Ya know that feeling when you watch something dumb, and even though you know it’s stupid, you can’t help but laugh and enjoy yourself? The 1980s are full of comedies like that. Yeah, we know they’re dumb and not especially clever, but whatever, man, every now and then, you’re in a bad mood, and you want to turn your brain off. That’s why they made seven Police Academy movies. No one thought they were good, but we watched them anyway because they were stupid in a pleasing way.
This brings me to this rare comedy-focused episode of The Best Movie You Never Saw, about a movie I loved as a kid that doesn’t super hold up forty years later, but it is still kinda fun – Johnny Dangerously. A gangster comedy in the vein of Airplane, Johnny Dangerously is probably a movie many younger viewers...
This brings me to this rare comedy-focused episode of The Best Movie You Never Saw, about a movie I loved as a kid that doesn’t super hold up forty years later, but it is still kinda fun – Johnny Dangerously. A gangster comedy in the vein of Airplane, Johnny Dangerously is probably a movie many younger viewers...
- 5/5/2024
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Lorne Michaels is an expert at celebrating the legacy of “Saturday Night Live.” The show’s creator has produced variety specials for the NBC program’s 15th anniversary, 25th anniversary and 40th anniversary, so the upcoming 50th season should have a highly entertaining spectacle. Nothing less than a three-hour event would be expected, but how else should “SNL” celebrate the golden anniversary season, which would begin in the autumn of 2024 and continue through May, 2025?
Here is our exciting, fun suggestion for a way to go above and beyond for the live special. Over the course of a 20-22 episode season, NBC would certainly have almost every episode featuring the current cast along with hot guest hosts and musical guests. However, for the other five episodes spread out over several months, devote an entire 90 minutes to each previous decade. Invite back the biggest cast members from a decade along with well-known guest hosts and music stars.
Here is our exciting, fun suggestion for a way to go above and beyond for the live special. Over the course of a 20-22 episode season, NBC would certainly have almost every episode featuring the current cast along with hot guest hosts and musical guests. However, for the other five episodes spread out over several months, devote an entire 90 minutes to each previous decade. Invite back the biggest cast members from a decade along with well-known guest hosts and music stars.
- 4/3/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Things were going badly on Saturday Night Live‘s 1980-1981 season, even before producer Jean Doumanian realized than the January 10, 1981 episode was headed towards disaster.
The previous season had seen the departure of Lorne Michaels and the entire cast, including founders Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Laraine Newman, as well as Bill Murray and Harry Shearer. Doumanian had tried to pitch her incoming group of comedians as the next generation for the hit series, but the performers quickly gained reputations as also-rans. Charlie Rocket was a less funny Chevy Chase, Gail Matthius an off-brand Jane Curtin, and so on.
But on that Jan. 10, 1981 episode, hosted by actor Ray Sharkey, things were going particularly badly. The skits went faster than anticipated and the show had five extra minutes to fill. So in an act of desperation, Doumanian followed the advice of writer Neil Levy and pushed 19-year-old featured player...
The previous season had seen the departure of Lorne Michaels and the entire cast, including founders Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Laraine Newman, as well as Bill Murray and Harry Shearer. Doumanian had tried to pitch her incoming group of comedians as the next generation for the hit series, but the performers quickly gained reputations as also-rans. Charlie Rocket was a less funny Chevy Chase, Gail Matthius an off-brand Jane Curtin, and so on.
But on that Jan. 10, 1981 episode, hosted by actor Ray Sharkey, things were going particularly badly. The skits went faster than anticipated and the show had five extra minutes to fill. So in an act of desperation, Doumanian followed the advice of writer Neil Levy and pushed 19-year-old featured player...
- 3/20/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Zombies often take the horror-comedy to a new level. In their shambling quest to mine humor from the most horrific circumstances, zombie comedies invert the apocalyptic nihilism that an outbreak of the undead tends to elicit. They also subvert the expectations of zombie horror, frequently going meta to poke fun at some of the most time honored tropes.
Because it’s Monday, we could all use a laugh or three. So, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to zombie comedies that aim not for the jugular (or brain) but your funny bone.
These five zombie comedies find unique ways to play with the genre and get silly with it, messing with form and era in the process. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Dead Heat – The Roku Channel, Tubi
Dead Heat takes the buddy cop formula popularized...
Because it’s Monday, we could all use a laugh or three. So, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to zombie comedies that aim not for the jugular (or brain) but your funny bone.
These five zombie comedies find unique ways to play with the genre and get silly with it, messing with form and era in the process. Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Dead Heat – The Roku Channel, Tubi
Dead Heat takes the buddy cop formula popularized...
- 2/5/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
If anyone should be able to engineer a reunion of “Saturday Night Live” alumni, it should be Dan Aykroyd.
A member of the show’s first cast of “Not Ready for Prime-Time Players,” Aykroyd was also among the first to jump from “SNL” to Hollywood and continues to tour with a band based on The Blues Brothers group he and John Belushi originated on the NBC mainstay.
But Aykroyd’s new project takes “SNL” formers to decidedly new terrain.
Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon and “Cheers” alumni George Wendt (who made a name on “SNL” as the character Bob Swerski of the Chicago Superfans), have teamed up to lead subscribers of the streaming outlet Fox Nation through a history of drinking. In “A History of the World in Six Glasses,”which debuted this week, the comic sextuplet examines some of the political and cultural ramifications in the rise of beer,...
A member of the show’s first cast of “Not Ready for Prime-Time Players,” Aykroyd was also among the first to jump from “SNL” to Hollywood and continues to tour with a band based on The Blues Brothers group he and John Belushi originated on the NBC mainstay.
But Aykroyd’s new project takes “SNL” formers to decidedly new terrain.
Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon and “Cheers” alumni George Wendt (who made a name on “SNL” as the character Bob Swerski of the Chicago Superfans), have teamed up to lead subscribers of the streaming outlet Fox Nation through a history of drinking. In “A History of the World in Six Glasses,”which debuted this week, the comic sextuplet examines some of the political and cultural ramifications in the rise of beer,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Comedian and actress Tina Fey cut her teeth at "Saturday Night Live" as both a cast member and eventually a head writer, where she also occupied the Weekend Update desk alongside Jimmy Fallon. If a new rumor is to be believed, there's a chance she might be returning to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, and it won't be for a revival of her "SNL"-inspired comedy series "30 Rock."
The New York Post is citing an unknown source who claims that Tina Fey is currently being courted to take over as the executive producer of "SNL" whenever series creator and longtime showrunner Lorne Michaels chooses to retire. Considering the source, we should take this with a grain of salt right now, because plenty of worthless rumors have come out of the New York Post over the years -- especially since another source in the same story says the rumors are untrue.
