Comedy
Kate McKinnon and Kyle MacLachlan Hunt Down Joe Exotic in Official Trailer for Joe vs. Carole: Watch
Even though Tiger King might’ve made audiences feel like we knew everything about its rather colorful cast of characters, Netflix’s smash true crime series left us with more questions than answers about the feud between Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic — as well as Baskin’s own checkered history. Today, Peacock has unveiled the official trailer for its forthcoming limited series Joe vs. Carole, in which Kate McKinnon and Kyle MacLachlan seek revenge on the most infamous man in the big cat kingdom. Joe vs. Carole is based on Robert Moor’s podcast Joe Exotic, and presents a fictionalized retelling of the story that made Carole and Joe household names. When Carole (McKinnon) learns that her nemesis and fellow big cat enthusiast, Joe Exotic (John Cameron Mitchell), has been bre...
David Letterman Launches YouTube Channel Full of Late Show Clips
You know when you’re trying to relive David Letterman’s turn as a Taco Bell employee or rewatch all of Robin Williams’ insane Late Show appearances, but you can only find grainy VHS rips of the segments? Letterman is here to smoothen your trips down the YouTube rabbit hole. To coincide with the 40th anniversary of Late Night with David Letterman’s premiere on NBC, the legendary comedian launched an official YouTube channel full of HD clips of his finest moments on NBC’s Late Night and CBS’ Late Show. Letterman’s YouTube page currently has about 125 videos split up into “Letterman Originals,” “Dave’s Best Celebrity Interviews,” “Stupid Pet and Human Tricks,” “Top Ten,” “Comedians,” and “Human Interest Guests” playlists. Among the uploads, highlights include Martin S...
Charlie Day and Jenny Slate Sabotage Their Exes in Trailer for I Want You Back: Watch
The protagonists of the forthcoming rom-com I Want You Back know that nothing brings two perfect strangers together quite like the mutual anguish of a breakup. Before it hits streaming on February 11th, Amazon Prime Studios has shared the film’s official trailer, starring Charlie Day and Jenny Slate. II Want You Back centers around thirty-somethings Peter (Day) and Emma (Slate), who thought their lives were right on track until they were both dumped by their respective partners during the same weekend. To make matters worse, Peter and Emma have also both discovered that their exes have swiftly moved on to new relationships. In response, the new friends then decide to conspire in an effort to win back the potential loves of their lives, engaging in a slew of hilarious hijinks — like taking ...
John Mulaney to Become Third Fastest Host to Join SNL’s Five-Timers Club
John Mulaney is set to join Saturday Night Live’s Five-Timers Club as he returns to host on February 26th. LCD Soundsystem will serve as the episode’s musical guest, marking the band’s first visit to Studio 8H since 2017. Mulaney, who worked on SNL as a writer between 2008 and 2014, first hosted an episode of the show in 2018. He’s since hosted in each subsequent season, making him one of the fastest hosts to join the illustrious Five-Timers Club (three years and 320 days, to be exact). In fact, only Steve Martin and Buck Henry joined the club in a shorter time frame. Following Mulaney’s most recent turn as host in October 2020, he entered rehab for substance abuse. After completing treatment, he began dating actress Olivia Munn. The couple welcomed their first child in December 2021. Mula...
Former Simpsons Composer Alf Clausen Drops Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox
In 2017, Alf Clausen — the man behind the music for each episode of The Simpsons for 27 seasons — was fired, prompting the composer to file a wrongful termination lawsuit against Fox. Now, Variety reports that Clausen has dropped the lawsuit. Clausen, who was 78 at the time he was fired, filed the suit in August 2019, alleging that Fox let him go from the show due to his age and Parkinson’s diagnosis. A judge dismissed part of the lawsuit in 2020, saying Clausen did not have enough evidence to back up his claims of age discrimination, but he could proceed with his disability discrimination claim. Fox appealed the judge’s ruling, and Clausen’s attorney, Ebby Bakhtiar, told Variety that the justices seemed unlikely to rule in Clausen’s favor. Instead of putting Clausen at risk...
Jon Stewart to Receive 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
“The secret source of Humor itself is not joy but sorrow,” Mark Twain wrote in 1897. He might have been talking about Jon Stewart, the former Daily Show host who is once again mining life’s agonies for laughs with his Apple TV+ program The Problem with Jon Stewart. In honor of his accomplishments, Stewart will be awarded the 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on April 24th. Via Rolling Stone, Stewart said in a statement, “I am truly honored to receive this award. I have long admired and been influenced by the work of Mark Twain, or, as he was known by his given name, Samuel Leibowitz.” (It was actually Samuel Langhorne Clemens.) “For more than three decades, Jon Stewart has brightened our lives and ch...
