COMEDY News
 Boston Globe | Mass. native O'Brien talks about start in comedy during JFK Library appearance Washington Post BOSTON ? Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien visited Boston to talk about the art of comedy and how he got started in it. O'Brien was at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Thursday, where he was interviewed by Boston Globe film critic, ... Mass. native O'Brien talks about start in comedy |
 Salon | 'Intouchables': From Disability, High Comedy Wall Street Journal This hugely likable comedy, a box-office phenomenon in France, takes place in contemporary Paris. Loosely based on a true story, it finds unlikely uplift, along with tenderness, in a friendship between two men who are untouchables in different ways: ... Movie review: The French comedy 'The Intouchables' is a real crowd-pleaser ?The Intouchables?: Racial comedy, French style Movie review: Opposites attract in buddy film 'Intouchables' |
A Raunchy, Dark Comedy at Cannes? Well, Why Not? The Atlantic Daniels has conjured a strange brew here: part black comedy, part lurid erotic thriller, part socially conscious period drama. But The Paperboy is one of those rare movies that feels spontaneous and unhindered, sampling from genre conventions, ... |
 The Periscope Post | Comedy gets zapped in 'Men in Black 3' The Seattle Times "Men in Black 3" not only has no reason to exist (other than the extra money to be gained by releasing a franchise film in 3D), but it seems to suffer from a weird sort of amnesia: Everyone involved seems to have forgotten that it's a comedy. "Men in Black 3" a messy, but fun sci-fi comedy in a retro setting Men in Black III Review: 'Men in Black III' is a pleasant, entertaining surprise |
 Variety | Comedy is king again on network TV Ahwatukee Foothills News ?The audience is really open to comedy right now,? said Robert Greenblatt, NBC entertainment chief. The network made comedy its development priority, and is opening Tuesday and Friday to sitcoms next fall. NBC is also keeping four comedies on Thursday ... Season's biggest trend: comedy's rise s My take on the fall 2012 TV season (including appearances on NPR and TV One ... ABC Ranks No. 2 to FOX in the 2012 May Sweep in Adults 18-49 |
 Press-Enterprise | YUCAIPA: Stand-up comedy showcase set Press-Enterprise Benjamin Taylor, a sixth grader at Chapman Heights Elementary, and Bill Word, a stand-up comedian who has been featured on ?America's Funniest People? and ?National Lampoon Comedy Radio? are set to perform at Yucaipa Little Theatre's Stand-Up Comedy ... |
 Cinema Blend | TV Land Orders Two New Comedy Pilots Cinema Blend They've ordered two comedy pilots, both of them cast-contingent. One of them, from Ugly Betty and The Office's Ben Silverman, will be TV Land's first single-camera comedy if it makes it to the series stage. The second is another multi-camera comedy ... TV Land Orders Comedy Pilots Produced By Ben Silverman And Scott Stuber TV Land Greenlights New Pilots; <em>The Exes</em> and <em>Retired at 35</em ... TV Land Orders Pilots from Silverman, Stuber |
 Deadline.com | JoAnna Garcia Joins Justin Kirk Comedy Animal Practice Seattle Post Intelligencer By Kate Stanhope, TV GUIDE JoAnna Garcia has been cast as the new female lead in NBC's new comedy Animal Practice, TVLine reports. Animal Practice stars Weeds' Justin Kirk as George, a veterinarian who loves animals but despises their owners. JoAnna Garcia Joins NBC's Freshman Comedy 'Animal Practice' JoAnna Garcia Set As Female Lead In New NBC Comedy 'Animal Practice' |
Comedian Leslie Jordan brings 'Fruit Fly' to Saenger Pensacola Business Journal A few words with Leslie Jordan: Actor/comedian Leslie Jordan talks about his role on the situation comedy "Will and Grace." Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan brings his one-man show, 'Fruit Fly,' to the Saenger Theatre on Sunday. |
Filmmaker and Lincoln Park native Tanya Wexler on her romantic comedy 'Hysteria' Chicago Tribune And so it is with filmmaker Tanya Wexler's new comedy "Hysteria," which arrives in theaters this month three years after the debut of Sarah Ruhl's similarly themed Tony-nominated play "In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). |