Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor, Janelle Monáe and Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney will appear at South by Southwest 2020, delivering keynote speeches and joining in conversation.
The 34th annual conference will be held in Austin, Texas, from March 13th through the 22nd.
Ahead of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 2nd, Reznor will be joined by Nine Inch Nails member Atticus Ross in conversation with Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof — discussing their collaboration on the series’ soundtrack. St. Vincent, who recently produced Sleater-Kinney’s The Center Won’t Hold,...
The 34th annual conference will be held in Austin, Texas, from March 13th through the 22nd.
Ahead of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on May 2nd, Reznor will be joined by Nine Inch Nails member Atticus Ross in conversation with Watchmen creator Damon Lindelof — discussing their collaboration on the series’ soundtrack. St. Vincent, who recently produced Sleater-Kinney’s The Center Won’t Hold,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s TV news roundup, Humanitas has released the finalists for the 45th Annual Humanitas Prize, and YouTube announced a new beauty competition series hosted by James Charles.
Castings
Jason Kennedy has been named as the host of E!’s new series “In The Room.“ The “E! News” host will bring viewers inside celebrity homes for in-depth interviews and conversation around their latest projects, products, passions and more. Several primetime specials of the series will be aired before its full launch. Four-time Super Bowl Mvp Tom Brady will be featured in the first episode premiering, Dec. 4. Watch a preview clip below:
Dates
“The Degenerates” will return with Season 2 Dec. 31, Netflix announced. The comedy stand-up series will feature six new and unfiltered sets from Adrienne Iapalucci, Donnell Rawlings, Jim Norton, Nikki Glaser, Ms. Pat and Robert Kelly. Watch a first look below:
Developments
YouTube Originals and James Charles have teamed...
Castings
Jason Kennedy has been named as the host of E!’s new series “In The Room.“ The “E! News” host will bring viewers inside celebrity homes for in-depth interviews and conversation around their latest projects, products, passions and more. Several primetime specials of the series will be aired before its full launch. Four-time Super Bowl Mvp Tom Brady will be featured in the first episode premiering, Dec. 4. Watch a preview clip below:
Dates
“The Degenerates” will return with Season 2 Dec. 31, Netflix announced. The comedy stand-up series will feature six new and unfiltered sets from Adrienne Iapalucci, Donnell Rawlings, Jim Norton, Nikki Glaser, Ms. Pat and Robert Kelly. Watch a first look below:
Developments
YouTube Originals and James Charles have teamed...
- 11/16/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Sokol Nov 29, 2019
Hey, you missed a spot. Martin Scorsese's The Irishman paints over some interrelated mob hits.
This article contains small The Irishman spoilers.
You have to have some knowledge of mob history to appreciate segments of The Irishman. Director Martin Scorsese is telling a very long history, based on an exhaustive book, I Heard You Paint Houses by author Charles Brandt. The biography details Frank Sheeran, played by Robert De Niro in the film, confessing to killing about 30 people. So Scorsese can be pardoned for skimming past key points, especially where Sheeran isn’t even part of a contract.
For example, Scorsese shows us a shooting in Columbus Circle. The film notes how significant the event is, but doesn’t present a full background, making it look like Joseph Colombo was killed by the African American shooter. He wasn’t. This is a necessary cut; the movie...
Hey, you missed a spot. Martin Scorsese's The Irishman paints over some interrelated mob hits.
This article contains small The Irishman spoilers.
You have to have some knowledge of mob history to appreciate segments of The Irishman. Director Martin Scorsese is telling a very long history, based on an exhaustive book, I Heard You Paint Houses by author Charles Brandt. The biography details Frank Sheeran, played by Robert De Niro in the film, confessing to killing about 30 people. So Scorsese can be pardoned for skimming past key points, especially where Sheeran isn’t even part of a contract.
For example, Scorsese shows us a shooting in Columbus Circle. The film notes how significant the event is, but doesn’t present a full background, making it look like Joseph Colombo was killed by the African American shooter. He wasn’t. This is a necessary cut; the movie...
- 11/14/2019
- Den of Geek
Network: HBO
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: February 19, 2017 — March 10, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Pete Holmes, Lauren Lapkus, and George Basil, Dave Attell, Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, T.J. Miller, Jim Norton, Rachael Ray, and Sarah Silverman.
TV show description:
This half-hour comedy series follows Pete (Pete Holmes), a sheltered suburbanite who married his childhood sweetheart and dreams of being a successful stand-up comic. When Pete discovers his wife Jessica (Lauren Lapkus) is cheating on him, his world devolves into chaos.
Armed with little more than naivete, Pete plunges into the deep end of the tough, competitive New York comedy scene.
Read More…...
Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)
Seasons: Ongoing
TV show dates: February 19, 2017 — March 10, 2019.
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Pete Holmes, Lauren Lapkus, and George Basil, Dave Attell, Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, T.J. Miller, Jim Norton, Rachael Ray, and Sarah Silverman.
TV show description:
This half-hour comedy series follows Pete (Pete Holmes), a sheltered suburbanite who married his childhood sweetheart and dreams of being a successful stand-up comic. When Pete discovers his wife Jessica (Lauren Lapkus) is cheating on him, his world devolves into chaos.
Armed with little more than naivete, Pete plunges into the deep end of the tough, competitive New York comedy scene.
Read More…...
- 3/9/2019
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in August, including the third season of “The Man In The High Castle” and the first of Emmy winner Matthew Weiner‘s anthology “The Romanoffs.”
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first appearances on Amazon Prime Video including those featuring Oscar-winning turns by Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull”) and Halle Berry (“Monster’s Ball”).
Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not disclose the shows and movies leaving the service in any given month. We’ve done some digging and unearthed a few titles that will be exiting Amazon Prime Video in the first week of October. News of these is detailed at the bottom of this post.
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in October
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Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first appearances on Amazon Prime Video including those featuring Oscar-winning turns by Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull”) and Halle Berry (“Monster’s Ball”).
Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not disclose the shows and movies leaving the service in any given month. We’ve done some digging and unearthed a few titles that will be exiting Amazon Prime Video in the first week of October. News of these is detailed at the bottom of this post.
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in October
Available October 1
88
4: Apocalypse
5up 2down (Getting High)
A Boy...
- 10/1/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Mary Poppins Returns Teaser Trailer Rob Marshall‘s Mary Poppins Returns (2018) movie teaser trailer stars Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Dick Van Dyke, Emily Mortimer, Angela Lansbury, Ben Whishaw, Julie Walters, David Warner, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy Swift, Jim Norton, Pixie Davies, Bernardo Santos, and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Mary Poppins Returns plot summary from Imdb: In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, [...]
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- 3/6/2018
- by Reggie Peralta
- Film-Book
Vulture WatchWhy don't you just crash here, for a while? Has the Crashing TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on HBO? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Crashing season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Airing on the HBO premium channel, Crashing stars Pete Holmes, Lauren Lapkus, and George Basil. In season one, Dave Attell, Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, T.J. Miller, Jim Norton, Rachael Ray, and Sarah Silverman guest star as themselves. The half-hour comedy series follows Pete (Holmes), a sheltered suburbanite who married his childhood sweetheart and dreams of being a successful stand-up comic. When Pete discovers his wife Jessica (Lapkus) is cheating on him, his world unravels. After reevaluating...
- 12/14/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Leading virtual reality studio Felix & Paul and the Just For Laughs comedy festival have partnered with Google to create a brand new Vr comedy series that will live on YouTube and Google’s Daydream mobile Vr platform.
Titled The Confessional, the seven-episode series -- premiering today -- will feature comedians Lilly Singh, Trevor Noah, Judd Apatow, Howie Mandel, Jim Norton, Moshe Kasher, Natasha Leggero, Grace Helbig, and Mamrie Hart. Filmed during the 2017 Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal over the summer, each episode of the 3D, 360-degree series will feature comedians in an intimate confessional booth, sharing awkward stories with viewers. Tales will run the gamut from first dates gone awry to a nightmare car ride in Las Vegas.
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Titled The Confessional, the seven-episode series -- premiering today -- will feature comedians Lilly Singh, Trevor Noah, Judd Apatow, Howie Mandel, Jim Norton, Moshe Kasher, Natasha Leggero, Grace Helbig, and Mamrie Hart. Filmed during the 2017 Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal over the summer, each episode of the 3D, 360-degree series will feature comedians in an intimate confessional booth, sharing awkward stories with viewers. Tales will run the gamut from first dates gone awry to a nightmare car ride in Las Vegas.
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- 10/17/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Vulture WatchWhy don't you just crash here, for a while? Has the Crashing TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on HBO? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Crashing season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you? What's This TV Show About?Airing on the HBO premium channel, Crashing stars Pete Holmes, Lauren Lapkus, and George Basil. In season one, Dave Attell, Hannibal Burress, Artie Lange, T.J. Miller, Jim Norton, Rachael Ray, and Sarah Silverman guest star as themselves. The half-hour comedy series follows Pete (Holmes), a sheltered suburbanite who married his childhood sweetheart and dreams of being a successful stand-up comic. When Pete discovers his wife Jessica (Lapkus) is cheating on him, his world unravels. After reevaluating...
- 8/29/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
[[tmz:video id="0_a0xf86km"]] Jim Norton's coming to Bill Maher's defense of the n-word, saying intentions make a difference -- plus, the rules on who can use the word seem kinda arbitrary. The comedian told us Maher's "house n*****" joke was definitely offensive, but he thinks the rabid backlash ignored the context. Norton points out there are lots of entertainers and artists -- even white ones -- who use the word in their work ... so, why the double standard with Bill?...
- 6/9/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Stars: Booboo Stewart, Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard Riehle, Jim Norton, Michael Grant, Eric Allan Kramer | Written by Rob A. Fox, Jayme Petrille | Directed by Jacob Cooney
If you have ever taken the time to listen to our podcast you will have figured out that I am a big fan of Kevin Smith, John Hughes, Cameron Crowe-style, dialogue heavy story driven movies. Throw one of those coming of age end of summer type movies and I’ll eat them up like a bowl of Shreddies (other cereals are available I just happen to be eating a bowl as I write this).
Pitching Tents is exactly this type of movie. Its 1984 its the end of the school year and Danny (Micheal Grant) has very little clue what he is going to do with his life past high school. Before he has to really worry about any of that he is having one...
If you have ever taken the time to listen to our podcast you will have figured out that I am a big fan of Kevin Smith, John Hughes, Cameron Crowe-style, dialogue heavy story driven movies. Throw one of those coming of age end of summer type movies and I’ll eat them up like a bowl of Shreddies (other cereals are available I just happen to be eating a bowl as I write this).
Pitching Tents is exactly this type of movie. Its 1984 its the end of the school year and Danny (Micheal Grant) has very little clue what he is going to do with his life past high school. Before he has to really worry about any of that he is having one...
- 5/25/2017
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
On the first episode of “Start Talkin’ With Scott Rogowsky,” a pop up talk show that surprises its guests with cameras and a live studio audience, stand-up comedian Scott Rogowsky bravely tries to set up a threesome for a cute and quirky gay couple. Introducing odd-couple Keith and Francois, Rogowsky says, “You guys have a great look together, it’s like Amish Jonah Hill and U-same-sex Bolt over here.”
It feels slightly over-written, but Rogowsky sells the joke and manages to put his guests at ease. It’s a testament to the up-and-coming comedian that he took the risk to open with such an unexpected premise.
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Each episode, Rogowsky will ambush unsuspecting guests with surprise talk show appearances as they search for jobs, apartments, and event threesomes. The eight-episode series features a celebrity looking for a personal assistant,...
