When Amy Sedaris makes appearances around the country, she finds it easy to identify the “Strangers With Candy” fans in the audience. “They’re ugly,” she says with a cackle. “They’re misfits and outcasts.” Stephen Colbert […]
Interviewing Larry David at his Santa Monica production offices comes with photographic documentation of the entrance and a note to pull in and park as straight as possible in order to be courteous to the […]
Two of the most beloved comedies on TV right now are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Bob’s Burgers. While both are unique and brilliant in their own way, they each owe a tremendous debt to a […]
On the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, ordinary people can bring in their family heirlooms to be appraised by expert antique dealers. Sometimes their items are worth a fortune; other times, the hosts have to politely […]
In the film-noir-esque world of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the slapstick, accident-prone hare is one of the most famous toons in show business. He’s the signature star of Maroon Cartoons, he’s married to the beautiful […]
The Hold Steady have announced an oral history book called The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels in celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary. It’s due out July 25 via Akashic. […]
A few months later, one of those weird thoughts popped into my head. I was doing an outside voiceover thing, and I was waiting in the waiting room. I was looking at this chair and […]
We were getting royalties off the book, which I think was something Viacom hadn’t anticipated. So after the first issue, they embarked on a campaign to get me fired, which finally happened after Issue #5. […]
(Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in 2018 but we’re republishing it today because it’s, well, that time of year. Enjoy.) “You grow up Jewish and you can’t help it, it’s a big part […]
Continue Reading Below Wendy Molyneux: The Thanksgiving song that Linda sings was totally improvised by John Roberts. We had it written that Linda was going to threaten to sing a Thanksgiving song, but in the […]
Two-time Emmy Award winner Blythe Danner revealed Monday that she’s been in remission from cancer, which also claimed the life of her late husband, director Bruce Paltrow. The 79-year-old actor, who is the mother of […]
Blythe Danner says she feels “lucky to be alive” after revealing she is in remission from cancer. The Emmy-winning actor and mother of Gwyneth Paltrow shared with People Monday that she was diagnosed in 2018 […]
Andor is a “grounded, gritty” reimagining done to actual perfection. Each week, creator Tony Gilroy and his collaborators have drilled down through the surface-level iconography of Star Wars — past the Skywalker saga and Boba […]
Continue Reading Below McCann: We did about a dozen of those Frankenstein bits. Certain bits we did would be used more frequently because they required less lead time, but “Frankenstein Wastes a Minute of Our […]
On the Shelf The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop By Jonathan AbramsCrown: 544 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from […]
Model Kindly Myers might be seeking a friend for the end of the world. On Saturday morning, the former soldier started her followers’ weekends off on the right foot by posting a video asking her […]