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Jerry Seinfeld is the latest comedian weighing in on the controversy surrounding Kevin Hart and the Academy Awards. And the sitcom star thinks the Oscars, not Hart, got hurt the most by the Night School star’s decision to step down as host. Seinfeld recently spoke with Willie Geist for a Today interview that will air on Sunday. A newly released clip from the sit-down shows Geist asking Seinfeld about Hart
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Netflix announced a premiere date for the upcoming Natasha Lyonne series Russian Doll. The dark comedy series is set to debut on February 1. Netflix confirmed the news in a video posted Friday morning. Lyonne, who previously played Nicky Nichols on Orange is the New Black, is both the star and the executive producer of Russian Doll. Lyonne plays Nadia, a young woman who is the guest of honor at
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Grammy nominations were announced on Friday morning, including the contenders for Best Comedy Album. And there are plenty of big names up for the honor. Dave Chappelle, who won the 2018 Grammy in this category, is nominated for his album Equanimity & The Bird Revelation. He is up against the 2017 winner, Patton Oswalt, who is nominated for his album Annihilation. Oswalt jokingly tweeted Friday morning that he and his
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Comedies Drunk History and Instant Family have both been impacted by the recent Southern California wildfires. The fires temporarily shut down production on the Comedy Central series. Five films have canceled red carpet events over the past month, including the Coen brothers’ Netflix anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Paramount also opted to cancel the red carpet premiere and the after-party for the Mark Wahlberg-Rose Byrne comedy Instant Family. The screening
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Pete Davidson took some time out of mocking politicians on Saturday Night Live to address his recent break-up with Ariana Grande. The stand-up interestingly did not mention his pop star ex by name. On Saturday’s Weekend Update, Davidson discussed the upcoming midterm elections. “So the midterm elections are obviously a huge deal, and after I had to move back in with my mom, I started paying attention to them. And
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Lewis Black has had enough of America. Donald Trump is still president. An alleged sexual harasser was just named to the Supreme Court. Republicans are still trying to take away Social Security and affordable health care. So Black and his longtime partner Kathleen Madigan decided to leave the U.S. and spend some time with our friendly neighbors to the north. The result is the duo’s latest comedy album, Lewis and
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“Weird Al” Yankovic and Lonely Island teamed up for an epic comedic collaboration on Carpool Karaoke. The legendary parody singer joined Andy Samberg’s band on a recent episode of the Apple TV series. Carpool Karaoke, based on the popular Late Late Show with James Corden sketch, features celebrities driving in a car together and belting out some of their biggest hits. Past episodes have included Jamie Foxx with his daughter,
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Many Bill Cosby fans were shocked when the legendary comedian was accused of sexually assaulting numerous women. But maybe we shouldn’t have been so surprised. After all, Cosby, who was recently found guilty of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, has a history of bizarre and downright creepy behavior. Here are 10 times that Bill Cosby was a total creep: 1. His advice to
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A poor French bulldog learned the hard way that her bullmastiff friend is more loyal to her human than her fellow canine. An adorable video shows the bullmastiff pointing the finger (err.. paw) at the bulldog when asked who created a toilet paper mess in their home. The video begins with the French Bulldog completely wrapped in toilet paper. But her owner is apparently not amused at the adorable sight.
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One girl found a genius yet terrifying way to remove a loose tooth. Alexis Davidson, 11, of Aurora, Colorado used a slingbow to extract one of her baby teeth. The video begins with young Davidson’s father, alligator wrestler Jason McDonald, bragging that the world was about to see the first tooth extraction via slingbow. A smiling Davidson then attached the bow’s string to the tooth in question and shot it out of
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Is Russell Brand moving to Syria? Fans in England have started a petition for him to go to the Middle East permanently following his controversial Trews video about the Tunisia massacre. Britain held a moment of silence last week for the victims of the shooting on a beach resort. Thirty of the 38 victims of the Islamic State terrorist attack were from England. But Russell Brand did not appreciate this
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Paris Hilton was the victim of a plane crash prank as part of an Egyptian television series. And she definitely didn’t think it was funny. The joke was set up by Egyptian actor Ramez Galal, host of the prank series Ramez In Control. As part of the show, Galal invited Hilton to a supposed hotel opening in Dubai. At one point, he then invites her onto a small plane so
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CNN thought it had found an exclusive story about an ISIS flag being waved during a Gay Pride event. Just one problem: The flag was actually a fake. Instead of Arabic symbols, it featured dildos and butt plugs. The moment in question took place Saturday afternoon, where CNN’s Lucy Pawle was reporting in London. She claims she happened to come across the Gay Pride Parade and noticed the supposed ISIS
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Family Feud fans had to expect that the celebrity edition would feature some outrageous survey questions and answers. And Sunday’s premiere did not disappoint. But it was Anthony Anderson’s mom, Doris Bowman, who stole the show, especially when asked, “Name something a nude magician might pull a rabbit out of.” “Hat” ended up being the most popular survey answer, and “behind” was up there, as well. But Doris had a
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Marc Maron’s highly-anticipated podcast interview with Barack Obama is going viral after the President used the “n-word” to make a point. Obama was speaking about the Charleston church shootings when he noted that racism still exists in America today. “Racism, we are not cured of it,” President Obama said on Maron’s WTF Podcast. “And it’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say n—-r in public. That’s
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