It feels slightly over-written, but Rogowsky sells the joke and manages to put his guests at ease. It’s a testament to the up-and-coming comedian that he took the risk to open with such an unexpected premise.
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Each episode, Rogowsky will ambush unsuspecting guests with surprise talk show appearances as they search for jobs, apartments, and event threesomes. The eight-episode series features a celebrity looking for a personal assistant,...
- 4/11/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Don Rickles' fans, friends and peers have been expressing their condolences after hearing news of the comedian's death.
Et confirmed that Rickles died on Thursday morning in his Los Angeles home from kidney failure. He was 90.
Photos: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years
Rickles' impact on the comedy and entertainment industry was certainly felt as celebrities have been posting tributes to the late comedian since learning of his death. Here's a look at what the stars are sharing in remembrance of Rickles:
Bob and Ginnie Newhart: "He was called 'The Merchant of Venom,' but in truth, he was one of the kindest, caring and most sensitive human beings we have ever known. We are devastated and our world will never be the same. We were totally unprepared for this."
Jim Carrey: "Don once begged me for a couple of bucks then told me to twist myself into a pretzel. Ego slayer...
Et confirmed that Rickles died on Thursday morning in his Los Angeles home from kidney failure. He was 90.
Photos: Stars We've Lost In Recent Years
Rickles' impact on the comedy and entertainment industry was certainly felt as celebrities have been posting tributes to the late comedian since learning of his death. Here's a look at what the stars are sharing in remembrance of Rickles:
Bob and Ginnie Newhart: "He was called 'The Merchant of Venom,' but in truth, he was one of the kindest, caring and most sensitive human beings we have ever known. We are devastated and our world will never be the same. We were totally unprepared for this."
Jim Carrey: "Don once begged me for a couple of bucks then told me to twist myself into a pretzel. Ego slayer...
- 4/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Two-Time Academy Award Winner Robert De Niro Leads an All-Star Cast, Including Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco, Charles Grodin, Cloris Leachman, Patti LuPone and Harvey Keitel in The Comedian
Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro (Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather: Part II, 1974; Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980) stars as an aging insult comic trying to reinvent himself for acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (Ray) in the comedy-drama The Comedian. De Niro’s eight-years-in-the-making passion project also stars Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Danny DeVito (“Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Edie Falco (“The Sopranos”), Charles Grodin (Dave), Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (Best Supporting Actress, The Last Picture Show, 1971), Patti LuPone (“Penny Dreadful”), and Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel (Best Supporting Actor, Bugsy, 1991), with a cast that includes Lucy DeVito (Leaves of Grass) and Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally…). In addition, the film features a veritable who’s who of stand-up comedians,...
Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro (Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather: Part II, 1974; Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980) stars as an aging insult comic trying to reinvent himself for acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (Ray) in the comedy-drama The Comedian. De Niro’s eight-years-in-the-making passion project also stars Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Danny DeVito (“Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Edie Falco (“The Sopranos”), Charles Grodin (Dave), Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (Best Supporting Actress, The Last Picture Show, 1971), Patti LuPone (“Penny Dreadful”), and Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel (Best Supporting Actor, Bugsy, 1991), with a cast that includes Lucy DeVito (Leaves of Grass) and Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally…). In addition, the film features a veritable who’s who of stand-up comedians,...
- 3/23/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
An Officer and a Gentleman, The Devil’s Advocate and Ray are just three of the movies in director Taylor Hackford’s illustrious career, although his one Oscar was for a short film he made much earlier in his career.
For Hackford’s latest movie, The Comedian, he directs Robert De Niro as Jackie Burke, a veteran comedian and star of a popular old TV sitcom, who is trying to find a new lease on life, which actually ends up with him being thrown in jail for assaulting a heckler. While doing community service, he meets Leslie Mann’s Harmony and he shares with her his love for stand-up, although her father (Harvey Keitel) doesn’t approve of the relationship.
If you ever wondered whether De Niro can do stand-up comedy, you get a lot of opportunities to see him performing mostly insult comedy ala Jeffrey Ross (who was involved...
For Hackford’s latest movie, The Comedian, he directs Robert De Niro as Jackie Burke, a veteran comedian and star of a popular old TV sitcom, who is trying to find a new lease on life, which actually ends up with him being thrown in jail for assaulting a heckler. While doing community service, he meets Leslie Mann’s Harmony and he shares with her his love for stand-up, although her father (Harvey Keitel) doesn’t approve of the relationship.
If you ever wondered whether De Niro can do stand-up comedy, you get a lot of opportunities to see him performing mostly insult comedy ala Jeffrey Ross (who was involved...
- 2/3/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Nearly 35 years ago DeNiro truly stunned film fans (yes, he could do that back then) when they learned of his next big screen collaboration with Martin Scorsese. It was crazy enough that the duo would follow the brutal one-two punch of Mean Streets and Taxi Driver with a glossy homage to big splashy MGM-style movie musicals, New York, New York, but this? They seemed to be back in their comfort zone with the classic Raging Bull, when they made another big detour. A look at comedy, namely a portrait of a failed stand-up comic (he’d be dubbed a “hack” today) named Rupert Pupkin. 1982’s The King Of Comedy even co-starred the iconic Jerry Lewis, who often claimed that royal title. The film was then considered a box office flop, but the years have been most kind to it (in stand-up parlance, maybe it was “too hip for the room”). Now,...
- 2/3/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nightcap will be back. Deadline reports Pop has renewed the series for a second season before its season one debut.From Ali Wentworth, Nightcap offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the fictional late night talk show The Nightcap with Jimmy. The series stars Wentworth and others in the minutes leading up to the talk show’s live premiere. Season features guest stars like Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Andy Cohen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jim Norton and Nate Berkus.Read More…...
- 10/28/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Garry Shandling is being mourned by his close friends after the star of The Larry Sanders Show died Thursday at 66.
