Patton Oswalt News

The awards honored six musicals from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and the West End with nominations for Best Musical Theatre Album - 'Jagged Little Pill,' 'American Utopia,' 'Little Shop of Horrors,' 'The Prince of Egypt,' 'Soft Power,' and Amélie.'

After six days and 73 feature films, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place tonight, hosted by actor and comedian Patton Oswalt, with jurors presenting 24 prizes for feature filmmaking and seven for Short Films.

SF Sketchfest will present Festpocalypse, an all-star virtual variety show featuring over 100 of the biggest names in comedy, film, and television livestreaming on Saturday, January 30. Festpocalypse features all new performances and appearances from The Kids in the Hall, Bob Odenkirk & David Cross, SNL alums Cheri Oteri, Fred Armisen, and more.

 The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the series nominees for the 26th annual Critics Choice Awards.  The winners will be revealed LIVE on The CW on Sunday, March 7, 2021 from 7-10pm ET/PT, with acclaimed film, television, and stage star Taye Diggs returning to host for his third consecutive time.

Critically-acclaimed Peacock Original comedy A.P. BIO has been renewed for a fourth season. The 8-episode season will be coming to Peacock in 2021.

RushTix just announced their new interactive, virtual comedy show, “Riffing For The Georgia Runoffs.” Hosted by The Comedy Resistance, the fundraiser will feature top comedians Sarah Silverman, Dulcé Sloan, Sarah Cooper, Patton Oswalt and more names to be announced.

Patton Oswalt breaks down what measures he would take to give Americans the presidential debate they deserve, shares his thoughts on Joe Biden and Donald Trump's music tastes and talks about starting comedy the same week as Dave Chappelle.

The cast of Dazed and Confused will reunite for a virtual script reading of the film on October 11

Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean will reunite the fictional band Spinal Tap for an upcoming Democratic Party fundraiser.

HBO has given a series order for a weekly late-night show from Emmy® nominated comedian and writer Sam Jay (“Saturday Night Live”).