If you’ve been hiding under or a rock or, because this is 2015, hibernating in some sort of cryogenically frozen chamber, let Fox ADHD summarize the year in their loud, fast, and brightly colored summary all under one minute.
The Black List comprises the screenplays that have made the rounds that have been favored by industry brass and yet, have not begun production this year. As a result, it’s a collection of some of the most intriguing scripts that haven’t been made into a movie including, as far as comedy is concerned, a teen serial killer comedy and the story behind the making of The Godfather, and a screenplay from Broad City writing duo Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello.
Just take a look at the rest of the comedies in this year’s Black List:
Reagan written by Mike Rosolio
Logline: When Ronald Reagan falls into dementia at the start of his second term, an ambitious intern is tasked with
convincing the commander-in-chief that he is an actor playing the president in a movie.
Septillion to One written by Adam Perlman and Graham Sack
Logline: A former FBI agent working the fraud unit of the Texas State lottery falls in love with a woman he’s
investigating after she mysteriously hits the jackpot three times.
Hammerspace written by Mike Van Waes
Logline: A terminally-ill teenager looking for answers about his missing father finds a key that unlocks an opening to an
alternate animated dimension, and a new friend helps him repair his broken family.
The Wretched Emily Erringer written by Chris Thomas Devlin
Logline: Gleefully terrifying her small town as a serial killer known as “The Misfit Butcher,” 13-year-old Emily Derringer
becomes annoyed when a new killer comes to town and residents begin attributing his sloppy murders to the
Misfit Butcher. In a macabre coming of age story, Emily must deal with her competition while also taking on
the other trials and tribulations of junior high school life.
Pandemonium, Splendidly Managed written by Brett Conrad
Logline: A local Phoenix newscaster at the pinnacle of local celebrity slowly descends into the depths of madness
while trying to become a game show host in Los Angeles.
Cut and Run, written by Zoe McCarthy
Logline: A female urologist and a retired hooker form an unlikely friendship when they team up to take down a notorious
sex trafficker in Miami.
Move That Body written by Lucia Aniello and Paul W Downs
Logline: Five friends rent a beach house in Miami for a bachelorette weekend and accidentally kill a male stripper.
Set It Up written by Katie Silberman
Logline: Two young assistants realize they can get more free time if they occupy their bosses’ time by setting them
up on a date.
Tomorrow on the Runway written by Frederick Seton
Logline: Kermit St. Lucy has a ridiculous name and is ridiculously ill-equipped to deal with adult responsibilities. After
a tragedy shakes him to his essence, Kermit takes it upon himself to look after and raise two young children
A Life Fantastic written by Natalie Antoci
Logline: A single mother with a terminal diagnosis embarks on a road trip with her eccentric nine-year-old son and
nanny to find a loving and progressive family that will accept him for whoever he may grow up to be.
Lou written by Maggie McGowan Cohn
Logline: An elderly woman who hacks out a rough existence on a remote island is forced to help her dimwitted neighbor
rescue her daughter from her ex who has kidnapped her and run off into the woods.
Preconception written by Jake Morse and Scott Wolman
Logline: A couple on the verge of parenthood embarks on a pre-baby bucket list.
Senior Year written by Andrew Knauer and Arthur Pielli
Logline: A cheerleader wakes up after a twenty year coma and returns to sit at the cool table and try to become
prom queen, as a thirty seven year-old woman.
Francis and The Godfather written by Andrew Farotte
Logline: Facing financial ruin, auteur filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is forced to direct the adaptation of Mario Puzo’s
pulp novel The Godfather, pitting him against legendary mega-producer Robert Evans in this comedy about
art versus commerce.
To see the entire Black List, which includes a Michael Jackson drama told from the perspective of Bubbles the chimp, go here.
Our apologies if we missed a comedy in the list as genre is generally not specified in the listings.
We’re in the thick of awards season. Talk of this show and that movie and Game of Thrones and Spotlight may be well deserved, but we’re definitely focused on who is taking home a Channy for outstanding achievement in making a 5 minute TV show that’s not on your cable box, Netflix, etc. like Kill The Baby (which dominated this year’s awards), King of YouTube, and Natasha.
