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Check Out The New Web Video Kids on The Block “Internet Action Force”

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A whole brand spankin’ new web video site known as Internet Action Force has just launched this week. The likes of John DeVore from Conan, Lea Palmieri, Carol Hartsell from HuffPoComedy, Nick Poppy from Comedy Central, and Sam Grittner have come together to bring a whole steady stream of great funny web videos.

Already, they’ve got a pretty good thing going with:

A Disgruntled Brother Helping his Sister Do a DIY Craft Web Series
Cosby Sweater Support Group
American Try Looking in the Mirror for The First Time
Explaining Your Tweets
Ad for OkCupid Being Free When Tinder Is Going to Start Charging
Apathetic Nerd
Ad for Internet Address Availability Service

In those videos, you’ll see that Internet Action Force works with a lot of other funny folks including Team Submarine, Subhah Agarwal, Anna Drezen, Robert Dean, Sabrina Jalees, and more.

So, spend some time getting to know Internet Action Force as they seem pretty cool.

Jon Benjamin on His British Accent and His Place on The “Essential Bears” List

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H. Jon Benjamin is always full of surprises.

When on Conan this week, he revealed why he was nervous that he would have to trot out a British accent for an audition and a particular list of a certain type of bear that he’s proud to be on .

Perhaps, one day, some online streaming service will smartly revive Jon Benjamin Has a Van.

Garfunkel & Oates Canceled as IFC Show, But Will Continue You On

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The unfortunate news that the TV series adaptation of the lives and music of Garfunkel and Oates (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) has come to an end at IFC after only one season.

However, Lindhome and Micucci will continue right on as Garfunkel and Oates as they tweeted out “Thank you for all the Twitter love. Sorry we won’t be bringing you any more IFC episodes but we have something exciting coming we promise…” as well as an Instagram of getting back to work and an upcoming date at The Venetian in Las Vegas.

While it’s sad to see them leave our TVs, we’re sure they’ll write a really funny, brilliant song about the whole experience.

These “Louie” Promos Mean That a New Season of “Louie” Is Less Than a Month Away

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The fifth season of Louie premieres Thurs. Apr. 9th on FX. That’s less than a month away and even less now than when you started this sentence.

If you don’t believe us for some reason, you can watch these postcard-ish new promos for the new season just to be sure.

After that, feel free to sing Brother Louie out in public until premiere night.

LA Comedy Rundown 3/8/15

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ON THE HORIZON
FUDS Book Release Show @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
You Can Only Blame So Much On The Holocaust @ The Groundlings Tues. Mar. 10th 8PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7PM FREE
“Big” Presented by Lauren Lapkus at Wayne Federman International Film Festival @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $14
Hey Buddy @ The Echoplex 7:30PM FREE
Nate Corddry and Friends present: Reading Aloud @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5
BruinFest Winter Comedy Night @ Kerckhoff 8PM FREE
Third Base Showcase @ Ham & Eggs Tavern 8PM FREE
¡El Show! @ El Cid 8PM FREE
Pointless Comedy @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Rendezvous @ Artisan House LA 8PM FREE
The Bingle Bus w/Eddie Ifft Premiere @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
The Junk Show @ Copper Still Bar 8PM $5
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
Punch Comedy @ The Pikey 9PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Sunset 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Comedy Rap Battle @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $8/2 drink min.
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedy for more info and to sign up/Starts 5PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Miranda King and Kat Yeary
THE PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/20 spots only/$5 cover/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
COCK N BULL 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses

The Big Charity Night For Autism Programs “Night of Too Many Stars” Is Tonight

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The annual gigantic event, appropriately named Night of Too Many Stars airs tonight along with phone lines going the whole time taking your donations.

Again, a Paul Rudd wheel, Chris Rock “selling out”, Jon Stewart hosting, Bill Burr doing stand-up, Steve Buscemi, and so much more are all in tonight’s special airing at 8PM on Comedy Central.

If you want to get to donating right at this moment, you can do so here.

Conan O’Brien and Company Talk About How They Pulled Off “Conan in Cuba”

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As it turns out, Conan O’Brien had to “run and gun” a lot of the great bits and segments for the special Conan in Cuba episode.

So, to further explain the whole experience, Conan sat down with writers Jose Arroyo and Jessie Gaskell as well as Aaron Bleyaert at Team Coco’s digital arm and getting punched by Conan in the Clueless Gamer series to talk how they managed to pull of the feat of going to Cuba and making the special as great as it was.

