Until today, I associated Huey Lewis' name with two thoughts: 1) He was the musical artist behind some of the most annoying pop hits of the 1980s; and 2) he showed his penis in Robert Altman's 1993 ...

The new NBC sitcom, American Auto, is only tangentially related to the auto industry, which basically serves as a convenient new backdrop for the TV producer who already gave us place-based comedy ...

I don’t care what Christopher Hitchens says — women are funny. In fact, as it turns out, female comedians are more popular than ever (Fey, Poehler, Sedaris and even Anna Faris, the reigning queen of ...

(From left) Andrea Beaty, Erica Pearl, and Rita Williams-Garcia (speaking) Photo: Rebecca Lomax/American Libraries Children’s authors Andrea Beaty, Cece Bell, Betsy Bird, Erica Perl, and Rita Williams ...

American Wedding: Comedy. Starring Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy. Directed by Jesse Dylan. (R. 102 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "American Wedding" finds the ...

Iconic American funny lady Betty White, who died in 2021, will have her own stamp in 2025. The U.S. Postal Service last week announced many of the stamps it will release next year. Others include ...

Whatever faith you practise or don't, Albert Brooks ranks among the contemporary comedy idols. From his early stand-up routines that mocked incompetent ventriloquists and mimes, he is the ultimate ...

Seeing the genuinely funny Ted got Richard Rushfield thinking about the horrible drought in American comedy right now. He names seven culprits, from SNL to Internet dating. This weekend, Seth ...

Pop singer and 'American Idol' alum Jax is surging forward with the release of her new six-song EP, ironically titled Funny By Michele Amabile Angermiller Nothing about American Idol season 14 alum ...

Christian Bale has played boxers, serial killers, superheroes, and most recently, a world-weary Army captain in the dark western “Hostiles.” But the one thing the Oscar-winning actor says he won’t do ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...