Flappers, Charlie Chaplin, art deco, and the Charleston were among the iconic trends that defined the 1920s. Besides Chaplin and Buster Keaton, there was another actor who was doing comedy scenes with facial and physical expressions rather than verbal jokes as we are used to watching today. That other iconic actor was Harold Lloyd, the […]
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To begin with, to be in love is always nice, and with a comedian you smile a lot more. Having said that, it is important, however, to express the agonies too. First things first, no matter how funny they are, comedians do have their share of bad jokes, and you’ve gotta be the joke-tester. It […]
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Drew Lynch came on America’s Got Talent this year and wowed the judges, especially Howie Mendel. Lynch’s stutter was the result of a sports injury, and he found stand-up comedy as a way to cope with his frustrations. One of the most powerful moments for me was when Lynch was talking to the camera before the show, […]
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America’s best friend Anna Kendrick takes on Harrison Ford’s iconic role for Red Nose Day, which starts today at 8/7c on NBC. Red Nose Day is NBC’s charity telethon, and this sketch — a take on the famous scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — has been released to get us all pumped for the […]
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Chris Pine and Billy Magnussen do a fantastic job singing “Agony” from Into the Woods, which shows Disney princes in a different way than we’ve ever seen them before. (Although the style is reminiscent of the prince from Enchanted.) Chris Pine’s character is currently pursuing Cinderella while Billy Magnussen’s character wishes he could be with Rapunzel. Watch these […]
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Throughout the history of comedy, the world has seen some extremely talented performers. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Abbott and Costello, and the Marx Brothers are just a few of the many who have succeeded at making the world laugh. But prior to the debut of these performers, there was one duo that set the […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqozmwlE00 Selfie is an update on the classic story My Fair Lady, following Eliza Dooley (Eliza Doolittle), a woman obsessed with social media fame in the form of Instagram ‘likes’ and ‘followers,’ who realizes that her online friends don’t translate into real ones. She enlists the help of Henry Higenbottam (Henry Higgins) to help her transform […]
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Whenever I find myself struggling to tell a story, I turn to The Princess Bride, a 1987 romantic comedy, fantasy, adventure film based on a 1973 book of the same name. The lines are brilliant, the romance is legendary, the sets are terrible, and, most importantly, it contains the most comprehensive list of storytelling characteristics you’re […]
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