Kathy Griffin, who spent time with Shandling and Better Call Saul's Bob Odenkirk on Sunday, shared a photo of the three comedians together.
"Sunday, my longtime friend Garry Shandling was here, making every1 laugh. I loved him. I'll miss our talks the most," Griffin wrote on Twitter. Odenkirk added: "I can't believe this. Very sad to say goodbye so abruptly."
In a statement to People, Griffin shared more about the late comedian.
"I'm crushed. That man, made me laugh.
Kathy Griffin, who spent time with Shandling and Better Call Saul's Bob Odenkirk on Sunday, shared a photo of the three comedians together.
"Sunday, my longtime friend Garry Shandling was here, making every1 laugh. I loved him. I'll miss our talks the most," Griffin wrote on Twitter. Odenkirk added: "I can't believe this. Very sad to say goodbye so abruptly."
In a statement to People, Griffin shared more about the late comedian.
"I'm crushed. That man, made me laugh.
- 3/24/2016
- by Aaron Couch
- People.com - TV Watch
Amy Schumer is sticking up for herself.
The Trainwreck star denied allegations of joke theft after a video was released comparing her material to other comedians' gags.
Schumer, 34, vehemently refuted the claims on Twitter Wednesday, and also defended herself during an appearance on the Jim Norton Advice Show on Sirius Xm's Opie Radio.
"On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke," the star tweeted. The video alleged that Schumer stole jokes from Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, Tammy Pescatelli, and the late Patrice O'Neal.
On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke.
— Amy Schumer...
The Trainwreck star denied allegations of joke theft after a video was released comparing her material to other comedians' gags.
Schumer, 34, vehemently refuted the claims on Twitter Wednesday, and also defended herself during an appearance on the Jim Norton Advice Show on Sirius Xm's Opie Radio.
"On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke," the star tweeted. The video alleged that Schumer stole jokes from Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, Tammy Pescatelli, and the late Patrice O'Neal.
On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke.
— Amy Schumer...
- 1/21/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- People.com - TV Watch
Amy Schumer is sticking up for herself. The Trainwreck star denied allegations of joke theft after a video was released comparing her material to other comedians' gags. Schumer, 34, vehemently refuted the claims on Twitter Wednesday, and also defended herself during an appearance on the Jim Norton Advice Show on Sirius Xm's Opie Radio. "On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke," the star tweeted. The video alleged that Schumer stole jokes from Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, Tammy Pescatelli, and the late Patrice O'Neal. On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke.— Amy Schumer...
- 1/21/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Amy Schumer is sticking up for herself. The Trainwreck star denied allegations of joke theft after a video was released comparing her material to other comedians' gags. Schumer, 34, vehemently refuted the claims on Twitter Wednesday, and also defended herself during an appearance on the Jim Norton Advice Show on Sirius Xm's Opie Radio. "On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke," the star tweeted. The video alleged that Schumer stole jokes from Kathleen Madigan, Wendy Liebman, Tammy Pescatelli, and the late Patrice O'Neal. On my life, I have never and would never steal a joke.— Amy Schumer...
- 1/21/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Amy Schumer wants to prove that she doesn’t steal other comedians’ jokes, and she’s going to take a polygraph test to prove it. During an appearance on “The Jim Norton Advice Show” on Wednesday, the comic — who was recently accused of appropriating others’ material — said she plans to sit down for the lie detector and air the unedited results on the next season of her Comedy Central sketch show, “Inside Amy Schumer.” “I’m literally going to take a polygraph test and put it on my show this season,” Schumer told Norton. “And I promise whatever the results...
- 1/21/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Amy Schumer is setting the record straight. "I'm being accused of stealing jokes and I wanted to come and talk to you about it and clear my name," she told fellow comedian Jim Norton on his SiriusXM advice show Wednesday. This week, three comedians — Wendy Liebman, Kathleen Madigan and Tammy Pescatelli — took to Twitter to discuss alleged similarities between their jokes and ones that Schumer has used in her Comedy Central series, Inside Amy Schumer, and movie, Trainwreck. The thread was quickly deleted off social media, but the conversation had drawn enough heat that Schumer wanted to
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- 1/21/2016
- by Seth Abramovitch, Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lucky Louie, Season 1, Episode 12: “Kim Moves Out”
Written by Louie C.K.
Directed by Andrew D. Weyman
Aired on August 27th, 2006 on HBO
“Kim Moves Out” is the final episode of Lucky Louie aired by HBO during the show’s initial run (there’s an unaired episode released with the DVD set which I’ll review next week), and it was a fitting way for the sitcom to go out. Lucky Louie had a remarkably inconsistent first and only season, and “Kim Moves Out” comes across as the perfect ending due to the light it sheds on both what made the show so good and what made it so bad. As harsh as I’ve been on Lucky Louie, it’s hard not to see any potential in its concept, and this episode features some perfect examples of the style realized at its finest. On the other hand, Lucky Louie...
Written by Louie C.K.
Directed by Andrew D. Weyman
Aired on August 27th, 2006 on HBO
“Kim Moves Out” is the final episode of Lucky Louie aired by HBO during the show’s initial run (there’s an unaired episode released with the DVD set which I’ll review next week), and it was a fitting way for the sitcom to go out. Lucky Louie had a remarkably inconsistent first and only season, and “Kim Moves Out” comes across as the perfect ending due to the light it sheds on both what made the show so good and what made it so bad. As harsh as I’ve been on Lucky Louie, it’s hard not to see any potential in its concept, and this episode features some perfect examples of the style realized at its finest. On the other hand, Lucky Louie...
- 9/2/2015
- by Max Bledstein
- SoundOnSight
Principal photography has begun on Los Angeles-based Meritage Pictures’ 80s-themed comedy.
Michael Grant, Booboo Stewart, Jim Norton, Eric Allan Kramer, Jonathan Lipnicki, Marco James, Samantha Basalari, Spencer Daniels and Vincent Pastore star.