Watch the hour long Q&A here.

Bill Hicks Special “Relentless” To Get Theatrical Release

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To kick-off the big re-release of the entire Bill Hicks catalog, Comedy Dynamics is set for a theatrical run of Bill Hicks’ Relentless.

On Apr. 27th, Relentless will play in hundreds of theaters across the country, which will be nice to see as opposed to mere clips of the comedy special in various documentaries that have been made about Hicks over the last 20 years.

Seeing this special in theaters is probably now the closest you’d get to what it would be like watching him do stand-up at a club.

“The Late Late Show with James Corden” Fills Out Their Writing Staff

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(via Splitsider)

At the beginning of the year, we reported that the very funny Sean O’Connor and Ian Karmel were brought on board to write for the new Late Late Show hosted by James Corden.

As their premiere is less than a month away, they’ve filled the rest of their writing staff.

So, the writers of The Late Late Show with James Corden are:

Mike Gibbons who is the co-creator of Tosh.0
Sean O’Connor
Ian Karmel
James Davis who recently appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly
Lauren Greenberg
Ben Hoffman from The Ben Show
David Dineen-Porter (host of Party of Four podcast)
Nedaa Sweiss
DJ Javerbaum from The Daily Show

So, this bunch makes for a good, wide mix along with Corden and Reggie Watts that has us even more enticed for their debut.

LA Comedy Rundown 3/9/15

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ON THE HORIZON
An Evening with Matt McCarthy @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Mar. 10th 9PM $5
The Apple Sisters @ UCB Sunset Sat. Mar. 21st 9PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Dave Anthony’s Hot Head @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Dirty Birdie Story Hour @ Three Clubs 7:30PM $10/Free tickets online w/discount code: DIRTYBIRDIE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
Lost Moon Radio at campfireball @ Golden Road Brewing 8PM FREE
FUDS Book Release Show @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
The Business LA @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Pretty, Pretty Pony @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE

OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
OH, HEY GUYS @ UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM CAFE 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Storytelling only/8 min./Lottery/4-5 spots only/No purchase necessary
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up at evan@dudelyjones.com/4-5 min.
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser or David R
THE WAREHOUSE LOUNGE 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 7:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./8 spots only/No purchase necessary
THE GOOD NIGHT 10721 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:20PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Ever Mainaird, Lindsay Adams, and Caitlin Bergh
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./1 item min./Hosted by Pam
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Jay Weingarten
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
MELODY LOUNGE 939 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:15PM/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Wanjiko Eke, Meg Swertlow, and Chloe McGovern
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary

“Last Week Tonight” Gave Us an Update on The Voting Rights of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa (You Know, Those U.S. Territories)

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John Oliver and his team at Last Week Tonight showed us again what we’re missing.

The voting rights of U.S. territories that, for some reason, have not reached statehood despite considerable populations isn’t necessarily, at first glance, something that is ripe for a comedy show. Yet, Oliver curates plenty of funny moments to get this very niche topic that’s rarely been discussed to show why he’s going to be at HBO for a very long time.

Jonah Ray Dance Battled a 1st Grader at “Baby Talk”

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This really happened this weekend at Baby Talk @ Nerdmelt Showroom.

At the wonderful Nerdmelt Showroom, home to The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail. Jensen Karp and Dan Levy put on a show called Baby Talk where they interview comedians about their childhood and having children, then have an actual child talk to them as well as show off a talent.

This past weekend, the show had The Meltdown’s Jonah Ray as well as 1st grade child actor/break dancer Blayne Smith face off in a dance battle.

Watch Jonah take his turn dancing, which should make up for any leftover sluggishness from daylight savings time.

Michael K. Williams To Star in The Spoils of Babylon Follow-Up “The Spoils Before Dying” at IFC

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Yes, it’s the Michael Kenneth Williams that played Omar on The Wire.

Following Tobey Maguire’s Devon Morehouse on IFC mini-series The Spoils of Babylon, Michael K. Williams will star in the upcoming iteration of “Spoils” written by “literary figure” Eric Jonrosh (Will Ferrell).

The follow-up will be called The Spoils Before Dying and Williams will play a jazz pianist in the Los Angeles of yesteryear that gets caught up in a web of deceit and lies in which he tries to clear his name.

We’re pretty sure Ferrell in a giant hat and a beard, Williams, and a beautifully and intentionally overwrought faux-dramatic mini-series is a winning combination.

