As celebrities seemingly live in higher level of the atmosphere than us regular folk, their expectations to smile are more demanding and much different than ours.
When posing for the red carpet, smiling takes on a whole new form of nitpicking.
In case you were wondering, Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Vanessa Bayer and Mike Birbiglia are having plenty of fun on The Trainwreck Comedy Tour.
For instance, a fan left a copy of Judd Apatow’s new book Sick In The Head on stage with a message inside requesting that he graciously autograph the book. However, the book was discovered while Mike Birbiglia was on stage and Mike, for a funny moment, gave a surprising reaction. It was the sort of surprise that Apatow felt needed a revenge.
Watch the whole sequence of events transpire here, then watch more road footage of the Trainwreck tour here.
It took awhile, but there is now an heir apparent to the Chappelle Show’s Wrap It Up! awards speech music box.
Inside Amy Schumer has now made Listen Alert, which offers 24/7 support to those so desperately in need of attention for their stories that trail off and trying to vent about very non-crucial problems.
Get the full rundown here.
Comedian @amyschumer to open for @Madonna in NYC on Sept, 16, 17, 19, for her #RebelHeartTour. pic.twitter.com/hyBzXRQUUt
So, after doing stand-up on The Tonight Show earlier this year, Madonna is still infatuated with the art form and will now have one of stand-up’s best and brightest right now in Amy Schumer join her on tour.
From Sept. 16th-19th, Schumer will open up all three shows in NYC on Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour. If you’re not aware, Schumer is definitely making 2015 her year with Peabodies, MTV Movie Awards, Trainwreck, and way more.
Maybe Madonna will take some cues from Schumer if she does stand-up again?
See the type of fun you can have when you don’t put awards shows on a telecast?
Amy Schumer continues making 2015 her year with not only a GLAMOUR magazine Trailblazer Award win, but a speech that hits home why she won. She stands up for women, body positivity, breaking down stereotypes and does all of that while saying something that many standards and practices departments would have a field day with.
Watch Amy’s speech here.
Looks like cable and online streaming networks are still killing it.
Only one network sitcom got an award from this year’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards, which is yet another example of how well cable and Amazon/Netflix/Hulu/etc. are doing.
Last night, the winners were announced, which, in the comedy categories, included:
Best Comedy Series-Silicon Valley
Best Actor in a Comedy Series-Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Best Actress in a Comedy Series-Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series-Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series-T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series-Allison Janney, Mom
Best Talkshow-The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Best Animated Series-Archer
Louis XIII Genius Award-Seth MacFarlane
You can get the full list of winners here.
Women in comedy are definitely having a moment right now unlike they’ve had in decades past.
Not only are Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy power brokers, but there are more female producers, writers, and directors making female led comedy series and movies.
That being said, there is still a lot of stereotypes and prejudice that needs to be fought against. So, The Hollywood Reporter had a frank roundtable discussion with Amy Schumer, Ellie Kemper, Tracee Ellis Ross, Gina Rodriguez, Lena Dunham, and Kate McKinnon about carving out their niche in comedy.
You might just be surprised the sort of nonsense regarding women on screen that still exists in 2015 as well be proud of what the folks in this discussion have accomplished when you watch this…
…or this…
…or this…
…or this…
…and this.
Amy Schumer is continuing to excellently back her Peabody win.
In the latest round of Amy Schumer’s rounds on TV, she got Bill Nye The Science Guy to get frustrated about how most people casually think about the universe as well as satirize the silent majority that somehow, almost inexplicably, still attends Bill Cosby shows all on Inside Amy Schumer.
On top of all of that, she was one of a few comedians that put the Bachelorette contestants through the ringer on the latest date.
All in all, it seems like a routine week in the year of Amy Schumer.
For one week from Jun. 14th-Jun. 21st, Boston, New York, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle will get to enjoy the likes of Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Mike Birbiglia, and Vanessa Bayer as part of raising money for charity and promoting the upcoming R-rated summer comedy, Trainwreck.
Proceeds will go to benefit several organizations including The David Lynch Foundation, National Ms Society, 826 National, and more.
Details, tickets, and a chance to attend the Trainwreck premiere can all be found here.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
This is just more evidence that 2015 is the year of Amy Schumer.
Inside Amy Schumer is off to on hot start and Trainwreck looks more and more like it will be a big R-rated summer comedy hit.
So, it just stands to reason that Schumer would be throwing more irons in the fire, which now includes a new feature project that she will star in, co-rewrite with her sister Kim Caramele, and is developing with Paul Feig, who is attached to produce.
Details on what the mother daughter comedy will entail plot wise are scarce, but we’d be surprised if it didn’t land in the category of R-rated comedies.
As you saw with Tina Fey and the last fancy dress she’ll ever wear on Letterman, many women that make an appearance on a late night talk show go through a bunch of hoops, specifically in regards to their looks and what they’re wearing, in order to promote their movie, tv show, etc.
Inside Amy Schumer’s latest sketch summarizes the phenomenon with a little NSFW exaggeration pretty well.
Also, seeing Bill Hader as late night talk show host caricature is pretty great too.
Unlike the last several comedy specials you’ve seen, she’s shooting it at The Apollo Theater.