Jacob Cooney directs Pitching Tents based on a script by Jayme Petrille and Rob A Fox about a high school senior from a blue collar town facing tough choices about his future who makes the fateful decision to attend an annual teen bacchanal.
Jane Kelly Kosek and Petrille produce.
Michael Grant, Booboo Stewart, Jim Norton, Eric Allan Kramer, Jonathan Lipnicki, Marco James, Samantha Basalari, Spencer Daniels and Vincent Pastore star.
Jacob Cooney directs Pitching Tents based on a script by Jayme Petrille and Rob A Fox about a high school senior from a blue collar town facing tough choices about his future who makes the fateful decision to attend an annual teen bacchanal.
Jane Kelly Kosek and Petrille produce.
- 8/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
IFC has ordered three new comedy pilot presentations featuring Dan Harmon, Jim Norton and Sara Schaefer. Harmon will host “Great Minds,” a panel show that features a revolving cast of comedians in character as history’s “greatest minds.” The show is created by Richard Korson (“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”), produced by Matador and executive produced by Korson, Harmon, Jay Peterson and Kara Welker. Norton will host an untitled half-hour, late-night talk show on which he will discuss the day’s news with various guests. Matador produces the series with Norton, Jonathan Brandstein and Suzanne Fagel (“Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell”) executive producing.
- 8/5/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
IFC is expanding outside the scripted arena and into the world of panel and late-night talk, ordering pilot presentations of three new comedy series with Community creator Dan Harmon, Jim Norton (Inside Amy Schumer, Louie) and Sara Schaefer (Nikki & Sara Live, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon) attached to headline. Harmon will host Great Minds, a comedic panel show that tackles trending topics with a twist: each episode features a revolving cast of comedians in character as…...
- 8/5/2015
- Deadline TV
Three seasons of Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer have shown us that Amy Schumer is no one-hit-wonder. With her hilarious sketches and irrepressibly edgy style of humor, she’s cemented her grip on the small screen – and now, this summer, she’ll bring her shtick to theaters with the hilarious-looking Trainwreck.
A new trailer for the Judd Apatow-directed comedy has hit the web today and it’s as gut-bustingly funny as you’d expect. Schumer is a rare comedian in that she’s demonstrably fearless in her tackling of modern romance, sexuality, body image, societal double standards and systematically imposed misogyny. Unafraid to take on big targets (and simultaneously skewer herself), she has proven herself to be one of the most unrepentantly honest voices in comedy today. From the looks of Trainwreck, for which Schumer also wrote the script, it doesn’t appear that a shred of that...
A new trailer for the Judd Apatow-directed comedy has hit the web today and it’s as gut-bustingly funny as you’d expect. Schumer is a rare comedian in that she’s demonstrably fearless in her tackling of modern romance, sexuality, body image, societal double standards and systematically imposed misogyny. Unafraid to take on big targets (and simultaneously skewer herself), she has proven herself to be one of the most unrepentantly honest voices in comedy today. From the looks of Trainwreck, for which Schumer also wrote the script, it doesn’t appear that a shred of that...
- 6/23/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Though Amy Schumer has a proven track record of landing punchlines these days, that wasn't always the case – even the Inside Amy Schumer star has failed spectacularly in the past.
The comedian shared her most mortifying moment as a comic with fellow funny ladies Lena Dunham, Tracee Ellis Ross, Gina Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper and SNL's Kate McKinnon during The Hollywood Reporter's Women in TV Roundtable.
"I was opening for Dave Attell at an improv in Washington, D.C., and was walking past the White House," recalled Schumer, 33. "This woman came up to me; she had kind eyes. I'm like,...
The comedian shared her most mortifying moment as a comic with fellow funny ladies Lena Dunham, Tracee Ellis Ross, Gina Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper and SNL's Kate McKinnon during The Hollywood Reporter's Women in TV Roundtable.
"I was opening for Dave Attell at an improv in Washington, D.C., and was walking past the White House," recalled Schumer, 33. "This woman came up to me; she had kind eyes. I'm like,...
- 5/27/2015
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- People.com - TV Watch
“When someone's off balance, that's the best time to hit someone,” Jim Gaffigan says in Kevin Pollak's breezy, chatty Misery Loves Comedy, a documentary that asks many comics big questions about the dispositions of comics — but doesn't often enough put anyone off balance, the audience included. The film is dedicated to the late Robin Williams, and in it Pollak invites comedians to chin-stroke on the truism, somewhat commonly held, that people who are funny professionally tend to be more miserable than the rest of us.
Amy Schumer asks, “Why do I want to make people laugh, but then I want to disappear, also?” And Jim Norton offers an inspired gloss on the old comedy-as-defense-mechanism saw: In school, hilarious insults proved one thing...
Amy Schumer asks, “Why do I want to make people laugh, but then I want to disappear, also?” And Jim Norton offers an inspired gloss on the old comedy-as-defense-mechanism saw: In school, hilarious insults proved one thing...
- 4/22/2015
- Village Voice
On the heels of Louis C.K.'s recent tweet-centric Sarah Palin apology, the comedian shed some light on why he's since left the microblogging platform. Visiting the Opie & Jim Norton Show, C.K. said that tweeting didn't make him feel good, and he didn't like the amount of people who had access to his self-described subpar material. C.K. also talked about his pot use and how it almost led to a very weird, very not-funny season five of Louie. All this to say, it doesn't seem like C.K.'s going to return to Twitter or frequent pot use anytime soon. Cue bagpipes.Here's what he told Opie. About Twitter: It didn't make me feel good, it made me feel bad instead, so I stopped doing it. I just thought, This thing doesn't make me feel good. Every time I say anything on here, I wish I hadn't said it.