The New York Post is citing an unknown source who claims that Tina Fey is currently being courted to take over as the executive producer of "SNL" whenever series creator and longtime showrunner Lorne Michaels chooses to retire. Considering the source, we should take this with a grain of salt right now, because plenty of worthless rumors have come out of the New York Post over the years -- especially since another source in the same story says the rumors are untrue.
- 7/28/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
There are a few films that successfully derived the formula of The Karate Kid while making a name for itself with its own identity. One of those movies is the quaint 1992 Chuck Norris film, Sidekicks, a movie recently featured on our list of the Best Chuck Norris Films. This movie would feature an added plot element where the young protagonist finds himself often daydreaming of having adventures alongside his biggest influence, Chuck Norris, that playfully parodies the different films that Chuck has made throughout his career. It would all culminate in getting to meet the Texas Ranger himself as dream becomes reality, and the two team up in a karate tournament.
According to ComicBook.com — the man, the myth, the legend — Chuck Norris recently appeared at Nashville Comic-Con. During his panel, Norris was asked by ComicBook.com’s Chris Killian, “What do you feel is your most underappreciated film? For me,...
According to ComicBook.com — the man, the myth, the legend — Chuck Norris recently appeared at Nashville Comic-Con. During his panel, Norris was asked by ComicBook.com’s Chris Killian, “What do you feel is your most underappreciated film? For me,...
- 6/14/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Treat Williams, a long-time character actor and star of the well-loved cult movies Deep Rising and Dead Heat, has died at 71. According to a report via People Magazine, the actor died in a tragic motorcycle accident. His agent, Barry McPherson, told the magazine, “He was killed this afternoon. He was making a left or a right and a car cut him off,” McPherson said, adding, “I’m just devastated. He was the nicest guy. He was so talented.”
Williams had a long, legendary career on the silver screen. He first broke out in the late seventies in movies like The Eagle Has Landed before earning a Golden Globe nomination for the film adaptation of Hair. He had perhaps his best role in 1981, playing the lead in Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City (a favorite of ours here at JoBlo), earning a Golden Globe nomination. In the film, he played...
Williams had a long, legendary career on the silver screen. He first broke out in the late seventies in movies like The Eagle Has Landed before earning a Golden Globe nomination for the film adaptation of Hair. He had perhaps his best role in 1981, playing the lead in Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City (a favorite of ours here at JoBlo), earning a Golden Globe nomination. In the film, he played...
- 6/13/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Norman Steinberg, screenwriter of the classic Mel Brooks comedy “Blazing Saddles,” has died at the age of 83, his family said through a statement by the Writers Guild of America East.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh law school, Steinberg sought to be a comedy writer after he felt dissatisfied with life as an attorney. That dream was something that he would regularly tell Brooks when he encountered him at the Chock Full ‘O Nuts cafe in Manhattan, which led the famed comedian and producer to tell Steinberg to write a script for the sitcom “Get Smart.”
Though “Get Smart” was canceled by the time Steinberg finished the script, Brooks enjoyed it and told him to pursue writing. He quit his job as a lawyer and got his start as a writer for the music magazine Cash Box. Like countless others, he moved to...
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh law school, Steinberg sought to be a comedy writer after he felt dissatisfied with life as an attorney. That dream was something that he would regularly tell Brooks when he encountered him at the Chock Full ‘O Nuts cafe in Manhattan, which led the famed comedian and producer to tell Steinberg to write a script for the sitcom “Get Smart.”
Though “Get Smart” was canceled by the time Steinberg finished the script, Brooks enjoyed it and told him to pursue writing. He quit his job as a lawyer and got his start as a writer for the music magazine Cash Box. Like countless others, he moved to...
- 3/22/2023
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Robert Blake, who played the crazed real-life killer Perry Smith in Truman Copote’s In Cold Blood and the popular TV cop Tony Baretta before a sensational Hollywood murder trial destroyed his career, has died. He was 89.
Blake, who got his start as a child star in the 1940s in the Our Gang comedy shorts at MGM, died Thursday at his Los Angeles home after a long battle with heart disease, his niece, Noreen Austin, told The Hollywood Reporter.
On the night of May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley, Blake’s wife of six months and the mother of his young daughter, was fatally shot twice at point-blank range while she sat in their car after they had dined at Vitello’s, an Italian restaurant in Studio City. (The actor said he had gone back into the restaurant to retrieve a revolver he had left behind.)
Nearly four years later, including a year spent in jail,...
Blake, who got his start as a child star in the 1940s in the Our Gang comedy shorts at MGM, died Thursday at his Los Angeles home after a long battle with heart disease, his niece, Noreen Austin, told The Hollywood Reporter.
On the night of May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley, Blake’s wife of six months and the mother of his young daughter, was fatally shot twice at point-blank range while she sat in their car after they had dined at Vitello’s, an Italian restaurant in Studio City. (The actor said he had gone back into the restaurant to retrieve a revolver he had left behind.)
Nearly four years later, including a year spent in jail,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
(Welcome to Best Actor Ever, an ongoing series where we explore the careers and performances of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen.)
We're only six articles into this series, and I've already violated my critic's creed by furthering one of the most egregious filmmaking fallacies in existence. While I stand wholeheartedly behind my selections of Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett, Robert De Niro, and Viola Davis, these artists are venerated for capital-a acting. They play serious, complicated people beset by demons both personal and societal. Critics expect them to dazzle us, to shed inspiring or unsettling light on the human condition. For too many years, they did not expect them to make us laugh.
When Streep, after a decade-plus of electrifying dramatic performances, appeared in the 1989 dark comedy "She-Devil" opposite TV superstar Roseanne Barr, many critics felt she was slumming. Ditto De Niro in Martin Brest's 1988 buddy-comedy "Midnight Run.
We're only six articles into this series, and I've already violated my critic's creed by furthering one of the most egregious filmmaking fallacies in existence. While I stand wholeheartedly behind my selections of Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett, Robert De Niro, and Viola Davis, these artists are venerated for capital-a acting. They play serious, complicated people beset by demons both personal and societal. Critics expect them to dazzle us, to shed inspiring or unsettling light on the human condition. For too many years, they did not expect them to make us laugh.
When Streep, after a decade-plus of electrifying dramatic performances, appeared in the 1989 dark comedy "She-Devil" opposite TV superstar Roseanne Barr, many critics felt she was slumming. Ditto De Niro in Martin Brest's 1988 buddy-comedy "Midnight Run.
- 3/2/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Rick Newman, the founder of New York City’s hugely influential Catch a Rising Star comedy club that provided a training ground for the stand-up comics who would change the landscape of entertainment in the 1970s, died Feb. 20 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81.
His wife Krysi Newman told The Washington Post that he died of pancreatic cancer.
Among the comics who began or developed their careers on the Rising Star’s Upper East Side stage are Jerry Seineld, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler. Larry David, Elayne Boosler, Rodney Dangerfield, Jay Leno, Joy Behar and Ray Romano.