So, without further adieu, your 2015 Channel 101 Channy Award Winners are:
BEST FAILED PILOT: The Mysterious Deejaying of the Asshole Upstairs, Steve Huey
BEST VFX / MAKEUP: Santiago, Jen Grable
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kill The Baby, Nate Cornett
BEST CRINGE MOMENT: Tie between Kill The Baby, “Isaac Eats Baby Poo” Dave Geis & Senior Flowers, “Sex With A Pig” Chris Lee, Cullan Bruce & Willy Roberts
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE: Kill The Baby, Demorge Brown
BEST SUPPORTING / GUEST STAR PERFORMANCE – MALE: King of Youtube, Spencer Strauss
BEST SUPPORTING / GUEST STAR PERFORMANCE – FEMALE: Kill The Baby, Erin McGathy
BEST EDITING: Kill The Baby, Ariel Gardner
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: King of Youtube, Paul Isakson
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Stupid Bitch, Nichole Bagby
BEST WRITING: Tie between Kill The Baby, Alex Kavutskiy & Ariel Gardner & Markees Saves, Matt Hill & Markees Christmas
BEST DIRECTING: Kill The Baby, Alex Kavutskiy & Ariel Gardner
BEST SHOW: Kill The Baby
If you’re not familiar with any of these fantastic, innovative, defying-in-every-way shows, please get obsessed with them over at Channel 101 right now.
Now that The Deep Webbys are taken care of, you move on back to normal society with the winners of this year’s Webby Awards.
Chelsea Peretti, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Funny or Die, Cracked.com, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, If Google Was a Guy, Kid President, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kids React, Too Many Cooks, Weird Al Yankovic, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Honest Trailers, Epic Rap Battle, Grumpy Cat, Last Week Tonight, and The Onion will all receive the Internet’s high honor of a Webby Award for their excellence online this year among dozens of categories and hundreds of nominees.
We’re curious if every comedy winner will be part of a bit on the Webby Awards ceremony with Hannibal next month.
The Internet’s own Webby Awards just announced the nominees for this year amongst hundreds of categories. We sifted through it all to bring you the comedy relevant ones whether it would be a humor category or something funny that got nominated including Too Many Cooks, Funny or Die, The Tonight Show, Key & Peele, BoJack Horseman, The ArScheerio Paul Show, Grumpy Cat, or High Maintenance.
WEBSITES
The Ellen Degeneres Show-Websites-Celebrity/Fan, Television
Cracked-Humor
Clickhole-Humor
Funny or Die-Humor
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon-Humor, Television, Best Visual Design-Function
Fill The Silence-Humor
Break.com-Humor-Honoree
Rooster Teeth Prodcutions-Humor-Honoree
The Clearly Dope-Humor-Honoree
Slacktory Tumblr-Humor-Honoree
Shiba Sommelier-Humor-Honoree
SimponsWorld.com-Media Streaming-Honoree
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Akademie Zubrowka-Movie & Film, Best Visual Design, Aesthetic
Birdman-Movie & Film
WFMU-Radio & Podcasts
ONLINE FILM & VIDEO
Kevin Hart Is Not a Baby-Branded Short Form
The Workaholics Guys Find a New Cubicle Mate-Branded Short Form
Key & Peele “What About ‘Non-Stop’ Though”-Branded Short Form
Moustaches Make Food Taste Better from College Humor-Branded Short Form-Honoree
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon BTS and Interviews-Branded Unscripted
Jimmy Kimmel Live “Halloween Candy Prank”-Branded Unscripted
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee-Branded Series, Comedy Long Form or Series
College Humor “How To Tell If You’re a Basic Bitch”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Bo Burnham “Repeat Stuff”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Rob Cantor “Shia LeBeouf” Live-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Mashable “Kevin Bacon Explains the ‘80s to Millenials”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Mashable “Simply Genius Shower Thoughts with Nick Offerman”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Making a Scene with James Franco “Dirty Dancing Dogs”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Funny or Die “Comcast Doesn’t Give a F—”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Whalerock “Kids Reenact Emmy Nominated TV Shows”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Iconoclast “Aspirational”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Denizen “Tiny Hamster vs. Kobayashi”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
College Humor “If Google Was A Guy”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Best Individual Performance, Best Writing
Fullscreen “Kids React”-Comedy Long Form or Series
