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Conan O’Brien will appear on next season’s ‘Family Guy’

Color us excited! Conan O’Brien will be guest starring on next season’s Family Guy. O’Brien, who’s already done voice cameos on Robot Chicken and The Simpsons, will be playing himself. When Peter and...

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Bob Newhart to be honored as an icon at Critics’ Choice Awards + full comedy...

Legendary comedian and actor, Bob Newhart will receive the title of Television Icon at this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards. The 83-year-old has not only been a steady figure on television since his...

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Stephen Colbert will welcome Paul McCartney for hour-long Colbert Report special

If The Colbert Report were an after school program, its June 12 show (11:30 pm ET on Comedy Central) would be referred to as “a very special episode.” As part of his Out There tour and to promote the...

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Conan O’Brien will host Johnny Carson interview series

It’s time to blow the dust off some old Johnny Carson interviews. Carson on TCM, Turner Classic Movies’ new weekly series featuring clips from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson begins Monday July...

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Gillian Jacobs of ‘Community’ lands lead in Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 has found its leading lady. Gillian Jacobs, who plays Britta, the lovable but inept psychology student on Community, is set to star alongside Chevy Chase (her former Community...

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Mel Brooks: I thought when Richard Pryor died, that was the end of comedy

Mel Brooks, the self proclaimed Quentin Tarantino of his day and the most recent recipient of AFI’s Life Achievement Award, hasn’t given up on comedy. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,...

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Wanda Sykes lands comedy specials on Oprah Winfrey’s network

Comedian Wanda Sykes is back in all her glory — not that playing the school therapist on a recent episode of The Simpsons isn’t glorious — and she’s got Oprah Winfrey behind her! The veteran stand-up...

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Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ trailer is here: watch Louis C.K., Andrew Dice...

Woody Allen is back stateside (San Francisco to be exact) with Blue Jasmine, a film starring Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, a wealthy, uptight (and knowing Allen, probably neurotic) woman who loses...

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Russell Brand’s show canceled, another in development and he’ll tour the...

It’s been a rocky road for Russell Brand. The most recent snag in his successful career as rabble rousing comedian is the cancellation of Brand X, his live part stand-up, part talk show program on FX....

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HBO says yes to Lorne Michaels comedy pilot

Possibly adding a little racial diversity to its predominately white lineup, HBO has green lit a new Lorne Michaels-helmed half-hour comedy. Starring former Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writers, Diallo...

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Happy Father’s Day: 10 bits on being a dad with Patton Oswalt, Louis C.K.,...

Tomorrow is Father’s Day, so whether he was your greatest idol growing up or a complete dead beat, you are obligated to acknowledge his existence. And if you’re a dad, milk it for all it’s worth. It’s...

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It’s official: Dumb and Dumber sequel is happening, Jim Carrey and Jeff...

Rumors about a Dumb and Dumber sequel have officially been confirmed thanks to the magic of twitter. “It’s official: Dumber and Dumber To is going to production with @RedGranitePics and...

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Selma Blair leaves ‘Anger Management’ on FX amidst conflicts with Charlie Sheen

In what was clearly a failed attempt at managing his anger (wink, wink), Charlie Sheen’s reported demands that Selma Blair leave FX’s Anger Management have come to fruition. Lionsgate released a...

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David Cross is developing a comedy series for Showtime

Here’s some great news for David Cross fans! Showtime is backing a new comedy which will be written and executive produced by Cross along with his Liberal Jew-Run Media Prods. The actor (Arrested...

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Holy Fuck. Live Comedy. (Album review)

There comes a point in every comedy fans’ life when they start to question what exactly it is that makes them laugh. Consuming hours of stand-up specials and comedy albums, reading memoirs by the...

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Paula Deen issues video apology for being racist, but not before John Oliver...

UPDATE– 5:10 pm ET: Paula Deen has been fired from the Food Network. Her contract is up in June and it will not be renewed, the network confirmed. —————- Last night on Totally Biased, W. Kamau Bell...

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Twitter favorite Jenny Johnson lands book deal

While television writer Jenny Johnson (pictured above with pal Jenna Elfman) has been a favorite among the comedy elite on Twitter since 2009, she gained a new level of fame last year when her feud...

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Marlon Wayans to launch WhatTheFunny.com, the ‘In Living Color’ of the Internet

Marlon Wayans, the youngest of the iconic Wayans’ 10 siblings, is launching WhatTheFunny.com, the “urban” Funny or Die. Along with Funny or Die’s founder Randy Adams and producer Peter Coleman, Wayans...

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The Laughspin Interview with Owen Benjamin

Beyond the splintered sub genres of comedians (alternative, cringe, insult et al) there still lies straight-up stand-up comedians, those who stand onstage for one reason– to make you laugh and perhaps...

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In celebration of what would have been Gilda Radner’s 67th birthday (Videos)

On what would be her 67th birthday, today we honor Gilda Radner, one of the original members of Saturday Night Live and a comedic legend. She died at the age of 42 in 1989 from ovarian cancer. To...

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