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Pretty soon, some conservative content creator is going to go viral with his hilarious story involving a diner jukebox and Tom Jones.

The last nine years of American culture’s slide to the right have proven that conservatives simply aren’t funny. When the political majority’s headlining comedians are Rob Schneider, a not-nearly-lucid Roseanne Barr and a professional open-mic host who once bombed so hard he nearly lost President Donald Trump the 2024 election, we know that American comedy culture is in a rough state, and the deluge of “comedic” culture warrior content on platforms that the Right previously wanted to ban has only exacerbated the GOP’s humor problem.

So when popular conservative TikToker, author and alleged drunk driver Joseph “The Older Millennial” Redden decided to make a “humorous” post on the controversial Chinese spyware app about political correctness and the sarcastic online movement to use the word “clanker...

John Mulaney never really came across as the most truthful of comedians. After all, his closing bit in the breakthrough special New in Town was all about how he falsified medical symptoms in order to get prescription drugs, which plays a lot differently now. He also told a story about how he once told a classmate that he wasn’t at a party that got out of hand, when, in fact, he was, you know, like a liar.

But we all trusted Mulaney when it came to stories about his time at Saturday Night Live. Specifically, in his special Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, Mulaney recounted how his favorite instance of an SNL host introducing a musical guest was when “the great Sir Patrick Stewart” threw it to popular hip-hop group “Salt… N-pepa!”

“Like he was surprised by Pepa,” Mulaney explained. “Like minutes before they had been like, ‘Sir Patrick...

One methodical comedy nerd believes that there is a quantifiable reason why John Mulaney is so funny that the process of computational analysis can decode. Presumably, Mulaney would respect this new field of “comedic computer science” more than paleontology.

There is a strong argument to be made that the first generation raised on computers both personal and mobile considers Mulaney to be the most influential comedian of their time. Across the country, millions of younger Millennials who lived the advent of social media and the explosion of easily accessible computational tools while they were entering adolescence can still recite multiple-minute chunks of New in Town by heart, possibly during their lunch break at a mid-level web development job. Mulaney is a massive star to the first internet generation, including to political scientist and pop-culture critic Vlad Surdea-Hernea, who recently performed large-scale computational analysis to identify the “precise architecture” of Mulaney...

Thirteen years ago, the Tumblr generation decided that John Mulaney was the funniest and most adorable man in the world whom nobody believed would have genitals. Today, his reputation is diiiifferent.

In tonight’s episode of Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney, the stand-up superstar, bizarro late-night host and popular tabloid topic closed out the first season of his experiment in strangeness with an evening focused entirely on teens’ issues. Hosting one of his writers’ 16-year-old babysitter on his couch panel and an entire student section in the live studio audience, Mulaney used the final episode of Everybody’s Live for the foreseeable future to reach out to a younger audience, just as he unintentionally did when New in Town became every artsy high schooler’s favorite comedy special back in 2012.

While addressing the dozens of underaged audience members during his opening monologue, Mulaney gave himself a moniker that was all-too-fitting,...

It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that John Mulaney is one of the funniest comedians working today. His material possesses a sharp wit that's only matched by his theatrical showmanship. Mulaney knows how to play to a crowd and, even better, subvert their expectations when it comes to delivering a great punchline. Some of his best jokes often involve him going on about a subject only he really cares about, and ultimately winning folks over to his side. It's even funnier when the joke is mostly to make himself laugh. As of late, the Emmy-award winning comedian is doing incredible work for Netflix with "Everybody's Live With John Mulaney."

It's one of the best late night talks shows on television simply because it's the only place where you can see Bonnie Aarons garbed in her full "Mulholland Drive" makeup simply for a throwaway gag.

Mulaney occupied the 2010s...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in May. The Starz May 2025 schedule includes the season four finale of Power Book III: Raising Kanan, plus movies such as Flight Risk, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, and the American Pie franchise.

A blockbuster-worthy lineup of fan-favorite films will also be available. Highlights include the high-octane thriller Deja Vu, starring Denzel Washington; the suspenseful drama The Call, starring Halle Berry and Morris Chestnut; the empowering revenge drama Enough, starring Jennifer Lopez; and the epic adventure flick King Kong, starring Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, and Jack Black.

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Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4

In season three of “Raising Kanan,” Kanan Stark finally stopped living in the shadow of his mother and assumed control of his life, taking matters into his own hands by orchestrating the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard.

In the world of Hollywood, where relationships come and go in the blink of an eye, actress Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have become one of the most talked-about couples in the industry. While the duo is in a loving relationship, their career paths couldn’t be more different, and maybe that’s what makes it so interesting. Munn is known for her acting chops and has a slew of well-acclaimed movies to her name.

On the other hand, Mulaney is a popular comedian with a very sharp sense of humor and a solid career built on stand-up shows. So, evidently, when these two got together, many fans were left surprised. Their relationship came out of nowhere, but over time, it became clear that they indeed had a very strong bond.

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Initially, they kept most of their personal lives private, but now the actress can...

All titles below begin streaming for free on February 1 unless otherwise noted.

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Earthquake Underground (2/29)

When a massive earthquake submerges several subway cars underground, a group of misfit passengers band together to get to the surface or die trying.

Vice News Presents: Mass Shooting America (2/7)

An unflinching look at the true scope and scale of gun violence in America, as told by those who’ve experienced it first-hand.

Love You To Death: Mommy’S Missing (2/14)

The case of a missing mother reveals twisted family secrets that leave a trail of flames, arrests, and deaths in their wake.

TMZ No Bs: Miley Cyrus (2/24)

Harvey Levin and his team of TMZ experts discuss Miley Cyrus’ meteoric rise to fame and debate her biggest scandals and successes.

Love You To Death: For Love Or Money (2/28)

The shooting of a beloved Cleveland firefighter leads detectives to uncover a shocking plot for money gone very wrong.

John Mulaney and his wife Olivia Munn just revealed the birth of their second child, a totally normal announcement that internet lunatics have no reason to take personally.

When it comes to the online discourse surrounding comedians’ personal lives, the undisputed king of unintentionally provoking parasocial outrage is Mulaney, the internet’s ex-boyfriend and public enemy number one among many members of the Tumblr generation. When Mulaney broke out into mainstream mega-success with his smash hit 2012 stand-up special New in Town, hordes of terminally online Millennial women took Mulaney’s boyish charm, his dapper performance attire and his puckish stage persona as an invitation to form an unhealthy romantic attachment to the long-time Saturday Night Live writer and crafter of incredible bits such as the “What’s New Pussycat?” diner debacle.

After nearly a decade of Mulaney fans talking about the stand-up as if he’s some creepy combination of a...

Zellweger's rom-com legacy goes beyond Bridget Jones, with iconic roles in movies like Jerry Maguire. From New In Town to Miss Potter, Zellweger shines playing relatable characters in varying classics. Zellweger's knack for comedic timing and portraying real characters makes her performances appealing and aspirational.

Rene Zellweger made her mark on romance movies with her iconic role in Bridget Jones's Diary, but that doesn't mean her other classic projects should be overlooked. Throughout her career, Zellweger has established herself as a romantic lead to great acclaim, which has lent itself to all her performances. Zellweger might have started in the romance genre, but she's contributed greatly to movies of all genres. She was in one of the best movie musicals of the 21st century in Chicago and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy in 2019.

A large part of what distinguishes Zellweger and her...

Langston Kerman convinced his mother-in-law to put him in charge of her dating apps — bad news for her prospective suitors but good news for comedy. Kerman leads off his new Netflix special, Bad Poetry, by not only explaining how he’s seducing men on an elderly woman’s behalf but by playing their lovelorn audio messages as well.

An invasion of privacy? Elder abuse? Sure, that’s why it’s fun. And it’s what makes Kerman so interesting as a stand-up — he’s believable as the guy to whom you’d entrust your romantic future. Yet he’s enough of an impish a-hole that you’re not surprised when he publicly embarrasses the dopes with their clumsy messages of love.

In that way, he’s not unlike John Mulaney, a comic who intuitively seems like a good dude even while he insists he’s a borderline criminal. Mulaney is...

On his 66th birthday, Thurston Moore has shared a new single titled “New in Town” from his upcoming album, Flow Critical Lucidity. Stream it below.

Penned by Radieux Radio, the experimental “New in Town” was influenced by 1980s punk and hardcore bands like Minor Threat, Fugazi, Bad Brains, and Red C. Built around off-kilter percussion and Moore’s detached delivery, the track’s theme is “fresh blood,” as the artist explained in a statement.

