At this point in his career, Louis C.K.'s 2001 cult comedy Pootie Tang is simply a representation of the now hugely successful comedian's struggling early days in showbusiness. A year ago this month, C.K. sat down with his good friend, comedian Jim Norton on the Opie and Anthony...
Maurice Sendak, the legendary author of trailblazing children's books like Where the Wild Things Are, died today at the age of 83. The cause was complications from a recent stroke, his longtime editor, Michael di Capua, told the New York Times. Sendak will forever be remembered...
He’s reportedly banned from most British media outlets, but Dictator Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest character) successfully infiltrated a morning talk show in Australia yesterday. During the eight-minute discussion, Aladeen offers political advice to Australia’s prime...
Comedy Juice, run by LA comic Mark Serittella, is now a regular show at Gotham, every Tuesday night at 10 P.M. I heard that my buddy Artie Lange was going to come in to do a guest spot so I packed up my video equipment and ran down in hopes of catching up with him. I hadn’t...
Thanks to a story online citing unnamed insiders, rumors have been swirling about Kristen Wiig leaving Saturday Night Live after she completes this season. Well, Wiig sat down with Alec Baldwin for a chat about that -- and many other things -- for his podcast Here's The Thing...
His newest stand-up comedy special Dangerously Delicious was released on his official website with no warning at all. But since that time, Aziz Ansari has been making the rounds to help push his new project. His latest stop was on Fresh Air, NPR's famed interview and culture...
Last week when I was in Grand Rapids taking in the second annual Gilda's Laughfest, I got a chance to catch up with Marc Maron-- in a way that seemed most natural: sitting on a clinically white sofa in front of a few cameras and surrounded by lighting rigs. We covered a lot of...
Jonah Hill's new movie The Sitter doesn't hit theaters until Dec. 9, but MTV scored some clips. Directed by David Gordon Green — the guy behind Pineapple Express and Your Highness, The Sitter centers around Hill’s character who’s forced into babysitting some kids but then...
Yesterday, we printed a few short excerpts from Saturday Night Live alum Darrell Hammond's upcoming book, God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m Fucked: Misadventures In Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem (out Nov. 8). But today, we get an even deeper...
