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Amy Schumer's talent and new movie, Trainwreck, has been getting a lot of buzz in regards to her GQ spread with famous droids C3-PO and R2-D2 and the autobiographical content in the hit movie. However, when promoting Trainwreck in Australia, Schumer was interviewed by Jane Hall and Matt Tilley of KIIS 101.1, a popular radio station in the outback. Schumer maintained her poise and charisma when Tilley brought up inappropriate subject matter about his deceased mother, misinterpreting Schumer's film's message and story, and insulting Schumer by assuming that the word "skanky" isn't used in America. Read More »
After winning an award at the Russell Simmons' Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Dave Chappelle spoke about comedy and art and went on to say that the enemy to all art is apathy. Read More »
Comedian Jimmy Pardo is showing off his hosting chops yet again and taking the lead as the master of ceremonies for the new Science Channel series Race to Escape. Pardo, the longtime host of the oh-so-popular podcast Never Not Funny, brings his quick-witted humor to this puzzle-based game show. The series, which kicks off Saturday, July 25 at 10 p.m., pins two teams of three against one another, with both teams being locked in two separate, but identical, rooms. Together, each team must work together to get out in under an hour. How so? They must find the clues hidden within the room. Read More »
Comedian Wyatt Cenac recently made an appearance on Marc Maron's WTF podcast and admitted that he and Daily Show host Jon Stewart had a little bit of a rocky relationship while he was at the show. When asked if he and Stewart got along during his four and a half years as a correspondent on the Comedy Central hit, Cenac responded, "Nah." Read More »
Coming off the heels of his WTF podcast episode with President Barack Obama, comedian Marc Maron is gearing up to release his first stand-up special in just about 20 years. Marc Maron: More Later will air on Epix this coming December 4. Read More »
From the director of the Austin Powers movies, HBO continues with its political satire, "The Brink." In the renewed Season 2 of "The Brink," with World War III looming over their heads, are Walter Larson (Tim Robbins) and Rafiq Massoud (Aasif Mandvi), and Alex Talbot (Jack Black) still around to save the day? Read More »
Longtime Bill Cosby fans David Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld have chosen to take their names, and comments praising the comedian, out of his 2014 biography Cosby: His Life and Times. The yank isn't too shocking considering Cosby's rape and sexual assault allegations, yet it seems the duo aren't the only ones whose names are being pulled. The book's publisher, Simon and Schuster, are pulling all the celeb blurbs from the books appearing on Amazon, according to the Associated Press. Read More »
Critics had a field day when it came to Trevor Noah being announced as the replacement to The Daily Show's Jon Stewart. When it was released to the public that the then-unknown South African comic would take the seat Stewart has sat in since 1999 – maybe not literally – it seemed backlash instantly followed. But if you ask Noah himself, it looks like he wasn't the least bit surprised. Read More »
Flex and Shanice star Flex Alexander is heading back to where it all began. The OWN series star is returning to stand-up comedy, something he began over 20 years ago while working as a hip-hop dancer – long before he met and married the love of his life, R&B singer Shanice. Read More »
Comedian Norm Macdonald appears to have some rather questionable opinions on current Late Night host Seth Meyers. The comments come after hearing the latter disagreed with the way he told Eddie Murphy's refusal to portray Bill Cosby during the famed 40th anniversary episode of Saturday Night Live. When asked what he thinks about Late Night with Seth Meyers, MacDonald admitted, "It's not something I would do." Read More »
Ever since Morgan Spurlock did the Super Size Me documentary there have been several variations where some guy eats at the same chain for more than 30 days. These days, its with Chipotle and a guy named Andrew Hawryluk. Apparently Hawryluk has eaten Chipotle at least once a day for 153 days. One man named Mark Rantal has done a similar thing but Hawryluk has him beaten by more than 50 days. Right now he is the current champion of Chipotle eating. Hawryluk, the Los Angeles-based animator, started this when he decided not to give up eating Chipotle for lent. His plan was to eat there for 40 days. When the 40 days came to an end he decided to continue. He went from "Chipotlent" to "Chipotlife." Read More »
President Barack Obama made his finale appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Tuesday night. During the in-depth interview, the two discussed an array of topics, including the recent Iran deal – which had CBS News Major Garrett rather upset – as well as veterans, the current healthcare system, and yes, Donald Trump. But first, Obama issued an executive order that states Jon Stewart cannot leave The Daily Show. Read More »
Three-time Grammy Margaret Cho previously announced her "The psyCHO Tour," hitting various cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and her hometown of San Francisco, Now Cho's the standup special, "MARGARET CHO: psyCHO" will air as a SHOWTIME event set for a September premiere date. Read More »
