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Can a national joke survive when it’s also trying to become a national treasure?| New Statesman
At the 2025 Amazon Upfront UK event, senior executives from Amazon Ads, Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios were joined on stage by celebrities and actors to showcase Amazon’s entertainment portfolio and highlight its advertising solutions. During the presentation, Amazon announced that Prime Video has grown its average monthly ad-supported reach to more than 22 […]| Advanced Television
The Riyadh Comedy Festival bought compliance not comedy The post The joke’s on Dave Chappelle appeared first on The Spectator World.| The Spectator World
Can a national joke survive when it’s also trying to become a national treasure?| New Statesman
The Rogansphere – consisting of Joe Rogan and like-minded comedians orbiting around him – faces steady and consistent criticism from YouTubers (whose focus and most popular content is criticising the Rogansphere). Popular critiques of the Rogansphere began with Mike David/Redbar (at redbarradio.net), and he (and fans) uploaded clips of these to YouTube. Today, the most impressive…| Sam Woolfe
★½ “Die Hard at… a wedding?” Director West certainly knows his way around an action film. He is probably best known for Con Air, but I’m also a fan of his Chinese disaster porn flick, Skyfire, about a volcano-themed holiday resort (guess how that works out?). So, despite the critical… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
Why are famous British and American comics such as Jimmy Carr and Dave Chappelle now performing in a country notorious for censoring and harassing its own comedians? The post Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival: nothing to laugh at appeared first on Index on Censorship.| Index on Censorship
Welcome to the weekend! After last week's controversial and over-sized post, I decided to dial it back a bit with this one. Let's take it a ...| wastelandandsky.blogspot.com
In the aftermath of death and grief, sometimes ok is enough. The post Are We Good? Movie Review: A Natural Extension of Who Marc Maron Is and How He Works appeared first on Cinema Sentries.| Cinema Sentries
Monkeypaw Productions is kicking off spooky season with their latest horror film HIM, which has just landed in theaters.| Articles – Rotten Tomatoes
Tickets On Sale Now DURHAM, NC — September 25, 2025 — Ms. Pat, of the critically acclaimed multi-cam series “The Ms. Pat Show” comes to the Carolina Theatre of Durham on January 30, 2026. Tickets are now on sale at the venue’s box office and online at www.carolinatheatre.org. Declared by The Huffington Post as “the […] The post Ms. Pat Comes to the Carolina Theatre on January 30, 2026 appeared first on Carolina Theatre of Durham.| Carolina Theatre of Durham
Tickets On Sale Now DURHAM, NC — September 24, 2025 — Actor, comedian, writer, producer, and podcaster, Pete Holmes, comes to the Carolina Theatre of Durham on January 23, 2026. Tickets are now on sale at the venue’s box office and online at www.carolinatheatre.org. Pete Holmes is the creator and star of HBO’s “Crashing” (produced […] The post Pete Holmes comes to the Carolina Theatre on January 23, 2026 appeared first on Carolina Theatre of Durham.| Carolina Theatre of Durham
Tickets On Sale Now DURHAM, NC — September 23, 2025 — Stand-up comedian Tom Papa brings his “Grateful Bread Tour” to the Carolina Theatre of Durham on January 29, 2026. Tickets are now on sale at the venue’s box office and online at www.tickets.carolinatheatre.org. With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa […] The post Tom Papa: Grateful Bread Tour comes to the Carolina Theatre on January 29, 2026 appeared first on Carolina Theatre of Durham.| Carolina Theatre of Durham
With Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," dropping this Friday, we tapped the internet's most cerebral Swiftie for a special installment of Search History. The post The Swiftologist Has a Message For Gaylor Conspiracy Theorists appeared first on Interview Magazine.| Interview Magazine
Punk rock has a robust tradition of gross-out, offensive comedy—one carried into the present by bands like Fat White Family and Diarrhea Planet, who may not exist were it not for Fear, an unstable L.A. band led by an obnoxious provocateur who goes by the name Lee Ving. Like fellow L.A. punks the Germs, Circle […]| Open Culture
‘Weird happenings in a house of mystery…’ The Ghoul is a 1933 horror film about an Egyptologist who returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated … The post THE GHOUL Boris Karloff horror classic – review and free online appeared first on MOVIES & MANIA.| MOVIES & MANIA
On Sept. 12, laughter rang out from the basement of the 140 West 62nd Street Building as a group of students pretended to fight like kindergarteners on a playground, take a lie detector test and hunt for jellyfish during Stove’s Comedy Club’s first show of the year, titled “Hide and Go Stove’s.” The performance aimed... The post Stove’s Comedy Club: an Intersection of Comedy and Community appeared first on The Observer.| The Observer
When I was a kid I electrocuted myself…in a way that would’ve been completely avoidable were I not an idiot child. But it wasn’t my fault. See, some id...| Enbies are from Earth
