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Atlanta Is the Big Comedy Winner at Golden Globes

January 9, 2017

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For the most part, the lumping of musicals with comedy gave way to the rightfully beloved La La Land sweeping up several awards at last night’s Golden Globes.

Still, Donald Glover’s dramedy set in the back-drop of Atlanta’s hip hop scene Atlanta took home Best Musical or Comedy TV series as well as a statue for Glover himself. In case you forgot, Atlanta is only on its freshman season.

FX has been really on a streak this year and is standing toe-to-toe with premium cable and streaming networks in critical acclaim. We’ll just have to see what the rest of the awards season brings.

The rest of the comedy winners for The Golden Globes this year are:

Atlanta-Best Musical or Comedy TV Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta-Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish-Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series
Zootopia-Best Animated Feature Film

The full list of winners can be found here.

2017 Laughing Skull in Atlanta Is Accepting Stand-Up Submissions

January 4, 2017

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Here’s another comedy festival that you might want to get in on if doing stand-up is your thing.

The 2017 Laughing Skull Comedy Festival is now accepting submissions until February 14th. 72 comedians will be accepted for one of the South’s most popular comedy festivals.

The regular submission fee is $45, but if you’re reading this, you can use an exclusive Comedy Bureau discount for $30 until Sunday, February 5th. Just use the following promo code “Bureau2017” when submitting.

You’ll find out whether you made it in or not on or before Wednesday, March 1, 2017 and the actual festival will happen on the week of May 1st in Atlanta, GA.

Get more details and submit here.

74th Golden Globe Comedy Nominations: Deadpool, Atlanta, 20th Century Women

December 12, 2016

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74th Golden Globe Comedy Nominations: Deadpool, Atlanta, 20th Century Women

*comedy nominees in italics

FILM

BEST MOTION PICTURE-COMEDY OR MUSICAL
20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
La La Land
Sing Street

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

BEST MOTION PICTURE-ANIMATED
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

BEST MOTION PICTURE-FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Divines (France)
Elle (France)
Neruda (Chile)
The Salesman (Iran/France)
Toni Erdmann (Germany)

TELEVISION

BEST TELEVISION SERIES-COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Atlanta
black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Sarah Jessica Parker, Divorce
Issa Rae, Insecure
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Nick Nolte, Graves
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

As always with the HFPA and The Golden Globes, there are some out-of-left-field surprises with their nominations like War Dogs or Graves, which didn’t gain nearly as much praise as perennial prestige comedies like Transparent or Veep.

Still, Deadpool is showing strong with a Critics Choice win last night and nominations here today. That’s especially impressive considering it’s a movie that’s an R-Rated action comedy, one of the most underrepresented types of movies when it comes to awards season. Also, Atlanta continues to an impressive freshman run and bodes well for FX.

Though a potential dark horse late comer, keep an eye out for Mike Mills’ 20th Century Women, which one of favorite movies of the year.

Get the full list of nominees here.

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*

TV

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.

Atlanta, Better Things, Nathan For You, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, BoJack Horseman Score WGA Awards TV Nominations

December 5, 2016

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Atlanta, Better Things, Nathan For You, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, BoJack Horseman Score WGA Awards TV Nominations

The perennial prestige comedy of HBO is alive and well, but upstarts at FX (Atlanta and Better Things) are also riding high for this year’s Writers Guild Awards TV nominations.

That being said, there’s one very noticeable snub: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

It didn’t get nominated next to Last Week Tonight, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. We certainly hope that won’t happen elsewhere this awards season.

*Comedy nominees are in italics

COMEDY SERIES

-Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
-Silicon Valley
Written by Megan Amram, Alec Berg, Donick Cary, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, John Levenstein, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner; HBO
-Transparent
Written by Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Jessi Klein, Stephanie Kornick, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway; Amazon Studios
-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Written by Emily Altman, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Marlena Rodriguez, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Josh Siegal, Allison Silverman, Leila Strachan; Netflix
-Veep
Written by Rachel Axler, Sean Gray, Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Eric Kenward, Billy Kimball, Steve Koren, David Mandel, Jim Margolis, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith, Alexis Wilkinson; HBO

NEW SERIES

-Atlanta
Written by Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms; FX
-Better Things
Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K., Cindy Chupack, Gina Fattore; FX
-Stranger Things
Written by Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers, Jessica Mecklenburg, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Alison Tatlock; Netflix
-This Is Us
Written by Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger, Bekah Brunstetter, Dan Fogelman, Vera Herbert, Joe Lawson, Kay Oyegun, Aurin Squire, K.J. Steinberg, Donald Todd; NBC
-Westworld
Written by Ed Brubaker, Bridget Carpenter, Dan Dietz, Halley Gross, Lisa Joy, Katherine Lingenfelter, Dominic Mitchell, Jonathan Nolan, Roberto Patino, Daniel T. Thomsen, Charles Yu; HBO

