Following the announcement that he'll soon be getting his own CNBC primetime show, Jay Leno receive some other good news –– he was to be the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor! To celebrate, the former Tonight Show host was jokingly slammed by the likes of Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld, and more, at the Kennedy Center in Washington. The Mark Twain Award acknowledges those who have made an impact on American society. In the past, the award has been given to Will Ferrell, Bill Cosby, Ellen DeGeneres and Carol Burnett. Read More »
Looks like now that the Late Show with David Letterman is nearing its end, the staff is letting it all out! Well, one guy, at least. Tony Mendez, Letterman’s cue card guy since way back in 1993 when the show first kicked off, was fired late last week after calling the famed host a “motherf*cker” and shoving longtime writer Bill Scheft. Read More »
Episode three of FOX’s new series Mulaney aired earlier tonight. Its focus? You guessed it… HALLOWEEN! Titled after the holiday, “Halloween” solidifies one thing: the show is definitely getting better. Focusing on comedian John Mulaney, who recently began working for Lou Cannon (Martin Short), this episode presents a conundrum many comedians may unfortunately find themselves experiencing: stealing jokes. Read More »
Season Two of FOX's hit comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine continued tonight with "Halloween II." In the episode, Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and his fellow Nine-Niner, Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio) are in search for Captain Holt's (Andre Braugher) stolen "Death Watch" –– which was only "stolen" due to Jake's antics after making a bet with Holt he thought he could win. Read More »
The British TV series The IT Crowd was such a huge comedic hit when it was on the air, introducing fans to the snarky behavior of the tech division of a company in hilarious situations. Like most British comedies, a remake over in the States was developed in order to create a new series. Unfortunately, NBC's 2007 pilot for this new remake, starring Joel McHale (Community), failed. Despite this sad fact, the network this week announced that it's going to try and adapt the comedy again! Read More »
This week we saw brand new trailers for a handful of movies, including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, Tomorrowland, Foxcatcher and more. Let's take a look at these great film previews below in our weekly trailer roundup! Read More »
Musician and former member of The Police, Sting, made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last night and the two revisited the glory days that belonged to the cellphone ringtone. In a segment that Jimmy cleverly called "Sting Tones," viewers got to see the singer bust out his own rendition of what some of our favorite ringtones would sound like if they were recorded by him. Read More »
What do you do when your baseball team makes it to the World Series? Throw a kegger at you mom's house duh! Last night the Kansas City Royals took one step towards taking home the World Series title in baseball as they beat out the Baltimore Orioles to give them a spot in the baseball finals. Actor and Kansas City native Paul Rudd, who was at the game last night, couldn't be happier about the win, as he told everyone from the stadium to come over to his mom's house for a keg party to celebrate. Read More »
There seems be a definite dividing line between coffee and tea drinkers. Which is better? Which is healthier? Fear not, because comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Michael Richards and Joel Hodgson are here to add their opinions to the oh, so favorite debate of “Coffee or Tea” in the newest Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot. Read More »
Rumors have been buzzing around about the all-new Ghostbusters movie that is in the works, as Paul Feig took to his Twitter account to confirm that he was writing the screenplay with Katie Dippold for the new flick. The movie, which is set to feature an all female lead, has been getting a lot of speculation as to what female comedians will be blasting ghosts and taking names. Read More »
Selena Gomez might officially be over Justin Bieber as the Rudderless actress just revealed that she has a celebrity crush on someone other than the singer. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the former Disney darling talked about her new film and also admitted that she has the hots for one of her co-stars. Read More »
Watching Daily Show host Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly chat is never not interesting –though most of the time they’re feuding. Regardless of the subject, the two have gone head-to-head on a number of important issues over the years. And last night, the Fox News correspondent stopped over at the Comedy Central program to discuss with the comedian his newest book Killing Patton, but they mainly talked about one issue: White Privilege. Read More »
Looks like things continue to go well for the never-aging Rob Lowe. It’s been reported by Deadline that the Parks and Recreation and The West Wing star is attached to a pilot project alongside writers Pete Huyck and Alex Gregory. Read More »