Funny or Die “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Public Service & Activism
Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Mean Tweets”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Viral
BBC Worldwide “Gigi: Almost American”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree, Best Individual Performance Honoree
Vimeo “High Maintenance”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree, Best Editing, Best Individual Performance, Best Writing
Comedy Central “Hack Into Broad City”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
Guilty Content “How To Talk to Australians”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
AOL “Laugh Lessons”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
CWTV “Play It Again, Dick”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
The Howard Stern Show “The Howard Stern Birthday Bash”-Events & Live Webcasts
Adult Swim “Too Many Cooks”-Experimental & Weird, Best Editing
Weird Al Yankovic “Foil”-Music, Best Individual Performance
DEFY Media “Honest Trailers”-Video Remixes/Mash-ups
Nathan For You “Dumb Starbucks”-Viral Honoree
ACLU “Lewis Black Says F#%! Voter Supression-Best Individual Performance
Funny or Die “Mary Poppins Quits with Kristen Bell”-Best Individual Performance
JASH “The ArScheerio Paul Show”-Best Individual Performance Honoree
Next Time on Lonny Season 2-Best Individual Performance Honoree
College Humor “Adam Ruins Everything”-Best Individual Performance Honoree, Best Writing
Soul Pancake “Kid President”-Best Web Personality/Host
ItsGrace-Best Web Personality/Host Honoree, First Person
College Humor “The Britishes”-Best Writing
Funny or Die “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man”-Best Writing
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon-Entertainment
Rooster Teeth Productions-Entertainment Honoree
MOBILE SITES & APPS
Comedy Central App-Best Streaming Video, Best User Face Honoree, Entertainment, Tablet-Entertainment
The Daily Show Podcast Without Jon Stewart-Podcast
Comedy Bang! Bang!-Podcast
The Tonight Show App-Entertainment Honoree, Tablet-Entertainment
SOCIAL
Last Week Tonight-Best Writing
The Ellen DeGeneres Show-Overall Social Presence, Celebrity/Fan
Funny or Die-Overall Social Presence Honoree, Humor
Grumpy Cat-Animals
Ignition Interactive “BoJack Horseman Campaign”-Entertainment, Humor
Comedy Central “@midnight”-Entertainment Honoree
Laffland “Sniffers”-Humor
The Onion-Humor
The Most Interesting Man in the World Social Pages-Humor
Google Naps-Humor Honoree
Wonderful Pistachos #AskEagle-Humor Honoree
adidas Brazuca-Humor Honoree
Cracked on Facebook-Humor Honoree
Nick Offerman’s Solid Wood Emojis-Humor Honoree
Level 48-Humor Honoree
The winners will be announced May 18th with host Hannibal Buress presiding over the ceremony.
You can check out the massive list of nominees here.
The short form, indie-as-indie-can-be TV phenomenon known as Channel 101 created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab has inaugurated its 2015 season.
Already, they kicked 2015 off with one hell of a start with a new pilot, Kill The Baby, topping the votes Car Jumper and Skateboard Cop continuing their runs, as well new shows Halfway House and Father and Son rounding out the top 5.
Also, there’s an incredibly epic finale of Santiago.
In addition to that, you can catch the whole of The Channel 101 Incredibly Prestigious Achievement Awards from last year here.
As always, if you’re not familiar with any of this, then get familiar. If you are, this is a great alternative to The Super Bowl/there’s plenty of time to kill before The Super Bowl.
Marilyn Bamford offering the crowd snacks #RiotLA (photo by @callie_biggs)
A photo posted by RiotLA (@riotla) on Jan 24, 2015 at 10:29am PST
Once a year, The Riot LA Comedy Festival turns the ever blossoming Main St. in Downtown LA into an even more colorful affair. There are long lines delineated by pastel colored chalk and a concentrated distillation of some of the LA comedy scene’s finest as well as bringing in some of the funniest folks from around the country. In its third year, Riot LA has kept this phenomenon going to the point where it should become a time honored tradition to make a trek to Downtown LA.
If you didn’t happen to be in attendance last weekend for the festival, let us fill you in with some of our favorite moments at Riot LA 2015 (spoiler alert: there were no actual riots).
-NYC was well represented at Riot with great performances from Dan Soder, Dave Hill and his killer erotic short stories, Nick Turner, Sheng Wang, and Michelle Wolf who won the always crazy fun Happy Contest Time, a “stand-up contest” judged by Japanese school girls.
