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Transparent, Veep, Anomalisa, and Master of None Get Golden Globe Comedy Nominations as Well as Joy and The Martian
December 10, 2015
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to have a broader definition of comedy than anyone else during awards season.

There are your favorites as well as the favored upstarts in the field of this year’s Golden Globes nominees. The consistently praised Anomalisa and Master of None, heavy returning favorites Veep, Silicon Valley, and Transparent, comedy superstar Amy Schumer for Trainwreck, and brash newcomer Rachel Bloom for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend all got nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. There were even some noms for work that should be getting more love from more awards, but, somehow, isn’t. This includes Lily Tomlin’s turn in Grandma, Melissa McCarthy for Spy, and Hulu’s Casual from Jason Reitman.

With all of that said, films and shows that are being considered in different lights, mainly dramatic rather than comedic, have found their way into the comedy nominees, like they usually do, at The Golden Globes such as Joy, The Martian, The Big Short, and Orange Is the New Black. Certainly, Joy, The Martian, and The Big Short weren’t touting themselves as comedies in trailers and promotion and Orange Is the New Black has shifted to dramatic consideration with other awards. We’re not exactly sure why the distinction for comedy is so noticeably different with HFPA, but it does possibly allow for some notoriety for work that wouldn’t really get recognized otherwise.

So, here are the comedy nominees for this year’s Golden Globes.

Best Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Joy
Spy
The Big Short
The Martian
Trainwreck

Best Screenplay
The Big Short-Adam McKay, Charles Randolph

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Lily Tomlin-Grandma
Jennifer Lawrence-Joy
Melissa McCarthy-Spy
Maggie Smith-The Lady in the Van
Amy Schumer-Trainwreck

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy Or Musical
Al Pacino-Danny Collins
Mark Ruffalo-Infinitely Polar Bear
Christian Bale-The Big Short
Steve Carell-The Big Short
Matt Damon-The Martian

Best Director – Motion Picture
Ridley Scott-The Martian

Best Animated Feature Film
Anomalisa
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie

Best Foreign Language Film
The Brand New Testament-France

Best Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Casual
Mozart in the Jungle
Orange is the New Black
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Veep

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Lily Tomlin-Grace and Frankie
Gina Rodriguez-Jane The Virgin
Jamie Lee Curtis-Scream Queens
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep
Rachel Bloom-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Comedy Or Musical
Patrick Stewart-Blunt Talk
Aziz Ansari-Master Of None
Gael García Bernal-Mozart in the Jungle
Rob Lowe-The Grinder
Jeffrey Tambor-Transparent

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Uzo Aduba-Orange is the New Black
Judith Light-Transparent

Get a look at the full list of the 2016 Golden Globes nominees here.

The Beta Version of Seeso Is Live and Boy, Do They Have a Lot of Good Stuff
December 3, 2015
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Anything from Monty Python: Live at the Hollywood Bowl to the brand new variety series hosted by The UCB 4, The UCB Show, to Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place to SNL to The Kids in the Hall to The World of Alan Partridge to…

30 Rock, stand-up from George Carlin, Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Hannibal Buress, TJ Miller, Kyle Kinane, Reggie Watts, Sean Patton, Eddie Pepitone, Jon Dore, Bo Burnham, Donald Glover, Garfunkel & Oates, Tim Minchin, and way more.

Really, that’s just scratching the surface. Actually, since this is the beta version, it’s only scratching the surface of scratching the surface of what the beta version of Seeso has got in store for us all like Harmonquest, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, etc..

Oh yeah, we should have mentioned that all of this is free until Jan. 6th, which makes one hell of a Christmas presents from Seeso. Get into all of it here.

Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer’s Movie Will Center on a Flight Attendant and a “Mess” of a Sister
November 5, 2015
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That’s not much to go off of, but it’s still very enticing.

So, we’re imagining Jennifer Lawrence’s character in American Hustle dealing with Amy Schumer as flight attendant who is her sister. We’re in for that. 

Lawrence briefly described the project in a recent interview on Entertainment Tonight and you can’t help but think of what great shouting matches will happen in this movie.

When asked about male co-stars, she also added that there aren’t really any boys in it. 

