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City's festivals go hunting for variety
At this year's Just for Laughs Chicago comedy festival, not one of the main headliners, the people playing the Chicago Theatre and featured atop the website, is a woman. Not Bob Newhart. Not Bill Maher. Not Russell Brand or Seth Meyers. Not even any...
Tags: Seth Meyers, Lena Dunham, Dwayne Johnson, Lisa Lampanelli, Chicago International Film Festival
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Just For Laughs Chicago adds Russell Brand, Scott Adsit, more
RedEyeTBS Just For Laughs Chicago has added Russell Brand, Pete Holmes, Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn, Doug Benson, Todd Glass, Scott Adsit, Kevin Dorff, Jon Glaser, TJ & Dave, Horatio Sanz, Matt Walsh, Brad Morris and Joe Nunez to its festival line-up....Tags: Seth Meyers, Paul Feig, TBS (tv network), Nick Swardson, Arts and Culture
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'Just For Laughs' lineup set for June in Chicago
Bill Maher, Seth Meyers and Bob Newhart are among the old school-new school headliners of TBS Just for Laughs Chicago, the Chicago franchise of the Montreal-based comedy festival. It's slated for June 11-16 at various venues around the city, including the...
Tags: Seth Meyers, Dylan Moran, TBS (tv network), Nick Swardson, Al Madrigal
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Seth Meyers, Hannibal Buress come home for 'Just For Laughs Chicago' in June
RedEyeSeth Meyers and Hannibal Buress are coming home for the fifth annual TBS Just for Laughs Chicago comedy festival in June. Evanston native Meyers, who runs the "Saturday Night Live" writers' room and "Weekend Update," is one of the festival's anchors--get...Tags: Seth Meyers, Nick Swardson, IFC (tv network), Four Christmases (movie), Movies
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Remembering Jonathan Winters, the 'father of improvisational comedy'
The trailblazing comic improviser Jonathan Winters, who died Thursday at age 87, was a seminal influence on scores of comedians and the person Robin Williams credits as his mentor. Winters' high energy, unpredictable and often surreal comic riffs...
Tags: Entertainment Events, NBC (tv network), Entertainment, Jack Paar, Television
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IFC developing Garfunkel & Oates and baby doll soap opera series
IFC announced a development slate of 11 projects on Wednesday, three pilots and eight scripts, and based on their descriptions, the channel appears to be going even more idiosyncratic in its projects. Among the projects possibly coming soon to the...
Tags: Buckwild (tv program), Kathryn Hahn, Upright Citizens Brigade, Portlandia (tv program), Entertainment
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'The Nerdist' Chris Hardwick chooses between 'Doctor Who,' 'The Walking Dead'
RedEyeChris Hardwick is a busy guy. He runs the popular podcast and website The Nerdist and travels the county doing standup. Last fall, his "Talking Dead," the popular aftershow in which he and guests dissect each episode of "The Walking Dead," grew to an...Tags: BBC, Zach Galifianakis, Viral Diseases and Infections, Conan (tv program), Medical Specialization
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Maura Tierney will make her Broadway debut with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks is one lucky guy. Maura Tierney -- a.k.a. Dr. Abby Lockhart from NBC’s "ER" -- will make her Broadway debut this spring in Nora Ephron’s final play, "Lucky Guy." Tierney will play the wife of Hanks, who will star in the drama about...
Tags: Christopher McDonald, Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Al Pacino, NBC (tv network)
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Kennedy Center Honors' selection process set for a review
After receiving criticism from the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Kennedy Center is revisiting its artist selection process for the Kennedy Center Honors. The Kennedy Center has announced that an 11-member artist advisory panel...Tags: Broadway Theater, Rita Moreno, Carlos Santana, Awards and Prizes, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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Literary opponents face off at Write Club
For RedEyeLiterary fisticuffs abound at Write Club, where opponents duke it out with lightning-fast essays on pre-assigned, opposing topics. But is it really literature as blood sport? "The stakes are real," says founder and self-proclaimed overlord Ian Belknap....Tags: George Saunders, Bleep (euphemism), Arts and Culture, Tom Waits, Fine Artists
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From novel to film to musical, 'Big Fish' has a date with Broadway
The new musical “Big Fish” has itself reeled in a big catch: the Neil Simon Theatre. Based on Daniel Wallace’s 1998 novel and the 2003 film directed by Tim Burton, the in-development production has had its eye on Broadway for several...Tags: Theater, Broadway Theater, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music
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Strike averted: Keeping it clean on Broadway
The big news on Broadway: strike averted. Hundreds of theater workers, including bathroom attendants, porters and elevator operators – all represented by the 32BJ union – last week threatened to strike as their current contract speeds toward...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Entertainment Events, Theater, Collective Contract, Arts and Culture
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