Olivia O’Brien is clarifying the comments she made about Pete Davidson in a recent interview.
14.06.2022 - 16:09 / etcanada.com
Comedy is coming back to Canada’s biggest city.
On Tuesday, the return of Just For Laughs Toronto was announced with a big slate of headliners, including Trevor Noah, John Mulaney, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, and more.
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The all-star lineup will appear for comedy shows in venues across the city from Sep. 22 to Oct. 1, along with an extensive daytime ComedyCON series.
“We are very much looking forward to returning to Toronto to celebrate our 10th festival anniversary this fall, and are excited to be bringing so much premium standup comedy to the city”, says Bruce Hills, president of Just For Laughs.
Noah takes centre stage at the Scotiabank Arena for two shows on the “Daily Show” host’s “Back to Abnormal” world tour.
Other announced headliners include drag duo Trixie & Katya, Iliza Shlesinger, Ben Schwartz, Maria Bamford, Marc Maron, and more.
Davidson and “Insecure” creator-star Issa Rae will each appear for In Conversation events in the festival’s ComedyCON section.
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Check out the currently announced lineup, subject to change, below:
Headliners:
Trevor Noah: Back to Abnormal World Tour – Friday, September 30 & Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Scotiabank Arena | 8:00 PM & 7:30 PM
John Mulaney: From Scratch – Thursday, September, 22 2022 | Scotiabank Arena | 8:00 PM
Amy Schumer: Whore Tour – Friday, September, 23 2022 | Coca-Cola Coliseum| 7:00 PM
Trixie & Katya Live – Friday, September 23, 2022 | Meridian Hall I 7:00 PM
Iliza Shlesinger: Back in Action – Saturday, October 1, 2022 | Meridian Hall I 7:00 PM
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Olivia O’Brien is clarifying the comments she made about Pete Davidson in a recent interview.
Marta Balaga Canada’s Fantasia International Film Festival will close its 26th edition with a screening of July Jung’s “Next Sohee,” an interesting take on exploitation starring the Wachowski siblings’ regular collaborator, South Korean actress Bae Doona.The film, which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week, won’t be the only title to discover on the closing night, however, with a special screening of A24’s horror comedy “Bodies Bodies Bodies” also planned. Directed by Halina Reijn and featuring Amandla Stenberg, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” breakout Maria Bakalova and Pete Davidson, the film shows a party game that leads to murder, all the while maintaining “a taut balance of uneasy tension and wicked humor,” teased the festival organizers.
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Jerry Seinfeld has rounded up half of Hollywood for a sweet treat called “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story”.
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here. Seinfeld also wrote “Unfrosted” with Spike Feresten, Andy Robin and Barry Marder.
Amy Schumer, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo have joined more than 200 US actors, directors, producers and writers in signing an open letter calling for a change to gun portrayal in Hollywood films and TV shows.This year has already seen over 250 mass shootings in the US, with recent events in Buffalo and Uvalde provoking further debate in a country where more than 40,000 people are shot and killed with guns every year.The newly published letter from the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence – also signed by Shonda Rhimes, J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Judd Apatow, and Jimmy Kimmel, among others – attributes the problem to “lax gun laws” and politicians “more afraid of losing power than saving lives”, but notes that representations in film and TV can play a part.It's up to us to make sure senators #DontLookAway from our country's gun violence crisis.
Hollywood creators want to model a better culture around guns.
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Amy Schumer wants to make one thing clear to everyone: she is definitely not to blame for the current tampon shortage!
Wait, what? Amy Schumer is being blamed for a nationwide tampon shortage — and even she’s confused.
Jay Pharoah is incredible at impressions.
Time magazine.The ads, starring Schumer as a friendly, helpful tampon supplier known to pop up in women’s bathrooms when someone is in need of feminine products, started airing in July 2020. Reps for the “Life With Beth” star didn’t respond to TheWrap’s request for comment, nor did P&G.In P&G’s April earnings call CFO Andre Schulten said the company was having trouble sourcing raw materials for feminine care products, as well as having distribution issues.According to CNBC, Schulten also laid out reasons why prices are up for other P&G products, including Tide detergent.
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