We’d be surprised if this movie doesn’t get fast tracked soon.

Amy Schumer’s Mother/Daughter Set For Mother’s Day Weekend 2017
October 22, 2015
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(via Variety)

Well, that just might be the right amount of being “on the nose”.

As Trainwreck was a rom com for those tired of so many of the rom coms of decades past, perhaps Mother/Daughter starring Amy Schumer will be the Mother’s Day movie for those tired of a traditional Mother’s Day, yet still secretly wanting to recognize the importance of mothers.

While it’s definitely awhile from now and perhaps might be shifted in the next year, Mother/Daughter’s premiere date is on May 12th, 2017.

Hour Long Stand-Up Specials from Amy Schumer and Jerry Rocha Premiere Tonight
October 17, 2015
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DVR either Fuse or HBO at 10PM, then watch the other live.

Both Amy Schumer: Live at The Apollo and The Gentlemen Jerry Rocha have their premieres tonight at 10PM on HBO and Fuse, respectively.

Both are solid choices to watch, so try and watch both however you can pull that off. 

Watch Amy Schumer’s SNL Monologue
October 11, 2015
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As of late, many of the best SNL host monologues are stand-up comedians just doing a set.

Amy Schumer kept that tradition alive and well last night. 

Watch her monologue/set here, which should be a good primer for her HBO special next week.

Amy Schumer Does SNL Promo with Her Trainwreck Co-Star Vanessa Bayer
October 7, 2015
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Amy Schumer is hosting SNL this week and, of course, did the traditional promos with Vanessa Bayer who played her best friend in this summer’s R-rated comedy hit Trainwreck.

Watching this, you might wonder how many of these were bits they did on set on a daily basis.

Amy Schumer Has Sold Her Book for $8-$10 Million
September 22, 2015
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(via EW)

At this point, what isn’t Amy Schumer working on?

Yep, Amy Schumer has a book coming out. 

Already this year, she’s had a hit summer R-rated comedy, hosted an awards show, won a plethora of awards herself along with accompanying critical acclaim, opened for Madonna on tour, has an HBO special coming out later this year, and is working on a screenplay with Jennifer Lawrence. 

For many folks in entertainment, that would be years worth of very accomplished work, but Schumer isn’t stopping with just all of that. She has just sold a book for a paycheck to the tune of $8-$10 million. The details of the book are scarce at this point, but it would hard to imagine it be a sort of book that wouldn’t keep her 2015 win streak going.

Amy Schumer Will Be The Latest to Receive Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award For Excellence in Comedy
September 18, 2015
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We are excited to announce that @amyschumer will be honored at this year’s #Britannias! pic.twitter.com/YJ0tRtNfEQ

It’s already been a banner year for Schumer and we guess we have to make that banner a little bit bigger.

Amy Schumer is set to join the esteemed group of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sacha Baron Cohen, Matt Stone & Trey Parker, Ben Stiller, and Betty White for winning the British Academy for Film and Television Awards/BAFTA’s Charlie Chaplin Award for Excellence in Comedy.

We’ll be curious to see what Amy has in store for 2016 that might possibly top her 2015.

Here’s the Trailer for Amy Schumer: Live at The Apollo
September 10, 2015
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Now that the initial excitement of Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence writing a movie together has probably settled, you can raise your anticipation again for Schumer for her upcoming HBO special, Live At The Apollo, directed by Chris Rock.

Here’s a trailer to help you do that. 

Watch Amy Schumer: Live At The Apollo on Sat. Oct. 17th at 10PM on HBO.

Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence Are Writing a Movie Together Where They Will Play Sisters
August 26, 2015
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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

It’s like they’re trying to break the Internet or something.

After becoming close friends quickly this summer, Schumer and Lawrence have spent much of their time recently trading pages or a movie that they’re writing together.

Thus far, the only thing known about this movie is that Amy and Jennifer will play sisters. Given how much star power/bankability the two have, we imagine that a studio will pick up this very soon.

Elon Musk and Amy Schumer To Also Be Guests on First Week of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
August 24, 2015
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(via Deadline)

We are already trying to imagine how the panel interview would go with Musk and Colbert in two weeks.