One of the performers most associated with Catch a Rising Star was Richard Belzer, the longtime host of the club who died Feb. 19, just a day before Newman.
Newman, tweeted Billy Crystal, “gave me and so many our starts as stand ups.
His wife Krysi Newman told The Washington Post that he died of pancreatic cancer.
Among the comics who began or developed their careers on the Rising Star’s Upper East Side stage are Jerry Seineld, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Robert Klein, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler. Larry David, Elayne Boosler, Rodney Dangerfield, Jay Leno, Joy Behar and Ray Romano.
One of the performers most associated with Catch a Rising Star was Richard Belzer, the longtime host of the club who died Feb. 19, just a day before Newman.
Newman, tweeted Billy Crystal, “gave me and so many our starts as stand ups.
- 2/24/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Many celebrities got their start on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Some may not remember, but both Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss were once cast members on the late-night comedy skit show. The two now star together in the Netflix movie You People.
The last time Murphy and Louis-Dreyfuss were seen on-screen together was in 1984, during Murphy’s final season on SNL.
What is ‘You People’?
You People is a romantic comedy released on Netflix January 27, 2023.
The film is directed by Kenya Barris (creator of Black-ish), who is also a co-writer along with Jonah Hill.
Hill also stars as Ezra Cohen, a Jewish guy who falls in love with the woman of his dreams, Amira Mohammad (played by Lauren London), who happens to be black. The couple become engaged, and cultures clash when they meet each other’s families.
Amira’s parents are played by Eddie Murphy and Nia Long,...
The last time Murphy and Louis-Dreyfuss were seen on-screen together was in 1984, during Murphy’s final season on SNL.
What is ‘You People’?
You People is a romantic comedy released on Netflix January 27, 2023.
The film is directed by Kenya Barris (creator of Black-ish), who is also a co-writer along with Jonah Hill.
Hill also stars as Ezra Cohen, a Jewish guy who falls in love with the woman of his dreams, Amira Mohammad (played by Lauren London), who happens to be black. The couple become engaged, and cultures clash when they meet each other’s families.
Amira’s parents are played by Eddie Murphy and Nia Long,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Stacy Feintuch
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When comedians hit the gym, the first thing they seem to shed is their sense of humor. At least, this was the case with Joe Piscopo, who went from being the second-funniest-man on "Saturday Night Live" during the Eddie Murphy era to, well, whatever it is he's doing today. Then again, there was ample evidence pre-bulk that Piscopo might've been little more than an above-average mimic who frequently shared a television screen with the greatest comedic talent of his generation.
In any event, when Kumail Nanjiani bulked up for the McU's "Eternals," I felt a strange mix of emotions. On one hand, it was nifty, if not downright aspirational, to see the once-lithe actor pack on some muscle and play a superhero. On the other, I was worried about the Piscopo syndrome. Could Nanjiani still be funny if he looked more like Dave Bautista than Dave Chappelle? Most disconcerting of...
In any event, when Kumail Nanjiani bulked up for the McU's "Eternals," I felt a strange mix of emotions. On one hand, it was nifty, if not downright aspirational, to see the once-lithe actor pack on some muscle and play a superhero. On the other, I was worried about the Piscopo syndrome. Could Nanjiani still be funny if he looked more like Dave Bautista than Dave Chappelle? Most disconcerting of...
- 11/18/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Budd Friedman, the comedy club pioneer who founded the original Improv in New York in 1963 and gave early career breaks to the likes of Jay Leno, Robert Klein, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman, has died. He was 90.
Friedman died Saturday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife, Alix, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Three years after Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show departed Manhattan for Burbank, Friedman opened a Hollywood outpost of the Improv on Melrose Avenue in 1975 in his first expansion of the brand.
There were 22 Improvs across 12 states in February 2018 when Friedman and partner Mark Lonow sold the company to Levity Entertainment Group, whose investors included Irving Azoff.
At his flagship New York hotspot, located at West 44th Street and Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, Friedman also employed Rodney Dangerfield as an Mc, Elayne Boosler...
Friedman died Saturday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife, Alix, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Three years after Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show departed Manhattan for Burbank, Friedman opened a Hollywood outpost of the Improv on Melrose Avenue in 1975 in his first expansion of the brand.
There were 22 Improvs across 12 states in February 2018 when Friedman and partner Mark Lonow sold the company to Levity Entertainment Group, whose investors included Irving Azoff.
At his flagship New York hotspot, located at West 44th Street and Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, Friedman also employed Rodney Dangerfield as an Mc, Elayne Boosler...
- 11/13/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play.” – Captain Kirk, “Shore Leave”
Star Trek can be a complicated fandom, with a history of hundreds of storylines, philosophies and canonical quandaries for fans to endlessly puzzle over. It can be a challenge to keep all of it together, but sometimes making light of it can allow fans—new and old—to experience a greater comfort with the franchise and simply have fun with it. The talented Lower Decks cast gets the humor behind this show and they understand its impact on the franchise. That’s the secret behind Star Trek: Lower Decks: being bold and knowing how much the subject can take. Laughter begets play. The more laughter Lower Decks can inspire, the greater fans get to play with the franchise, extend its longevity, but most importantly, have fun.
Den of Geek had some...
Star Trek can be a complicated fandom, with a history of hundreds of storylines, philosophies and canonical quandaries for fans to endlessly puzzle over. It can be a challenge to keep all of it together, but sometimes making light of it can allow fans—new and old—to experience a greater comfort with the franchise and simply have fun with it. The talented Lower Decks cast gets the humor behind this show and they understand its impact on the franchise. That’s the secret behind Star Trek: Lower Decks: being bold and knowing how much the subject can take. Laughter begets play. The more laughter Lower Decks can inspire, the greater fans get to play with the franchise, extend its longevity, but most importantly, have fun.
Den of Geek had some...
- 8/11/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Ralph Schuckett, a keyboard player best known as a member of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia as well as an in-demand session player and producer and, later, composer for “Pokemon” and other animation projects, died Sunday at 73.
No cause of death was immediately given, although he was known to have been ill. When a Utopia reunion tour was announced in early 2018, Schuckett was announced as part of the lineup and even met with other members for a publicity photo, but he was forced to withdraw shortly before rehearsals began.
Among his early studio credits prior to joining Utopia were Carole King’s first three albums, including the landmark “Tapestry.”
“Ralph Schuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend, and a very talented cat,” King said in a statement Wednesday morning. “That’s his sparkling piano on ‘Smackwater Jack.’ Rest In Peace and love.”
#RalphSchuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend,...
No cause of death was immediately given, although he was known to have been ill. When a Utopia reunion tour was announced in early 2018, Schuckett was announced as part of the lineup and even met with other members for a publicity photo, but he was forced to withdraw shortly before rehearsals began.
Among his early studio credits prior to joining Utopia were Carole King’s first three albums, including the landmark “Tapestry.”