ANIMATION

-“Barthood” (The Simpsons)
Written by Dan Greaney; Fox
-“First Day of Rule” (Elena of Avalor)
Written by Craig Gerber; Disney Channel
-“Fish Out of Water” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Elijah Aron & Jordan Young; Netflix
-“A Princess on Lothal” (Star Wars Rebels)
Written by Steven Melching; Disney XD
-“Stop the Presses” (BoJack Horseman)
Written by Joe Lawson; Netflix

EPISODIC COMEDY

-“Kimmy Finds Her Mom!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Tina Fey & Sam Means; Netflix
-“Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!” (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Written by Robert Carlock; Netflix
-“Pilot” (One Mississippi)
Written by Diablo Cody & Tig Notaro; Amazon Studios
-“R-A-Y-C-Ray-Cation” (Speechless)
Written by Carrie Rosen & Seth Kurland; ABC
-“Streets on Lock” (Atlanta)
Written by Stephen Glover; FX
-“A Taste of Zephyria” (Son of Zorn)
Written by Dan Mintz; Fox

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES

-The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Writers: Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Devin Delliquanti, Zach DiLanzo, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Lauren Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joe Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parson, Daniel Radosh, Michelle Wolf; Comedy Central
-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO
-Late Night with Seth Meyers
Writers: Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, Andrew Law, John Lutz, Aparna Nancherla, Chioke Nassor, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Conner O’Malley, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker, Ben Warheit, Michelle Wolf; NBC
-The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Writers: Mike Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – SKETCH SERIES

-Documentary Now!
Writers: Bill Hader, John Mulaney, Seth Meyers; IFC
-Inside Amy Schumer
Writers: Kim Carmele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jessi Klein, Michael Lawrence, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Claudia O’Doherty, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher, Amy Schumer; Comedy Central
-Maya and Marty in Manhattan
Head Writers: Mikey Day, Matt Roberts, Bryan Tucker Writers: Eli Bauman, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Hallie Cantor, David Feldman, R J Fried, Melissa Hunter, Paul Masella, Tim McAuliffe, John Mulaney, Diallo Riddle, Maya Rudolph, Bashir Salahuddin, Marika Sawyer, Streeter Seidell, Martin Short; Emily Spivey, Steve Young; NBC
-Nathan For You
Written by Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Adam Locke-Norton, Eric Notarnicola; Comedy Central
-Saturday Night Live
Head Writers: Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker Writers: James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Jeremy Beiler, Chris Belair, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Jim Downey, Tina Fey, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Tim Herlihy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Paul Masella, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Dave Sirus, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

-68th Primetime Emmy Awards
Written by Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Robert Cohen, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Jon Macks, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Jeff Stilson, Joe Strazzullo, Alexis Wilkinson; ABC
-73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material Written by Dave Boone, Ricky Gervais, Jon Macks, Matthew Robinson; NBC
-88th Annual Academy Awards
Written by Dave Boone, Billy Kimball; Special Material Written by Scott Aukerman, Rodney Barnes, Neil Campbell, Matthew Claybrooks, Lance Crouther, Mike Ferrucci, Langston Kerman, Jon Macks, Steve O’Donnell, Nimesh Patel, Vanessa Ramos, Chris Rock, Frank Sebastiano, Chuck Sklar, Jeff Stilson, Michelle Wolf; CBS
-Triumph’s Election Special
Written by Andy Breckman, Josh Comers, David Feldman, R J Fried, Jarrett Grode, Ben Joseph, Matthew Kirsch, Michael Koman, Mike Lawrence, Brian Reich, Craig Rowin, Robert Smigel, Zach Smilovitz, Andrew Weinberg; Hulu

Get full list of WGA TV nominees here.

Comedy Central Orders Another Round of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle

The tournament will be even bigger this time around as preliminary bouts around the country will be aired in the weeks leading up to a main event.

The four night event of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle worked out well enough for a March Madness of roasting to happen again in January on Comedy Central.

In Atlanta, LA, NYC, and Denver, there will be preliminary roast battles that will make their way to TV on Sunday nights at 11PM. This will lead to the final bouts of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle II in a four night event from Jan. 26th-Jan. 29th in LA where the show was originally born out of The Belly Room of The Comedy Store. return to preside over the tournament.