R.I.P Sam Simon, 1955-2015

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(via TMZ)

For The Simpsons alone, he’ll be remembered forever and yet, he did so much more in and outside of comedy.

Sam Simon, the co-creator of The Simpsons, winner of 9 Primetime Emmys, writer/producer on It’s Garry Shandling Show, co-creator of The George Carlin Show, and so much more passed away today at the age of 59 after a long battle with colon cancer.

Not that you ever need a reason to watch The Simpsons catalog, but make sure to remember Simon fondly every time you see his name at the end of the couch gag.

Louis C.K. Takes Someone To Bow at a Broadway Play, Sarah Silverman Confronts Auction Winners as Her Parents, and Plenty Of Night of Too Many Stars Prizes Still Up For Grabs

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Last night’s Night of Too Many Stars on Comedy Central was one wild, raucous, probably NSFW ride all in support of autism programs.

Such things as Louis C.K. taking an auction winner to take a bow at a Broadway play they weren’t in and Sarah Silverman confronting other auction winners like she would confront her parents all really happened.

Though the special is over, you can still support the charity via donation here or through entering into contests to win tickets to the last taping of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, tickets to The Roast of Justin Beiber, having a Vine video directed by Judd Apatow, be drawn into The Simpsons, or have a White Castle slider named after you.

If you were honest with yourself, you’d probably just pay and enter these contests without supporting any charity, so get on donating/entering now.

KROQ’s April Foolishness Taking Submissions For “Opening Act”

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LA radio station KROQ has an annual big comedy event known as April Foolishness and you could have a chance to added to the show as their opening act.

If you win Kevin and Bean’s April Foolishness 2015 Opening Act Contest, you’ll play the show alongside the likes of Tenacious D and the Shrine Auditorium.

All you have to do is be a U.S. citizen over 18, currently residing in CA, and submit an online clip that’s 2 minutes maximum. Hopefully, you’re a comedian already as well.

Best part of all, there’s no fee to enter. Submit here.

Aziz Ansari’s “Modern Romance” Coming Out Jun. 16th

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Remember when Aziz Ansari reportedly got a $3.5 million advance for a book on modern relationships? We’re pretty sure that book is called Modern Romance and will be coming out June 16th.

Ansari mounted a year long investigation with a NYU sociologist, hundreds of interviews, focus groups, etc. in order to dissect what the quest for love in the 21st century is really like.

All of that research went into this book Modern Romance through Aziz’s lens and if it’s anything like the bits about love, dating, and relationships that he’s done recently, we think he might be onto something.

It doesn’t come out until the summer, but you can pre-order Modern Romance now.

LA Comedy Rundown 3/10/15

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ON THE HORIZON
Bill Burr @ Steve Allen Theater Fri. Mar. 13th 8PM $20 (stand by only)
First Act @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Mar. 20th 7PM $8 in adv., $10 at door

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
That’s a Bit @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Assembly: Featuring the UCB Faculty @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest 8PM $7
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
TNT Improv March Madness Rd. 2 @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min.
You Can Only Blame So Much on the Holocaust @ The Groundlings 8PM $10
Come to Papa Live! w/Tom Papa & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Origin Story @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
Blamblamblam! @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent 9PM FREE
An Evening with Matt McCarthy @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $5
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Death Valley Tween Fest/Paul Downs in the Round @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Roast Battle @ Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM FREE
Toldedo Rep Presents @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
The BEATdown presents: Turnt Up! @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
JUST BE YOURSELF @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/For character performances only/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends before 8PM/Send a brief description of your character bit and the amount of time you’ll need (not to exceed 6 minutes) to justbeyourselfucb@gmail.com/There will be limited tech (microphone, maybe a music cue)/Hosted by Greg Tuculescu/Hal Rudnick/Mary Holland/Marques Ray/Kirby Howell-Baptiste
KIBITZ ROOM @ CANTER’S 419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/No over the top vulgarity/6 min. w/any purchase, 3 min. w/o/Hosted by Burt Teplitzky and Fielding Edlow
SWORK COFFEE 2160 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Vince Caldera and Luis Lemus
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Johan Miranda
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Lottery/20 spots available
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
BERLIN CURRYWURST 1620 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/3 min. w/o drink/7 min. w/drink/Hosted by Sally Courtois and Jules Simitz
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/5 min.
WANG’S PLACE 120 E. Lemon Ave., Monrovia, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/One item min./6 min.
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-7min.
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/First come, first served/7 min./1 item min./Hosted by Galit Levi and Dinah Leffert
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
88 CHINESE & SUSHI 418 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./$5 min. purchase/Hosted by Cindy Liebman
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM/Lottery/4.5 min./after booked show
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3-5 min./$1 cover/Hosted by Nick Kauffman
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 11PM/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served