“Ralph Schuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend, and a very talented cat,” King said in a statement Wednesday morning. “That’s his sparkling piano on ‘Smackwater Jack.’ Rest In Peace and love.”
#RalphSchuckett was a sweet guy, a great friend,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Hello, dear readers! Today, we’re kicking off our 2021 Indie Horror Month celebration right here on Daily Dead, and I figured the best way to get things going was to put together a list featuring a bunch of my favorite independent genre movies that you can currently stream on a variety of platforms. As someone who was fortunate to grow up enjoying all sorts of films that were released outside of the studio system, and as someone who also continues to enjoy all the indie horror contributions that come along these days, there is definitely something for every kind of horror fan included here.
Check out this streaming list I’ve compiled here (in alphabetical order to make things easier), and we hope you’ll not only continue to check back throughout the entire month of April for all of our ongoing Indie Horror Month coverage, but that you’ll...
Check out this streaming list I’ve compiled here (in alphabetical order to make things easier), and we hope you’ll not only continue to check back throughout the entire month of April for all of our ongoing Indie Horror Month coverage, but that you’ll...
- 4/1/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
All but one of the tracks on Bob Dylan’s new album Together Through Life are co-written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. It’s the most help he’s ever had on a single album, but hardly the first time Dylan has written with a partner. Over the past 45 years he’s shared credit with Tom Petty, Rick Danko, Sam Shepard, Carole Bayer Sager and even Gene Simmons and Michael Bolton. Here are the stories behind five of those collaborations.
“Hurricane” (with Jacques Levy)
Dylan teamed up with New...
“Hurricane” (with Jacques Levy)
Dylan teamed up with New...
- 10/23/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Joseph Baxter Aug 26, 2019
One of SNL’s most distinguished alumni, Eddie Murphy, will return this season to host, marking the first time since 1984.
Eddie Murphy is, at long last, coming back to Saturday Night Live!
The return of Eddie Murphy – who had one of the show’s most successful runs, off which he became one of the biggest film stars in the world – was revealed as part of the first round of host announcements for SNL Season 45. Murphy’s returning hosting gig – his first since 1984 – will be for the Christmas-break-sendoff December 21 episode, in which he’ll be paired with a yet-to-be-announced musical guest. He will most likely be there to promote his Netflix movie, Dolemite is My Name, which has yet to announce a release date.
Murphy’s SNL run, besides being hilarious on an organic level, was existentially crucial in the show’s history. He came into the cast...
One of SNL’s most distinguished alumni, Eddie Murphy, will return this season to host, marking the first time since 1984.
Eddie Murphy is, at long last, coming back to Saturday Night Live!
The return of Eddie Murphy – who had one of the show’s most successful runs, off which he became one of the biggest film stars in the world – was revealed as part of the first round of host announcements for SNL Season 45. Murphy’s returning hosting gig – his first since 1984 – will be for the Christmas-break-sendoff December 21 episode, in which he’ll be paired with a yet-to-be-announced musical guest. He will most likely be there to promote his Netflix movie, Dolemite is My Name, which has yet to announce a release date.
Murphy’s SNL run, besides being hilarious on an organic level, was existentially crucial in the show’s history. He came into the cast...
- 8/26/2019
- Den of Geek
TV contributor Kevin Jackson, who was given the boot by Fox News last Thursday after calling Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual-assault accusers “lying skanks,” is lashing out at his former employer for allowing other hosts and contributors to stay, despite their extramarital transgressions.
“Fox is dumb,” the pro-Trump host told Joe Piscopo on his Monday morning radio show, adding that Fox News tried to have him say “something” in order to save his job, though he would not say exactly what.
“I’ll just give you some inside baseball,” Jackson said in the radio interview first reported by Mediaite. “I could have said something to save my job. Fox was like ‘Yeah, you want to say this or do that’?” He added, “I could still have a job at Fox, if I wanted to say the right thing.”
Also Read: Fox News Fires Contributor Kevin Jackson for Calling...
“Fox is dumb,” the pro-Trump host told Joe Piscopo on his Monday morning radio show, adding that Fox News tried to have him say “something” in order to save his job, though he would not say exactly what.
“I’ll just give you some inside baseball,” Jackson said in the radio interview first reported by Mediaite. “I could have said something to save my job. Fox was like ‘Yeah, you want to say this or do that’?” He added, “I could still have a job at Fox, if I wanted to say the right thing.”
Also Read: Fox News Fires Contributor Kevin Jackson for Calling...
- 10/2/2018
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Burbank, CA – Batman: The Animated Series, the most acclaimed animated super hero television series in history, arrives this fall in an all-encompassing package befitting its revered place in the annals of fan-favorite entertainment. Remastered for the first time since its broadcast airing from 1992-1995, Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition will be available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital and in a stunning Blu-ray box set ($112.99 Srp) on October 16, 2018.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the Emmy Award-winning series captured the imaginations of generations, setting the standard for super hero storytelling for the past quarter-century with its innovative designs, near-perfect voice cast and landmark approach to DC’s iconic characters and stories. Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition box set includes all 109 thrilling episodes, plus two bonus disks containing the recently-remastered, fan favorite animated films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
The...
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the Emmy Award-winning series captured the imaginations of generations, setting the standard for super hero storytelling for the past quarter-century with its innovative designs, near-perfect voice cast and landmark approach to DC’s iconic characters and stories. Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition box set includes all 109 thrilling episodes, plus two bonus disks containing the recently-remastered, fan favorite animated films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
The...
- 7/24/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Fans of the Starz series Power may recognize a familiar — though not necessarily trustworthy — face in this week’s Law & Order: Svu.
Rotimi, who plays the power-hungry and morally shifty Dre in the cable crime drama, shows up in tonight’s episode of the NBC procedural (9/8c) as man who claims that his sister was gang-raped. But in the exclusive sneak peek of “Guardian” above, Fin doesn’t really seem sympathetic to the guy’s plight. (Maybe it’s because the victim’s brother admits to giving vodka to a 15-year-old high school student to “celebrate” a good grade?)
The...
Rotimi, who plays the power-hungry and morally shifty Dre in the cable crime drama, shows up in tonight’s episode of the NBC procedural (9/8c) as man who claims that his sister was gang-raped. But in the exclusive sneak peek of “Guardian” above, Fin doesn’t really seem sympathetic to the guy’s plight. (Maybe it’s because the victim’s brother admits to giving vodka to a 15-year-old high school student to “celebrate” a good grade?)
The...
- 5/9/2018
- TVLine.com
Alec Baldwin offered tongue-in-cheek advice to “Saturday Night Live” alumni Joe Piscopo, who wasn’t thrilled with Stormy Daniels’ recent cameo on the show, as he said he’d have a tough time explaining the porn star’s appearance to his kids.