Moore added, “The song is about… the new kid in school. The new kid on the scene. A new potential for change in an already active community hoping to protect the world from the poisons of power-hungry creeps. The spirit of youth demonstrated in the early ’80s slam pits of hardcore refusing the worn-out expectations of adulthood.”

Flow Critical Lucidity also features the previous singles “Sans Limites,” “Hypnogram,” and “Rewilding.” It’s out on September 20th,...

Harry Connick, Jr. is heading to the Mediterranean Sea. In the new romantic comedy Find Me Falling, the singer and actor plays a role that may initially seem like familiar territory for the singer and actor: a rock star. But that’s where the similarities between Connick and his character, John Allman, end. “He’s playing against type as a brooding, tattooed, lonely rock star,” writer/director Stelana Kliris tells Tudum. “We couldn’t have asked for a better fit, and on top of that, he wrote two fantastic songs for the film.”

“I just absolutely loved it,” Connick tells Tudum about his initial reaction to the script. “I thought it was heartfelt and romantic and smart and tragic and all of those things, and it just looked like an experience I wanted to be a part of.”

Read on for more information about Find Me...

Thurston Moore has announced a new album titled Flow Critical Lucidity, which will arrive on September 20th via The Daydream Library Series. Today, along with the announcement, Moore released the single “Sans Limites,” featuring Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier.

Flow Critical Lucidity will be Moore’s ninth studio album, and will feature the previously-released singles “Isadora,” “Hypnogram,” and “Rewilding.” The lyrics include references “inspired by nature, lucid dreaming, modern dance, and Isadora Duncan,” according to a press release.

Upon arrival on September 20th, Flow Critical Lucidity will be available on streaming, as well as on vinyl, CD, and cassette formats. Physical editions will include bonus songs. Pre-orders are ongoing.

The new single, “Sans Limites,” is out today, and features backing vocals by Sadier. Speaking about the song in a statement, Moore said, “‘Sans Limites’ begins with a cyclic guitar and piano figure which expands further and further with each revolution before...

Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 96th Academy Awards (Oscars), where some of the most successful films of the previous year were honored. He was quick to break into his bag of prepared one-liners, even though he acknowledged the show was running five minutes behind schedule. He proceeded to roast several of the night’s most prominent guests, such as Christopher Nolan, Bradley Cooper, and Robert Downey Jr.

After the drama and controversy of Kimmel’s time hosting this year’s Oscars, fans are seeking a new face to take on the prestigious role next year. And it appears that the ideal candidate is none other than the hilarious and beloved John Mulaney. Why? His Oscar presentation for Best Sound was arguably the most unexpected moment; his performance was well-received by fans.

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John Mulaney Hilariously Broke Down The Whole Field of Dreams Story

Known for his sharp wit,...

Prime Video’s big February drop is Mr. & Mrs. Smith! No, not the 2005 Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie action movie, but a new TV series kinda based on it starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. The set up for the show version? Glover and Erskine are two strangers who both get jobs at a shady spy agency and are asked to get married so that they can pretend to be a couple undercover, but things get more complicated when they start falling in love for real. Uh oh!

If you’re in the mood for a movie or two this month, you can also check out the Prime debuts of Strays, Bottoms, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. In the meantime, here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video and Freevee this month. Amazon Originals are accompanied by an asterisk!

New on Amazon Prime Video – February 2024

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Get ready to watch more Freevee this February! Most of the free streamer's new additions will come all at once on the first of the month, including the three-time Oscar nominee "A Soldier’s Story" directed by the recently departed Norman Jewison, the franchise-launching "How to Train Your Dragon," and more classics of the past four decades.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for Freevee’s February additions, and continue below to see the full list!

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Early-career Denzel Washington appears in a supporting role in this Oscar-nominated adaptation of Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “A Soldier’s Play.” But it’s Howard E. Rollings Jr. who leads the cast here as Captain Richard Davenport, a Black Army investigator who travels to a remote military base to look into...

Can you believe that it’s almost November?! 2023 has flown by, and unfortunately, Netflix has just released their list of movie and television shows that will be leaving the streaming service throughout the month.

We’ve gathered the list here for you to see. Make sure to mark your calendars for any shows you might want to binge or films you might want to see one more time.