- 4/17/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Kevin Pollak's documentary "Misery Loves Comedy" has a cute pun of a title that also draws attention to the film's primary flaw. Had Pollak just called his first directing foray "My Friends Talk About Comedy" or "White Comedians Love Misery," I probably could have just felt that this was one person polling a bunch of chums on a subject of mutual interest and accepted its limitations. But "Misery Loves Comedy" spends its entire runtime on a series of talking-head interviews with various comedians and on grand pronouncement after another, different variably famous stand-ups keep saying what "comedians" are like and what "comedy" is about. And given the composition of Pollak's panel of experts, I'm afraid that's ludicrous. With dozens of comics participating, the total number of African-American comics featured in the entire documentary? One. Whoopi Goldberg is brought in to summarize one Richard Pryor routine. She does that and nothing more.
- 1/31/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
It was American humorist Erma Bombeck who is credited is saying that “there is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.” In the documentary program of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, this is a topic oft explored. From the quite literal exploration in Kevin Pollak’s Misery Loves Comedy to the less overt themes in Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, there were many instances of both pain and laughter, especially in the creation of great comedy. It is through these docs that Sundance explored the minds and eccentricities behind what makes us laugh. Let’s explore. Misery Loves Comedy In what began as a Kickstarter project for Kevin Pollak, the actor, comedian, filmmaker, podcaster and everyman of entertainment struggles to keep himself unheard as he interviews many of his most revered contemporaries about their lives in comedy. Though we don’t mind, as...
- 1/30/2015
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This preview will be continually updating between now and the big weekend. Last updated Thursday, January 29, 2015.
The last time Hollywood invaded Arizona was for the Super Bowl in January 2008.
Mansions were captured, luxury car companies shuttled stars across the desert, and the Maxim party (featuring the late DJ Am) then at a mega resort north of Scottsdale looked like four or five of Brent Bolthouse and Jen Rosero’s best nightclub events cobbled together in an indoor/outdoor party pangea.
Howard Stringer, Kate Hudson, and Ben SIlverman at an Audi Party in Scottsdale in 2008. (Wireimage)
Only a 45 minute southwest flight,...
The last time Hollywood invaded Arizona was for the Super Bowl in January 2008.
Mansions were captured, luxury car companies shuttled stars across the desert, and the Maxim party (featuring the late DJ Am) then at a mega resort north of Scottsdale looked like four or five of Brent Bolthouse and Jen Rosero’s best nightclub events cobbled together in an indoor/outdoor party pangea.
Howard Stringer, Kate Hudson, and Ben SIlverman at an Audi Party in Scottsdale in 2008. (Wireimage)
Only a 45 minute southwest flight,...
- 12/14/2014
- by Mikey Glazer
- The Wrap
Lindy West, a writer for Gawker's feminist blog Jezebel, has secured a job writing for men's lifestyle publication GQ. West will begin covering culture online and in its monthly magazine on Sept. 22, editor-in-chief Jim Nelson announced on Wednesday. Also read: Jezebel Calls Out Parent Company Gawker Media for Refusing to Handle a ‘Rape Gif Problem’ West already contributed to GQ in previous years, as well as outlets including the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, Slate, MSNBC, the New York Daily News, Cracked, and Vulture. She's even made TV appearances, notably sparring with comedian Jim Norton over rape jokes on Comedy Central's “Totally Biased.
- 9/17/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
If you haven't been watching "The Approval Matrix," allow us to suggest you do so immediately. Neal Brennan (co-creator of "Chappelle's Show") hosts the SundanceTV talk show and is joined each week by a rotating panel of celebs, writers, and fellow comedians to discuss all things pop culture, from highbrow to lowbrow and the brilliant to the despicable.
Topics range from a debate over if Beyonce is cooler than Jay Z to an in-depth discussion about binge-watching TV shows. And so far, Neal has welcomed funny guests like Amy Poehler, Judah Friedlander, and Jim Norton, just to name a few.
The season concludes this Monday, but you can find out where to watch on Moviefone's "The Approval Matrix" page and catch up on the latest full episodes Right Here.
The finale of "The Approval Matrix" airs Monday, September 15 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt on SundanceTV.
Photo courtesy of Jc Dhien...
Topics range from a debate over if Beyonce is cooler than Jay Z to an in-depth discussion about binge-watching TV shows. And so far, Neal has welcomed funny guests like Amy Poehler, Judah Friedlander, and Jim Norton, just to name a few.
The season concludes this Monday, but you can find out where to watch on Moviefone's "The Approval Matrix" page and catch up on the latest full episodes Right Here.
The finale of "The Approval Matrix" airs Monday, September 15 at 11 p.m. Et/Pt on SundanceTV.
Photo courtesy of Jc Dhien...
- 9/12/2014
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
How our relationship with movies evolves is intricately bound to our own changing perspectives, and to the medium's ever shifting context, forming a perpetually shifting dynamic. This new column borrows the namesake of one of my favorite films for that reason. Cinephilia itself is a sort of journey, and I’m no longer naïve enough (but still hopefully naïve!) to think that it’s one with a conclusion, or even a safe plateau one can reach. Likewise, life is some sort of movement homeward, where home is not a 'place,' but a pursuit of 'something.' For me these two odysseys run in parallel—hence, a long voyage home.
This column, for which I hope to prepare an entry every two weeks, ultimately has no unifying theme or format. One piece may be a review, the next a single observation, an image piece, a video essay...and hopefully things...
This column, for which I hope to prepare an entry every two weeks, ultimately has no unifying theme or format. One piece may be a review, the next a single observation, an image piece, a video essay...and hopefully things...