“What do I tell my kids? Dad, how do I get on ‘Saturday Night Live’? Well you be an adult film star. I mean, really?” said Piscopo, calling into the Fox Business program “Mornings With Maria” on Monday.
“My old alma matter, I love them, I’m so loyal to ‘SNL.’ But Stormy Daniels on ‘SNL’?” Piscopo said. “Lorne Michaels doesn’t even ask me to go on ‘SNL.’ Stormy Daniels? I thought it was way, way, over the line and totally unnecessary.”
Also Read: Rudy Giuliani Issues Statement 'to Clarify' Past Remarks About Stormy Daniels
The NBC program, known for regularly mocking President Trump, reached for next level trolling last weekend after inviting the real live porn star on set for a scripted one-on-one phone call with Alec Baldwin’s Trump. In the rendition, Daniels warned the faux-president that a “storm” was coming and that she would not stop until she received a “resignation.”
It’s unclear what the real Trump — who is known to despise Baldwin’s performance – thought of the sketch, but Baldwin took to Twitter to offer the SNL star-turned-conservative-radio-host an education on the matter.
“Joe Piscopo asks, ‘What will I tell my children?'” tweeted Baldwin. “You tell them Trump is a compulsive adulterer who pays off porn stars w $ from dubious sources. What else?”
Also Read: 'SNL': Baldwin's Trump Tries and Fails to Work Things out With the Real Stormy Daniels (Video)
Joe Piscopo asks, “What will I tell my children?”
You tell them Trump is a compulsive adulterer who pays off porn stars w $ from dubious sources. What else?
SNL's Stormy Daniels Trump sketch went 'over the line': Joe Piscopo – Fox News#https://t.co/OfVYI1W1fA
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 7, 2018
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Read original story Alec Baldwin Advises ‘SNL’ Alum What to Say When His Kids Ask About Stormy Daniels’ Cameo At TheWrap...
“What do I tell my kids? Dad, how do I get on ‘Saturday Night Live’? Well you be an adult film star. I mean, really?” said Piscopo, calling into the Fox Business program “Mornings With Maria” on Monday.
“My old alma matter, I love them, I’m so loyal to ‘SNL.’ But Stormy Daniels on ‘SNL’?” Piscopo said. “Lorne Michaels doesn’t even ask me to go on ‘SNL.’ Stormy Daniels? I thought it was way, way, over the line and totally unnecessary.”
Also Read: Rudy Giuliani Issues Statement 'to Clarify' Past Remarks About Stormy Daniels
The NBC program, known for regularly mocking President Trump, reached for next level trolling last weekend after inviting the real live porn star on set for a scripted one-on-one phone call with Alec Baldwin’s Trump. In the rendition, Daniels warned the faux-president that a “storm” was coming and that she would not stop until she received a “resignation.”
It’s unclear what the real Trump — who is known to despise Baldwin’s performance – thought of the sketch, but Baldwin took to Twitter to offer the SNL star-turned-conservative-radio-host an education on the matter.
“Joe Piscopo asks, ‘What will I tell my children?'” tweeted Baldwin. “You tell them Trump is a compulsive adulterer who pays off porn stars w $ from dubious sources. What else?”
Also Read: 'SNL': Baldwin's Trump Tries and Fails to Work Things out With the Real Stormy Daniels (Video)
Joe Piscopo asks, “What will I tell my children?”
You tell them Trump is a compulsive adulterer who pays off porn stars w $ from dubious sources. What else?
SNL's Stormy Daniels Trump sketch went 'over the line': Joe Piscopo – Fox News#https://t.co/OfVYI1W1fA
— ABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) May 7, 2018
Watch above
Read original story Alec Baldwin Advises ‘SNL’ Alum What to Say When His Kids Ask About Stormy Daniels’ Cameo At TheWrap...
- 5/7/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Alec Baldwin came to the rescue of Joe Piscopo after the Saturday Night Live alum got the vapors when porn star Stormy Daniels appeared on the NBC show.
“My old alma mater, I love them, I’m so loyal to SNL. But Stormy Daniels on SNL? Lorne Michaels doesn’t even ask me to go on SNL. Stormy Daniels? I thought it was way, way, over the line and totally unnecessary, Maria.” Piscopo hyperventilated Monday morning to Fox Business Network star Maria Bartiromo. He praised Ben Stiller, Jimmy Fallon and Scarlett Johansson in the all-star sketch, adding, “but you know what? Don’t put Stormy Daniels in there. What do I tell my kids? Dad, how do I get on Saturday Night Live? ‘Well you be an adult film star.’ I mean, really?”
Baldwin to the rescue, via Twitter:
“You tell them Trump is a compulsive adulterer who pays...
“My old alma mater, I love them, I’m so loyal to SNL. But Stormy Daniels on SNL? Lorne Michaels doesn’t even ask me to go on SNL. Stormy Daniels? I thought it was way, way, over the line and totally unnecessary, Maria.” Piscopo hyperventilated Monday morning to Fox Business Network star Maria Bartiromo. He praised Ben Stiller, Jimmy Fallon and Scarlett Johansson in the all-star sketch, adding, “but you know what? Don’t put Stormy Daniels in there. What do I tell my kids? Dad, how do I get on Saturday Night Live? ‘Well you be an adult film star.’ I mean, really?”
Baldwin to the rescue, via Twitter:
“You tell them Trump is a compulsive adulterer who pays...
- 5/7/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin on Monday morning responded to criticism from Joe Piscopo about the most recent cold open on <em>Saturday Night Live</em>.
The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stormy-daniels-plays-guest-star-heavy-snl-cold-open-1108983" target="_blank">star-studded moment</a>, which included adult film star Stephanie Clifford (Stormy Daniels), skewered Trump and his associates, all of whom are immersed in controversy. Baldwin once again played the president.
Piscopo, an <em>SNL</em> veteran, blasted a portion of the sketch on Fox News.
“It was such a great, organized sketch,” he told Maria Bartiromo during <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/snls-stormy-daniels-trump-sketch-went-over-the-line-joe-piscopo" target="_blank">an interview</a> on <em>Mornings with Maria</em>. “But don’t put Stormy Daniels in there — what do I tell my kids?”
Baldwin shot back ...
The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/stormy-daniels-plays-guest-star-heavy-snl-cold-open-1108983" target="_blank">star-studded moment</a>, which included adult film star Stephanie Clifford (Stormy Daniels), skewered Trump and his associates, all of whom are immersed in controversy. Baldwin once again played the president.
Piscopo, an <em>SNL</em> veteran, blasted a portion of the sketch on Fox News.
“It was such a great, organized sketch,” he told Maria Bartiromo during <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/snls-stormy-daniels-trump-sketch-went-over-the-line-joe-piscopo" target="_blank">an interview</a> on <em>Mornings with Maria</em>. “But don’t put Stormy Daniels in there — what do I tell my kids?”
