3+ hour, 51+ min ago  (998+ words) This year, Dean Jenkinson celebrates six years as the Winnipeg Comedy Festival's artistic director and the festival's 25th anniversary. The Winnipeg standup is also a contributing writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes (a role he's had since 2007), and can brag, if…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (786+ words) There's plenty to like about Ricky Gervais: his acerbic wit, his fierce advocacy for animals, his merciless skewering of celebrities during his Golden Globes hosting gig and his emotionally intelligent and empathetic writing in great shows like After Life and…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1034+ words) Winnipeg -18" C, Clear One of Winnipeg's funniest playwrights and an ensemble of five of the city's strongest comic actors spin gold from parental rage in Holland, a guns-blazing production full of righteously madcap decision-making at the Tom Hendry Warehouse. Holland…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (488+ words) Catherine O'Hara was never afraid to go big. The wild accent as Moira Rose on "Schitt's Creek." Delia Deetz's possessed dance to "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" in "Beetlejuice." The way she screamed "KEVIN!" in two "Home Alones" as Kate…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (505+ words) There is abundant comedy available to ease into the formal new year and abundant new and returning television in the month to follow to keep your various screens crackling. Press Play now. " Ricky Gervais: Mortality (comedy special premi'res Tuesday, Dec....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (761+ words) The comedian gets snarly at the top of filmmaker Marina Zenovich's "I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not," which airs Thursday on CNN. During their very first meeting, he warns her it isn't going to be easy to figure him out....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1706+ words) It's an old story at this point " Winnipeg's stage community punches above its weight " and in 2025, Free Press theatre reviewers Holly Harris and Ben Waldman were happy to keep telling it. From a field that included epic literary adaptations, inspired…...

3+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (818+ words) Here's the list of who's nominated for this year's awards, which will be held Jan. 11 at the Beverly Hilton. Nikki Glaser will host the ceremony. Best motion picture, drama "Frankenstein; "Hamnet; "It Was Just An Accident; "The Secret Agent; "Sentimental…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (379+ words) Several films followed with four nominations, including best feature and best director, like Clint Bentley's lyrical Denis Johnson adaptation "Train Dreams," and Eva Victor's "Sorry, Baby," about life after an assault. First features receiving four nods were "Blue Sun Palace,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (656+ words) Winnipeg 14" C, Cloudy Getting hit in the funny bone is painful, so last week's news about the firing of Stephen Colbert really hurt. He's a funny guy, and funniness is not just good right now. It's necessary. But there are…...