Jokes linking football and religion, especially Christianity, are common. “One gets Americans to sit attentively for hours every Sunday; the other is religion.” “Christian athletes always thank God when they win, never blame Him when they [...] The post ‘Him’ falls short on horror, laughs first appeared on The North State Journal.| The North State Journal
Oxford has a rich arts scene covering all aspects of art through university societies and general public events. This section will go into detail about some different aspects of art, and how you can get involved! The post The Oxford arts scene appeared first on The Oxford Student.| The Oxford Student
PUTNEY, Vt. – Next Stage Arts presents the return of Vermont Comedy All Stars live stand-up comedy showcase, on Friday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, Putney, Vt. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Tickets … Continued The post Vermont Comedy All Stars at Next Stage appeared first on The Vermont Journal & The Shopper.| The Vermont Journal & The Shopper
1987 horror comedy, dir. Joel Schumacher, Jason Patric, Corey Haim: IMDb / allmovie. You're a creature of the night, Michael. You wait 'till mom finds out!| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
2019 comedy, dir. Taika Waititi, Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie: IMDb / allmovie. A young boy learns about life from his good buddy Imaginary Hitler… in late-war Germany.| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
2015 comedy, dir. David Wnendt, Oliver Masucci, Fabian Busch' IMDb / allmovie. Hitler appears in the present day, and an unemployed TV producer makes him a star.| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
1967 comedy, dir. Mel Brooks, Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder: IMDb / allmovie. How to make a fortune on Broadway? Oversell the shares, keep the money and put on a show that flops. Unless it doesn't…| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
1940 comedy, dir. and starring Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard: IMDb / allmovie. A hapless Jewish barber happens to be the exact double of don't-call-him-Hitler.| RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts
Rigorously clean-cut, competent on the acoustic guitar and double bass, and seldom dressed in anything more daring than cherry-red blazers, Tom and Dick Smothers looked like the antithesis of nineteen-sixties rebellion.| Open Culture
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of The Cherry Orchard: A heavily indebted landowner and her family return to Russia in an attempt to save her estate from being auctioned off.| standardebooks.org
*/****starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Riley Keough, Laura Dernwritten by Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimerdirected by Noah Baumbach by Walter Chaw Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly wants to be two things. It wants to be Cinema Paradiso, and it wants to be George Clooney’s All That Jazz–a hagiography for the temple of film on the one hand, a self-lacerating reflection on the cost of stardom on the other. A tightrope, in other words, requiring an abiding, all-consuming, some might even say sl...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
They’re selling Materialists as some plush New York dating comedy for the crowd that would have followed Sex and the City back in its day (as opposed to its current sequel). I’m here to tell you that it’s not that. No, underneath this movie’s posh interiors and Hollywood star power is a story that’s hard-headed…| Fort Worth Weekly
The Climb begins with a deliciously funny nine-minute single take, as best friends Mikey (Michael Angelo Covino) and Kyle (Kyle Marvin) cycle up a steep hill in France. As Kyle waxes poetic about the wonderful woman he’s about to marry, Mikey cuts him off and confesses that he has been sleeping with that same woman…| Fort Worth Weekly
I interviewed 23-year-old comedian Michael McCreary about media portrayals, comedy & so much more! Listen to the audio link below or on Stitcher here or on iTunes here. Read the transcript, below the audio file. Transcript by Julie Ann Lee: Transcript_McCreary_Noncompliant Bio Michael began stand-up comedy at the age of 13. He has performed … Continue reading Episode 9. “Why don’t we work autistic people into inherently fantastic scenarios like a space opera or a globetrotting adve...| Noncompliant – the podcast
dir. Iain Morris American student Anna arrives in Oxford to study Victorian poetry for a year. The very premise is already unconvincing due to the inconsistent picture of Anna. She’s a supposed literary genius, although her bookshelf seems to only consist of famous, obvious classics like Jane Eyre and Emma. When she goes to aContinue reading "My Oxford Year (2025)"| BMDb
I was standing behind her in the autographs line at a comedy show for a lesbian comedian. She was asking the opener “do you tour outside of [city]” and he was like “lol, say that again, slowly.” I was laughing, and maybe it was a little mean (but tour literally means more than one city?) and she turned around and was like “girl shut up.”| Enbies are from Earth
Making a decent feature length film that also accurately showcases the difficulty of a real world job is tougher than it sounds. The marketing for Code 3| Book and Film Globe