Baldwin shot back ...
Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance in Asbury Park, New Jersey on Sunday night (May 6) to induct Steve Van Zandt, E Street Band member, actor and producer, into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
From the stage at the Paramount Theatre, Springsteen remarked that “rock ‘n’ roll chose [Van Zandt] early. … One look at Steve, and I knew that we both drunk the same Kool-Aid.”
The Boss then talked about how the two used to argue as teens over their musical heroes, who had the better clothes, guitar, hair, and “thousands of hours of preparation for the day when folks could argue about us.” Springsteen continued: “Steve is one of the greatest living white soul performers we have. He is the sole creator of the male babushka — a man who, not unlike Hugh Hefner, had managed to spend his whole life in his pajamas.”
While Van Zandt is already in the Hall...
From the stage at the Paramount Theatre, Springsteen remarked that “rock ‘n’ roll chose [Van Zandt] early. … One look at Steve, and I knew that we both drunk the same Kool-Aid.”
The Boss then talked about how the two used to argue as teens over their musical heroes, who had the better clothes, guitar, hair, and “thousands of hours of preparation for the day when folks could argue about us.” Springsteen continued: “Steve is one of the greatest living white soul performers we have. He is the sole creator of the male babushka — a man who, not unlike Hugh Hefner, had managed to spend his whole life in his pajamas.”
While Van Zandt is already in the Hall...
- 5/7/2018
- by Michele Amabile Angermiller
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s roundup, “Glow” Season 2 gets a premiere date and truTV renewed “At Home with Amy Sedaris” for a second season.
Casting
Anne Archer, Fionnula Flanagan, Hal Linden and Joe Piscopo will guest star in “Mama,” a new episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” airing May 16 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC. Flanagan plays Madeleine, an assisted living home patient suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease who claims to have been raped, while other characters question her mental fitness to remember. Linden plays an enigmatic man from Madeleine’s past, while Piscopo appears as a Frank Sinatra impersonator working at the facility. Rounding out the guest stars, Archer portrays a notorious actress connected to the case.
Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Michael Strahan will headline Fox Sports’ new “Thursday Night Football Pregame Show” live from New York City for the 2018 NFL season. The “Thursday Night Football Pregame...
Casting
Anne Archer, Fionnula Flanagan, Hal Linden and Joe Piscopo will guest star in “Mama,” a new episode of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” airing May 16 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt on NBC. Flanagan plays Madeleine, an assisted living home patient suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease who claims to have been raped, while other characters question her mental fitness to remember. Linden plays an enigmatic man from Madeleine’s past, while Piscopo appears as a Frank Sinatra impersonator working at the facility. Rounding out the guest stars, Archer portrays a notorious actress connected to the case.
Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Michael Strahan will headline Fox Sports’ new “Thursday Night Football Pregame Show” live from New York City for the 2018 NFL season. The “Thursday Night Football Pregame...
- 4/18/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
Fionnula Flanagan, Hal Linden, Anne Archer and comedian Joe Piscopo are set to guest-star in an episode of NBC’s Law & Order: Svu that investigates a rape claim made by a woman living with Alzheimer’s Disease.
In the episode, titled “Mama” and airing Wednesday, May 16 at 9/8c, Flanagan (Defiance) plays Madeline, an assisted living home patient who lives with Alzheimer’s. When she claims to have been raped, her mental state brings her allegation into question.
Archer (Privileged) in turn plays a notorious actress connected to the case, while Linden (Barney Miller) guest-stars as a mysterious man from Madeline’s past.
In the episode, titled “Mama” and airing Wednesday, May 16 at 9/8c, Flanagan (Defiance) plays Madeline, an assisted living home patient who lives with Alzheimer’s. When she claims to have been raped, her mental state brings her allegation into question.
Archer (Privileged) in turn plays a notorious actress connected to the case, while Linden (Barney Miller) guest-stars as a mysterious man from Madeline’s past.
- 4/18/2018
- TVLine.com
Mike Cecchini Aug 24, 2017
The Punisher, starring Dolph Lundgren, was the first Marvel superhero movie. It's not as bad as you've heard...
1989's The Punisher is Marvel's first superhero movie.
When you see it written out this way, it is really weird, isn't it? But it's true. The Punisher, the 1989 movie starring Dolph Lundgren as Marvel's premiere vigilante, really is the first Marvel superhero movie. While other Marvel superheroes (most notably Hulk and Spider-Man) had shown up in TV movies and series, they weren't big screen concerns. The 1944 Captain America movie serial doesn't count, because it's a serial not a feature film. The 1986 Howard the Duck movie is technically the first Marvel film, but he isn't a superhero. None of 'em tick all the appropriate boxes. The Punisher, for better or worse, does.
The Punisher was written by Boaz Yakin (who eventually went on to direct Remember The Titans and co-write...
The Punisher, starring Dolph Lundgren, was the first Marvel superhero movie. It's not as bad as you've heard...
1989's The Punisher is Marvel's first superhero movie.
When you see it written out this way, it is really weird, isn't it? But it's true. The Punisher, the 1989 movie starring Dolph Lundgren as Marvel's premiere vigilante, really is the first Marvel superhero movie. While other Marvel superheroes (most notably Hulk and Spider-Man) had shown up in TV movies and series, they weren't big screen concerns. The 1944 Captain America movie serial doesn't count, because it's a serial not a feature film. The 1986 Howard the Duck movie is technically the first Marvel film, but he isn't a superhero. None of 'em tick all the appropriate boxes. The Punisher, for better or worse, does.
The Punisher was written by Boaz Yakin (who eventually went on to direct Remember The Titans and co-write...
- 8/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Features: Gilbert Gottfried, Whoopi Goldberg, Artie Lange, Arsenio Hall, Bill Burr, Richard Kind, Howie Mandel, Jay Leno, Penn Jillette | Written by Neil Berkeley, James Leche | Directed by Neil Berkeley
If you don’t know his face, you’ll definitely know his voice. But what about his personality?
Gilbert Gottfried has seen the typical comedian’s rise to fame, from his small start working clubs as a teen to making big breaks like voicing Disney characters, and the grand kahuna of all, lending your voice to commercials. But there’s one question we all have about the mysterious man: is that really his voice?
Turns out that isn’t the only question we should have for him. Gilbert, a film directed, written, and produced by Neil Berkeley, follows the side of Gottfried that no one sees: his personal, non-decibel-provoking one. A personal life? Gilbert’s? Does he even have one? It...
If you don’t know his face, you’ll definitely know his voice. But what about his personality?
Gilbert Gottfried has seen the typical comedian’s rise to fame, from his small start working clubs as a teen to making big breaks like voicing Disney characters, and the grand kahuna of all, lending your voice to commercials. But there’s one question we all have about the mysterious man: is that really his voice?