–Elisha Yaffe curated a fantastic series of offbeat, hysterical, fantastical, otherworldly, wonderful short films for “Weird Stories”. Whether it be the interconnecting bizarre events of an Interesting Ball from DANIELS or a video asking a stranger out while in costume from your job at a theme park from Andrew Peyton, the showcase proved short films (not viral videos) are very still much alive and are probably funnier than ever.
-Walking and talking showbiz encyclopedia Kliph Nesteroff chatted with the legendary Fred Willard. We were more than delightfully surprised to learn that Willard turned down the starring role in Airplane! and that, for a time when Fred was doing improv, he would have cut a scene short by have someone dressed up as a fairy that come out and announce the scene was over.
A photo posted by The Super Serious Show (@seriousshow) on Jan 17, 2015 at 8:34pm PST
-The LA comedy institution that is The Super Serious Show made a great showing per usual with one of the best on-stage duos around Kate Berlant and John Early at the host’s helm. Jerrod Carmichael offered some of the funniest bits about Bill Cosby we’ve heard since the allegations made the news, especially since he’s gotten to meet and chat with Cosby just before all of the controversy rose to the fever pitch that it is at now. Also, Nate Craig had a highlight worthy, wire-to-wire set.
A very special drop in who is definitely not Bill Burr #RiotLA (photo by @callie_biggs)
A photo posted by RiotLA (@riotla) on Jan 17, 2015 at 9:45pm PST
-The one and only Bill Burr wore a fat suit to impersonate Pantera’s Vinnie Paul at The Goddamn Comedy Jam and we don’t need to elaborate further than on how the night went for the all out comedy rock show.
-Part installation artist/part comedian/part magical human being Kurt Braunohler dazzled yet again with his Roustabout show that included a sound effect operated wishing well, dog show dogs doing tricks, a lone trombone player, and snow here in LA. We didn’t know this was a dream of ours until Kurt made it a reality.
@kurtbraunohler enjoying his snowfall #RiotLA (photo by @callie_biggs)
A photo posted by RiotLA (@riotla) on Jan 18, 2015 at 7:00pm PST
-One of the big headliners of Riot LA, Norm MacDonald, sold out the recently renovated and reopened, beautiful Regent Theater. Those in attendance for his high art dad-esque humor and persona were not disappointed.
A photo posted by RiotLA (@riotla) on Jan 18, 2015 at 12:27am PST
-The marvelously absurd Sam Simmons did a whole solo show that toured through his inner psyche through a complex set of beats and pre-recorded dialogue with himself while also being completely self-aware. Despite Sam’s protestations here and there, which are also part of the charm of his act, the crowd at The Smell loved it.
-The meta-meta podcast “With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus” had the whole of The Downtown Independent Theater on board for podcast host Lauren Lapkus playing the character of a fake podcast “hosted” by guest Thomas Middleditch who is also playing a character. It was akin to the trippy visual sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey, but done in comedy podcast form with a bit of a Southern affect.
–Margot Leitman and Giulia Rozzi’s Stripped Stories not only featured great, ribald stories, but a round of that classic party game “Never Have I Ever” where an audience member won by having intercourse while at a mental institution with one of the orderlies on his break in a laundry room. Never one to miss the gold coin on a comedy merry-go-round, Matt Braunger came to the stage as the orderly.
Brew Ha Ha really making their last drinking game count #RiotLA (photo by @abbeylonder)
A photo posted by RiotLA (@riotla) on Jan 18, 2015 at 9:32pm PST
-The house party, drinking game comedy show known as Brew Haha got so out-of-hand, in a fun-spirited, responsible way, that many on the show took their clothes off on stage. It’s a pretty great way to make a house party happen in a downtown parking lot.
Maria Bamford prepares as @troyconrads observes #RiotLA (photo by @liezlwashere)
A photo posted by RiotLA (@riotla) on Jan 22, 2015 at 10:47am PST
-American comedy treasure Maria Bamford fully realized her mother, Marilyn Bamford, as a comedic character for an entire show, The Marilyn Bamford Collective. She was armed with a handheld vacuum, throw pillows, and the perfect imitation, which was made even more beautiful when the real Marilyn took the stage at the end of the show. At one point, Maria as Marilyn had noted comedian and impressionist Melissa Villaseñor do an impression of Maria right in front of her.
