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David Wain comedy sends Kansas’ Gail to Hollywood in wild sendup
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (309+ words) The new David Wain comedy opens with Zooey Deutch playing Gail Daughtry, a Kansas woman who heads to Los Angeles after a fiancé’s indiscretion with Jennifer Aniston sets off a bizarre quest. “I had a celebrity free pass thing with…...
Rob Reiner George Washington Delivers Stark Final Line in Life, Larry Sketch
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (671+ words) Photo credit: Consequence The Rob Reiner George Washington cameo opens the discussion immediately in the second episode of Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, which places the veteran actor in the series' final sketch for Episode 2, titled "Farewell." In…...
Dame Penelope Keith: TV Star Dies Aged 86
2+ week, 4+ day ago (635+ words) Photo credit: Getty Images Dame Penelope Keith, the actress whose television work included The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died aged 86 after a battle with cancer....
James Burrows director: Sitcom icon and master director dies at 85 - Spain´s No.1 English Speaking Radio Station
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (339+ words) James Burrows director James Burrows, the television director responsible for more than a thousand episodes of hit comedies, died Friday at age 85. His family confirmed his death in a statement, saying he “passed away peacefully today surrounded by his family....
Ali Siddiq My Father: A Comic Revisits Family and Prison
4+ week, 1+ day ago (248+ words) Ali Siddiq My Father arrives as the comedian turns intimate memories and hard lessons into standup medicine. In the opening moments of My Father, Siddiq recalls a bizarre childhood incident in Houston when, at ten years old, a toothache led…...
Jeff Foxworthy special: Inside The Joke’s On Me
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (279+ words) The Jeff Foxworthy special The Joke’s On Me arrives as the comedian’s 13th filmed set and may be his final special; the Jeff Foxworthy special opens by showing how he refines jokes and revisits clubs on Wednesday nights with his index…...
Hacks series finale: Deborah's Paris detour - Spain´s No.1 English Speaking Radio Station
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (238+ words) This review of the Hacks series finale includes spoilers for the episode. It also discusses suicide. There is much to admire here. The scene-level writing remains sharp, the jokes keep landing, and the performances are distinct and committed. The Paris…...
Alfre Woodard longevity: Her approach to a decades-long career
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (486+ words) Photo credit: NPR TV Reviews Alfre Woodard longevity is the theme that threads through the veteran actor's reflections on a career that began in Tulsa, Okla., when she was a teenager and first stepped onto a stage. Alfre Woodard longevity…...