Turns out that isn’t the only question we should have for him. Gilbert, a film directed, written, and produced by Neil Berkeley, follows the side of Gottfried that no one sees: his personal, non-decibel-provoking one. A personal life? Gilbert’s? Does he even have one? It...
- 4/21/2017
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Tim Curry has stolen my heart and he’s taking it into Communist space.
Full-Motion Video games were a mid- to late-1990s fad that were either semi-playable movies (where you shot at bad guys running on screen) or incorporated live-action cutscenes into otherwise animated games. Think Who Framed Roger Rabbit? but on your grandma’s PC. They’re usually all as silly as you’d imagine, either aimed at a younger audience delighted to watch some over-the-top fantasy or an older audience wowed by the possibilities of technology. It seems like the perfect home for character actors and infomercial escapees to camp it up with little career risk and some quick cash, right?
The weird thing is how many A-list actors — or at least people you’d never expect — appeared in these games. What’s even weirder is how crazy most of their roles were. Nobody’s a heartfelt dramatic lead, they...
Full-Motion Video games were a mid- to late-1990s fad that were either semi-playable movies (where you shot at bad guys running on screen) or incorporated live-action cutscenes into otherwise animated games. Think Who Framed Roger Rabbit? but on your grandma’s PC. They’re usually all as silly as you’d imagine, either aimed at a younger audience delighted to watch some over-the-top fantasy or an older audience wowed by the possibilities of technology. It seems like the perfect home for character actors and infomercial escapees to camp it up with little career risk and some quick cash, right?
The weird thing is how many A-list actors — or at least people you’d never expect — appeared in these games. What’s even weirder is how crazy most of their roles were. Nobody’s a heartfelt dramatic lead, they...
- 3/23/2017
- by Jacob Oller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Yet another Saturday Night Live alum is dipping a toe into politics.
Joe Piscopo – who lampooned Frank Sinatra and played Gumby’s horse Pokey during his early ’80s tenure on the show – told The Washington Post that he’s “very close” to declaring his candidacy for New Jersey governor.
“The journey has laid itself out, and I see there’s a lot of support for someone like me to get in,” the 65-year-old told the paper, adding that he was partially inspired to consider the career change after campaigning for President Donald Trump last year.
Piscopo – who works as a...
Joe Piscopo – who lampooned Frank Sinatra and played Gumby’s horse Pokey during his early ’80s tenure on the show – told The Washington Post that he’s “very close” to declaring his candidacy for New Jersey governor.
“The journey has laid itself out, and I see there’s a lot of support for someone like me to get in,” the 65-year-old told the paper, adding that he was partially inspired to consider the career change after campaigning for President Donald Trump last year.
Piscopo – who works as a...
- 3/9/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's Back to the Future is a classic for many of us but studio interference could have put a very different face on it. Would you have seen a movie titled "Space Man From Pluto" starring Jeff Goldblum? As a huge Back to the Future fan, I've come across my fair share of trivia and interesting tidbits about the creation of the film over the years as I'm sure a lot of you have. We've seen some fun handwritten notes from Gale before on the film's sequel but recently, producer Will McCrabb took to Twitter to revitalize a few classics. For instance, other actors being considered for the lead roles: Jeff Goldblum was the first choice to play Doc Brown. Check out the other contenders. pic.twitter.com/DSVcAOay7D — Will McCrabb (@mccrabb_will) August 27, 2016 Yes, there are alternate realities where Doc Brown was played by Jeff Goldblum,...
- 8/28/2016
- by Jill Pantozzi
- Hitfix
Is this Brian De Palma’s only dull film? Very possibly yes. Released in 1986, this post-SNL Joe Piscopo vehicle (you read that correctly) feels incredibly standard. The plot concerns two low-level gangsters, Moe and Harry (Piscopo and Danny DeVito, respectively), who lose their mob boss’ money at the race track. Said mob boss (Dan Hedaya) orders the two schlubs to kill each other. Hijinks ensue.
In spats, it plays like De Palma trying out slapstick. Select moments — a close-up shot that pulls out to reveal Harry being drowned inside of a fish tank or Moe testing out a bulletproof suit jacket for his boss — highlight the fascinating hybrid of De Palma’s visual style with broad, studio comedy. If only it worked a bit more frequently throughout the film’s bloated 100-minute runtime. One can only ponder what additional mileage the director may have achieved from DeVito’s deliciously terrible hairpiece,...
In spats, it plays like De Palma trying out slapstick. Select moments — a close-up shot that pulls out to reveal Harry being drowned inside of a fish tank or Moe testing out a bulletproof suit jacket for his boss — highlight the fascinating hybrid of De Palma’s visual style with broad, studio comedy. If only it worked a bit more frequently throughout the film’s bloated 100-minute runtime. One can only ponder what additional mileage the director may have achieved from DeVito’s deliciously terrible hairpiece,...
- 7/21/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Frank Larocca, a 40-year-old bookkeeper, was sentenced in New Jersey to three years in state prison for stealing $234,500 from former Saturday Night Live cast member Joe Piscopo. Larocca pleaded guilty in February to theft by unlawful taking for stealing money from Piscopo. Larocca’s wife also pleaded guilty to theft and and is expected to be sentenced to three years on probation. Larocca’s […]
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- 6/1/2016
- by Tyne Phillips
- Uinterview
Amy HeckerlingThe films of Amy Heckerling reveal a heart guarded and tender, a penchant for the past without a whiff of the maudlin. Who could forget her debut, Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Directed from Cameron Crowe's script, the 1982 film gave us frank portrayals of sexuality and the detailed minutiae of growing up, suspended in the hazy tedium of high school, all without condescension or patronizing. Totally righteous. Heckerling proved attuned to the particulars of comedy with her next feature Johnny Dangerously (1984), a waggish send-up of the 1930s gangster comedy. In its cheeky beginning, a 1935 title card reveals itself to be a real material object that crumbles when car crash obliterates its façade. With a darkened lash line, a young Michael Keaton puts forth his best James Cagney as the titular mobster whose identity and status are known to all but his ailing ma and brother, a rising assistant Da.
- 5/13/2016
- MUBI
Someone at Wndu in Indiana is blind as a bat ... because they mixed up Frank Sinatra Jr. and Joe Piscopo (as Frank Sinatra on 'SNL') during Wednesday night's newscast. The mix-up just gives us an excuse to watch this again ... Read more...
- 3/17/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Jennifer Larocca pleaded guilty to stealing from Joe Piscopo, the comedian also known by his moniker “Jersey Joe.” Jos Piscopo Theft Larocca, 40, admitted in court on Wednesday that she had stolen between $500 and $75,000 from Piscopo between 2010 and 2014, reported the Daily Record. The Hackettstown, N.J., native pleaded guilty to one count […]
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- 2/12/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
TV One will rebroadcast PBS' "Eddie Murphy: The Mark Twain Prize" tribute this Friday, December 4 at 8 p.m. Et. Originally broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, the special taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and features star-studded appearances by the likes of Dave Chapelle, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Brittany Howard, George Lopez, Sam Moore, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Nealon, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Joe Piscopo and Chris Rock, all paying tribute to Murphy's legendary career - spanning over three decades and encompassing accomplishments in stand-up, TV, movies and recording performances.. The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was created in...