The premiere of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is just over two weeks away and in addition to George Clooney, Jeb Bush, and Kendrick Lamar, you’ll know also get to look forward to Amy Schumer, Elon Musk, Scarlett Johansson, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Toby Keith, Stephen King, and Troubled Waters being guests on the show.

As you all are, we’re curious about the latitude that Colbert will employ with his wit and persona. This line-up of guests should make for a great display of how Colbert will establish that.

“Inside Amy Schumer” and What Their Peabody Award Means to Them
August 20, 2015
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Unless you’ve been hiding from the Internet, you’d know that Inside Amy Schumer is not only one of the funniest shows on TV, but a show that has consistently been tackling touchy issues in a way that has opened up dialogues on those issues where they was little or no dialogue before.

Amy Schumer, along with Inside Amy Schumer co-creator/executive producer Dan Powell and writer/executive producer Jessi Klein talk on how honored they feel to win the prestigious Peabody Award.

Watch it here.

The First Weeks of Season 41 of SNL Will Have Tracy Morgan and Amy Schumer as Hosts
August 17, 2015
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Good call on Saturday Night Live’s part by having one of comedy’s currently brightest stars and one SNL alum that has made a miraculous recovery after a near fatal accident to host the beginning of SNL’s 41st season.

Kicking off on October, Amy Schumer will host on Oct. 10th, then Tracy Morgan will host the week after on Oct. 17th. The season premiere will be hosted by Miley Cyrus, which should prove for three big weeks for the long running sketch variety show. 

Here’s The First Teaser for “Amy Schumer Live At The Apollo”
August 10, 2015
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This is your first glimpse at, as we’ve said before because of the accolades for Inside Amy Schumer and Trainwreck and various interviews, what might be one of the most highly anticipated stand-up specials of the year.

Here’s your first look at Amy Schumer Live At The Apollo directed by Chris Rock. 

You can then watch its premiere on Oct. 17th at 10PM on HBO.

Amy Schumer’s HBO Special Set for October Premiere
July 31, 2015
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(via Variety)

Look for Schumer’s first HBO special on Oct. 17th.

The Chris Rock directed new hour special from Amy Schumer is sure to be one of the most highly anticipated comedy specials of the year. 

We’re sure .gifs and think pieces and everything in between will come from it, but sure to watch it when it premieres this fall on HBO.

Amy Schumer, Louis C.K., and Denis Leary To Be Final Guests on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”
July 31, 2015
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Jon Stewart is going to have a ball on his last week.

Next Monday will be the start to Jon Stewart’s final days as host of The Daily Show. As such, he’s having three comedians, Amy Schumer, Louis C.K., and Denis Leary, all of whom he loves having on the show and subsequently had some of the best interview segments during Stewart’s Daily Show tenure.

That’s three guests, but Jon has 4 episodes left coming to an end on Aug. 6th, which means that there’s probably something special for a finale. It’s probably not an interview with Donald Trump over pizza, but we can always dream, right?

We’re not saying that you weren’t planning on it, but you should probably check out The Daily Show next week.

SiriusXM Launching a “Comedy Greats” Channel Featuring George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Joan Rivers, Louis C.K., Amy Schumer, and More
July 30, 2015
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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

If you already have your Sirius presets on the 7 existing comedy channels, make room for one more.

The stand-up of “comedy greats” throughout the decades will be featured on this new SiriusXM Comedy Greats channel. It’ll span the comedy of Richard Pryor and George Carlin to Joan Rivers to Eddie Murphy to Jerry Seinfeld to Louis C.K. to Amy Schumer and plenty more.

The channel will also feature countdowns and stories from the likes of current greats like Bill Burr, Bill Hader, Marc Maron, etc.

Look for Comedy Greats on SiriusXM on Aug. 13th.

Hopefully, if you don’t already, you’ll get some comedy albums after hearing any of this.

Here’s a Teaser for Tig Notaro’s HBO Special “Boyish Girl Interrupted”
July 21, 2015
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This year is quickly becoming a banner year for Tig Notaro as the documentary following her now legendary set, “Tig”, was just released this past weekend on Netflix and her Showtime special with Jon Dore, “Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” premiered earlier this year.