Keep reading to see the entire list of movies and TV series that are leaving Netflix throughout the month of November…

Leaving Netflix in November 2023:

Leaving 11/3/23

The Amazing Race: Season 5

The Amazing Race: Season 7

Leaving 11/6/23

Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian

Leaving 11/10/23

Laguna Beach: Seasons 1-2

Leaving 11/15/23

Accepted

Jeff Dunham: All Over the Map

Loving

Leaving 11/22/23

Hard Kill

Love Island USA: Season 1

Leaving 11/29/23

Disappearance at Clifton Hill

Leaving 11/30/23

About Last Night

Arrival

Basketball Wives: Seasons 1-2

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I just love talking to Siobhan Fallon Hogan. I just love her period! The last time I spoke with her was 14 years ago for “New in Town” with Renee Zelwegger. Since then, the character actress has proven to be an astute scriptwriter with 2021’s “Rushed” and the upcoming “Shelter in Solitude.” I spent some

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Freeform takes a bold step into adult animation with its new original series Praise Petey, created by former Saturday Night Live head writer Anna Drezen. The show follows wide-eyed girl-boss Petey St. Barts as she inherits the leadership of her late father's cult somewhere in the American South, ready to move the cult away from its more murderous and morally questionable traditions. Despite Petey's best efforts, her inexperience after living in the big city and some of the more practical elements of this strange society complicate her attempts to reform the cult.

In an exclusive interview with Cbr, Praise Petey creator Anna Drezen shared the origins of the animated series, named several influences that helped inform the show's development, and teased what fans can expect as Season 1 raises the stakes moving into its second half.

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If you're looking for a whole lot of laughs, find out where you can watch all of the John Mulaney specials. The former Saturday Night Live writer stepped into the spotlight with his first televised comedy show in 2009 and evolved into one of the industry's most recognizable voices. In 2018, Mulaney made his feature film debut by voicing Peter Porker/Spider-Ham in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a role that elevated his status within pop culture. However, Mulaney is perhaps best known for voicing the anxious teenager Andrew Glouberman in Big Mouth, a Netflix show that co-stars his frequent collaborator Nick Kroll.

Mulaney also hosted Saturday Night Live five times between 2018 and 2022 and made headlines in 2021 upon being romantically linked to actress Olivia Munn. On the surface, Mulaney appears to be a family-friendly comedian, but his acts often include provocative jokes. He makes sharp observations about the entertainment industry and endears himself...

When it comes to the best romance movies on Netflix, there is such a great mix of originals as well as some of the best romances in movie history. These movies also traverse the spectrum from romantic comedies to both romances with happy and sad endings, bringing smiles, tears, or in some cases, both. When it comes to streaming services like Netflix, it is also hard to tell when movies will drop off the service, and at times it is hard to scroll through and find the best movies in any specific genre. The good news is, for romances, there are plenty to choose from.

The best romance movies on Netflix include now-classic love stories with stars like Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Robert Redford, alongside newer movies starring up-and-comers. These include teenage coming-of-age stories, tales of older men and women looking for love, and quite a few comedies with a strong romantic subplot.

John Mulaney’s long-awaited new standup special will premiere on Netflix April 25. Titled “John Mulaney: Baby J,” it marks Mulaney’s first standup special since 2018’s “Kid Gorgeous,” which also premiered on Netflix.

“Baby J” was directed by Alex Timbers and features music from David Byrne. The special was recorded at Boston’s Symphony Hall in February 2023, after returning to standup in 2021 and touring with a set called “From Scratch.”

That tour found Mulaney tackling his own issues of addiction and relapse and recounting an intervention staged by friends, including Seth Meyers, that led him to enter rehab. Mulaney discussed the incident on a candid and emotional episode of “Late Night With Seth Meyers” in September 2021.

“Baby J” is the latest in a line of specials from Mulaney that also includes 2012’s “New in Town” and 2015’s “The Comeback Kid.” Mulaney also created and starred in the Netflix kids special...

John Mulaney’s newest standup special, titled “John Mulaney: Baby J,” will premiere April 25 on Netflix.

It marks Mulaney’s third Netflix standup special following 2015’s “The Comeback Kid” and 2018’s “Kid Gorgeous.” One of his earlier comedy hours, 2012’s “New in Town,” is also available on Netflix. He also worked with the streamer on the Emmy-nominated children’s variety special “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch” in 2019.

Alex Timbers directed “Baby J,” which features music from David Byrne of Talking Heads. It was filmed in Boston’s Symphony Hall in February 2023.