It may be redundant in saying this, but we’re looking forward to a Riot LA in 2016.
Between now and when we posted about the line-up for the 2015 SF Sketchfest, we’re assuming you’ve been at refreshing your the SF Sketchfest schedule page with credit card at the ready to get your tickets.
Even if that’s not the case, you probably still want to go the gigantic going through Jan. 22nd all the way to Feb 8th next year. So, you can get, as of a few minutes ago, can buy as many SF Sketchfest tickets as your heart desires.
Here’s a fun promo to remind you of how amazing the line-up is.
Near the start of every year, one of the world’s most massive comedy festival assembles in San Francisco, The SF Sketchfest. For 2015, it’ll run Jan. 22nd-Feb. 8th and tickets go on sale this Sun. Dec. 14th at 10AM.
Per usual, SF Sketchfest has a tome’s worth of amazing comedy acts and in attempting to even truncate their line-up to show you what you could be in for in a more reader-friendly way, the list of shows/performers is still pretty damn long.
So, here’s the abbreviated, slightly, line-up of 2015 SF Sketchfest (i.e. there are way more shows/performers not listed):
-SF Sketchfest Tribute: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer
-SF Sketchfest Tribute: “Weird Al” Yankovic in conversation with Chris Hardwick with musical performances by Hard ‘n Phirm and Garfunkel & Oates
-SF Sketchfest Tribute: Marc Maron
-SF Sketchfest & Noise Pop Tribute: Scharpling & Wurster: Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster in conversation with Andy Kindler with musical guests John Darnielle and Bob Mould
-Judge John Hodgman
-Nerdist Podcast with Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira
-Princess Plays Purple Rain: Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum in an evening of the music of Prince
-StarTalk Live with Bill Nye the Science Guy and Eugene Mirman
-The Benson Movie Interruption with Doug Benson: “Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Parts 1 & 2”
-“But I’m A Cheerleader”: The Peaches Christ Experience with special guest Natasha Lyonne
-“Groundhog Day” on Groundhog Day with special guest Stephen Tobolowsky in a live Tobolowsky Files
-RiffTrax Night of the Shorts V: A Good Day to Riff Hard with Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett
“Animaniacs” with Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille and Randy Rogel
-“Dr. Katz Professional Therapist” 20th Anniversary Show with Jonathan Katz, Tom Snyder, Jon Benjamin and guest patients
-“Futurama”: Still Canceled with John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lee Supercinski and Billy West
-“Another Period” with Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome, Paget Brewster, Beth Dover, Jason Ritter, Armen Weitzman and Moshe Kasher
-“The Hotwives of Orlando” with Tymberlee Hill, Angela Kinsey, Dannah Phirman, Andrea Savage, Kristen Schaal, Danielle Schneider and Casey Wilson
-“Better Off Dead” 30th Anniversary Live Read with writer/director Savage Steve Holland, actors Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss and guest understudies
-Thrilling Adventure Hour with Paget Brewsterupto, Busy Philipps, Paul F. Tompkins, The WorkJuice Players, Scott Adsit, Scott Aukerman, John Hodgman, Mike Phirman, Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter and more
-Uptown Showdown Debate: Are We Getting Dumber vs. Are We Getting Smarter? with Maria Bamford, W Kamau Bell, Jeff Garlin, Dave Hill, T.J. Miller, Aparna Nancherla, moderator Jared Logan and more
-Totally Looped with Maria Bamford, Joe Liss, Laraine Newman, Oscar Nunez, Rick Overton, Gary Anthony Williams and more
-Cultivated Wit’s Comedy Hack Day Finals with judges Scott Aukerman, Natasha Leggero, Jonah Ray and more
-Iron Comic with Nato Green and Moshe Kasher
-Gravid Water with Scott Adsit, Lauren Lapkus, Ian Roberts and more
-The Groundlings: The Black Version
-The Improvised Shakespeare Company
-Prompter
-Shitty Jobs
-Theme Park Improv with Ian Brennan, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jessica Makinson, Oscar Nunez, Cole Stratton and Janet Varney
-Upright Citizens Brigade ASSSSCAT with Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh and more
-The Writers of Key & Peele Improv Show
-Eli Braden
-Garfunkel & Oates
-Imaginary Radio with Drennon Davis
-The Dana Gould Hour
-Dead Authors with Paul F. Tompkins
-The Harland Highway Podcast with Harland Williams
-Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher
-improv4humans with Matt Besser
-Jonah Raydio with Jonah Ray
-Jordan, Jesse, Go!