*Spoilers are hidden/will be indicated towards the end* Synopsis: When Si Tou Gau’s father died, he took over his father’s mahjong parlour, to comply with his dying wish, destroying his own marriage in the process. Twenty years later, Si Tou Gau’s life is shaken up by a mysterious USB stick containing a video of a… Continue reading Review of Drama ‘Heavenly Hand’| On this I ponder
Don Fillyfill, the Polyfill Mafia boss, returns with a vengeance. He's holding the galaxy's last remaining legacy browser, "Internet Explorer 6," hostage and demanding a ransom, threatening to unleash a wave of compatibility bugs that would crash galactic commerce.| Seuros Blog - Navigation Logs from the Ruby Nebula
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Misalliance: On a pleasant summer afternoon, a sudden plane crash followed by a would-be assassin interrupt a family’s conversations about marriage.| standardebooks.org
Critics say season 2 is full of the franchise's bloody action, but it also takes time to tell a poignant story with lived-in characters.| Articles – Rotten Tomatoes
Critics say it captures the same 'Office' energy but offers enough of an update and a compelling new cast to make it worth watching.| Articles – Rotten Tomatoes
In our latest episode of RT Watch List, we sit down with the stars of 'The Paper' to talk about the upcoming spin-off on Peacock.| Articles – Rotten Tomatoes
On Aug. 28, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim and Michael Longfellow announced on their respective Instagram accounts that they would be departing from Saturday Night Live (SNL) ahead of its 51st season. Soon after, major cast member Heidi Gardener also announced that she would not appear in season 51. The late-night sketch comedy show had barely... The post Gen Z Fans Left Shook Up After SNL Cast Changes appeared first on The Observer.| The Observer
I don’t spend a lot of time watching TV, but sometimes I do for fun. If you loved The Office and Parks and Recreation, then here are two new shows that are currently free on Netflix (Septembe…| Economist Writing Every Day
This longstanding Baylor tradition premieres university talent across students and faculty alike. From solo performances to organized dances and comedic acts, this show invites talent of all kinds to take center stage.| The Baylor Lariat - The official student news source
I took away from the book that Joe Piscopo likes his kids, Frank Sinatra, initially his wives including the one he first met when she was 11 and babysitting his first kid, Eddie Murphy, shopping fo…| Burypensions Blog
Every time you fall in fiery multiplayer de-motivator Chained Together, you are taking your pals with you. We played and tried to get as high as we could...| Rock Paper Shotgun
David Mitchell may have harboured political ambitions in his youth, but once comedy came calling, his head was turned.| Big Issue
Post-Labor Day events, including artist demos, home and garden shows, and help with house pets (and houseplants), will simplify your transition to fall. But first: Beyonce. Thursday, September 4, 2025 What the Dance presents House of Bey: A Beyonce Celebration at Tulips FTW (112 St. Louis Av, Fort Worth, 817-367-9798) at 10pm. The party will feature…| Fort Worth Weekly
Men talk about this a lot: The ultimate betrayal a man can make of his male friend is to have sex with that man’s wife or girlfriend. Some men undoubtedly would prefer to be murdered by their best friend than be cuckolded by them. Why is this so, and why does no one talk about…| Fort Worth Weekly
The Paper may be played for laughs, but it draws on a serious truth: there are still people fighting to keep local journalism| Big Issue
The text messages I get from my mom could be a comedy skit. I've considered emailing Netflix to see if they will allow me, an unknown in the stand-up world,| Jeffrey Pillow
You know you're middle aged or it's fast approaching when you go to kiss your significant other to see them off to work in the morning and your glasses tap| Jeffrey Pillow
Rory Scovel: Know Your Enemy Tour live at Carolina Theatre Durham on February 14. Don't miss a hilarious night of comedy.| Carolina Theatre of Durham
Hannah Berner. Photo courtesy the Student Activities Association Hannah Berner, a comedian known for her Netflix special “We Ride| The Daily Mississippian
The Oxford Revue return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their new sketch show ‘For Revue Dollars More’, offering classic student comedy.| The Oxford Student
This is one of the best Sandra Bullock movies you're ever going to see and it's on Netflix right now! Here's what you should know.| GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT
Anty Boisjoly takes on his twistiest test to date in a tale of curses and crows, crypts and conspiracies, concealed corridors and clever crimes, delivered with a generous overpour of locked room mu…| Swords & Spectres
With the resurgence of Y2K fashion, celebrities and downturned stock markets comes spin-offs and remakes of our beloved childhood movies.| The Baylor Lariat - The official student news source
Donald Trump’s gleeful response to the show’s cancellation, and his suggestion that others will be “next up,” shows just how seriously some political figures take comedic critique.| Vox Populi
