14+ hour, 21+ min ago  (366+ words) Jon Stewart's comedy ambitions were spurred by the creativity of punk bands he saw while working one of his post-college jobs in New Jersey. The comedian recalled feeling unsatisfied in his home state after having graduated from college in Virginia....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (667+ words) Comedies don't come much more eccentric than Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. As its daffy title implies, it's a feature film (Feb. 13, in theaters) about a band that previously starred in a TV show (and web series) and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (364+ words) Stephen Colbert became the latest late-night host to discover that he's in the Epstein files'in his case, because he was receiving an unlikely compliment. "I got a little curious and did a little searching to see if I was in…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (452+ words) SmartLess host Will Arnett revealed that he once had to kick a comedian off his Golden Globe-nominated podcast 10 minutes into their conversation. "One other very famous comedian, who I'll tell you after, was a f---ing rank a--hole recently," Arnett, 55, said…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (379+ words) Several high-profile names have appeared in the latest batch of the Epstein files, from Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates to disgraced Melania director Brett Ratner. But an unlikely figure who popped up in the latest dump is The Daily Show host…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (549+ words) Comedian Maria Bamford says she is endlessly baffled by the adulation she receives from her stand-up comedy peers. Marc Maron called her one of the greatest comics of her generation. Stephen Colbert said she was his favorite comedian. And Netflix…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (524+ words) The Daily Beast's Joanna Coles is obsessed with TV'but only when she's on a plane. "I find it quite difficult to find the time to actually watch television shows unless I'm on the plane," Coles told Obsessed: The Podcast host…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (614+ words) Actress Lake Bell said the hardest part of her job on HBO's The Chair Company is keeping a straight face during scenes with her on-screen husband Tim Robinson. Bell, 46, told Obsessed: The Podcast host Matt Wilstein that her secret to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (578+ words) The director of a new bombshell documentary about Chevy Chase knew she was onto something when the comedian insulted her to her face on camera. "I'm just trying to figure you out," I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not director Marina…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (500+ words) Comedian Conan O'Brien is not impressed with comedians who have chosen "anger" over being funny. O'Brien, 62, shared his deep distaste for comedians who are "lulled" into saying "F Trump all the time." "You've been lulled into just saying "F Trump....