Back on Tour, Stand-Ups Confront a New Normal
►"The good news is that the shows are happening. The bad news is that they’re a little clunky." After a year of empty clubs and quiet theaters due to COVID-19, stand-up comedy is slowly making its way back. Some of the industry's biggest names are all out on tour right now, but even as A-list comics sell out arenas, a full recovery is stalled by a fiercely competitive market for venues, international travel restrictions and the pandemic that won’t end.
The story. —
"Outside the realm of offensiveness." THR's
Ryan Parker spoke to comedy icon Dan Aykroyd about the highly anticipated
Ghostbusters: Afterlife but also opined on the recent debate about offensive comedy and cancel culture.
The interview. In other news... —TV review: HBO Max's
Head of the Class —Tokyo film review: Asoka Handagama's
The Dawning of the Day (
Alborada)
—The
6 social media comics Hollywood is watching (or should be)
—Nancy Meyers set to receive
USC Comedy’s Oakie Award —Kristen Stewart reveals
engagement to screenwriter Dylan Meyer —Joel Stein:
How not to sell your hilarious comedy pitch —Billionaire Marc Andreessen pays
record $177 million for 13-structure Malibu compound —
Dickinson team
celebrates female empowerment at final season premiere —Jared Leto, Jodie Turner-Smith and Macaulay Culkin
walk Gucci show on Hollywood Boulevard —AFM: How streaming “tsunami,” local content are
transforming the independent market What else we're reading... —Dave Chappelle, Netflix, and the Illusions of Corporate Identity Politics [
New Yorker]
—Huma Abedin Is Ready to Tell You Who She Is [
The Cut]
—How Seriously Should We Take Jon Stewart? [
Vox]
—Dexter Always Gets His Man. Even When It’s Michael C. Hall [
New York Times]
—How an Unusually Approachable Fitness Guru Became One of the Pandemic’s Biggest Stars [
Los Angeles Times]
Today... ...in 2006, Sacha Baron Cohen arrived in theaters with
Borat, a surprise hit that nabbed more than $120 million at the box office. Transforming Baron Cohen into a global star the film spawned a sequel,
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, in 2020.
The original review. Today's birthdays: Antonia Thomas (35), Dolph Lundgren (64), Diana Silvers (24), Kate Capshaw (68), Bert Kreischer (49), Stephanie Czajkowski (48), Lynn Gilmartin (37), Dylan Moran (50),
Kendall Jenner (26), Gary Ross (65), Davis Guggenheim (58), Sticky Fingaz (48), Adam Ant (67), Anna Wintour (72)
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