Mulaney began touring with the show titled “John Mulaney: From Scratch” in the middle of 2021 after his widely publicized rehab stay. Much of the material for that special focused on his drug relapse and subsequent intervention, which was held by Seth Meyers, Nick Kroll and other fellow comedians and “Saturday Night Live” alumni. Mulaney, who divorced from...

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John Mulaney has added 15 new dates to his ongoing standup tour, which will see the former “SNL” writer perform in dozens of U.S cities through the summer.

Presale tickets for the new shows went live this week, starting at 51 apiece. And considering how fast tickets have been selling out, you’ll want to snag them fast before the general sale goes live on Friday. The added dates include shows in Los Angeles, Toledo, Montreal and Kalamazoo through Sept. 25.

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The Emmy-winning comedian, best known for his 2018 stand-up special “Kid Gorgeous,” is debuting new material in the show titled “John Mulaney: From Scratch.” The tour began as a limited run in New York and Boston last summer, in...

It’s last call for a number of great movies leaving HBO and HBO Max in March. Fortunately, the month is also packed with new movies and shows, but if you were planning to revisit any of the films below, now’s your chance.

The good news is you won’t have to squeeze in any binge-watching – there are no series leaving HBO Max this month, just films. Expiring titles of note include Sam Raimi’s definitive horror films “The Evil Dead” and “Evil Dead 2,” Wes Anderson’s charming coming-of-age romance “Moonrise Kingdom,” the Charlize Theron-led dramedy “Tully,” Judd Apatow’s “The King of Staten Island” starring Pete Davidson, and the musical drama “Dreamgirls,” starring Jennifer Hudson in the role that earned her the Oscar.

There are also several comedy favorites expiring in March, including both “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” and “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey,...

Comedy Central has inked a deal with Comedy Dynamics to license and distribute hundreds of iconic albums from the network’s library including Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Bo Burnham.

The agreement is through Comedy Central Records, a NY label owned by parent ViacomCBS that specializes in stand-up comedy albums. It’s put out over 200 of them, nominated for 14 Grammy Awards.

Fifteen-year-old Comedy Dynamics Records has produced and distributed hundreds of comedy albums including classics from Iliza Shlesinger, Ali Wong, Tom Segura, Tiffany Haddish and Larry The Cable Guy. Twenty of its releases have been Grammy-nominated (with four wins), including all five in the Comedy Album category for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019.

“This exciting partnership with Comedy Dynamics will enable Comedy Central to unleash the rich and expansive content in our vast library of comedy’s greats to reach our global fans wherever and whenever they are looking for a laugh,...

Back when WarnerMedia (which technically no longer exists in the same form) announced that it would be premiering its entire slate of 2021 films on HBO Max, this is the kind of month they likely had in mind. For HBO Max’s list of new releases in August 2021 is highlighted by an honest-to-goodness blockbuster.

The Suicide Squad is set to premiere Aug. 5 on HBO Max. This film featuring some of DC Comics’ most curious villains borrows its name, format, and many of its characters from the David Ayers-directed 2016 film Suicide Squad. This time around, the rogues gallery is directing by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and his colorful disposition. In addition to The Suicide Squad, August sees the arrival of the Hugh Jackman-starring Reminiscence on Aug. 20.

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HBO Max will arguably debut its biggest Warner Bros. release yet on August 5, when James Gunn’s take on “The Suicide Squad” makes its day-and-date premiere on the streaming platform (the comic book blockbuster is also coming out in theaters nationwide).

But beyond “The Suicide Squad,” film fans will find a copious amount of features on HBO Max in August 2021, including a new Hugh Jackman movie, plus classic ‘90s favorites like “Basic Instinct,” “The Birdcage,” “The Fugitive,” “Deep Cover,” “Malcolm X,” and “The Shawshank Redemption.”

Ahead, every new movie and series coming to HBO Max in August 2021, plus the top titles leaving the service before September 1.

New on HBO Max in August 2021

August 1

2 Days in the Valley, 1996 (HBO)

9/11: Fifteen Years Later, 2016

A Mighty Wind, 2003 (HBO)

A Walk Among the Tombstones, 2014 (HBO)

The Accidental Spy, 2002 (HBO)

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, 2005 (HBO)

Americano, 2017 (HBO)

Anna to the Infinite Power,...

And just like that – here comes spring. Amazon Prime‘s list of new releases for April 2021 isn’t as cheery as one would expect from the sunny season. But perhaps that’s by design – you should be outside anyway!

