Paramount Aiming to Make a Comedy with Tiffany Haddish as the Star
If you saw Girls Trip this year, you’d know this is a good move on Paramount’s part. Haddish clearly stood out even though she wasn’t the star of the movie and or the most recognizable name in the ensemble cast before the movie’s release.
There details are sparse at this time, but the name of the project is Limited Partners.
If you know anything about Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival, it’s that they have plethoras of wondrous comedians.
Announcing Tiffany Haddish, Weird Al Yankovic, and Mike Birbiglia first on what is sure to be a massively stacked line-up ought to peak your interest.
If so, take advantage of Warrior and Satellite Badges early bird prices of $199 and $99 respectively.
Get more details, tickets, etc. here.
For someone that’s having a break out moment, it’s one hell of a break out moment.
For Tiffany Haddish, this week alone:
–Girls Trip, the film in which she arguably stole the whole movie, just passed $100 million in the U.S. box office (via Variety).
–She had a really stellar interview on Colbert.
-Her hour long Showtime stand-up special Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From The Hood to Hollywood premiered on Showtime.
–Kevin Hart vehicle Night School just added her to the cast.
The last person that we can remember a somewhat similar breakout moment like this, where everything seemed to be happening at once, is Aubrey Plaza.
Oh yeah, her weekend of shows at the Brea Improv next month are all already sold out too.
So, if for some reason you’re not doing so already, keep watching the rise of Tiffany Haddish.
Basically, if you need a pick me up because of the state of the world right now, look no further than the pure ray of sunshine that is Tiffany Haddish in her interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
If you on board with Haddish from that, you might want to catch Girls Trip in theaters now and her Showtime comedy special TIFFANY HADDISH: SHE READY! FROM THE HOOD TO HOLLYWOOD that premieres this Friday, August 18th at 9PM.
Get a preview of what Tiffany’s bringing with her special here.
Well, there’s a lot to unpack here.
Jay-Z has plenty of layers to his brand new album 4:44 and the same goes for each song and accompanying music videos.
“Moonlight”, which features an sound byte from this year’s Oscars SNAFU when Moonlight and La La Land got mixed up for winners for Best Picture, has a music video that preempts the song with a big scene from a classic episode of Friends, but done with a cast of all famous black actors and comedians:
Jerrod Carmichael as Ross
Issa Rae as Rachel
Lil Rel Howery as Joey
Lakeith Stanfield as Chandler
Tessa Thompson as Monica
Tiffany Haddish as Phoebe
Before they go into a full remake of the episode, the song kicks in as the aspect ratio changes and a much more somber tone pervades the video. You might have to watch it a few times to even grasp how you feel about it and what you’ll take away from it in terms of black representation and visibility on both the big and small screens.
Also, there are outtakes that could stand alone on their own and also happen to include Hannibal Buress.
On top of all of that, Master of None co-creator Alan Yang got to direct the whole thing.
Take all of Jay-Z’s music video for Moonlight here.
Following the comedian stars on I’m Dying Up Here getting their own Showtime stand-up specials, Tiffany Haddish will be next in line to have an hour stand-up special.
To self-proclaiming herself a black unicorn to positive affirmations, this teaser promises a fun, energetic hour.
Look for the premiere of She Ready! on Friday, August 18th at 9PM on Showtime.
The competitive talk show, Talk Show the Game Show, from the brilliant mind of Guy Branum, officially goes from live show to full fledged TV series tonight at 10PM on TruTV.
We highly recommend you watch it and see talk show guests be whipped into shape when every single detail of their appearances gets judged on a thorough point system. Hopefully, you’ll want all talk show appearances to be conducted like this after watching it.
The talk show, nay, the televised interview might just get revolutionized as being a dull guest does not cut it at Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show.
We’ve loved Guy’s show for years and we can now really show how the competitive talk show works and why we’re thrilled it’s getting a shot on television.
See for yourself with this preview and look for the series premiere on TruTV next week on Wednesday, April 5th at 10PM.
Haddish, Lee, and Hardwick will all get to sing their hearts out after telling the story behind their tune on Comedy Central’s brand new show, The Comedy Jam created by Josh Adam Meyers.
Catch the series premiere of The Comedy Jam at 10PM.