- 6/23/2014
- by Adam Cook
- MUBI
There are so many chicken jokes this season. After Amia goes to see Louie perform at the Cellar and deflects some leering, perverted comments from Jim Norton, she crowds around the table with Louie, Nick Dipaolo, Greg Fitzsimmons, and Todd Barry for dinner. Everyone talks around her, mostly about how lonely Louie will be when she leaves, with Fitzsimmons chiming in that Louie is actually afraid to be lonely. It would explain why he usually ends up on the batshit-crazy end of the dating spectrum; people who are afraid to be alone would rather have chaos than the empty maw of their own thoughts staring back at them. Louie is usually alone, but being alone is different from being lonely. All of this in-depth philosophical conversation is set to the soundtrack of Todd Barry saying “AIDS” to the tune of “Smoke on the Water” while drumming on the table. Of...
- 5/27/2014
- by Danielle Henderson
- Vulture
Watch the Incredibly Moving 'Louie' Speech about Why People Don't Date Fat Girls "It sucks to be a fat girl. Can people just let me say it?" by kate hakala In last night's episode of Louie, a strange thing happened: a woman asked Louie out on a date. Vanessa, a punchy, gregarious, warm waitress at the Comedy Cellar shamelessly asks Louie out on a date, and he declines. Why? The subtext is that Vanessa is simply too fat. As Jim Norton, Louie's fellow comic, notes in the episode when he sees her, "Yuck." The episode deals with the tension between two realities — Vanessa is a perfect match for Louie, but Louie is too worried about what people think to actually make a connection with a friendly human being. The kicker is, Louie's fat too. In one of those incredibly poignant moments [...]...
- 5/13/2014
- by Kate Hakala
- Nerve
Louie, Season 4, Episode 3, “So Did the Fat Lady”
Written and Directed by Louis C.K.
Louie, Season 4, Episode 4, “Elevator (Part 1)”
Written and Directed by Louis C.K.
Airs Mondays at 10pm Est on FX
This week, Kate Kulzick and Randy Dankievitch share reviewing duties for episodes three and four, respectively.
“So Did the Fat Lady”
Louie came back with a beautiful, impressionistic bang last week with two fantastic and very different episodes. This week that trend continues, with “So Did the Fat Lady” exploring body issues and shaming by building to a masterful central monologue from guest star Sarah Baker and “Elevator Part 1” splitting nearly evenly into a stressful depiction of every parent’s worst nightmare and a sedate, comedic extrapolation of a well-intentioned misunderstanding.
With his series, Louis C.K. has mastered the ability to capture feelings; in “So Did the Fat Lady”, he tackles disappointment. Along with examining gender roles, marginalization,...
Written and Directed by Louis C.K.
Louie, Season 4, Episode 4, “Elevator (Part 1)”
Written and Directed by Louis C.K.
Airs Mondays at 10pm Est on FX
This week, Kate Kulzick and Randy Dankievitch share reviewing duties for episodes three and four, respectively.
“So Did the Fat Lady”
Louie came back with a beautiful, impressionistic bang last week with two fantastic and very different episodes. This week that trend continues, with “So Did the Fat Lady” exploring body issues and shaming by building to a masterful central monologue from guest star Sarah Baker and “Elevator Part 1” splitting nearly evenly into a stressful depiction of every parent’s worst nightmare and a sedate, comedic extrapolation of a well-intentioned misunderstanding.
With his series, Louis C.K. has mastered the ability to capture feelings; in “So Did the Fat Lady”, he tackles disappointment. Along with examining gender roles, marginalization,...
- 5/13/2014
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Has it really been 20 months since Louie, a strong contender for the greatest show currently on TV (half-hour meta-comedy about a stand-up that runs on FX division) graced our airwaves? How time flies when you're busy watching long-running sitcoms disappoint their fans with so-so finales and chemistry teachers-turned-drug lords go out in a blaze of glory. The return of Renaissance man Louis C.K.'s brilliant, Beckett-like series is a cause for celebration, and as the back-to-back episodes that kicked off its fourth season last night confirmed, the time off has paid off,...
- 5/6/2014
- Rollingstone.com
It seems like a lifetime ago that Louis C.K. was a mere stand-up comedian hoping for his big break. Not even those who noticed the sheer quality of his material would have ever guessed that, many years later, that same man would be responsible for the slick work of pure genius that is Louie.
Over the last three seasons, we’ve witnessed the many facets of the lead actor, writer, director and former editor of the show. On one hand, the raunchy, distasteful comedian who prides himself with being a masturbation fan and a “professional a-hole” provides us with easy laughs solely based on penis and fart jokes. On the other hand, C.K. offers one a first-class seat on a journey through his brilliantly twisted mind and, as he revisits heart-crushing memories—decades-old grudges and ancient mistakes—we are treated to a spectacle of magical realism that’s purely based on self-awareness.
Over the last three seasons, we’ve witnessed the many facets of the lead actor, writer, director and former editor of the show. On one hand, the raunchy, distasteful comedian who prides himself with being a masturbation fan and a “professional a-hole” provides us with easy laughs solely based on penis and fart jokes. On the other hand, C.K. offers one a first-class seat on a journey through his brilliantly twisted mind and, as he revisits heart-crushing memories—decades-old grudges and ancient mistakes—we are treated to a spectacle of magical realism that’s purely based on self-awareness.
- 5/6/2014
- by Paulo Lazo
- We Got This Covered
"Louie" finally returned to our television sets tonight. I published my advance review of the new season earlier today, and I have specific thoughts on tonight's two episodes coming up just as soon as I write a letter to AIDS... I don't know at what point FX decided that they'd be double-pumping most of "Louie" season 4, but "Back" and "Model" almost feel as if they were designed to air together on the same night. It's not just that they demonstrate two of the many different flavors available from the show — "Back" a collection of vignettes that are loosely tied together, "Model" one long (and very shaggy) story — but that they feel connected as part of a bigger tale about how Louis C.K. is feeling about himself (or, at least, about his less successful TV alter ego) at the moment. Many things happen in "Back," and we'll get to those in a minute,...
- 5/6/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Is Louis C.K. hoaxing us?