-Ronna & Beverly
-Superego
-The Todd Barry Podcast
-The Todd Glass Show
-Who Charted? with Kulap Vilaysack and Howard Kremer
-You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
-BriTANick
-Good Neighbor with Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary
-Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction
-Mortified
-RISK! with Kevin Allison
-Aparna Nancherla & Guy Branum: Diversity Quota: A Night of Comedy with an Indian Lady and a Gay Jew
-BAKED with Brendon Small & Steve Agee
-Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream
-Brian McCann’s Leisure Hour
-Come Laugh With Us with Lance Bangs
-Eddie Pepitone
-Edinburgh Fringe International Spotlight: Wil Anderson, Maeve Higgins, Matt Kirshen, Daniel Sloss and host Janeane Garofalo
-Emily Heller
-Emo Philips
-Erin Foley
-James Adomian
-Jenny Slate & Friends
-Jon Benjamin’s “Night of Not Interested in Hosting This Show”
-Jon Daly
-Kristen Schaal & Friends
-Leo Allen
-Maria Bamford
-Matt Braunger
-Max Silvestri
-Meltdown with Jonah Ray & Kumail Nanjiani
-Morgan Murphy
-Night Train with Wyatt Cenac
-The Onion Past Bedtime
-Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher
-Rory Scovel
-Set List
-Smug Shift with Moshe Kasher and Brent Weinbach
-Stand-Up Spotlight: Mike Lawrence & Dan St. Germain
-Tinkle Twins with Dana Gould & Arden Myrin
-T.J. Miller
-Van Jam with the Spanglers
-The SF Sketchfest Dozen, the Next Wave of Stand-Up Comedy Stars: Sean Donnelly & Maronzio Vance, Andy Haynes & Christina Pazsitzky, Maeve Higgins & Beth Stelling, Randy Liedtke & Alice Wetterlund, Jared Logan & Eliza Skinner, Mark Normand & Michelle Wolf
As we said earlier today, we’re in the thick of awards seasons with nominations rolling in from all sides. The SAG Awards nominees were announced this week and just this morning, the announcement for the nominees of The 2015 Golden Globes was made.
Looking over the HFPA’s list of their favorites this year, It seems as if The Grand Budapest Hotel was straddling a lot of awards deadlines getting nominated in several awards last year and still gaining a lot of attention this year with four Golden Globe nominations. Birdman continues to get its due as comedy’s frontrunner for awards this season with 7 nominations and Transparent is starting its inevitable run for getting honors on the TV side with two.
You can see the rest of the comedy nominees below (Note: due to the HFPA’s insistence on genre category juxtaposition-i.e. “Musical or Comedy”-as well as the overall lack of comedy in general categories, we omitted listing certain nominees as they aren’t comedies)
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Pride
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Julianne Moore-Maps To The Stars
Amy Adams-Big Eyes
Helen Mirren-100 Foot Journey
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton-Birdman
Bill Murray-St. Vincent
Ralph Fiennes-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cristoph Waltz-Big Eyes
Joaquin Phoenix-Inherent Vice
Best Animated Feature Film
The LEGO Movie
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure (Turist)
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Emma Stone-Birdman
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Edward Norton-Birdman
Best Director-Motion Picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu-Birdman
Wes Anderson-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Screenplay-Motion Picture
Wes Anderson-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo-Birdman
Best Original Score
Antonio Sanchez-Birdman
Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Orange Is The New Black
Girls
Jane The Virgin
Transparent
Silicon Valley
Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep
Edie Falco-Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez-Jane The Virgin
Lena Dunham-Girls
Taylor Schilling-Orange Is The New Black
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Don Cheadle-House of Lies
William H. Macy-Shameless
Ricky Gervais-Derek
Jeffrey Tambor-Transparent
Louis C.K.-Louie
You can see the full list of 2015 Golden Globes nominees here and watch the ceremony on Jan. 11th, 2015 on NBC.