John Hodgman News

Anyone who has ever attended the Solid Sound Festival knows the parallels to Willy Wonka's famed mythical chocolate factory are easy to draw. The Wilco-created three-day festival takes place June 21-23 at the playfully exotic MASS MoCA, a large-scale contemporary art museum in North Adams, MA. Over three days and nights, alongside a full and varied program of live music and comedy, festival-goers can stargaze with a noted astronomer, learn to restore an axe (the Paul Bunyan kind) and learn about birds of prey firsthand. Fittingly, the festival has now teamed with Brooklyn small-batch chocolate makers Mast Brothers to present a limited-run Solid Sound Festival chocolate bar, complete with a golden ticket prize contest. Watch a fun promo video for the contest below!

TBS Just For Laughs Chicago presented by State Farm(R), is kicking off its 5th Anniversary celebration with the first announcement of this year's spectacular lineup, featuring many of comedy's living legends, brightest stars and fastest-rising talent. Taking place Tuesday, June 11 - Sunday, June 16, this sprawling, six-day event will feature some of the funniest people on the planet performing at Chicago's most iconic venues. Tickets for TBS Just For Laughs Chicago are on sale today, April 27, at 10 a.m. (CT).

Continuing the tradition of creating new and exclusive artistic expressions as part of Solid Sound, several Wilco band members will premiere creative endeavors for this year's festival, taking place June 21-23 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA.

TBS Just For Laughs Chicago presented by State Farm(R), is kicking off its 5th Anniversary celebration with the first announcement of this year's spectacular lineup, featuring many of comedy's living legends, brightest stars and fastest-rising talent.

For the first time since 2007, COMEDY CENTRAL Live is holding three free comedy events to mark its seventh consecutive year partnering with the City Parks Foundation. In addition to the highly successful annual SummerStage comedy showcase in Central Park, shows will also be held in Manhattan's East River Park and Brooklyn's Red Hook Park.

Single-day tickets are now available for Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, the three-day celebration of music, art, comedy and more, which takes place June 21-23 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. Three-day festival passes and single day tickets are available at the festival's official website, solidsoundfestival.com.

The Solid Sound 2013 festival lineup is set, and festival organizers will announce confirmed artists and activities in alphabetical order, one letter at time, every 30 minutes beginning today at Noon ET.

Comedian, author, television personality and historian John Hodgman returns to Solid Sound 2013 to present another hand-picked line-up of comedic talent on Saturday, June 22. The Solid Sound Festival, brainchild of the Chicago-based musical innovators Wilco, returns to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) in North Adams on June 21-23. Tickets are on sale now at solidsoundfestival.com.

Check out this TV spot for MOVIE 43, which opens in theaters today, January 25. Check it out below!

Opening in theaters this Friday, Relativity Media has released a new Red Band preview for MOVIE 43. The film features an all-star cast. Get a first look below!

New images from the Relativity Media's new comedy MOVIE 43 have been released. Opening in theaters on January 25, the film features an all-star cast. Check out the new six-degrees of separation featurette below!

A new TV spot has been released for MOVIE 43, which opens in theaters on January 25. Check it out!

'Mazel Tov, Dummies!' - After an encounter with Dennis Duffy (guest star Dean Winters), Liz (Fey) and Criss (Marsden) decide to take drastic measures to start a family. As Liz looks toward the future, Jack (Baldwin) and Jenna (Krakowski) evaluate their own self-worth, and Tracy (Morgan) laments a shocking medical diagnosis. 30 ROCK airs on NBC on Thursday, November 29 at 8:00 pm!

Relativity Media has just released the Green Band trailer for the upcoming film MOVIE 43. Check it out!

Relativity Media has just released the Green Band trailer for the upcoming film MOVIE 43, starring an all-star cast. Check it out below!

Prepare for a motion picture experience that's unforgivable: the comedy epic Movie 43 featuring a star-studded cast. MOVIE 43 is the outrageous new comedy from the twisted mind of Peter Farrelly and starring some of Hollywood's biggest names. Check out the never before seen red-band trailer below!

The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), in association with COMEDY CENTRAL, today announced its 2012 line-up, that will feature some of the industry's biggest stars performing in the city's most prestigious venues, including The Apollo Theater, Carnegie Hall, The Beacon Theatre, Madison Square Garden, and Town Hall, among others, from Wednesday, November 7 - Sunday, November 11.

NPR's "Cabinet of Wonders," a new series for public radio featuring the best of the acclaimed New York variety show which finds leading novelists, musicians and comedians each performing as part of a rare showcase of talent hosted by musician and author John Wesley Harding, is now airing nationally as a six episode radio program

Free outdoor stand-up comedy just got twice as cool. COMEDY CENTRAL Live® is marking its sixth consecutive year partnering with the City Parks Foundation by expanding its successful annual SummerStage comedy showcase in Central Park, adding a second free event in Brooklyn's Red Hook Park.