Though it’s unclear how Thomas Middleditch and Ben Schwartz first met — the notorious comedy duo have a habit of claiming Nineties movie plot lines as their friendship origin story — it’s clear the two have been friends for a while. Their latest joint project is a three-part improv comedy …
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Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel tried to parse Vice President Mike Pence’s rationale for not wearing a face mask while visiting the Mayo Clinic on their respective late-night shows Wednesday. Despite being told it was Mayo Clinic policy that everyone wear a mask, Pence said he chose not …
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Like many of us, Jimmy Fallon is starting to feel the long-term effects of staying at home on his sanity. So the late-night host did he usually does in times like these: he wrote a song about it called “Starting to Crack.” “I’m starting to crack/I’m starting to crack/Will I …
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HBO has unveiled their first look at their gritty reboot of Perry Mason, starring The Americans’ Matthew Rhys in the title role of the famed criminal defense lawyer. As opposed to author Erle Stanley Gardner’s original vision of the character — famously portrayed on television for decades by actor Raymond …
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Hours after Bernie Sanders ended his campaign for President on Wednesday, the Vermont senator gave his first interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show —and was pressed about endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden, now leading the Democratic nomination in the 2020 race. Colbert immediately asked Sanders if he’s …
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Kevin Bacon knows a thing or six about how interconnected the world is, given he’s long been a central figure discussed in the six degrees of separation concept, which asserts that each of us are linked by six or less people. Expanding on the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game …
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Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton appear in a teaser for Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President, a new documentary about the 39th President of the United States. The film will open the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival at New York’s Beacon Theatre on April 15th, followed by a performance by …
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In the RZA-directed drama Cut Throat City, four childhood friends return to New Orleans after their hometown has been decimated from Hurricane Katrina. The devastation continues when they find their Lower Ninth Ward is not covered by FEMA for the assistance they need to rebuild. In the new trailer, the …
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On The Daily Show Wednesday, Trevor Noah mulled over some possible job prospects for Prince Harry after he and his wife, Meghan Markle, announced that they were effectively splitting from the royal family. Yesterday, Harry and Markle made the largely unprecedented move to “step back” from the royals and “carve …
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Ricky Gervais opened the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards by, as usual, lashing out at the industry everyone’s there to celebrate — cracking jokes about the death of traditional cinema, the Martin Scorsese/Marvel controversy and the terrible reviews for the new film adaptation of Cats. He opened on a darkly …
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