Blake Lively and Jude Law were among the many celebs who made up the star-studded crowd at Chanel’s 17th Annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner!
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Netflix is revealing the data about their stand-up content.
The streamer, which launched over a dozen stand-up specials in the second half of 2023, revealed that Matt Rife was the most-watched special.
Matt Rife: Natural Selection, which was released in November, was watched for 13.5 million hours, via Deadline.
The list also included stand-up specials from Shane Gillis, Tom Segura and Mike Birbiglia, Ricky Gervais, Trevor Noah and Dave Chappelle.
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Tom Segura: Sledgehammer was watched for 12.2 million hours from July and Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs was watched for 10.6 million hours after its September debut.
Trevor Noah‘s Where Was I launched on December 19 and it was watched for 6.3 million hours in the period.
Armageddon from Ricky Gervais was released on Christmas Day and was watched for 8.4 million hours before the end of December, while Dave Chappelle’s special was released on December 31, the last day of the tracking period, and still managed to be watched for 2.1 million hours in one day.
Matt has been signed for two further specials and is now developing a sitcom at Netflix. Get more details!
Blake Lively and Jude Law were among the many celebs who made up the star-studded crowd at Chanel’s 17th Annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner!
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The Who frontman Roger Daltrey has shared his thoughts on concert-goers looking up setlists before attending gigs – see what he had to say below.Speaking to Billboard in a new interview, Daltrey spoke about his upcoming solo North American tour, which he’s due to kick off tomorrow (June 12). The tour will see him play nine “semi-acoustic” shows until June 28.
Neil Berkley’s Group Therapy is a poignant, hilarious, and moving exploration of the intersections between comedy, grief, and mental illness. Starring a stellar cast of comedians, including Neil Patrick Harris, Gary Gulman, Nicole Byer, Mike Birbiglia, London Hughes, Tig Notaro, and Atsuko Okatsuka, the film delves into the ways these performers use humor as a coping mechanism and a form of catharsis.
Jack Dunn Several Asian American groups gathered in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon to call for comedian Shane Gillis to apologize for using “offensive racial remarks” in his stand-up performances. Leaders of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Chinese American Citizens Alliance Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League gathered at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Lodge for a press conference, in which the groups also implored Netflix to cancel Gillis’ new sitcom “Tires” and that Bud Light cut all promotional funding toward his comedy tour unless an apology is issued.
Variety that he didn’t intentionally distance himself from controversial comedian Dave Chappelle on “Saturday Night Live” in January. During the episode hosted by Dakota Johnson, Chappelle, 50, made an unexpected appearance during the good night segment.Yang, 33, stood on the opposite side of the stage from Chappelle with his arms folded.
Matt Rife is updating his fans after taking some time off his world tour due to health reasons.
Alex Edelman, the comedian behind HBO’s Just for Us special, was studying in London when he walked into a pub in Soho.
NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Kneecap, have shared a playlist exclusively to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The Irish rap trio are on this week’s (June 3) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Kneecap here, written by Andrew Trendell and featuring photography by Joseph Bishop.Accompanying the story is an exclusive playlist Kneecap have compiled, ‘Songs To Shoplift To’, featuring Bicep, Overmono, Bonobo, Tiësto and more.
There’s been an update about Matt Rife after the comedian cancelled two shows citing a “last minute medical emergency.”
Matt Rife is opening up about a medical emergency.
Comedian Matt Rife postponed a pair of Indiana shows on Wednesday night, citing “a last minute medical emergency.”
Tires had a promising debut weekend on Netflix.
Netflix viewers are still falling for Penelope and Colin’s love story.
Leave The World Behind, starring Julia Roberts, has been revealed as Netflix’s most-watched film of 2023.Earlier this week, the streaming platform published the second part of its yearly What We Watched engagement report, capturing viewing figures from July to December 2023.The report revealed that the Sam Esmail disaster thriller generated 121 million views, making it the most-streamed film of the year, and also the platform’s fifth most popular movie of all time.Based on the 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam, Leave The World Behind follows a family who rent out a luxury house in Long Island, only to be interrupted by a man and a woman who bear news of an impending cyberattack. The strangers also claim to be the actual owners of the house, raising tensions as the threat of a potential global crisis grows.Alongside Roberts, the film also stars Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, Myha’la, and Kevin Bacon.Following the release of the film, Tesla CEO Elon Musk was mocked on social media for seemingly misunderstanding one of the movie’s most memorable scenes.The moment concerns a scene in which Roberts and Hawke’s characters are chased by malfunctioning Tesla cars, which are moving without drivers.
Freshman drama Obliterated held the dubious distinction of being the most watched Netflix series in the second half of 2023 to be canceled, according to the streamer’s viewership data made public today. Released Nov. 30, the action comedy was #20 in the rankings for the six-month period, generating 27M views in its first month of release.
Netflix released over a dozen stand-up specials in the second half of last year and Matt Rife was the most-watched.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor As the Television Academy continues to review submissions, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” will see at least 17 of its 20 guest hosts of Season 49 listed on the Emmy ballot in the guest acting race, the highest number of the past five seasons. The most recent season of the iconic sketch comedy show, which heads into its 50th year, featured an impressive lineup of emcees. Those confirmed to be submitted include comedians Nate Bargatze, Shane Gillis and Ramy Youssef; former “SNL” cast members Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph; and Hollywood A-listers Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone, Adam Driver, Jacob Elordi, Ayo Edebiri, Sydney Sweeney, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Momoa.
Ahead of its May 23 series premiere, Netflix has handed an early Season 2 renewal to Shane Gillis‘ scripted comedy series Tires.
Forget the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Bill Maher spent the first segment of Friday’s Real Time asking about a cultural battle – the feud between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar.