comedy

Comedian Sarah Cooper, who has found fame on social media by lip-synching President Donald Trump’s unhinged coronavirus tangents, has scored a Netflix comedy special. “Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine” will premiere in fall 2020, with Cooper flanked by an array of talent: Natasha Lyonne will direct, and Maya Rudolph will executive produce, along with Danielle Renfrew …

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is teaming with “Knocked Up” creator Judd Apatow to make a two-part documentary on legendary US comedian George Carlin, with UK outfit Rise Films producing alongside Apatow Productions. HBO Documentary Films has commissioned Apatow and his longtime collaborator Michael Bonfiglio to direct the films, which will feature interviews with Carlin’s family and friends, …

Two people take a wild ride through the Australian desert in “Upright,” a dark comedy on Sundance Now. The eight-episode series, which originally aired on Australia’s Fox Showcase and the UK’s Sky Atlantic, was co-written and co-directed by star Tim Minchin. He plays Lucky Flynn, a depressed musician driving to visit his dying mother, his …

Who needs comedy when you have politics? In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, a 2009 HBO clip of late comedian and actor Robin Williams talking about then-Vice President Joe Biden has resurfaced online, quickly going viral on Twitter. In the 30-second video, Williams, who would have turned 69 last month, doesn’t …

The details of comedian Jeff Ross’ alleged relationship with a teenage girl in the early 2000s have gone wide in a new, far-ranging piece by Vulture. Ross, 54, a stand-up comic long known for his appearances in Friars Club and Comedy Central roasts of other comedians, allegedly entered into a relationship with a woman named …

The New York Comedy Festival, which was set to take place Nov. 9-15, has been postponed for a year. “While we were looking forward with great enthusiasm to bringing the very best comedy talent and fans from around the country and the world to New York City this fall, the circumstances presented by the pandemic …

“The Ren & Stimpy Show” is returning with all-new episodes — 25 years after ending its original run. Comedy Central has ordered an updated version of the wildly anarchic, dark-humored and trippy adult animated series that aired on Nickelodeon and MTV from 1991-96 and followed the surreal shenanigans of temperamental/psychotic Chihuahua Ren and his goofy, …

Christopher Meloni shows a completely different side of himself in “Maxxx,” Hulu’s six-episode comedy series created by star O-T Fagbenle. Meloni, 59, plays Don Wild, the flamboyant, coke-snorting, sex-fueled record exec who takes a second chance on Maxxx (Fagbenle), a washed-up boy-band singer attempting a precipitous comeback. Meloni and Fagbenle previously worked together on Hulu’s …

Courteney Cox is returning for the next “Scream” as her famed dogged news reporter character Gale Weathers, we can tell you first. The “Friends” alum joins previously announced “Scream” castmember David Arquette who is also coming back as Dewey Riley. Cameras will roll on the Spyglass Media Group-Paramount Production in Wilmington, North Carolina. The next …

Courteney Cox is returning for the next “Scream” as her famed dogged news reporter character Gale Weathers, we can tell you first. The “Friends” alum joins previously announced “Scream” castmember David Arquette who is also coming back as Dewey Riley. Cameras will roll on the Spyglass Media Group-Paramount Production in Wilmington, North Carolina. The next …