Sunday, October 5, 2025
Bad Bunny kicked off Season 51 of "Saturday Night Live" with a bilingual monologue that referenced his upcoming gig as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner " and the right-wing backlash to…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:05AM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2025
Theo Von has reassured fans that he "would never try to take [his] own life" after making headlines for comments he made following a particularly rough stand-up performance in New York. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington are taking "On Cinema" on the road. On Wednesday, the duo behind the long-running avant-comedy project announced the "Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour,"…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:02PM[SHARE]Nikki Glaser has set her next comedy special at Hulu. The razor-tongued roaster and Golden Globes host will tape the stand-up hour in her hometown of St. Louis, in front of a sold-out crowd …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 30, 2025
"Saturday Night Live" has added seven new writers ahead of Season 51. The new scribes include actor-writer Jack Bensinger ("Rap World"), stand-up comedian Jo Sunday (Just for Laughs), comic …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2025
Netflix has ordered a new young adult drama series titled "Poser" from Lauren Iungerich, the creator and showrunner of the MTV dramedy "Awkward." "Poser" is an eight-episode, one-hour drama …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PM[SHARE]Sarah Sherman has set her debut comedy special at HBO. Titled after her vulgar alter ego, "Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh" will premiere on the cable network and HBO Max in December. In t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Playing Bruce Springsteen in the new biopic "Deliver Me From Nowhere," Jeremy Allen White joins a list of A-list actors who have recently taken on the roles of rock music icons, from Timoth…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:53PM[SHARE]Friday, September 26, 2025
Julia Louis-Dreyfus came on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and brought a surprise guest: a puppy. "I thought, it's been so crazy this last week, that to be with a puppy might do you some good," Louis-D…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:51AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Venezuelan comedian Nacho Redondo has signed with Gersh for representation. The Mexico City-based comic, who performs exclusively in Spanish, is currently on a 29-date tour of the United Sta…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PM[SHARE]Monday, September 22, 2025
The New York Comedy Festival has unveiled its lineup for the "New York's Funniest Stand-Ups" showcase, a new spin on a long-running tradition to find the next great voice in stand-up comedy.…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Over the past few months, the live music industry has been dominated by the story of two British brothers laying down their arms to bring songs like "Wonderwall" back around the globe. Indee…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PM[SHARE]Mo Amer has set his third Netflix comedy special, "Wild World," which will debut on the platform on Oct. 28. Netflix calls the special a "timely and fiercely honest hour" that sees the stand…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2025
Jon Stewart, Idina Menzel and Jim Gaffigan are among the stars performing at New York's 19th annual Stand Up for Heroes event, presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comed…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Alex Edelman makes me laugh before he even sits down at our lunch interview. I arrive early to a noodle bar in Columbus Circle where I'll ask the comedian about his upcoming stand-up hour an…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 14, 2025
"Everybody Loves Raymond" stars Ray Romano and Brad Garrett reunited on the Emmys stage for a hilariously depressing bit while presenting the award for best comedy series. The Emmy-winning a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52PM[SHARE]Nate Bargatze opened the Emmys dressed as Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, in a sketch with "Saturday Night Live" stars Bowen Yang, Mikey Day and James Austin Johnson. The bi…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Bowen Yang is praising his "Saturday Night Live" co-star Heidi Gardner after her exit from the series after eight seasons. "You are one of the greats. You will go down in history," Yang said…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2025
Tim Robinson's new comedy series "The Chair Company" will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on Oct. 12. Co-created by Robinson and his "I Think You Should Leave" collaborator Zach Kanin, the show …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:18PM[SHARE]After a handful of departures and arrivals, "Saturday Night Live" has finalized its Season 51 cast, Variety has learned. Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim and Chloe Fineman will all return to the NBC s…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:09AM[SHARE]Mitski has announced a new concert film, "The Land," which will receive a limited theatrical release starting Oct. 22. Courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing, the movie will be screened in 630 cine…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 4, 2025
In his directorial debut, "Maddie's Secret," John Early wears a lace-front wig and a fresh face of makeup to transform into the title character, a woman who works as a food influencer while …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Independent music publication Alt Citizen is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a weeklong takeover of venues across New York City. From Sept. 9 to 14, the Music Discovery Is Everything c…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 3, 2025
It's been just over a week since Devon Walker left "Saturday Night Live," and he's ready to talk about his three-year tenure on the show. The comic and actor, best known for playing Eric Ada…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:27PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 2, 2025
The Please Don't Destroy boys are being split up on "Saturday Night Live." Ben Marshall, who makes up one-third of the comedy trio responsible for several viral "SNL" digital shorts over the…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:24PM[SHARE]The "Saturday Night Live" shake-up continues, as Ben Marshall has been upped to the featured cast. Also joining as featured players are Veronika Slowikowska, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane an…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Friday, August 29, 2025
There's a shakeup at Studio 8H, as a handful of "Saturday Night Live" cast members have left the show ahead of its 51st season. The exodus began on Aug. 25 with the departure of Devon Walker…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:57PM[SHARE]Devon Walker has responded to support from "Saturday Night Live" fans after he announced he is exiting the show after three seasons. "Ohhh my boys," wrote a social media user who posted phot…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 28, 2025
Heidi Gardner is leaving "Saturday Night Live" after eight seasons, multiple sources tell Variety. The news comes amid a shake-up at the NBC sketch comedy series, which this week saw the dep…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:15PM[SHARE]Michael Longfellow has exited "Saturday Night Live" after three seasons, Variety has confirmed. The news comes after the departure of cast members Devon Walker and Emil Wakim, as well as wri…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:17PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Bill Burr sat down with Variety for the inaugural episode of "Anatomy of a Joke," a new video series spotlighting stand-up comedians and the process behind one of their favorite punchlines. …
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