“Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor” (Ulysses Press).Bell started thinking about an all-comedy network consisting of short, funny clips from movies and TV shows while pursuing an MBA at Wharton.
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Peter White Television EditorBill Maher has spent much of the last few months hearing canned laughter after his opening monologue on Real Time with Bill Maher.This week, however, the comedian will hear the reaction of a live audience after the HBO show became the first major talk show to bring back a crowd.This week’s episode of the show, which airs Friday at 10 pm, will tape with a limited 25-person studio audience and will also feature a roundtable discussion in the studio.The show is thought
.“Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor” (Ulysses Press).Bell started thinking about an all-comedy network consisting of short, funny clips from movies and TV shows while pursuing an MBA at Wharton.
Peter White Television EditorBill Maher will stay on HBO screens until at least 2022 after the premium cable network renewed his weekly talk show.“For 18 seasons, Bill Maher and the talented team at ‘Real Time’ have given audiences an unparalleled platform for debate, comedy, and social discourse,” said Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming.
Will Thorne Staff WriterBill Maher and his “Real Time” talk show will be back for at least two more years.HBO has renewed “Real Time” through 2022, taking the show through 20 seasons.“For 18 seasons, Bill Maher and the talented team at ‘Real Time’ have given audiences an unparalleled platform for debate, comedy, and social discourse,” said Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President of HBO Programming.
Bill Murray’s attorney has responded to a cease-and-desist letter sent to his client by a legal rep for the Doobie Brothers last week. Although, disappointingly, his response is far less amusing than the original correspondence, despite his best attempts.
Bill Murray’s golf company have responded to the Doobie Brothers’ request for damages for an alleged breach of copyright.The actor’s golf apparel brand William Murray Golf is said to have used the group’s 1972 hit ‘Listen To The Music’ in a TV advert for a new shirt without permission.The letter from the Doobie Brothers’ attorney Peter T. Paterno gained attention both for its claims and the humorous style in which it was written.
Bill Murray is offering up his “ugly” golf shirts to the Doobie Brothers to “upgrade” their “wardrobes,” after they called him out for using their music in an ad.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are a family of four. After months of speculation, Timberlake’s former fellow *NSYNC group member, Lance Bass, confirmed to ET that the couple welcomed a second baby earlier this year.
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.
The Hollywood Reporter yesterday (September 24) shared what purports to be the letter addressed to Murray by Paterno, which is written in a humorous manner.Bill Murray receives a legal demand from the Doobie Brothers.
Bill Murray is facing legal action from the Doobie Brothers after allegedly using their music in a golf shirt commercial without permission.The Ghostbusters star used the band’s track Listen to the Music in a commercial for his William Murray line of golf clothing’s Zero Hucks Given shirts – prompting a legal letter from the band’s attorney Peter T.
The Doobie Brothers have sent Bill Murray a cease-and-desist letter ordering him to stop using their music to advertise golf shirts being sold by his William Murray Golf company.
The Doobie Brothers are coming after Bill Murray.
Men are incorrigible Lothario scoundrels, motherhood is full of loneliness and self-doubt, and complicated father/daughter relationships are constantly tested in Sofia Coppola’s “On The Rocks,” her latest dramedy, an effervescent, charming, and soulful affair.
2.5 stars (out of 4)There never was a sequel to Lost in Translation. Everyone who saw writer-director Sofia Coppola’s moody and exquisite 2003 arthouse hit must give their own interpretation as to what Bill Murray whispered into the ear of Scarlett Johansson as the two parted ways in Tokyo.
In the pantheon of perfect Bill Murray roles — “Caddyshack,” “Groundhog Day,” “Lost In Translation” — his smooth-talking character in the new comedy “On The Rocks” ranks as one of the best.He plays Felix, a suave New York renaissance man and art dealer in Sofia Coppola’s wonderful movie — the pair’s first narrative feature collaboration since 2003’s “Lost In Translation” — which premiered Wednesday night in the New York Film Festival.Murray, bless him, brought me back to the New York we all miss
When OK! catches up with Rachel Riley on Zoom, the Channel 4 presenter is juggling work with being a mum to her nine-month-old daughter Maven. “You might hear her crying in the background, Pasha is just trying to settle her,” says the 34-year-old of her husband, former Strictly Come Dancing star Pasha Kovalev.
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticIf you go back and watch Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” (2003), you’ll see that it’s lost none of its shimmer — that airily crafted blend of mood and moment, location and dislocation, all wrapped around the delicate tale of two souls who didn’t know they were lost until they found each other in the floating limbo of the Park Hyatt Tokyo.
Most people are pleased with the progress the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ has made when it comes to diversity. Bill Maher is not one of them.