The company has turned an in-person fan event into a live televised spectacle.
Category: Comedy and Humor
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Zarna Garg Knows That Sometimes Pretty Hurts
She left home at 14, India at 17, put herself through law school, raised three children and then achieved comedy stardom. What’s a little vampire facial?
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A New Pee-wee Herman Documentary Peeks Inside the Playhouse
Paul Reubens’s performance as Pee-wee Herman gave fans “license to be weird.” At an underground cabaret, he cheered on his community of renegades.
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‘Bad Shabbos’ Review: Guess Who’s Kvetching About Dinner?
A newly engaged Jew and gentile plan to introduce their parents. But first: There’s a crisis involving a body, a ticking clock and a doorman played by Method Man.
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Warm-Up Rituals: How Actors, Comedians and Musicians Get Ready
We asked creative professionals how they prepare for their gigs. Jeff Daniels says “budda-gudda” a lot.
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Sympathy for the Devil, er Boss: In ‘The Studio,’ the Powerful Are on Defense
Seth Rogen’s cringe-y Hollywood honcho is well-intentioned but ineffectual. The actor’s awkward laugh has never been put to better use.
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Lulu Roman, Who Brought Big-Hearted Sass to ‘Hee Haw,’ Is Dead at 78
Obesity was a source of trauma for her, but also of her comedy, which she showcased, along with gospel singing, on the long-running down-home variety show.
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Is This Late-Night TV’s Last Gasp?
The talk shows are one of the few TV genres that haven’t made the leap to streaming. Their future may instead look a lot like a podcast studio.
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Washington’s Besieged Journalists Raise a Glass, Darkly
The annual weekend celebrating America’s free press went forward, even as the Trump administration chips away at press freedoms.
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Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69
With his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical grounding, he brought attention to New Wave and alternative artists at the groundbreaking station KROQ.
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Mike Myers on Playing Elon Musk, Politics on ‘S.N.L.’ and Why He Filmed a Campaign Ad
The “Saturday Night Live” alum on getting political in Studio 8H, playing Elon Musk and why he decided to film a campaign ad for Canada’s Liberal Party.
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Jinkx Monsoon Sails From ‘Drag Race’ to ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’
Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.”