Category: Comedy and Humor

Tribeca Festival: ‘Mars’ Provides Refuge for its Writers

The comedy group The Whitest Kids U’ Know completed the project dealing with the loss of one of its founding members, Trevor Moore, who died in 2021.
Michelle Buteau Takes the Lead in ‘Babes’ and on Netflix

Once relegated to supporting roles, this comedian is a star of the film “Babes” and is moving to a bigger stage, Radio City Music Hall, for her new special.
What Happened to Ad-Free TV on Streaming Services?

Ads are here, there — almost everywhere — on streaming services now.
‘The Garfield Movie’ Review: This Feels Like Too Much Effort

Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is joined by Samuel L. Jackson as his father, in an inert big-screen adaptation that fundamentally misunderstands its protagonist.
Nighthorse Bar Hosts Evil Laugh Competition in Brooklyn

The Wicked Witch. Dr. Evil. Mr. Burns. Ena Da? At the Evil Laugh Competition in Brooklyn, a contest for the best mwahahahaha.
Black Satire Is Having Its Hollywood Moment, but Something Is Missing

Recent releases like “American Fiction” and “The American Society of Magical Negroes” have used absurdist humor to examine race. But they have also depicted narrow views of Blackness.
The ‘Betches’ Got Rich. So What’s Next?

The women’s media company, which started as a raunchy college blog, is a rare financial success story — and on the White House’s radar. Now, it’s wrestling with how to grow up alongside its readers.
Five Places to Visit in Toronto, With Eugene Levy

The Canadian comedian, known for “American Pie,” “Schitt’s Creek” and now, “The Reluctant Traveler,” isn’t at all reluctant to share what he loves about his hometown.
Jerry Seinfeld Can No Longer Be About Nothing

The comedian, long beloved for his apolitical riffs, has been wrestling with what it means to be Jewish amid the Israel-Hamas war. Not everyone is pleased.
Marlon Wayans on ‘Good Grief’ and the Death of His Parents

The comedian talks to David Marchese on becoming a different person after the death of his parents.
‘The Feeling’ Review: Fifty Shades of Apathy

In the sex comedy “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” Joanna Arnow keeps her scenes short and her expressions flat.
In ‘Boy Room,’ a Comedian Explores Messy N.Y.C. Apartments

Male 20-somethings are showing off their messy apartments in a video series that poses the implicit question, “You live like this?”