The brackets have already started and are as follows:

ATLANTA – November 5th at Laughing Skull Lounge 8PM
Erik Bergstrom vs. Jacob Williams
Sean White vs. Megan Gailey
Dulce Sloan vs. Joel Byars
Kim Congdon vs. Kath Barbadoro
Jasmin Leigh vs. Candice Thompson

Get tickets here.

NEW YORK – November 7 at Village Underground 8PM
Kerryn Feehan vs. Luis J. Gomez
Aaron Berg vs. Dina Hashem
Zac Amico vs. Evan Williams
Yamaneika Saunders vs. JP McDade
Patrick Schroeder vs. Sean Donnelly
Eli Sairs vs. Scott Chaplain
Pete Lee vs. Mike Recine

Get tickets here.

DENVER – November 9 @ Comedy Works 8PM
Jay Light vs. Karlous Miller
Noah Gardenswartz vs. Clayton English
CJ Sullivan vs. Nate Craig
Bri Pruett vs. Erin Ingle
Justine Marino vs. Sam Tallent
Nicole Aimee Schreiber vs. Andy Haynes

Get tickets here.

LOS ANGELES – November 16 @ Comedy Store Belly Room 9PM
Frank Castillo vs. Greg Roque
Jesus Trejo vs. George Perez
Jamar Neighbors vs. Guy Branum
Keith Carey vs. Anna Valenzuela
Omid Singh vs. Toby Muresianu
Leah Kayajanian vs. Connor McSpadden
Joe Dosch vs. Alex Hooper
Robin Tran vs. Pat Barker

Get tickets here.

Atlanta Had Some Fake Commercials That Really Blurred the Lines Between the Surreal and Real

October 12, 2016

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Donald Glover said that he thought of his series Atlanta on FX as a sort of Twin Peaks with rappers.

Glover made good on the Twin Peaks part of that equation with these surreal, satirical, poignant fake ads that echo old Miss Cleo commercials and will haunt the rest of breakfast cereal commercials you watch from now on.

FX Renews Atlanta and Better Things for Their Second Seasons

September 20, 2016

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FX Renews Atlanta and Better Things for Their Second Seasons

FX heard how much you like Donald Glover’s Atlanta and Pamela Adlon’s Better Things.

Just a couple of weeks in and FX has seen ratings and the great critical reception and has just ordered up another season of both Atlanta and Better Things. With a strong showing at this year’s Emmys, FX is only looking to be a stronger network to contend with than it already is.

FX Puts First Episode of “Atlanta” Up on YouTube

September 7, 2016

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Donald Glover’s new series Atlanta continues to buzz in the morning after its premiere and to assure that keeps on going, FX has been kind enough to put the whole first episode on YouTube for your convenience.

Watch it here.

Donald Glover’s Atlanta Premieres Tonight on FX

September 6, 2016

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10 on FX.

The rap dramedy set in Atlanta that Donald Glover has described as a “Twin Peaks with rappers” called Atlanta finally premieres tonight.

To get you in the mood, here’s a really pretty montage from the show that really shows what “Twin Peaks with rappers” might look like.

Hidden America with Jonah Ray Finds Some Ethiopian Food That Gives Too Much of an African Experience in Atlanta

August 13, 2016

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This is just a morsel of the brilliant travel/food show satire that Hidden America with Jonah Ray is doing on Seeso.

Donald Glover’s Atlanta Finally Gets a Full Trailer

August 12, 2016

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After several months of teases and promos, the hip hop dramedy Atlanta from Donald Glover has finally got a full trailer that really shows off all the colors the show will be painting with on the canvas of Atlanta’s hip hop scene.

With Empire already being well established at this point, Atlanta looks like, from the trailer, it could definitely be a more nuanced and satirical contemporary.

Look for the series premiere of Atlanta on September 6th on FX.

Remember, You Can Apply to Comedy Binge for $5 Because You’re a Comedy Bureau Reader

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Remember, You Can Apply to Comedy Binge for $5 Because You’re a Comedy Bureau Reader

The very first online live comedy festival, Comedy Binge, is giving our readers a nice discount to apply to perform. Since you’re reading these words, that includes you.

Just make sure to enter the promo code ‘bureau’ at the checkout.

Comedy Binge, the First Online Live Comedy Festival, Is Now Taking Submissions

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Comedy Binge is a live comedy festival that will be live streaming all of their performances and shows, while putting them on in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, October 29th.

They are now taking submissions until Wednesday, August 31st.

You can more details how you can join this groundbreaking festival here.

Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” Picked Up to Series at FX

October 16, 2015

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So, between FX and FXx, FX Networks will now have a rock and a rap comedy series.

FXx already had Denis Leary’s Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and now, as perhaps a nice compliment, Donald Glover’s dramedy that follows the lives in and around Atlanta’s rap scene, Atlanta, will go to series at FX.

