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Interview: Amy Schumer calls Comedy Central show a dream come true
As a server at Blue Fin restaurant in Times Square, Amy Schumer — then an aspiring stand-up comic — said she waited on comedian Patton Oswalt every day for nearly a week, bringing him tea during each visit to help him combat his cold. They...
Tags: Howard Stern , Times Square, New York City, Girls (tv program), Dave Attell
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Hannibal Buress appearing at DePaul tonight
For RedEyeDePaul University students have spoken, and thanks to their votes, comedians Hannibal Buress and Amy Schumer will co-headline this year's Big Comic event, which takes place Monday night at the university's Merle Reskin Theatre. Hannibal Buress, a comic...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Seth Meyers, B.J. Novak, The Office (tv program), Teaching and Learning
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'Burt Wonderstone': When funny people fall flat
It's a testament above all to comic branding — the commercial value of familiar, well-liked names and faces. But with "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" as the latest example, these days we're often dealing with a certain kind of formulaic star-...
Tags: Television, Robert Downey Jr., Due Date (movie), Will Speck, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (movie)
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Improv Fest: Subtle mastery from Adsit and Lutz
Chicago has long been improv's home base. Much of this is due to the ongoing influence of Del Close, the outsize personality and improv guru (and the subject of at least two films being developed about his life) who made the persuasive case that...
Tags: Tina Fey, Scott Adsit, ImprovOlympic
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Late-night moves give Lorne Michaels even more power at NBC
Jimmy Fallon may have been crowned the new king of late-night TV this week, but he owes a lot to the man behind the throne: Lorne Michaels. Fans of "Saturday Night Live" will recognize Michaels, the show's creator, as the grumpy paterfamilias lurking in...
Tags: Media Industry, Jack Paar, Do No Harm (tv program), Andy Samberg, Television
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Ryan Lochte on respect for Kim Kardashian, reality TV
Ryan Lochte has respect for Kim Kardashian and her extended family, though he's hoping he doesn't turn out to be the next Bruce Jenner. His reality series "What Would Ryan Lochte Do?" premieres April 21, airing on E!, the same network as the...
Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Dancing With the Stars (tv program), Swimming, USA Today, Kanye West
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What does hate-watching mean?
Anne Hathaway — insufferable, grating, insistently chipper, with those big stupid puppy-dog eyes and that dumb pixie hair, shocked, shocked, at the fortune and appreciation bestowed on her talented head, so rehearsed in her faux-humility, so...
Tags: John Krasinski, Social Media, Anne Hathaway, Entertainment Events, Ed Helms
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Stars watch Elaine Stritch's swan song at New York's Cafe Carlyle
New York theater institutions don't come much feistier or more dynamic than Elaine Stritch. The tart-tongued, 88-year-old force of nature -- whose stage career includes memorable collaborations with Stephen Sondheim and Edward Albee -- kicked off her...Tags: Rob Bowman, Bernadette Peters, Tony Bennett, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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Jay Leno officially leaving The Tonight Show; Jimmy Fallon named new host
Channel Guide MagazineIt's deja vu all over again as Jay Leno is out at NBC's The Tonight Show. Only this time, it sounds more permanent. Jay Leno announced today that he will wrap up what has been 22 years of headlining the legendary late-night franchise in Spring 2014.... -
Improv Fest: One dumb idea can be a lot to work with
The 2013 Chicago Improv Festival kicked off earlier this week with Craig Cackowski — a veteran Second City and iO performer seen in recent years on NBC's "Community" — asking the audience for a suggested location. The first reply shouted out...
Tags: Community (tv program), Scott Adsit, Arts and Culture, Lucas Neff, Festive Events
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Improv Fest: Scott Adsit on acting and that thing with Clinton
As the character Pete Hornberger on NBC's late, lamented “30 Rock,” Scott Adsit played for seven seasons the relative straight man surrounded by a cast of oddballs and idiosyncratics. But among true comedy nerds, particularly in Chicago,...
Tags: Adam McKay, Scott Adsit, Arts and Culture, Rachel Dratch, William Shakespeare
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Could a move to New York revitalize 'The Tonight Show'?
If the rumors are true and “The Tonight Show” is set to return to its ancestral home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza with Jimmy Fallon as host, the move would be a boon for New York City – and maybe even the aging late-night genre itself. A...
Tags: Sid Caesar, Brooklyn (New York City), New York City, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon
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