Hi friends and happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m still making my way through Shakespeare! In today’s post I’m giving all my thoughts on his plays King Henry…| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
As I mentioned last month, we’re all living that fairy tale life. As authors, we’re writing about life, but in encapsulated vignettes that feature our struggles and dark times before we…| Mindy Carlson
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of Getting Married: On the morning of a young couple’s wedding, concerns about what is to come inspire discussions about the institution of marriage.| standardebooks.org
Thursday, August 21, 2025 From March thru September, the third Thursday of every month finds businesses in South Main Village offering a free walkable gallery night. From 5pm to 8pm, 18 locations will exhibit the work of various local artists, including Tatyana Alanis (@French75Studios) at Amphibian Stage (120 S Main St, Fort Worth, 817-923-3012). For information about all…| Fort Worth Weekly
Several culinary-oriented contests and events are afoot — including one of ours — with fun, seasonal themes. From the Weekly’s annual Best Of season to the State Fair and Halloween, there are many ways to celebrate with food and booze. Let’s start with yours truly. Best Of 2025: The Ballot Is Open Now thru Fri, Sep 12,…| Fort Worth Weekly
BY MIYA YONGER SHEN It’s been three years since Kate Hu left her job as a quantitative analyst in finance to pursue stand-up comedy, a monumental career change that her [ … ]|
Join Thane Riddle for another episode of Cloak & Dagger. He covers privacy/security news and tips in the first hour… And in the second hour, DeProgramming Coordinator Rayo2 joins to read and analyze the unpublished book of the gold medal winner in the libertarian special autism Olympics. [DONATE MONERO VIA… The post Cloak & Dagger with Thane Riddle, Episode 8: Health Privacy, Fake Monero 51% Attack, Hiding Things On You, & “Fun At School” with Coordinator Rayo2 appeared first on The V...| The Vonu Podcast
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tl;dr: Geoff Norcott is very good indeed. If you get a chance to see him, take it. One of my CounsellMedia clients is Edinburgh comedy agency Marlene Zwickler and Associates, representing, amongst others, Daniel Sloss and Jimeoin [also appearing at the same festival]. But, a couple of weeks back, I went to the Southport Comedy Festival to check […]| PooterGeek
It’s so nice to connect with a Wes Anderson movie again. I’ve been mostly a fan from the beginning but his career has as many ups as downs for me, often getting lost in his distinct dollhouse style…| nathanzoebl
In this week's installment of Search History, the Pittsburgh-born animator joined us in DMs to talk about his new film "Boys Go to Jupiter," featuring the voices of Cole Escola, Janeane Garofalo, and Julio Torres.| Interview Magazine
***/****starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Emma Stonewritten and directed by Ari Aster by Walter Chaw The problem I have with Ari Aster movies is that Ari Aster is contemptuous of his characters. He gives them anxieties he then maximalizes into catastrophes so extreme they’re funny. (How else does a cake allergy turn into a telephone-pole beheading?) And once he creates an unbearable situation, he scoffs. It’s tempting to draw a corollary between his work and that of pos...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Dave Barry, true to form, made fun of himself and almost everything else in his memoir. I’ve enjoyed Barry’s writing on and off over the years as I’ve come across it. This book, l…| Phil's Scribblings
Let’s not joke around: The Naked Gun (2025) is the most raucously funny movie of the year. It just might be the most hilarious movie of the last few years,| DiscussingFilm
‘A horror film that will stiffen you with laughter!’ Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is a 1952 comedy horror sci-fi film directed by William Beaudine from a screenplay by …| MOVIES & MANIA
Platonic Season 2 is messy, hilarious, and more emotionally honest than ever asWill and Sylvia support each other through midlife chaos.| But Why Tho?
Critics say this reboot of the classic comedy series is jam-packed with hilarious jokes and serves as a pitch-perfect revival of the spoof genre.| editorial.rottentomatoes.com
On September 16th, Criterion will be releasing a brand bloody new 4K UHD edition of the beloved cult classic 80s comedy THIS IS SPINAL TAP starring Michael McKean, Chris Guest and Harry Shearer. As longtime fans of this laugh a minute movie, we can’t wait to see it in all its high def glory. BUY […] The post THIS IS SPINAL TAP 4K-UHD appeared first on FuriousCinema.com.| FuriousCinema.com
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The White House is reportedly fuming after South Park mocked the president’s manhood and cast him in a hellish love affair with Satan,| Newsner English
Suddenly I realize I have a new favorite writer. It's not like I ever expect to suddenly have a new favorite anything.| Literary Kicks
An unassuming film, A Real Pain will stay with those who carry their family's trauma buried underneath their own weeping.| But Why Tho?