Louie Anderson in Hospital Battling Cancer
Louie Anderson is in the hospital battling an aggressive form of cancer, TMZ reports. The veteran comedian has been diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among adults. It affects B-cells, a type of a white blood cell that help produce antibodies. While DLBCL is aggressive, it is also very beatable, according to data compiled by the American Cancer Society. His exact condition is unknown, but his rep Glenn Schwartz said that Anderson is resting comfortably. The 68-year-old standup and actor is known for the animated series Life with Louie, for which he won a Daytime Emmy, the FX show Baskets, which earned him a Primetime Emmy, and most recently, a recurring role on Search Party. His last book,&nb...
Cuphead and Mugman Are Up to No Good in Trailer for The Cuphead Show!: Watch
Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The Cuphead Show!, the streamer’s forthcoming animated series based on the popular run-and-gun video game. The quirky 12-episode series is scheduled to land on the streamer on February 18th. Watch the trailer below. The Cuphead Show! follows the lovable protagonist Cuphead, whose devil-may-care attitude lands him into some slapstick hijinks alongside his easily swayed brother, Mugman, across their surreal homeworld of the Inkwell Isles. Even when their romps go awry, the duo always have each other’s side. Blending nostalgic animation with some thrilling storylines, The Cuphead Show! is a crowdpleaser for all ages. The series was developed by Dave Wasson, who executive produces alongside CJ Kettler, Chad Moldenhauer, and Jared Moldenha...
SNL Gives Family Matters a Dark and Twisted Reboot: Watch
The latest episode of Saturday Night Live had some fun at the expense of Peacock’s new dramatic reboot of The French Prince of Bel-Air by imaging a similarly serious, high stakes remake of Family Matters. The spoof trailer for Urkel features all of “the goofy characters you loved in the 90s with absolutely none of the fun or charm,” including Officer Carl Winslow (Kenan Thompson), Laura Winslow (Ego Nwodim), and Steven Quincy Urkel himself (Chris Redd). Ariana DeBose, last night’s SNL host, plays Urkel’s alcoholic mother, and Andrew Dismukes is at the receiving end of Urkel’s fist after bragging about his sexual relations with Laura Winslow. “Did I do thaaaat?” Redd’s Urkel asks while holding Dismukes’ character at gunpoint. “What if I shot you in the face?! Should I do thaaaat?” Elsewhere...
Tiffany Haddish Arrested for DUI After Allegedly Falling Asleep in Car
Comedian Tiffany Haddish was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) early in the morning of January 14th. Via TMZ, she was allegedly dozing in the driver’s seat of her car, and the enormous smile in her mug shot would seem to suggest she’s not too worried about the charge. Reportedly, officers in Peachtree City, Georgia, responded to a call for a sleeping driver at about 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday morning. She was arrested for DUI and for improper stopping on a roadway. Cops told TMZ they also believed she’d smoked marijuana, though that wasn’t included in the charges. Haddish had a short stay in police custody; by about 6:30 a.m. ET she’d posted $1,666 and bonded out of jail. Advertisement Related Video Haddish stars as Tuca Toucan on the animated series Tuca & Bertie which w...
Bob Saget Laid to Rest at Funeral Attended by Full House Cast, Fellow Comedians
Bob Saget was laid to rest on Friday, as hundreds of family and friends gathered at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills for the late actor and comedian’s funeral. Saget’s Full House family — including Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron Bure, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, John Stamos, Dave Coulier, and Lori Loughlin — was among those who attended the ceremony. Stamos and Coulier also served as pallbearers, alongside John Mayer, Jeff Ross, Judd Apatow, Norman Lear, and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. Other guests included Dave Chappelle, Kathy Griffin, Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Green, according to Variety. You can see photos from the funeral at TMZ. Advertisement Related Video “Today will be the hardest day of my life,” Stamos wrote on Twitter in the hours leading up to the ...
Kendrick Lamar & Dave Free to Produce Comedy Film With ‘South Park’ Creators
Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free are teaming up with South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to produce a comedy film for Paramount Pictures. The yet-untitled, live-action comedy, written by Vernon Chatman, will “depict the past and present coming to a head when a young Black man, who is interning as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum, discovers that his white girlfriend’s ancestors once owned his,” according to a press statement. The movie marks the first feature produced under Lamar and Free’s pgLang company, which they announced in 2020. They launched pgLang as a multilingual, artist-friendly service company that’s a record label, movie studio and publishing house combined. Lamar’s younger cousin and rapper Baby Keem became the first artist signed to the pgLang label se...