improv listings curated by Zack Ross

Here’s a New Trailer For Disney Pixar’s “Inside Out” To Brighten Your Day

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Disney Pixar’s latest Inside Out, which features Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Lewis Black, Bill Hader, and Phyllis Smith as the voice of adorably anthropomorphized emotions got a new trailer today.

From the looks of it, it looks like this will be another home run with the creative and cleverly imagined world and fully realized, charming non-human characters. Also, it’s almost too perfect that Poehler is the voice of Joy.

Inside Out is set for a Jun. 19th release.

“Zoolander 2” Coming in 2016 as Zoolander and Hansel Hit The Runway in Paris

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While there was no “walk-off”, Derek Zoolander and Hansel strutted down the runway for Valentino in Paris last night. It was the perfect primer to announce that Zoolander 2 will be coming to theaters for Valentine’s Day weekend, Feb. 12th, 2016.

If you have further doubts and/or haven’t checked any of your other news feeds today, here’s video footage of Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in their Zoolander trademark Blue Steel and flowing golden locks

We can only hope that Zoolander 2 outdoes the movie that was released on Valentine’s Day weekend this year, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Hampton Yount’s Sophomore Album “Bearable” Out Now From AST Records

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We were glad a few years ago when Hampton Yount traded coasts and came to LA. You’ll be able to find out why in his latest album “Bearable” released today from the good folks at AST Records.

Ever since he set foot in the city limits, he’s been killing it at any and all stages with his honed blend of sharp, silly, and biting humor. Rarely are there bits on human sacrifice that hit those marks, but Yount pulls that off and then some.

So, get Bearable now.

Hannibal Buress Gets Series Order For Topical Show “Why?” From Comedy Central

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Unlike the time when Hannibal Buress really jumped the gun and announced that Comedy Central picked up his series on Twitter in an attempt to perhaps visualize his goals, Hannibal has really gotten an official series order where he basically gets to talk about and do what he wants.

Comedy Central has ordered 8 episodes of Why? which will feature Buress talking about the burning issues of the day, the ones he cares about anyway, and feature pre-taped segments, man-on-the-street bits, etc.

It sounds a little bit like Chapelle’s Show, but with Hannibal leading the way, we have no problem with that whatsoever and look forward to the premiere.

Fusion Premiering an Hour Long Documentary Special on Sam Simon This Sunday

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Fusion got to document Sam Simon in these last few months to show his many sides and will be premiering their documentary special Rebel with a Cause: The Sam Simon Story, this Sun. at 8PM on Fusion.

Yesterday’s news of the passing of Sam Simon struck a lot of people hard as his work at The Simpsons delighted millions upon millions. Since yesterday, more people are finding about what a gracious person he was beyond his creative endeavors even during his long bout with colon cancer in fighting for animal rights.

W. Kamau Bell To Host a New CNN Show “United Shades of America”

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W. Kamau Bell is finally returning to TV to do what he was doing before he was on TV: touring the country to talk to the people, wherever they may be, about the issues that are affecting them all under the umbrella of comedy.

CNN has announced their upcoming programming slate and on it is United Shades of America that will be hosted by W. Kamau Bell. Bell will go far and wide across the land and get into whatever subcultures he can. This is sort of what Kamau was doing on his Laughter Against the Machine tour before he got to host the far-too-short-lived Totally Biased at FX/FXx.

For once, it’ll be nice to see a show on CNN probably not end up on The Daily Show to be poked fun at.

3rd Jerrod Carmichael Pilot at NBC Gets Series Order

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Over the last couple of years, NBC has ordered three separate pilots from Jerrod Carmichael, making it obvious that they want a series with his face on it. Well, the third time is really the charm in this case as they finally put they’re money down on this latest pilot.

What will be interesting to see here is that this is yet another multicam sitcom based on the life and stand-up of a comedian.

If you’ve ever seen Jerrod Carmichael’s act, we certainly want that to mean that the multicam format is getting a much needed update and edge.

The series has six episodes ordered to sort all of that out.