The Television Academy tonight presented the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday night honoring outstanding artistic and technical achievement in television at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The Saturday ceremony, which kicked-off the 70th Emmys, awarded many talented artists and craftspeople in the categories of animation, scripted programming including comedy, drama and limited series. The Sunday ceremony honored performers, artists and craftspeople for excellence in variety, nonfiction or reality programming, reality competition programming, music, choreography, as well as documentary or nonfiction specials, informational series or specials.
The 22nd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival (www.urbanworld.org), presented by AT&T's The Humanity of Connection along with founding partner HBO, presented its 2018 festival slate today. The slate of 69 official selections and 7 spotlight selections represent inclusion beyond ethnicity. The annual showcase of diverse culture and sensibility will be experienced in Manhattan September 19-23, 2018 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.
Sam Morril teams up with Amy Schumer to deliver joke after joke in his first one-hour stand-up special. Amy Schumer Presents Sam Morril: Positive Influence makes its world premiere with limited commercial interruption on Friday, September 14 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central and an encore will air on Sunday, September 16 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. Working alongside Comedy Central to curate talent, Schumer further proves that good things come in threes with Positive Influence being the third of its kind following Amy Schumer Presents Mark Normand: Don't Be Yourself and Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple which premiered on Comedy Central on May 12, 2017 and April 23, 2016, respectively.
Shawn Pelofsky's new comedy special Stretch It Outwill be released by Comedy Dynamics on August 21, 2018 premiering on Amazon, DIRECTV, XBox, DISH, iTunes, Charter, Google Play and many other platforms. The album will be released on August 24, 2018 on all digital and physical audio retailers.
Due to demand, comedian Kevin Hart has announced a SECOND show at Honolulu's Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. The Irresponsible Tour has been selling out arenas worldwide, don't miss your chance to see it while you still can!
Liz Stewart's new comedy special I'm Crowning will be released by Comedy Dynamics on September 18, 2018 premiering on Amazon, Comcast, iTunes, Xbox, Steam, Vimeo, Google Play and many other platforms. The album will be released on September 21, 2018 on all digital and physical audio retailers.
Comedy Dynamics announced today it will release the Spanish-language comedy album, En Vivo Y En La Hierba, from Argentina's Ezequiel Campa, on August 31, 2018.
Shawn Pelofsky's new comedy special Stretch It Outwill be released by Comedy Dynamics on August 21, 2018 premiering on Amazon, DIRECTV, XBox, DISH, iTunes, Charter, Google Play and many other platforms. The album will be released on August 24, 2018 on all digital and physical audio retailers.
Female-driven projects are the big winners at the 2018 Just For Laughs ComedyPRO pitch competitions, which took place this past week during the key industry / media / performer dates of the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada.
800 Pound Gorilla Records announces the August 3 release of Unconditional, the first album in nearly 10 years from Rescue Me, The Job, Nurse Jackie, and Top Gear veteran Adam Ferrara.
Comedy Dynamics announced today it will release the Spanish-language comedy album, Una Superestrella de la Comedia, from Madrid's Luis Álvaro, on August 17, 2018.
Wild 'N Out Live is a must-attend event for fans of the MTV's the hit series. Nick Cannon and the fan favorites, leaves the screen to heads to the streets of St. Louis to perform live at Enterprise Center on Friday, November 2nd. The side-splitting ensemble known for their high energy performances includes Rip Micheals, Hitman Holla, Conceited, Justina Valentine, Iamzoie, Charlie Clips, Emmanuel Hudson, DC Young Fly, Chico Bean and DJ D-Wrek, with more surprise casting to be announced.
Gordon Baker-Bone's new comedy album Nobody? Just Me? will be released by Comedy Dynamics on August 3, 2018 available to buy or rent on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and many other platforms.
800 Pound Gorilla Records announces today's release of Ticking Boxes, the highly-anticipated album from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah's British Correspondent Gina Yashere.
800 Pound Gorilla Records celebrates the continued success of 5:5:1 - A Comedy Experience, the June 8 debut album from The Brilliant Idiots podcast co-host Andrew Schulz.
Just For Laughs ComedyPRO sets the bar high for all things funny when the who's who of the comedy industry meets in Montreal, Canada for four days of industry panels, keynotes, concept showcases and networking events.
The second and final wave of TEEN CHOICE TM 2018 nominees have been announced and music artists Cardi B and Selena Gomez lead with four nominations each. In film, "The Greatest Showman," "Black Panther" and "Solo: A Star Wars Story" each received four nods. "Riverdale" leads in television with seven nominations, while "Stranger Things" follows with five and "The Bold Type" with four.
Eric Dittelman is best known as a semi-finalist and judges' favorite from season 7 of NBC's 'America's Got Talent,' where Howard Stern called him an 'Exceptional talent, one of my favorite acts!' and on Wednesday June 20th, New York audiences can experience his award-winning show live in MAGIC HOUR at The Triad Theater.