On top of all of that, she has her HBO comedy special “Boyish Girl Interrupted” premiering on Aug. 22nd at 10PM.

Get your first look at it with this teaser.

Watch a Post-Emmy Nomination Amy Schumer on Late Night with Seth Meyers
July 17, 2015
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Inside Amy Schumer received more than a few Primetime Emmy nominations yesterday. Amy Schumer got to mark the achievement, which comes in a concentrated period of her career chock full of achievements, milestones, and accolades for Amy, when appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

The great thing is that she’s pretty much the same Amy that America has come to love and applaud over the last year or so. 

When she seems like some of the character she portrays…

…or trying to do bits at the Time 100 Gala…

…or hanging with her longtime friends at the premiere of her movie, Amy is quickly becoming an American sweetheart for 2015.

Also, we’ll say it once more: Go watch Trainwreck. It’s great.

Amy Schumer Talks Her New Level of Fame, Jimmy Fallon’s Finger, and the Great Prank She Pulled on Katie Couric on “The Tonight Show”
July 16, 2015
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In making the rounds to promote her new movie Trainwreck, which you should go see this weekend because it’s pretty damn funny, Amy Schumer stopped by The Tonight Show to roast Fallon’s now infamous finger, the newly attained level of fame she’s gotten from starring in her first movie, and how that’s allowed her to pull a really sweet prank on Katie Couric.

Not that it should surprise you, but Schumer is becoming quite the go-to late night guest.

Mike Birbiglia Reveals Some Unexpected Surprises From Being in “Trainwreck”
July 15, 2015
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While on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Mike Birbiglia talked the ins-and-outs of being in Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck, which is, apparently, a little like getting a hotel bill after watching a bunch of porn in your room and then having an older sibling be better than you at whatever you’re best at.

Watch his interview on Late Night here.

Also, make sure to watch Trainwreck this weekend. You’ll laugh really hard at how Birbiglia is used in the movie.

“Inside Amy Schumer” Writer Kurt Metzger Interviews Amy Schumer and Vanessa Bayer For “Trainwreck”
July 14, 2015
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More junket interviews should be like this.

At least one of the press junket interviews for Trainwreck has been conducted by someone who isn’t asking the same dull non-interesting questions that comprise most press junket interviews while also being funny. 

Kurt Metzger, who writes on Inside Amy Schumer, got to conduct a “completely serious” interview with his boss Amy Schumer and her Trainwreck co-star Vanessa Bayer.

Like we said above, press folks should take a few cues to have more fun at junkets.

Watch it here, then be sure to watch Trainwreck (we saw it and it was great) this Fri. at a theater near you.

Hannibal Buress Finds One Twitter Troll Only to Discover He Knows Them Already
July 10, 2015
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Why? with Hannibal Buress premiered this week and in doing so Hannibal wanted to take care of a personal vendetta. A Twitter troll has been bugging him 24/7, so he decided to try to confront them in person.

When he did, he found their true identity was shocking. Actually, it was shocking to both parties.

Either way, it made for a great, silly bit of cross promotion for another Comedy Central show and an upcoming Judd Apatow movie. Watch it here.

You can also watch the entire first episode over at CC.com here.

Funny or Die’s Oddball Festival Announces 2015 Line-Up and Tour Schedule
July 8, 2015
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Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Anthony Jeselnik, Ashley Barnhill, Bridget Everett, Dave Attell, Big Jay Oakerson, Jay Pharoah, Jeff Ross, John Mulaney, Jim Norton, Michael Che, Nick Kroll, Nick Thune, Nikki Glaser, Rachel Feinstein, Rory Scovel, Sebastian Maniscalco, Tim Minchin, TJ Miller, Todd Barry, and many more are set to take the stage at arenas and gigantic theaters around North America for the 2015 edition of Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival starting Aug. 28th going through Oct. 18th.

Stops in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Toronto, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, California, Florida, Texas, and Georgia have been planned thus far and you’ll be able start snatching up tickets this Friday on July 10th.

Watch FoD’s announcement video, in case you’re flabbergasted that a comedy festival tour this big can still be happening and need more proof, here.

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