As dawn rises on Aldersgate Street, small creatures rampage in the trash, and frosty tendrils of winter reach into the London fall. Various occupants of Slough House arrive swearing, as one tends to do if one is seconded to MI-5’s… Continue reading →| Strong Language
A couple of years ago, people I know were talking about the Apple TV series Slow Horses, the television version of Mick Herron’s Slough House novels. I love espionage novels, and I like espionage t…| Strong Language
More than just a comedy, 'We Are Lady Parts', celebrates women owning their space and redefining the rules on their terms.| Content Matters
Have you ever been to the gym? If so, then you probably know Gymy Jackass. (Pronounced: Jimee Jack-ass). And if you’re like me, Gymy Jackass has pissed you off many times.| Five O'Clock Shadow
Sharkula is a 2021 American comedy horror film about a Great White vampire shark and its undead assistants. Free online| MOVIES & MANIA
Ouija Shark 2 is a 2021 comedy horror film written, directed by and starring John Migliore. It is obviously a sequel to Ouija Shark (2020).| MOVIES & MANIA
American Gothic is a 1987 Canadian-British horror film written by Burt Wetanson and Michael Vines and directed by John Hough.| MOVIES & MANIA
Step aside, grandma—Dixie Longate is rolling into Denver with a Tupperware party like you’ve never seen before! In her outrageously funny, award-winning show, Dixie’s Tupperware Party, this fast-talking, gum-chewing Alabama gal transforms the classic kitchen staple into a laugh-out-loud theatrical experience. Packed with sassy storytelling, audience participation, and a surprising dose of…| Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Book #5: Matayoshi Naoki: Spark, transl. Alison Watts, Pushkin Press, 2020 (original published in 2015) The first (and ebook) cover of Spark from Pushkin Press Winner of the Akutagawa Prize, this n…| findingtimetowrite
*½/****starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Jenna Davis, Jemaine Clementwritten and directed by Gerald Johnstone by Walter Chaw Gerald Johnstone’s M3GAN 2.0 feels like one of those 1980s teensploitation sci-fi adventure flicks. D.A.R.Y.L., for instance–D.A.R.Y.L. exactly, let’s face it. Given that D.A.R.Y.L. hardly set the world on fire, this does not bode well for M3GAN 2.0. To its credit, it takes a wild swing at relevance, M3GAN 2.0 does, in a way that’s at complete odds with...| FILM FREAK CENTRAL
dir. Brian Robbins The premise of this reboot movie, The Shaggy Dog, sounds completely insane. Because it is. Tim Allen plays a man who is bitten by a sacred immortal dog. This means he is now able to transform into a dog, although only sometimes, and it’s never quite clear what exactly provokes the transformation.Continue reading "The Shaggy Dog (2006)"| BMDb
dir. William Byron Hillman “Sarah, the dog’s cute, but this is ridiculous.” This line of dialogue pretty much sums up the entirety of Quigley, in which Gary Busey’s generic …| BMDb
Free epub ebook download of the Standard Ebooks edition of The Small Bachelor: A struggling artist and his dream girl set off on a series of comedic misadventures.| standardebooks.org
Let me continue with our highlighting of Shout’s new Hong Kong cinema home video line (for which we receive no benefits, just to make that transparent, this is purely out of interesting and service, we’re so far also not getting review samples or anything). So on September 23, the label follows with the next title […] The post Hong Kong Cinema Classics: Peking Opera Blues appeared first on FuriousCinema.com.| FuriousCinema.com
The narrator of the UK series and US spinoff chats about the hit reality TV show that’s taking over America, and what fans can expect from his stand-up show “Iain Stirling Live” at Hollywood Improv…| Press Enterprise
Lucas leads live shows and workshops that use humor to address trauma, build confidence, and foster social support—especially within the Black community.| San Francisco Bay View
Hi friends and happy Friday! I hope you’re all doing well. I’m still making my way through Shakespeare! In today’s post I’m giving all my thoughts on his plays King Richard …| Meghan's Whimsical Explorations & Reviews
“Why can’t my life be a fairy tale?” It’s the refrain of every heroine in every romance novel and movie. Or—why limit ourselves?—it’s in every novel on the shelf and movie streaming through the int…| Mindy Carlson
As I mentioned last week, there has been little to no traction for the No Kings 2.0 event, rumored to be happening this Friday. I have found exactly one in our area. Indivisible is doing a No Kings Bridge Display event at 9am on Friday at the UNT Pedestrian Bridge on I-35 near Airport Road…| Fort Worth Weekly