HBO’s next big one hour comedy special will come from Amy Schumer who is posting a banner year in 2015 with all the acclaim that Inside Amy Schumer is getting, hosting the MTV Movie Awards, and having her movie Trainwreck coming out soon.
Now, Amy has added to that this HBO comedy special that is set to shoot on May 29th at The Apollo Theater (Yes, the one where they’ve had a man with a broom sweep performers off stage) with Chris Rock at the helm.
Looks like they’ll have to make that banner a little bigger.
The 90s remake of 12 Angry Men should have been exactly like this.
Amy Schumer and company continue to back up their Peabody win with this sketch that breaks down Hollywood’s ridiculous expectations of leading ladies in the framework of the classic film 12 Angry Men, which originally had a jury arguing over a murder case.
Jeff Goldblum, Paul Giamatti, Chris Gethard, Kumail Nanjiani, Dennis Quaid, Nick Di Paolo, Henry Zebrowski, and more make a fantastic cast as well.
Amy Schumer may be calling 2015 the year of the ass, but it’s turning out to be more of her year.
While Inside Amy Schumer is gearing up for the premiere of its 3rd season tonight following a Peabody Award win, the news broke right before Amy’s appearance on Letterman that Comedy Central was ordering a 4th season of the show.
Of course, she broke the news during her chat with Dave.
So, while you’ll have to tune in at 10:30PM tonight on Comedy Central for the season premiere, this 3rd season is probably off to the best start that it could possibly have.
SNL, Last Week Tonight, Inside Amy Schumer, and Transparent make into Time.
Alongside Kanye West and Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Lorne Michaels, Amy Schumer, and Jill Soloway are on Time’s annual list the 100 Most Influential People around the world.
Like this morning’s announcement for the Peabody Awards (where Last Week Tonight and Inside Amy Schumer also are getting honored), it’s another example where comedy is coming up in the world in a big way.
The second episode of Colin Quinn’s meta mockumentary of cop shows, “Cop Show” features Amy Schumer, but only as much as she can stand.
Amy Schumer is putting her own stamp on the romantic comedy genre as the writer and star of Trainwreck. With Judd Apatow directing as well as Bill Hader, Vanessa Bayer, and LeBron James co-starring (as well as some nice cameos from Colin Quinn, Dave Attell, and Tilda Swinton), Schumer definitely is going to bring hew own raunchier persona to the normal genre tropes. It’s scheduled for release on July 17th and has the potential to be a hit R-rated comedy of the summer.
See for yourself in the red band trailer for Trainwreck.
(via Deadline)
Comedy Central is ramping up their development slate with a whole lot of exciting projects like shows hosted by Kurt Braunohler and Nikki Glaser and now they’ve added a show starring Rachel Feinstein.
The untitled project will be produced by Amy Schumer and will feature Feinstein’s characters and remote segments like when Feinstein went out to streets of NYC to see if guys could detect if she was playing dumb or not.
Note how Schumer, with her series, stand-up, Trainwreck, and now this series is slowly building an empire.
Jerry Seinfeld picks a Ferrari to take Amy Schumer for a spin in the latest episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, but the episode takes a turn when the legendary luxury car starts billowing smoke and more.
In fact, they just go to some diner as opposed to what seems like a pre-selected, kitschy and/or upscale place that serves coffee. Of course, this all makes for great conversation.
Watch it here.
Bill Burr, Amy Schumer, Fred Armisen, Kevin Hart, Jimmy Fallon, and more will all be driving and grabbing in coffee in style with one Jerry Seinfeld in the fifth season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Just check out the trailer and watch Fallon be astonished, Burr smoke cigars during the day, and Hart be hesitant about getting in a fast car.
Season 5 of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee premieres Nov. 6th.
Even though Amy Schumer has Inside Amy Schumer and her upcoming movie Trainwreck, she’s still expanding her brand. Being the voice behind an animated cartoon character seems to be the next step according to this “behind-the-scenes” video, even though it’s not what she expected.
Please note, this is probably NSFW.
Even in the highest levels of clandestine task forces where only the most skilled of field agents are employed, Amy Schumer has found herself being relegated to lesser non-highly-trained operative roles versus men that are just assigned cool codenames.
Watch Operation Enduring Mouth here.
It shouldn’t be surprising that The New York Comedy Festival along with Comedy Central brings out the big guns when it comes to putting their line-up. This Nov., Bill Cosby, Maria Bamford, Nick Offerman, Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron, Amy Schumer, Bill Maher, Tig Notaro, and more all are headlining the festival.
Running from Nov. 5th-Nov. 9th, tickets are now on sale.
Really, if you’re in or around NYC, you should get tickets for this, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival, and The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival so you can make your comedy plans for the rest of the year.
While you’re waiting for new episodes and sketches from Inside Amy Schumer that are due out next year, you can enjoy what a fantasy breakup with your boyfriend or girlfriend could be like if it was made into a TV show.
If you especially hate the person you’re with, you’d probably want My Dream Breakup.
Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival Announces Their 2014 Line-Up
Throughout the country, you may get to see the likes of Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Ross, Marc Maron, Chris Hardwick, Hannibal Buress, Demetri Martin, and more thanks to Funny or Die’s gigantic festival tour known as Oddball. Looking at that line-up, we’d say Oddball is gong to have another epic round.
So far there will be 21 shows across this great nation and tickets will go on sale this Saturday.