As many folks on Capitol Hill often relate their lives more to Veep than House of Cards, we wonder if the rap world will similarly relate to Atlanta over Empire.

Look for Atlanta in 2016.

James Adomian, Eric Andre, Rory Scovel, Sean Patton, Bonnie McFarlane, and More To Be at Atlanta’s Red Clay Festival in October

August 24, 2015

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Just take a gander at that line-up for Atlanta’s Red Clay Festival.

If you’re in or around Atlanta, GA from Oct. 15th-17th, go should definitely get your tickets now.

HBO Orders “Brothers in Atlanta” To Series

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The lives behind musicians and music moguls seem to be the order of the day.

Lorne Michaels has lent his name successfully as a producer to the music biz comedy Brothers in Atlanta that follows Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin try to make it in various disciplines of music in Atlanta.

There’s clearly a trend here as FX already has Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll ordered to series and the undeniable beast of a series that is Empire set numerous records in its freshman season.

The addition of Brothers in Atlanta also makes for an interesting quilt of HBO’s comedy line-up as HBO will now have comedies poking fun at Washington D.C., Silicon Valley, and now Atlanta.

Now, all of this has us wondering what’s going on with Donald Glover’s similar sounding series ordered as a pilot at FX.

Dave Stone Recording His First Solo Album Mar. 7th in Atlanta

February 8, 2015

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Once reserved to the living quarters of a van, Dave Stone has made his way up the comedic ranks here in LA and across the country. He’s also gotten into a real apartment as well all on the merit of his own carefully honed material.

He has made two albums with the great Beards of Comedy, which includes the likes of the very funny Andy Sandford and Joe Zimmerman, but now is striking out on his own for his very first solo album on Sat. Mar. 7th at Atlanta’s Laughing Skull Lounge.

Do not miss it. There’s a 8PM show and 10:30PM show just so you won’t.

“The Interview” Actually Set To Screen on Christmas Day at Dallas/Fort Worth’s Alamo Drafthouse and Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre

December 23, 2014

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See the movie North Korea really, REALLY doesn’t want you to see….this time for realsies. http://t.co/cZ2x1KUHjA pic.twitter.com/VlLeDVb17L

— Alamo Drafthouse DFW (@AlamoDFW) December 23, 2014

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The Interview is now back on track for its original release date, Christmas Day, though just not with the expansive nationwide release that Sony had originally planned on.

The Interview -Times Christmas Day 4pm 5pm 6:30 7:30 9:35 12/26 to 1/1 times will be announced tomorrow. On 2 screens

— Plaza Atlanta (@PlazaAtlanta) December 23, 2014

As of this post, both the Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX and The Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, GA are set to give The Interview a run on their screens starting on Christmas Day.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a Sony insider says that there are indeed plans for a VOD release, but further details are not available at this time.

So, hopefully, by the end of today, we’ll find that a bunch of other indie, art house theaters will follow and screen the Interview and we can, as a country, go back to watching and making movies without being intimidated by a foreign regime.

That Rap Comedy Project from Donald Glover Finally Got a Pilot Order at FX

December 13, 2014

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A couple of TV seasons ago, it was announced that Donald Glover was developing a music industry centric comedy series at FX.

Nothing was heard about the project for awhile, but, luckily, FX has ordered a pilot of Glover’s “Atlanta” this week. It’ll focus on the rap scene in Atlanta, GA and the crazed life that goes with it.

If this goes to series, it’ll be fun to compare Atlanta and Empire on Fox.

DJ Douggpound, Andre Hyland, and Mikey Kampmann Are Going on Tour in The South

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DJ Douggpound, Andre Hyland, and Mikey Kampmann Are Going on Tour in The South

Hailing from LA, DJ Douggpound, Andre Hyland, and Mikey Kampmann are bringing their comedic stylings to The South from New Orleans to Atlanta later this month as part of the Triple Dippers South American Tour.

If you’re in or around any of their stops, don’t miss out.

Andy Sandford Live Album Recording

October 20, 2013

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Andy Sandford Live Album Recording

It would seem like were almost doing a series of pointing out comedians that won’t be in LA that are recording/taping albums/specials over the last couple of days and while that wasn’t our intention, we don’t mind if you think that as hilarious people recording things wherever they may be need to be pointed out.

We just want you to know that if you’re in, around, or near Atlanta, GA on Mon. Oct. 28th at 9PM EDT, you should go watch the brilliant Andy Sandford record his latest comedy album at Star Bar. He’s currently based out of NYC, but you might know him from The Beards of Comedy or this amazing joke.

Conan Is Coming to Atlanta Next Week

Conan Is Coming to Atlanta Next Week