Amazon’s most prominent original series for April 2021 is undoubtedly Them from multi-hyphenate Lena Waithe. This horror anthology’s first season, subtitled “Covenant”, will center on a Black family in the 1950s who move from North Carolina to a white neighborhood in Los Angeles. It premieres on April 9. Given its name and premise, Them is drawing some (largely joke-y) comparisons to Jordan Peele’s Us on social media. But hey, the world could always use some more Us.

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While the first day of spring technically belongs to March, everyone knows that it kicks into high gear in April. To celebrate the changing of the seasons, Hulu is finally bringing back its signature original series for April 2021.

Season 4 of the multiple Emmy award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale premieres on April 28. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen June and her dystopian world. In fact, it’s been so long that our own world decided to endure its own dystopian pandemic in the meantime. Hopefully this series’ return will mean we can keep our political and social collapses on television where they belong.

Aside from The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu isn’t brining much else to the table in terms of originals this month. Thankfully, the one other original that Hulu has in store for April sounds completely righteous. Sasquatch, the latest docuseries from the Duplass brothers producing team, will cover exactly what the title promises.

A new year means a new start. But in its list of new year releases for January 2021, Hulu is sending a message of…eh, we’ll get the year started in February. Not to be overly rude to the usually sturdy streaming service, but there’s not much going on for Hulu in 2021’s first month.

Perhaps the biggest release of note is something that already enjoyed a successful release for ITV in the U.K. The Sister is the lates thriller from Neil Cross (Luther) and it makes its U.S. debut on Hulu on Jan. 22. 2020 comedies Save Yourselves and Like a Boss both arrive on Jan. 1. Hulu original film The Ultimate Playlist of Noise premieres on Jan. 15 and TV series Everyone is Doing Great arrives on Jan. 13.

Thankfully Hulu’s library titles are a bit livelier this month. Jan. 1 sees the arrival of Blade Runner: The Final Cut,...

Hulu is kicking off the new year in style next month, with January set to deliver a ton of fresh titles to the Disney-owned streaming service. There’s a bunch of original content landing throughout the first few weeks of 2021, but probably the highlight is the incredible number of classic movies that are going up on the site on New Year’s Day. Whether you’re in the mood for iconic comedies, dramas, animated efforts or sci-fi flicks, there’s something for you on the way.

There are well over 100 films being added to Hulu’s library on January 1st, so let’s just pick out a few notable titles. The full Austin Powers trilogy is among them, and if you can’t get enough of Mike Myers, the first Shrek likewise becomes available. For dramas, there’s Robert Downey Jr. biopic Chaplin, Johnny Depp vehicle Donnie Brasco and Jim Carrey’s The Truman Show.

Prolific standup comedian John Mulaney last filmed a special for Comedy Central in 2012. Now he’s coming back…and he’s bringing some friends.

Comedy Central announced today that it has reached a deal with Mulaney to produce two more John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch specials for the network, rather than the project’s native Netflix. Mulaney will return as the star and executive producer of both specials. One special will be holiday themed and will reunite the cast of the original.

“I was an intern at Comedy Central when I was barely older than the kids in the Sack Lunch Bunch. I wasn’t a very good intern, so I am psyched they hired me again. We are thrilled to bring these specials to Comedy Central: a place where I have had so many good times,” Mulaney said in a statement.

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Comedy Central Tuesday announced a deal with two-time Emmy winning comedian John Mulaney to headline and executive produce two original Sack Lunch Bunch specials, including an upcoming holiday-themed installment that will reunite the cast from the original show. It marks Mulaney’s return to Comedy Central, where he last did a special in 2012.

John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch, a parody of kid’s shows written by Mulaney and Markia Sawyer, with music by Eli Bolin and directed by Rhys Thomas, premiered late last year on Netflix to strong reviews.

“We couldn’t be more excited about John’s return to Comedy Central and hope this is just the beginning of a long-standing partnership,” said Chris McCarthy, President of ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Brands.

“I was an intern at Comedy Central when I was barely older than the kids in the Sack Lunch Bunch. I wasn’t a very good intern,...

John Mulaney is getting the Sack Lunch Bunch back together — and he’s picked a new meeting place.

The comedian has struck a deal with Comedy Central to headline and exec-produce two new Sack Lunch Bunch specials, one of which will be holiday-themed and will reunite the cast from the original program.

