Memorial Day Weekend in Miami means that it’s time for the annual Comedy Fest! For the 5th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Comedy Fest (May 27) , we have Tommy Davidson, Faizon Love, Michael Blackson, John Witherspoon, A.G. White, and Leslie Jones performing live at the James L Knight Center. Everybody’s already talking about it. Tickets are on sale now! Here’s how you can get your tickets:
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Wednesday May 16th 2012
“Anchorman 2″ has some urgent and horrifying news. All of you need to stop what you’re doing and listen.
It has a teaser poster.
The highly anticipated “Anchorman” sequel unveiled its first bit of promo materials on Wednesday, and it should make lovers of poetry, scotch and Baxter very happy.
The pic, which you can check out below, features the feet of Ron Burgundy and his Channel 4 News Team (Brick Tamland, Champ Kind, Brian Fantana), as well as the tag line “The Legend Continues.”
“All of these actors and writers on ‘Anchorman’ have such an incredible chemistry, it would be a waste for them not to work together again,” producer Judd Apatow told HuffPost last month about the sequel. “I’m glad they are trying. Nobody in the world is funnier than Will [Ferrell] and Adam [McKay], so I’m excited to see what they write.”
In another “Anchorman 2″ marketing news: the teaser trailer for the film is currently screening in front of “The Dictator.” Expect it online soon enough, but if you can’t wait for the video, head over to Hollywood.com for a blow-by-blow.
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Saturday May 12th 2012
Ready for more Louis C.K.? You’re in luck. The comedian released a brand new album, “WORD: Live at Carnegie Hall,” today as a download on his website.Laughspin first reported the news this morning, and although they first indicated that the album would not be released until tomorrow, “Word” is currently available onlouisck.net for $5.
The comedian received plenty of accolades for his latest one-hour special, “Live at the Beacon Theater,” which he announced, produced, and independently released within about a month last November. This time, he’s beat his own record by releasing the album without any formal announcement beforehand.
Although some of the material may be familiar to fans of C.K., it has never been released as a special before. He explains on his website:
This is material that I was performing two years ago (about) on a tour that was called “Word”. Some of this material was on my FX show “Louie” in pieces but the entire show in one piece was never released. This show was recorded at Carnegie Hall on November 4, 2010.
His last special before “Beacon Theater,” the concert film and album “Hilarious,” was filmed in April 2009, over a year before his “Word” tour. C.K. is notorious for developing a new hour of comedy each year. “Beacon Theater” will make its TV debutSaturday on FX.
The “Louie” star, who recently swept the Comedy Awards, also released his breakthrough special “Shameless” for $5 on his website.
Image above shows Louis CK’s previous album sales for “Live At The Beacon Theatre.”
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Friday May 11th 2012
“If you say so!
The year isn’t even halfway over, but according to Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival Chelsea Handler is 2012′s Token Woman Comedy Person Of The Year.
The famous festival announced their all-star line up Wednesday.
Even though we’re a little confused about Mz Handler’s nod, we completely agree with Fest’s decision to make Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy emcees of their All-Star Comedy Gala.
Other comics that made the 30th anniversary line-up include: Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Bill Hader, Bob Saget, John Pinette, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Patton Oswalt, Wayne Brady and Mario Cantone.
Srsly, we just got a comedy boner from saying all those names.
This f*cking incredible (and lady deprived) Canadian comedy fest runs from July 12 to 29.
UGH! We wish we could go!!”
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Tuesday May 08th 2012
Nick Cannon is going to “School Dance,” coming on board to direct and produce the coming of age comedy for Lionsgate.
Pic, co-written by Cannon and Nile Evans, will go into production in June. Cannon and Michael Goldman are producing through NCredible Entertainment and the film is expected to star NCredible musical acts New Boyz and The Rangers.
The comedy, in the vein of “Friday” and “House Party,” centers on a high school freshman who wants to be part of the most popular dance clique in his school — but he tends to freeze in the spotlight and has no clue how he’s going to pass the initiation.
Project marks Cannon’s feature film directing debut. He has previously directed TV films for Nickelodeon, including “School Gyrls” and “A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day.” Cannon acted in “Drumline,” “Roll Bounce” and “Love Don’t Mean a Thing.” The multi-hyphenate became chairman of TeenNick in 2009. Cannon is represented by ICM.
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Monday May 07th 2012
Rob Delaney is a comedian, actor, father — and can now add “Funniest Person on Twitter” to the list. (Talk about a #humblebrag.)
The comedian was awarded the title Sunday night during the airing of the Comedy Awards on Comedy Central.
Delaney is known in the comedy world for becoming a household name on Twitter, which led to other endeavors like a television deal on Comedy Central. Today, the comedian has nearly 400,000 people following him on Twitter.
The award was viewers’ choice, and Delaney was on the list among humorous heavyweights like Steve Martin, Aziz Ansari and Stephen Colbert, to name a few. Voters were able to select their favorite up to the airing of the show.
This is one of many digital categories included in the Comedy Awards this year. Other categories included “Best Remix, Mash-Up or Supercut,” “Best Comedy App,” “Best Comedy Podcast” and “Best Viral Original.”
Social media has become an important tool for comedians, whether it’s for marketing or experimenting with content — or just to have fun. Twitter was a big topic of discussion at the taping of the Comedy Awards.
But when advising how to crush it on Twitter, Delaney says you can’t spend too much time thinking about it.
“Don’t work too hard on a tweet,” says Delaney. “When you see people trying to, for example, synthesize two current news stories into one ‘clever’ tweet, it can get pretty clunky and their labor is obvious, rendering their tweet unfunny.”
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Monday May 07th 2012
Comedian Robin Williams accepts an award at The Comedy Awards 2012 at Hammerstein Ballroom on April 28, 2012, in New York. (Credit: Getty)
(CBS/AP) The second annual Comedy Awards, which aired Sunday on Comedy Central, celebrated the art of comedy, saluting achievements in standup, TV, films and digital.
Taped April 28 at New York’s Hammerstein Auditorium, the gala featured a star-studded list of guests and honorees, including Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Chris Parnell, Maya Rudolph, Adam Scott and Jim Carrey.
Robin Williams received the Standup Icon Award. Don Rickles was honored with the Johnny Carson Award For Comedic Excellence, presented by Jon Stewart and Robert De Niro.
“Rango” was the best animated comedy film. French actor (and Oscar winner) Jean Dujardin was named best film actor for “The Artist.”
NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” won best comedy series, and its star, Amy Poehler, was named best actress, while FX’s “Louie” was the best sketch/alternative comedy series. Best club comic: Hannibal Buress.
Most of the two dozen categories were judged by 1500 working members of the comedy community, choosing from nominees selected by a board of directors comprising such names as Carol Burnett, James Burrows, Stephen Colbert, Budd Friedman, Conan O’Brien, Joan Rivers, George Schlatter and Lily Tomlin.
Others were chosen by viewers.
The two-hour telecast began with a bang as Chris Rock announced the year’s best comedy special, among whose five nominees, he joked, “Three are funny. One used to be funny. And one was NEVER funny!”
Taking the award was the online standup special “Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater.”
The sentimental highlight of the evening was seeing Don Rickles gratefully receive his trophy.
In rambling remarks that alternated between tender recollections of performers he reveres (notably Johnny Carson) intercut with his trademark insults, Rickles, who turns 86 on Tuesday, clinched his title as (in the words of Stewart) “the patron saint of comedy.”
“I see many in the audience,” he said tenderly, then hurls a zinger: “I realize tonight, I’m the biggest name here.”
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