After months of refurbishing comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s deal, it looks like NBC is FINALLY ready to move forward on a multi-camera series inspired by the comic’s material. Carmichael, who appeared in the Seth Rogen-Zac Efron led film Neighbors earlier this year, will reportedly create and star in the series with Neighbors’ director Nick Stoller writing the script. Read More »
Although the Despicable Me movie franchise has a star-studded cast to draw in plenty of attention, the breakout stars of the animated feature and its sequel are definitely the Minions. In July of 2015, we'll get to see these funny little creatures in their own film, which is set up as a prequel to the original movies. With a voice cast including Jon Hamm and Sandra Bullock, the excitement around this movie is growing, and this week we were treated to the first trailer for the movie! Check it out below! Read More »
HBO’s Real Time host Bill Maher was, and is still, scheduled to present the commencement speech at Berkeley this coming December. But after some comments Maher made during his recent debate with Gone Girl star Ben Affleck back on Oct. 3, some students at the university decided to start a petition of Change.org that aims to stop Maher from speaking at the UC Berkeley graduation. And on this past Friday’s show, the comedian fired back. Read More »
Earlier this month, MStars News reported that following David Gregory’s firing from NBC’s Sunday morning political roundtable chat show Meet the Press, the network supposedly approached Daily Show lead Jon Stewart to fill the host seat before Chuck Todd. Adding to that, sources claimed the network was “ready to back the Brink’s truck up.” And now, Rolling Stone confirms that the network DID in fact do so. Read More »
Looks like former Tonight Show host Jay Leno is heading home… sort of. The Hollywood Reporter notes that the famed comedian, who was replaced by Jimmy Fallon back in February, is heading back to the NBC series this coming Friday, Nov. 7 to appear as a guest. Read More »
Following a brief break last week, Fox’s new series Mulaney was back again earlier tonight. In “Sweet Jane,” Mulaney attempts to find out why Jane (Nasim Pedrad) has not liked any of his girlfriends, while Lou Cannon (Martin Short) tries to plan a “dignified” death. Read More »
The Brooklyn Nine-Nine crew was off last week, but fear not! The FOX hit series came back tonight to deliver a hysterical hunt in “The Mole.” Aimed at finding a leak within the Nine-Nine precinct, tonight’s episode also make another stunning revelation: Gina (Chelsea Peretti) and Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglo) are STILL “casual lovers!” Read More »
While comedian Jerry Seinfeld has certainly found an interesting niche with his web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, it looks like it wasn't always that way. Mainly because many people were wondering just what the hell they were going into when agreeing to go on! Yet while we never saw those quips on the actual show, Seinfeld decided to delight his fans this Halloween with a little Single Shot featuring Larry David, Howard Stern, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and more, in order to answer the question, "What is CCC?" Read More »
It looks as if the famed French comedy Envoyes tres speciaux could be getting a reboot! Ricky Gervais and Eric Bana are rumored to star in the satirical comedy, now titled Special Correspondents, with the former sitting in the director’s chair as well, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, Gervais will also pen the script for the film. Read More »
Keeping with the Halloween 2014 morning television spoofs – like the Today Show’s earlier this morning – Live! with Kelly and Michael hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan decided to do something a little different – spoof a number of celebrities to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off.” So, which ones did they target? Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Orange is the New Black, and more! Read More »
As sad as it is, we all knew it was coming. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Stephen Colbert’s last Colbert Report episode will be Thursday, Dec. 18 before heading off to take over the Late Show with David Letterman in 2015. Read More »
In Last Laugh, MStarsNews talks to our favorite comedians or funny people about some of the last experiences they've had over the years. For this installment, we welcome in comedian Cameron Esposito! Read More »
Season 5 of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee premieres this coming Nov. 6 at 12 p.m. To celebrate the kick off, and give us all a little spoiler, the veteran funnyman released the below teaser featuring guests Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Fred Armisen, Bill Burr, Ali Wentworth and Miranda Sings. Read More »