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John Mulaney is bringing the “Sack Lunch Bunch” to Comedy Central.

Variety has confirmed that Mulaney has signed a deal with the cabler to host and executive produce two new “John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch” specials. The first special debuted on Netflix this past December.

“I was an intern at Comedy Central when I was barely older than the kids in the ‘Sack Lunch Bunch.,'” Mulaney said. “I wasn’t a very good intern, so I am psyched they hired me again. We are thrilled to bring these specials to Comedy Central: a place where I have had so many good times.”

The first installment of the “Sack Lunch Bunch” was an hour-long variety special starring Mulaney, over a dozen child actors, and celebrity guests like Jake Gyllenhaal, Natasha Lyonne, and David Byrne. Mulaney co-wrote it with Marika Sawyer with music by composer Eli Bolin. Rhys Thomas directed.

(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Specials: New in Town, The Comeback Kid, and Kid Gorgeous (in that order) Where You Can Stream Them: Netflix The Pitch: John Mulaney is a former writer at Saturday Night Live, […]

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To use an old expression for a modern inconvenience, finding the best new shows on Netflix is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack. With so many options to choose from — and so many more added each month — the act of sorting through the growing pile of offerings can be overwhelming. And no one’s looking to be overwhelmed when they want to watch TV. They just want to relax.

So what can you do? Well, IndieWire is here to help. Whether it’s surfacing upcoming original series you didn’t know about or reminding you about a newly added show that you forgot to add to your list last time, here’s an easy way to sort through each month’s hay delivery. The best new shows of the month will be listed at the very top, ranked in order of importance, while past months’ lists will be archived underneath.

Grammy and Emmy Award winner Harry Connick Jr will be honored with at star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week. The ceremony will take place on the morning of Oct. 24.

“When choosing a star location, we try to incorporate ties to the honoree and this one turned out to be a coincidence as we had heard that one of Harry’s favorite songwriters is Cole Porter, who is Harry’s neighbor star,” revealed Ana Martinez, Producer of the Walk of Fame.

Connick’s latest album entitled “True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter” will be released on Oct. 25, which will be followed by a Broadway show in December named “Harry Connick, Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter.”

Joining the president and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Rana Ghadban in honoring the performer whose career spans three decades will be Academy Award winner and “New In Town...

It wasn’t entirely surprising that Pete Davidson was on last night’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” even after posting disturbing messages suggesting he was suicidal last month, but it was surprising to see him flanked by former “SNL” writer John Mulaney. The two appeared as a duo on “Weekend Update,” where Davidson is a regular, to discuss everything from their shared appreciation of Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule” to the fact that Davidson is doing much better now. According to Vanity Fair, Mulaney joining the segment was no coincidence — he’s struggled with his own substance-abuse issues in the past.

“I didn’t realize you guys hung out together,” Colin Jost said after Mulaney showed up. “Yeah, we do, but a lot of times it looks like I’m Pete’s lawyer,” the comedian replied. “But for real, I’ve been spending time with Pete to try to...

Some standups have God-given charisma that’ll cut a hole through the bottom of the stage. They’ll make you laugh out of sheer force of will, whether by volume or inflection or antics or some mystical combination of all three. They’re the kind of performers that, if you saw their set, written out on paper, it would look more like an observational casual brunch conversation than something people would willingly spend money to go see.

But there are some comics who take the reverse route: They’ve got enough punchlines to fill out a late night packet or a Twitter feed and spend time bulking up the means of delivery. If you watch John Mulaney’s 2009 episode of “Comedy Central Presents,” it’s got most of the material that would eventually find its way onto his first album, “The Top Part.” The Salt and Pepper Diner story has...

After months of touring, John Mulaney is bringing his latest hour of stand-up to one final stop — Netflix.

“Kid Gorgeous at Radio City,” which hits the streaming service May 1, follows one of Mulaney’s seven sold-out shows at the iconic venue and is part of a multi-special deal with Netflix he signed earlier this year. He says the rest of the specials “will be coming out spaced out enough that you won’t get sick of me, but close enough that if you’re a fan [you won’t] worry [that] I’m working on new stuff. I won’t bother anyone too much, but I’ll be around if you need me.”

Mulaney built a career as a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” creating Bill Hader’s famed Stefon character, and has gone on to become one of comedy’s most in-demand stand-ups. After starring in short-lived Fox sitcom “Mulaney,” he went on to create “Oh,...

