After covering the first annual Comedy Awards last year in 2011, I looked forward to covering this year’s as well. I knew it would be exciting, and it was.
Exec Produced by legendary producer Don Mischer, directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller, and with a 32 member Board of Directors that included Brad Grey, Adam McKay, James Dixon, Jon Stewart, Sandy Wernick, ...
by Matt on March 21, 2012
It's not often we mention something like the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on TLB. Unless it's to say it's a joke! Amiright folks!?
Anyway, yesterday they announced who will be handling all the introduction duties and it turns out that Chris Rock will handle the induction duties for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. What does this ...
by Matt on January 25, 2012
Here's more fodder for the rumor mill.
More news from the Sundance Festival, this time around it appears that the once rumored stand-up tour that would team up Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle for a comedy tour seems to be a possibility once again. Our pals at Humor Mill mentioned rumblings of the tour back in October 2011 but ...
by Matt on November 10, 2011
The second year for The Comedy Awards is happening. Deadline reports that producer Don Mischer will once again bring the awards ceremony back this Spring.
There's a slight difference this time around as the awards will air on just Comedy Central as opposed to across all of Viacom's brands (Spike, TV Land, Nick At Nite) this should help ...
by Matt on August 26, 2011
British comedian David Baker recently made an appearance on The Tonight Show, putting him alongside the likes of Ricky Gervais and Russell Brand as the few Brits to grace the show's stage in a long time. We caught up with the now New York-based comedian to discuss his career and see if he can help us differentiate between comedy here ...
This weekend marks the release of Kevin James' new movie Paul Blart, Zoo Cop The Zookeeper. Though there's a good chance the movie will perform more than fine in the box office, it poses the question about the film's quality as a comedy. James isn't the first comedian to star in movie that fails to hit critical acclaim, and ...
The big comedy story of the last few days was about Tracy Morgan and homophobic remarks made during a recent stand-up appearance in Nashville, TN.
The story goes Morgan was on stage saying some not terribly funny or amusing things about the LGBT community, going as far to say he'd stab his own son if he found out he ...
by Ilya on April 27, 2011
The hip hop community has historically been supportive and willing to integrate stand-up comedy its fold. Whether it be Def Comedy Jam giving comedians like D.L. Hughley, Chris Rock, and Bernie Mac early exposure, or rappers name dropping comedians like Bruce Bruce and Katt Williams in songs and videos.
That is why its not much of a shock that rap mogul ...
