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Following word that comedian Ricky Gervais and actor Eric Bana were teaming up for a comedy film title Special Correspondents, it's now being reported that the film will be picked up by the fine folks over at Netflix. The online streaming service is of course no stranger to Gervais, as they are the home for his latest series Derek, which aired its finale special back in Dec. 2014. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Special Correspondents will premiere sometime next year on Netflix. The film follows Gervais as a radio journalist who goes so far as to fake the news stories he reports. Read More »
Netflix is stepping up their game in the comedy department, readers. After releasing the uber successful Tina Fey, Robert Carlock-led Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – starring the one and only Ellie Kemper – word has it that the streaming service has hired Unviersal's VP of Comedy Andrew Weil to oversee their comedy just under Jane Wiseman. Deadline is reporting on the new Netflix hire, stating that Weil was a mere 27-years-old when he was brought aboard Uni TV. He came to the team back in 2011 and help fine-tune Fox's hit Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Before that, he was a main go-to over at BermanBraun. Read More »
Well, this was very, very (very, very) awkward. Unless, of course, you're like this Jeopardy contestant, Tom, and didn't realize that the legal age of consent in the United States is NOT 12 in girls and 14 in boys. In this below clip of a recent Jeopardy episode, host Alex Trebek is pretty (understandably) stunned when he's given the worst answer possible in the history of his game show. Trebek gave the clue, "In common law, the age of this, signaling adulthood, is presumed to be 14 in boys & 12 in girls." And while the correct answer was puberty, this guy Tom happened to think it was, well, the age of consent. Read More »
The Entourage movie is gearing up to come out this summer, folks. And while we can certainly plan for a number of A-list celebrity cameos, it appears there's one guy creator Doug Ellin really wanted but couldn't get: President Barack Obama. In the below video, Kevin Connolly – who played Eric "E" Murphy in the series and the movie – was approached by none other than TMZ. It's here that he divulges that Ellin was pulling for the Prez. Of course, being that he's a little busy, it just didn't happen. Read More »
If you checked into Saturday Night Live this past weekend with host Michael Keaton then you undoubtedly saw a randomly bizarre parody video for the Church of Neurotology. But if you caught HBO's Going Clear documentary, which details the happenings within L. Ron Hubbard's famed Church of Scientology, then you know it wasn't so random. In the parody video, the iconic sketch show mocked Scientology's oh, so cheesy jingle and accompanying video from decades ago, which was featured in the HBO doc. Read More »
What happens when you put the "Comedy Bang! Bang!" host and the "Mandatory Fun" artist in the same room together? In a laugh-out-loud email conversation, Scott Aukerman and "Weird Al" Yankovic dish on that time one of them met Prince, Pee-Wee-Herman, and superhero culture. Read More »
Ricky Gervais has a bit of a formula for amazing series that reach such a high level of acclaim and draw: he simply ends the show on a high note with a one-off special. It's honestly one of the smartest ideas in TV. At the end of this week, on April 3, 2105, his latest show, Derek will come to an end in a farewell special. In a new interview this week, Gervais teased some great details in regards to what we can expect from the last production of the critically acclaimed series, adding that the Netflix version of this finale will be longer and "more complete" than the previously aired U.K. version. Read More »
If you've watched each and every variation of Conan O'Brien over the years, including Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and finally, CONAN, then you know exactly who Brian Stack is. If not by name, then undoubtedly by face and talent. The longtime writer has been with the famed comedian for 18 years, starting way back when Late Night was getting off the ground at NBC. And now, it's being reported that Stack is leaving O'Brien and heading back to New York to work on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Stack announced his Team Coco departure earlier today on Twitter, with his TBS co-worker, and fellow CONAN writer, Andrés du Bouchet, confirming later on Twitter that he's heading to The Late Show. Read More »
Arguably one of the most recognizable faces on FOX's former series MADtv, actress Stephnie Weir now finds herself a familiar face on the new FX series The Comedians. The show, which premieres on April 9, stars Billy Crystal and Josh Gad - playing heightened versions of themselves - as a pair of famous comics who are forced together by the network to work on The Billy & Josh Show. Weir plays the role of Kristen Laybourne, the producer behind the show within the show. Weir recently talked with MStars News about the new series, what it was like working with the likes of Billy Crystal, Josh Gad, Ben Wexler and Larry Charles, and how working on a show somewhat about show business turned out to be "delightful." Read More »
There are perhaps no two more different personalities than Billy on the Street host Billy Eichner and current Late Show lead David Letterman, but somehow the duo made the former's newest episode of his web series absolutely flawless. In this new video, Eichner and the legendary comic take to the streets of New York City to see just what Letterman could do after his longtime run over at CBS ends before comedian Stephen Colbert steps into his late night program. Read More »