Netflix has announced John Mulaney’s new comedy special, John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City, a sold out show recorded at Radio City earlier this year.

Mulaney has had a fruitful partnership with Netflix, which is currently streaming two of his comedy specials; New in Town from 2012 and the Emmy-nominated The Comeback Kid in 2015. Netflix has also digitally released his Broadway run of Oh, Hello on Broadway with Nick Kroll, with whom he also works on Netflix’s dirty animated comedy Big Mouth.

Film Independent announced today that it has once again one-upped every other awards show when it comes to securing hosts for the Independent Spirit Awards. After a ceremony last year emceed by rising stars Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani, the 2017 affair will be controlled by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. “From film to television to Broadway, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney have been almost everywhere—and now their world domination will be complete,” Film Independent President Josh Welsh said in a statement. “We couldn’t think of two smarter, funnier people to host our show.” The films nominated include Moonlight, American Honey, and Loving, in which Kroll has a supporting role.

Kroll and Mulaney are obviously known for their litany of individual projects, including but not limited to Kroll Show and New In Town, but together they make up the team behind Oh, Hello, currently on Broadway. No word ...

No one would accuse New Yorkers of being starved for options when it comes to going to the movies. From cultural institutions like Film Society of Lincoln Center, BAMcinématek, Museum of the Moving Image, and Film Forum, to indie theatres IFC Center and Nitehawk, to bar/theatre hybrids Videology and Syndicated, to the many, many multiplexes, you’ll never hurt for options when it comes to finding a great film to see on the big screen on any given weekend. Exciting newcomers like Metrograph proved it is still possible to make an impact with even the most jaded NYC cinephiles, while the fate of upscale theatres like iPic is yet to be seen.

But despite this bounty of riches, things are about to get even more exciting because after five years and a few false starts, the Alamo Drafthouse is finally opening in Downtown Brooklyn. (The official opening date is Friday,...

Texters, beware: The Downtown Brooklyn Alamo Drafthouse officially opens next Friday, October 28. Based in Austin, Texas and beloved by moviegoers, the theater chain is known for its food and alcohol menu, no-phone policy and interactive events. A Yonkers location opened in the summer of 2013, but this new Brooklyn outpost marks the company’s first foray into New York City proper.

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“Diverse programming has been a cornerstone of our brand since its inception and I’m beyond thrilled to finally share films we love in the city of New York,” said Tim League, Alamo Drafthouse’s CEO and founder. “Blending classics, oddities, blockbusters and new discoveries allows us to further our mission of championing cinema with the widest variety of audiences.” One of the theater’s first programming series is “New in Town,” which will feature films like...

Need to catch up? Check out last week’s Westworld recap here.

In theory, it is ridiculous to feel bad for a robot. And yet here we are, only two hours into Westworld‘s freshman run, and I’m ready to make like Harry Potter‘s Hermione Granger and start a Society for the Protection of Host Welfare.

Yes, the animatronic beings of the amusement park at the center of the HBO sci-fi drama are, at their core, merely things. No heartbeats, no souls. But the intricately detailed, glorified toasters don’t know that. So when one wakes up this...

Working on The CW's outbreak drama Containment has definitely turned Chris Wood into a bit of a germaphobe.

"I definitely think of germs often when I touch something, and I think about how hundreds of people touched it," Wood, who played big bad Kai in the sixth season of The Vampire Diaries, tells People. "When I fly, I think I'm more conscious of people sneezing and coughing next to me than I was before."

He adds, "I think I probably should do more Purelling."

Containment, which premieres Tuesday, is about an large area of Atlanta being quarantined after a mysterious and deadly epidemic breaks out.

Netflix streaming has a wealth of great stand up specials for fans of comedy. Lately the service has been even releasing Netflix Original specials from famous comedians. It is almost overwhelming how much hilariously good stand up comedy Netflix has at the moment.

If you haven’t taken the time to watch some of these hour long specials from greats like Aziz Ansari or Mike Birbiglia, here is a list of the 6 best currently available. But don’t worry, more are on the way to the streaming service over the next year.

Mike Birbiglia – My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

Mike Birbiglia has had several a few different specials as well as a film he wrote/directed/starred in titled “Sleepwalk With Me” based on his one man comedy show. But “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” is easily his best and one of the best specials ever.

Birbiglia delves into the events of...