Jerry Seinfeld Teams With NY Senator Chuck Schumer To Promote Save Our Stages Act

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-manager“Is this anything?” is the question that every comedian says to every other comedian about any new bit they want to try. Now, in his first book in 25 years, Jerry Seinfeld is answering that question by opening up the vault of his jokes collected over five decades.The Simon & Schuster book, Is This Anything? is out this Tuesday, with Seinfeld scheduled for a New Yorker Festival appearance with Steve Martin on Wednesday, Oct.

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the revised $2.2 trillion “Heroes Act” coronavirus stimulus package, which includes provisions of the $10 billion bipartisan “Save Our Stages” Act designed to provide financial assistance to independent music and live-entertainment venues across the U.S. However, the Republican-controlled Senate appears unlikely to vote on the latest version unless an agreement is reached between Democrats and the White House.Below,Justin Brannan, New York City

in The New York Times responding to Stand Up N.Y. comedy club co-owner James Altucher’s August essay declaring New York City “dead forever.”“He’s fine.

Jerry Seinfeld in August wrote a scathing rebuke to a comedy club owner who saidNew York City is "dead" due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. And he would do it again, that is how strongly he feels.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticJerry Seinfeld has no hard feelings for the “putz” Manhattan comedy club co-owner who declared a coronavirus-ravaged New York City “dead forever.”“I have nothing against that guy,” Seinfeld tells CBS’ 60 Minutes this week about Stand Up N.Y. comedy club co-owner James Altucher, who wrote the R.I.P New York article on LinkedIn two months ago.

Megan Thee Stallion and Sofia Carson are slaying the streets of New York City!

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIt really hasn’t been broadcasted widely, but Sofia Coppola’s latest dramedy from Apple/A24, On the Rocks, is opening in key markets next weekend, Oct. 2.

Despite studios moving films such as Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake out of the calendar year and questions about whether some films will actually hit theaters, there are still new Oscar contenders being revealed for critics and AMPAS members alike. Over the past 48 hours, Netflix virtually screened Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” for select media, and A24 and Apple debuted Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks” at the 2020 New York Film Festival.

Kaley Cuoco is getting in some fresh air!

Sen. Chuck Schumer vowed to fight for entertainment venues hard hit by the coronavirus crisis.The New York Democrat and Theater District representatives touted the proposed Save Our Stages Act as a much-needed lifeline to live venues and most importantly Broadway, which has been shut down since the beginning of the pandemic.“The phantom of COVID has hit Broadway maybe the hardest of all live venues in America,” Schumer said at Duffy Square at Seventh Avenue and West 47th Street.

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Canadian director Emma Seligman says a dalliance while in film school at New York University led her to writing and directing Shiva Baby, about a young bisexual woman juggling lox bagels, a sugar daddy, an ex-girlfriend and nagging parents during a frantic family shiva, or post-funeral service. The filmscreened online as part of TIFF's Bell Digital Cinema platform on Sept.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTV’s longest-running primetime live-action series, Law & Order: SVU, today started production on its 22nd season in New York. Star/EP Mariska Hargitay posted two behind-the-scene photos on Instagram to commemorate the occasion.On Saturday, Hargitay shared images from the cast’s virtual table read for the season opener, which is tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

Yep, festival season is a little weird this year, but if the currently-ongoing Venice Film Festival and just-started Toronto International Film Festival are any indication, the 58th New York Film Festival is going to be just as good, albeit enjoyed from a safe distance.