At the 70th Golden Globe Awards 2013, Lincoln actor Tommy Lee Jones did not look happy during the presenting of Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Saturday Night Live alumni and alumna Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig graced the stage w... [Read More]

Every time I walk up the stairs at the West Fourth Street subway stop on my way to the Comedy Cellar, I find myself bouncing from one leg to the other, the way that Louis C. K. does on those steps in the intro to his popular summer series on FX. Call it the Louie shuffle. Once at street level, I look around, and the first things I often see are ghosts. [Read More]

I'm going to paint in a very broad stroke here for a moment, but I feel secure in saying that if you're here you are familiar with and probably enjoy the podcast WTF with Marc Maron. For the very few of you who don't listen to it (or read the New York Times or watch The Comedy Awards, or are complet... [Read More]

It’s impossible to not laugh when talking to Julia Solomon, both with her and at her, at least a little – and she knows and relishes it. When we met, the 21-year-old stand-up comedian was brutally honest about her desire for fame, relative fortune and just getting people to like her. Well, not like her, but at least like her work. [Read More]

Both in her portrayal of Leslie Knope and in her own life, Amy Poehler's actions make her stand out as an empowered woman while her talent has made her stand out as a comedian. [Read More]

That he sounds like a therapist, even in casual conversation, is no surprise—after two decades of self-laceration, onstage and off, Maron has reinvented himself on WTF as the comedy world’s been-there-done-that guidance counselor. [Read More]

If you've been trying to discover more about Marc Maron, get in line. First off, this guy will need to slow down long enough for a person to find out what he's up to. Being a co-host of the Breakroom Live and Morning Sedition show, as well as his very own, the WTF with Marc Maron, this guy is one of the busiest stand-up comedians alive. [Read More]

The families that work together succeed together: the Von Trapps. The Kennedys. The Mansons. The same could be said about Chicago's Elams, but they don't focus on music, politics, or murder — improv comedy is their thing. The family — the three Elam siblings Erica, Brett, and Scott, plus Brett's fiancée Jet Eveleth and Scott's fiancée Lisa Burton — have taken the Chicago comedy world by storm, honoring the mirthful memory of Del Close at the iO Theater. [Read More]

Patrice O’Neal didn’t just want to be famous, he wanted to be as good as Richard Pryor. To hear his fellow comics tell it, he was a brutal truth-teller who spared no one, starting with those closest to him. [Read More]

Notoriously chaotic comedian Ross Noble is referring to his sidekick - three-year-old daughter Elfie - whom he credits with improving his shows - and balancing him. Noble is back living in the UK with his Australian wife, after their home was completely destroyed in the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria in 2009. He is reluctant to discuss the topic but says “dealing with it was horrible” and “we didn’t want to be reminded” - hence the move back to Kent, UK. [Read More]