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Alec Baldwin to Get an Old School Style Roast/Tribute on Spike TV

March 15, 2017

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There used to be a time, back in the days of Dean Martin, when comedic roasting was used to actually honor people rather than be a thin veil over verbally attacking someone who is widely and often criticized or even hated.

This tradition of honorary ribbing is partially the idea behind Spike TV’s “One Night Only: Alec Baldwin” that will serve as a retrospective over Baldwin’s long, expansive career and as a classic roast.

If you’re into this, probably like Trump will be, tune in on July 9th at 9PM on Spike.

Donald Trump Faux Memoir Being Written with Audiobook That Will Feature Alec Baldwin

March 1, 2017

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Donald Trump Faux Memoir Being Written with Audiobook That Will Feature Alec Baldwin

The title “You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump" is, as the POTUS would put it, tremendous.

Novelist Kurt Andersen, who also was a co-founder of Spy Magazine, will write the fake memoir for Penguin Press and an accompanying audiobook will feature SNL’s Trump, Alec Baldwin. They’re currently looking towards a November release date.

We’re curious to see if Alec has to put on a power tie that’s way too long, don a bad wig, and contort his face for the entire duration of the audiobook recording just to stay in character.

SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

December 12, 2016

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SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

FILM

BEST COMEDY
Central Intelligence
Deadpool *WINNER*
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
The Nice Guys

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool *WINNER*

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris
Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins *WINNER*

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Black-ish
Fleabag
Modern Family
Silicon Valley *WINNER*
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Donald Glover, Atlanta *WINNER*
Bill Hader, Documentary Now!
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt *WINNER*
Judith Light, Transparent
Allison Williams, Girls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets *WINNER*
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Lisa Kudrow, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Liam Neeson, Inside Amy Schumer

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
BoJack Horseman *WINNER*
Son of Zorn
South Park
The Simpsons

BEST TALK SHOW
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show with James Corden *WINNER*
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Host TJ Miller both co-starred Deadpool and is part of the ensemble cast of Silicon Valley, which both took home Critics Choice Awards last night. This might make TJ the biggest winner of the evening.

The Late Late Show with James Corden also continues its ascent in late night by winning over all the satirical news shows and Fallon, which is pretty astounding considering that Fallon is still a ratings leader and Sam Bee, John Oliver, and Trevor Noah got special focus because of the election.

The election also put special focus on SNL with highlighting both Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin in their respective impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and resulted in their Critics Choice wins.

Meryl Streep continues her dominance with awards in general as she indeed play a historically bad singer perfectly in Florence Foster Jenkins.

Don’t forget that FX has a nice showing here as well with wins for Louie Anderson on Baskets and Donald Glover on Atlanta. It’s further proof that FX’s programming line-up can stand with the premium cable and streaming networks.

Also, we’re glad to see BoJack Horseman taking home Best Animated Series as the show continues to evolve and get more emotionally and satisfyingly complex.

See the full list of this year’s Critics Choice Awards winners here.

Cameron Crowe’s “Deep Tiki” Now Called “Aloha” and Gets a Trailer

February 13, 2015

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Last year, we caught wind of what might be a “Hawaii rocket launch rom com” in Cameron Crowe’s latest film, which was called Deep Tiki at the time.

Since then, the movie’s title has changed to Aloha and the first trailer has arrived. Where it will end up the Cameron Crowe spectrum of romantic comedies from Say Anything to Almost Famous to Elizabethtown has yet to be seen. The love triangle between Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, and Rachel McAdams seems to lean more in tone towards Elizabethtown, but the presences of Danny McBride, Alec Baldwin, and Bill Murray lean more towards Say Anything.

Either way, we’re intrigued to see another trailer as well as the movie itself.

MSNBC Cancels ‘Up Late with Alec Baldwin’

November 27, 2013

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MSNBC Cancels ‘Up Late with Alec Baldwin’

The controversy between Alec Baldwin and the paparazzi amongst other things has unfortunately led to Up Late with Alec Baldwin on MSNBC getting the ax.

This is saddening for the fact that we all didn’t even have enough time to figure out where the show was headed (and maybe they would have changed course had it stayed on the air), whether it be comedy or a more serious talk show.

Cameron Crowe’s Romantic Comedy To Have Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and More

October 12, 2013

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Cameron Crowe’s Romantic Comedy To Have Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, and More

By now, ensemble cast romantic comedies should be a little bit of a red flag, but with Cameron Crowe attached as well as rounding a cast of Jay Baruchel, Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, Emma Stone, and Danny McBride should make for something noteworthy.

‘Up Late With Alec Baldwin’ Premieres Tonight at MSNBC

October 11, 2013

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‘Up Late With Alec Baldwin’ Premieres Tonight at MSNBC

Alec Baldwin joins the late night foray with his own talk show Up Late with Alec Baldwin on MSNBC. It premieres tonight at 10PM and probably won’t be anything like the rest of late night, even The Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, or Totally Biased.

Late night TV is just getting more expansive every day.