It’s being reported that the Eyewitness News team has lost veteran reporter Lisa Colagrossi. The journalist recently suffered a brain hemorrhage while on assignment for the famed ABC news outlet. Read More »
John Mayer loves Instagram. And his followers love his Instagram. So it's no shock that he got a near 66,000 likes on this new, very random, very pointless photo post. The new pic shows Mayer standing amid a wall of mirrors ... or maybe it's just an elevator ... and snapping a shot that makes him look like he's standing next to multiple John Mayers. Something perhaps Katy Perry and Taylor Swift are praying never happens––fitting more than one John Mayer into this world. Read More »
After completely busting open (again) the case against Bill Cosby and those various rape allegations, it looks like Hannibal Buress has had one heck of a tough time. Of course, not nearly as rough as Cosby himself but he did receive some backlash from Cosby Show fans. During a recent stop over at Jimmy Kimmel Live! the Broad City star told Kimmel about a number of death threats he's received due to his calling out Cosby. And of course, he had to touch on the new roast of Justin Bieber. Read More »
During last year's SXSW, Jimmy Kimmel had a staff member interview concertgoers about bands that were appearing at the event, asking whether or not they were fans. The only downside was the fact that none of the bands actually existed... but that didn't stop them from saying yes. The video was a huge success, as many Lie Witness News segments have been in the past. The bit is something the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host has replicated time and time again. And this year, he's back with another edition of Lie Witness News: SXSW 2015! Read More »
Looks like Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld could very well become a hell of a lot wealthier very, very soon. Which is good because they need the money. Oh wait, no, they don't –– at all. But that doesn't mean they won't be seeing some pretty hefty residual checks when the streaming rights for their hit series Seinfeld are sold. Right now, it's being reported that Sony Pictures TV is offering the show to Hulu, Yahoo and Amazon and causing a bidding war of around $90 million. And Netflix? Well, it looks like they're "taking a pass" on the famed NBC series. Read More »
The Daily Show fans may be sad to see Jon Stewart leaving his coveted seat over at Comedy Central, but it looks like he’s not necessarily vacating the spot light. At least, we hope not. The political comedian recently spoke with Catie Lazarus over on the Employee of the Month podcast – his first interview since announcement his retirement from the famed show – and revealed some other things he’d like to do after leaving his show … like getting back into stand up comedy. Read More »
Why is this happening? We have no idea, but we're thrilled it did. Today, it looks like Michael Bolton has taken a second career outside of selling records and performing his songs to star in humorous Honda commercials, Saturday Night Live skits (okay, just one enjoyable Captain Jack Sparrow bit) and now this random video with Funny or Die. The below piece shows Bolton's "audition" for the famed cult classic Office Space, which, of course, held a character with the same name as the iconic singer. Read More »
If you’re looking to legally get high on meth, ecstasy and/or ketamine until Thursday at midnight, you may want to head on over to Ireland, because it’s being reported that the country has legalized the drugs for one day and one day only. Read More »
Looks like things on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales are getting pretty interesting. After you shake yourselves out of the state of shock at reading that they’re making yet another Pirates film, take a minute to read the report of a man who decided to make the new Johnny Depp film very interesting. It’s being reported that a man dressed as a pirate threatened a security guard on set. Read More »
Woody Allen is prepping his 2015 feature film, and boy is he hitting up the stars! Of course, being that he is Woody Allen, he doesn't have to do much searching to find an actor or actress willing to be in his films. Regardless, it's being reported that the once-upon-a-time stand up comedian has cast the likes of The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg, Bruce Willis and Robert Pattinson's ex-beau Kristen Stewart to lead his new film. Read More »
Longtime producer of the famed FOX series The Simpsons, Sam Simon, has reportedly died at the age of 59. The nine-time Emmy Award winner, who helped develop the series in its early days, left back in the early 90s upon discovering he had colon cancer. Ever since, he began donating all of his Simpsons earnings to charity. Read More »
Looks like Jon Stewart's Night of Too Many Stars keeps on bringing in the talent and churning out the funny. Whether it be from the Adam Sandler, Bob Barker Happy Gilmore bit or Judd Apatow's newest offer to direct a Vine video for a lucky charity donation winner, the comedy community seems eager to spread the word of autism awareness for the charity Autism Speaks. In this newest video, comedian Amy Schumer performs a fantastic set following the release of the trailer for her first feature film Trainwreck alongside Saturday Night Live player Bill Hader. Read More »
Looking to break into show business? Having Judd Apatow direct your Vine video might be a good start, no? The Knocked Up, 40-Year-Old Virgin and This is 40 director recently made a video with Funny or Die showing his support for the Daily Show host Jon Stewart's Comedy Central fundraiser and telethon, Night of Too Many Stars, which aims at finding a cure for autism. His pledge is to fly the lucky winner to Los Angeles, have them stay at his home (actually... probably not) and direct their Vine video. Read More »