By now, you’ve probably watched “Back,” the season premiere of Louie. (And if you haven’t, go watch it before we spoil things for you.) And you know that the highlight of the episode is the frank, funny discussion about masturbation that Louie shares with other comedians, including Sarah Silverman, Rick Crom, Nick Dipaolo, Jim Norton, and William Stephenson, at a poker table. (Norton, who recently spoke to me on Entertainment Weekly’s SiriusXM radio show TV Editor’s Hour, says the scene was inspired by the long-running real-life weekly poker games that Stephenson plays with other comedians,...
By now, you’ve probably watched “Back,” the season premiere of Louie. (And if you haven’t, go watch it before we spoil things for you.) And you know that the highlight of the episode is the frank, funny discussion about masturbation that Louie shares with other comedians, including Sarah Silverman, Rick Crom, Nick Dipaolo, Jim Norton, and William Stephenson, at a poker table. (Norton, who recently spoke to me on Entertainment Weekly’s SiriusXM radio show TV Editor’s Hour, says the scene was inspired by the long-running real-life weekly poker games that Stephenson plays with other comedians,...
- 5/6/2014
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW - Inside TV
Early in the marvelous new season of "Louie," Louie makes the mistake of explaining why his building's superintendent left out the most important part of a very old and dirty joke about Pinocchio. "Why you gotta clutter it up?" the super complains. "I mean, aren't you a comedian?" Louis C.K. is a comedian, but he's also an actor, a writer, a director, an editor and more on "Louie." And though he wears many hats on the FX series — which returns after a one-year hiatus with new episodes tonight at 10 and 10:30 — and goes out of his way to make each episode distinctive from the one before it, "Louie" never feels cluttered. It's a wildly unpredictable show that can veer from simple gross-out humor to complicated pathos, from whimsical fantasy to unrelenting melancholy, each piece feels exactly like it belongs, because it's all so clearly filtered through the mind and voice...
- 5/5/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
If you missed "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" on FX last season, good news. The show is moving over to Fxx for season two (debuts tonight at 11:00 p.m.), and it will no longer be on just once a week -- but nightly. It's a big step for Bell, who has added more writers and tripled his production staff for the supersized gig. But for the guy who made rape jokes a hot button topic when he asked comedian Jim Norton and Jezebel.com writer Lindy West to take opposing sides of the issue, coming up with new ideas that make...
- 9/4/2013
- by Liane Bonin Starr
- Hitfix
Actor and filmmaker Kevin Pollak is set to direct the documentary "Misery Loves Comedy" for Newaley Pictures and Heretic Films.
The doco will explore the mind of the stand-up comic and all those who choose to write or perform comedy as a profession. Becky Newhall, Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki will produce.
Confirmed participating talent include: Michael Ian Black, Rob Delaney, Jon Favreau, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Christopher Guest, Chris Hardwick, Penn Jillette, Richard Kind, Lisa Kudrow, Richard Lewis, Marc Maron, Jim Norton, Opie & Anthony, Jason Reitman, Andy Richter, Bob Saget, David Wain, Alan Zweibel and more.
Source: Heretic Films...
The doco will explore the mind of the stand-up comic and all those who choose to write or perform comedy as a profession. Becky Newhall, Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki will produce.
Confirmed participating talent include: Michael Ian Black, Rob Delaney, Jon Favreau, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Christopher Guest, Chris Hardwick, Penn Jillette, Richard Kind, Lisa Kudrow, Richard Lewis, Marc Maron, Jim Norton, Opie & Anthony, Jason Reitman, Andy Richter, Bob Saget, David Wain, Alan Zweibel and more.
Source: Heretic Films...
- 9/4/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kevin Pollak has signed on to direct the documentary Misery Loves Comedy, about the life of stand-up comedians. The film will feature interviews with a wide variety of comedians along with archival footage and photos. Featured interviewees include Michael Ian Black, Rob Delaney, Jon Favreau, Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Christopher Guest, Chris Hardwick, Penn Jillette, Richard Kind, Lisa Kudrow, Richard Lewis, Marc Maron, Jim Norton, Opie & Anthony, Jason Reitman, Andy Richter, Bob Saget, David Wain and Alan Zweibel. Photos: From Fat to Fit: 8 Funnymen Who Trimmed Down The doc is produced by Becky Newhall of Newaley Pictures
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- 9/3/2013
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jim Norton, the stand-up comedian best known as the "third mike" on the "Opie and Anthony Show" on Sirius/Xm and a regular on The Tonight Show, is set to air his fourth televised stand-up special, American Degenerate, tonight on Epix at 10 p.m. In anticipation of the premiere, we asked Amy Schumer, his good friend, former opener, and the star-creator of Inside Amy Schumer, to interview him. She agreed, enthusiastically, and delivered this really fun conversation; it touches on everything from how Norton got Michael K. Williams onboard to fake sodomize him to why Norton has to shave his head. (Traumatic hair experiences.) Enjoy!I'm, like, really nervous; my pulse is going like crazy. Okay. So, I watched American Degenerate. It’s fucking hilarious. Oh, thank you. So how did Michael K. Williams happen for the beginning of the special? How did that happen? I wanted to get somebody...
- 8/23/2013
- by Amy Schumer
- Vulture
Comedy Central may not quite be the cable-channel equivalent of a dude adjusting his junk in the way that, say, Spike TV is, but it’s still generally pretty bro-centric. This is, after all, the same institution that brought us The Man Show and helped convince every college-age guy resting his Oakleys on the brim of a baseball cap to yell “I’m Rick James, bitch!” at any available moment.
That’s what makes Amy Schumer’s success all the more impressive: While you might expect the “ironic Patrick Bateman” stylings of her fellow showrunner (and ex-boyfriend) Anthony Jeselnik to...
That’s what makes Amy Schumer’s success all the more impressive: While you might expect the “ironic Patrick Bateman” stylings of her fellow showrunner (and ex-boyfriend) Anthony Jeselnik to...
- 8/6/2013
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW - Inside TV
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