1989 when he worked on Robbins’ religious satire Carnage in...
You might have noticed last weekend that people all over the Internet were talking about a new coffee shop opening in Los Feliz, CA called Dumb Starbucks. The pop-up shop featured a logo, cups, and menu that heavily resembled those of the famous Starbucks coffee chain. The new...
Comedy central has released their roster of comedians receiving 30-minute (well, 22-minute) specials in 2014, SplitSider reports. The new season of The Half-Hour includes a talented list of comedians, many with some television heat on them. Fortune Feimster was recently cast in...
More than one million votes were cast internationally in an annual survey by AskMen.com to find out the Most Desirable Woman of 2014. We all know that "sense of humor" is the new "great ass" when it comes to sex appeal and the voting started to show it. Community's Alison Brie...
Portlandia creator and star Fred Armisen has a new gig: band leader on the new Late Night with Seth Meyers. Yes, you read right. Fellow Saturday Night Live alum Armisen will "curate and lead the band, and continue to run it even when he's off shooting Portlandia," Meyers...