- 12/2/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Chicago – While a musical stage play is known for its songs rather than dialogue or story, all has to be created. And the playwright for the opening-in-Chicago “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” is veteran actor, director and scribe Douglas McGrath. ‘Beautiful’ opens December 1st, 2015, at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago.
“Beautiful” is a so-called jukebox musical with a twist. It takes the tunes of singer/songwriter Carole King, but integrates them within the story of Ms. King, who rose from a teenage song creator to a pop artist in her own right (“Tapestry” was her million seller album). The poignancy, in both the good and not-so-good times, are all told in the musical, which was crafted by Douglas McGrath.
Scene From ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,’ book by Douglas McGrath
Photo credit: Broadway in Chicago
McGrath is a hybrid, having written screenplays, acted in films and directed. He began his...
“Beautiful” is a so-called jukebox musical with a twist. It takes the tunes of singer/songwriter Carole King, but integrates them within the story of Ms. King, who rose from a teenage song creator to a pop artist in her own right (“Tapestry” was her million seller album). The poignancy, in both the good and not-so-good times, are all told in the musical, which was crafted by Douglas McGrath.
Scene From ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,’ book by Douglas McGrath
Photo credit: Broadway in Chicago
McGrath is a hybrid, having written screenplays, acted in films and directed. He began his...
- 12/1/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Last month, the Kennedy Center awarded the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Eddie Murphy, in a star-studded show that featured tributes by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Joe Piscopo, and other special guests. This year's event initially took place on Sunday, October 18, 2015, and was taped, but not broadcast live. PBS eventually aired the 90-minute tribute last night, November 23, at 9/8c. For those who missed it, the network has thankfully made the full broadcast available to watch online, this morning, which I've...
- 11/24/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Tonight: Eddie Murphy Feted By Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Trevor Noah & Others on PBS
Last month, the Kennedy Center awarded the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Eddie Murphy, in a star-studded show that featured tributes by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Joe Piscopo, and other special guests. This year's event initially took place on Sunday, October 18, 2015, and was taped, but not broadcast live. PBS will air the 90-minute tribute tonight, November 23, at 9/8c (check your local listings). Past recipients of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize are Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Carl Reiner,...
- 11/23/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
33 years ago today, at age 7, Drew Barrymore hosted “Saturday Night Live,” making her the youngest ever host of the NBC sketch comedy show. She still holds that record today, and she’s hosted the show five additional times since. Her 1982 gig on the show came five months after the release of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestiral.” She reprised her “E.T.” role when she played a homicidal Gertie on “SNL.” Above she’s pictured in the iconic healing E.T. pose with “SNL” cast members Tim Kazurinsky, Gary Kroeger, Brad Hall and Joe Piscopo. As for the second and third youngest “SNL” hosts, Macaulay Culkin and Fred Savage hold those titles, respectively. Other notable November 20 happenings in pop culture history: • 1955: Rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley made his television debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” • 1959: “The Twilight Zone” episode “Time Enough at Last” — featuring first aired. It featured Burgess Meredith in his...
- 11/20/2015
- by Emily Rome
- Hitfix
Last month, the Kennedy Center awarded the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Eddie Murphy, in a star-studded show that featured tributes by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Joe Piscopo, and other special guests. This year's event initially took place on Sunday, October 18, 2015, and was taped, but not broadcast live. PBS has now announced that the network will air the tribute this Sunday night, November 23, at 9/8c (check your local listings). I'll certainly be tuning in. It's also when "The Walking Dead" and...
- 11/17/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A version of this story first appeared in the Oct. 23 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Joe Piscopo recalls the first appearance of a teen named Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live because he was sitting next to him. It was Dec. 6, 1980, and the two were about to launch into a "Sports Guy" bit about whether too many white men were playing in the NBA. Soon, Piscopo and all of America would squirm at Murphy's visceral comic presence. But in the moment, right before cameras went live, Piscopo tells
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- 10/16/2015
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tracy Morgan and George Lopez have been added to the all-star list of talent who will honor comedian Eddie Murphy on Oct. 18 when he receives the 18th annual Mark Twain Award for American Humor, the Kennedy Center said Monday. Morgan and Lopez will join newly installed “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle in honoring “Beverly Hills Cop” star Murphy at the event, which will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Also on hand to fete Murphy will be Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Arsenio Hall, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Jay Pharoah and Joe Piscopo.
- 10/5/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The Kennedy Center has announced that it will award the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to Eddie Murphy, in a star-studded show featuring tributes by Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Arsenio Hall, Trevor Noah, Jay Pharoah, Whitney Cummings, Kathy Griffin, Sam Moore, Kevin Nealon, Joe Piscopo, and other special guests. "We look forward to paying tribute to Eddie Murphy's important and lasting impact on American culture," said Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter. "Through his appearances on Saturday Night Live, groundbreaking stand-up comedy, and work as a movie star, Eddie Murphy has...
- 9/10/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Last night, LeBron James came as close as any player has in 46 years (since Jerry West in '69) to winning the NBA Finals Mvp for a losing team. What he did in carrying a team of scrubs and/or Knicks castoffs to within two games of a championship was otherworldly, not just for his own play, but for the complete ineptitude of his supporting cast whenever he wasn't on the floor. It had me wondering if there was a TV equivalent. I'm not talking about a great performance in an otherwise bad show, because we've seen plenty of those (Matthew Perry in "Studio 60," for instance), but a Hall of Fame performance that transforms a show that would otherwise be unwatchable into something seemingly great in its own right. I put the question out on Twitter this morning, and got some interesting responses: @sepinwall Orphan Black ... — Tormund Clientsbane (@LukeMayeux) June 17, 2015 Certainly,...
- 6/17/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Eddie Murphy was a miracle. Today, there is an industry around the show that is designed to be a sort of star-making assembly line, and I think many of the people who have used the show as a springboard to other things deserve that success completely. But when Eddie Murphy made his debut on the show in 1980, "Saturday Night Live" wasn't even guaranteed a spot on TV for much longer. After all, the original cast was gone by that point. The new cast, including Denny Dillon, Gilbert Gottfried, Charles Rocket, Ann Risley, and Joe Piscopo, seemed like a poor replacement for the likes of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, and Bill Murray. I was a ten year old nascent comedy nerd, and for me, it was mystifying to see something that had been the absolute center of the comedy universe suddenly drop completely out of relevance. Everything about that...
- 2/22/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
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