Netflix has dated Ellen DeGeneres’ next standup special, which she insists will be the last of her career. Ellen DeGeneres: For Your Approval, as she’s titled the new hour, will roll out on the global platform Sept. 24. It follows her last special, ironically titled Relatable, which was her first in 15 years when it …
Hulu’s standup lineup continues to grow. The platform has inked a deal with Atsuko Okatsuka for her second special, which will be taped at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre in early November. Though the details are being kept under wraps for the time being, she is joining a roster that also includes Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, …
If there’s one complaint to be made about English Teacher, it’s that there simply isn’t enough of it. The show’s first season comprises just eight 20ish-minute installments — which, in fairness, is well in line with the likes of other FX comedies like What We Do in the Shadows or Dave or The Bear (setting …
“All you have to do,” says author Shawn Levy, who wrote King of Comedy, the definitive Jerry Lewis biography, is to give the plot summary. “If you just tell people: Jerry Lewis wrote, directed and starred in a drama about a clown in a concentration camp leading children into the gas chambers, people say: ‘What? …
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart (BPM) stars as a troubled jockey whose identity shifts radically after a serious accident on the track in Kill the Jockey (El Jockey), a Venice Film Festival entry by Argentinian director Luis Ortega (El Angel, Dromómanos). Visually lush and full of playful mystery, this equestrian-themed psychological thriller-comedy-whatsit strikes plenty of poses that …
In one of the best scenes in I’ll Be Right There, a character reveals a family story involving an improbable getaway driver. Taking in this tale is her middle-aged daughter, who knows a thing or two about driving — although her role behind the wheel is more along the lines of schlepping to and fro …
As Netflix’s The Decameron begins, nearly all of our characters are retreating. They might not put it in quite those terms, but it’s exactly what these characters are doing: flocking to the “beautiful, not-infected countryside,” as one character puts it, in hopes of waiting out the Black Plague currently tearing through the continent. But it …
Reggie Watts has embarked on a time-travel odyssey back to the ’90s, and he’s hoping audiences will join him. On July 20, he’s rolling out his latest hour, which is set pre-Y2K and weaves together improvisational comedy and musical riffs to form what Rolling Stone has called a “vortex of surrealist entertainment.” Watts prefers the …
At 91, Carol Burnett has become the oldest female comedy acting Emmy nominee for her performance in Apple TV+’s Palm Royale. The star landed a nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series on Wednesday, recognized alongside Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear), Hannah Einbinder (Hacks), Janelle James (Abbott Elementary), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary) and …
Apple TV+ is ready to hand out some more Loot. The streamer has ordered a third season of the comedy series starring and executive produced by Maya Rudolph. The renewal comes seven weeks after Loot completed its second season. “We are thrilled to come back for a third season! We’re extremely fortunate to spend more …