In Praise of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Comedy Chops

In Praise of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Comedy Chops

When one thinks about the career of the great Philip Seymour Hoffman, it’s likely in regards to his acclaimed dramatic performances as, say, Truman Capote in Capote, Dan Mahowny in Owning Mahowny or Kirkland Signature […]

‘The Polar Express’: How Robert Zemeckis Turned Tom Hanks Into An Uncanny Valley Monster

‘The Polar Express’: How Robert Zemeckis Turned Tom Hanks Into An Uncanny Valley Monster

Continue Reading Below Let’s also not forget the Zemeckis-produced 2011 movie in which Seth Green plays a 9-year-old with eyes as big as tennis balls whose mom gets captured by Martians because he didn’t want […]

Kevin Bacon Pays Weddings DJs Not to Play ‘Footloose’

Kevin Bacon Pays Weddings DJs Not to Play 'Footloose'

Continue Reading Below Bacon’s reasoning for restricting the song goes beyond the simple irritation that naturally occurs when one 80s earworm follows someone around for four decades – while the song is certainly a novelty […]

Eric Idle Is Tired Of Comedy Giants Like Dave Chappelle Crying “Censorship”

Eric Idle Is Tired Of Comedy Giants Like Dave Chappelle Crying "Censorship"

Continue Reading Below Idle continued on to address another fabulously wealthy and perpetually platformed comedy crybaby, Bill Maher, whose war on naysayers started in 1993 with his first talk show, Politically Incorrect. Idle challenged Maher’s […]

Doug Stanhope Reports Live From Outside His Burning Home With A Talking Heads-Inspired TikTok

Doug Stanhope Reports Live From Outside His Burning Home With A Talking Heads-Inspired TikTok

Continue Reading Below As Stanhope reassured his fans in the thread, “Everything awful is funny.” No one was harmed in the fire, and Stanhope was able to save his phone and his cigarettes, which managed […]

‘Bob’s Burgers’: An Oral History of How the Annual Tradition of Ruining Bob’s Thanksgiving Began

‘Bob’s Burgers’: An Oral History of How the Annual Tradition of Ruining Bob’s Thanksgiving Began

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 […]