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William Earl Scott Aukerman has created an alt-comedy empire with his podcast “Comedy Bang! Bang!” Aukerman started the radio show-turned-podcast in 2009, where a discussion between him and a famous guest is interrupted by unhinged improvisors playing wacky characters. But miles away from a radio station’s “morning zoo,” “CBB” has attracted a wide array of daring comedians who often sharpen their skills and feed into the show’s complex comedic lore on their way to starring in Hollywood’s biggest projects, including frequent guests such as Nick Kroll, Ben Schwartz and “SNL” standout Ego Nwodim. The podcast just celebrated 800 episodes and will hit 14 years of production on May 1, and Aukerman is also releasing “Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book” on April 25.

EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Freyer (Paint), Malik Elassal, Owen Thiele (Dollface), Amita Rao and Jack Innanen (The Dessert) have been cast as the leads of FX‘s ensemble comedy pilot Snowflakes, written by former The Tonight Show scribes Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw and to be directed by Jonathan Krisel (Baskets).

Paramount‘s new animated Smurfs movie announced its cast at CinemaCon today. Joining Rihanna are Nick Offerman, Natasha Lyonne, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Nick Kroll, James Corden,Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Sandra Oh, Alex Winter, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman.

Conan O’Brien’s new international travel series Conan O’Brien Must Go will premiere on Max on Thursday, April 18, the comedian, podcaster and longtime late-night host unveiled today at SXSW. All four episodes will be available to stream.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Conan O’Brien Must Go” is finally going. The long-in-the-works project, announced last year during Warner Bros. Discovery’s upfronts presentation, has been given a premiere date: Thursday, April 18 on Max.

Adopting a baby can often be a long and grueling process. Finding a child up for adoption or an expecting mother who feels she’s a match is not for the faint of heart.

Michael Nordine “I’m a director,” Sam Clifford (Chelsea Peretti) says in front of the mirror after landing her first gig directing a play she’s written. “I’m a director.

Whitney Cinkala Variety’s annual Power of Comedy event will return to SXSW on March 8 at ACL Live, celebrating honorees Samantha Bee, John Leguizamo, Nick Kroll, Lilly Singh, Andrew Rannells, Hannah Einbinder, Pamela Adlon, Jaboukie Young-White, Robbie Praw and Cazzie David. Variety Power of Comedy is part of the official SXSW Comedy lineup. At the event, Bee will receive the Comedy Innovator Award, presented by Brooke Shields, recognizing her accomplishments as a comedian, writer, author and trailblazing late-night TV host and producer.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter FX has ordered a pilot for the half-hour comedy “Snowflakes.” The project boasts an impressive lineup behind the camera. Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw are the writers and executive producers, with Nick Kroll executive producing under his first-look deal with FX Productions. Karey Dornetto will also executive produce along with Alicia Van Couvering, president of Kroll’s Good at Business production banner, and Jonathan Krisel, with Krisel also directing.

FX has ordered its latest comedy pilot.

Netflix is a Joke Festival is returning to Los Angeles for over 300 (!) shows spread out across 35 venues.And yes, one of your favorite comedians will probably be there.Just a few of the mega names on this year’s lineup include Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Bill Burr, David Letterman and controversial crowd work wunderkind Matt Rife.They’ll be joined by household names John Mulaney, Jon Stewart, Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman.Plus, seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady will be on hand for ‘The Greatest Roast of All Time,’ where Jeff Ross and celebrities will poke fun fun at the former NFLer.As of now, over 100 acts have been announced for the sprawling, mega event, the first since 2022.“This is a special time for comedy, both for Netflix and the genre at large,” Robbie Praw, Netflix VP of stand-up and comedy formats, said.“In the ten years that we’ve been doing stand-up we’ve seen the art form reach levels we didn’t think possible. This festival aims to capture this moment by bringing together the world’s best comedians for an unforgettable eleven days.”And if you want to grab tickets for the show of your choosing, you can, as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Dec.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor “Saturday Night Live” alum Aidy Bryant has been tapped to host the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will once again stream live on Film Independent’s YouTube channel and IMDB.com from its signature Santa Monica beach tent location. Last year’s ceremony marked the first time since 1997 that the annual celebration of independent cinema and television wouldn’t air on the IFC network after it did not renew its licensing deal.

Nick Kroll and Lily Kwong are now parents to two children!

After being renewed for its eighth and final season, “Big Mouth” is now the longest-running Netflix original series. But Season 7 of the animated coming-of-age show comes first, with the Bridgeton middle school students enter a new school, which means new friends, foes, and even new hormone monsters.

Megan Thee Stallion has joined the cast of Netflix‘s Big Mouth for its upcoming seventh season.Last night (September 14), Netflix announced the release date for the forthcoming seventh season of the hit puberty-themed animated comedy series, confirming in a new teaser that Megan Thee Stallion will play a version of herself in the show.The teaser trailer kicks off with a set of lips in the sky which open to reveal a Hormone Monster voiced by Megan. Connie the Hormone Monster (voiced by Maya Rudolph) says: “Sweet salami in a pair of stilettos, is that Megan Thee Stallion?” In response, Megan quips “it’s a big motherfucking deal they got me on the show,” before adding: “I ain’t gonna lie, it’s getting real sexy.”The show is then confirmed for an October 20 release.

Big Mouth will return for its seventh season on October 20, Netflix announced this afternoon (September 14). A teaser released along with the news reveals that Megan Thee Stallion will join the show as a “hormone monstress.” The trailer stars Meg alongside Maya Rudolph and Nick Kroll (the show’s creator), also seen in their (animated) hormone creature roles.

Netflix has set October 20 for the premiere of the penultimate seventh season of Emmy-winning animated series Big Mouth. The streamer also unveiled a first-look teaser and announced new Season 7 guest stars Megan Thee Stallion, Lupita Nyong’o, Stephanie Beatriz, Zazie Beetz, Padma Lakshmi, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Billy Porter, Rosie Perez, Brian Tyree Henry, Zach Galifianakis, Randall Park, Chloe Fineman, Beck Bennett, Zach Woods, Mark Duplass, Thandiwe Newton, Paul Scheer, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Jon Daly, and Andy Daly.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is set to receive the biggest fee for an actor ever for his role in an upcoming film.Johnson will appear in Amazon Prime Video‘s festive action comedy Red One alongside Chris Evans, JK Simmons, Lucy Liu, Nick Kroll and more.According to reports in Puck, The Rock will receive a staggering $50million for his role in the film, surpassing the $40m received by Robert Downey Jr. in Captain America: Civil War and Will Smith in King Richard to become the highest fee for a single actor in a film of all time.The plot for Red One is being kept under wraps, but Johnson will star as Commander Callum Drift and it will be directed by Jake Kasdan.Discussing filming the project with Johnson last year, Evans told comicbook.com: I’ve been in this industry for too long, but I’ve never seen a Christmas movie come across my lap,’ he told the outlet in April. ‘It’s never been on my radar.

Seth Rogen is teasing the Sausage Party sequel series and talking about an “unbelievably shocking” scene that even caught co-star Kristen Wiig off guard.

At the start of the writers strike, The Animation Guild, an entirely separate union to the WGA, came out in support of the labor action, pledging to “stand in solidarity” with WGA members.

Human Resources,” the show that follows Netflix’s equally raunchy adult animation series “Big Mouth.” The new season has 10 episodes and is set to premiere on June 9. “Human Resources” follows the creatures that help people through the awkward journey of puberty and the hard life of parenthood. Even as they assist their human clients, the hormone monsters, depression kitties, shame wizards and other creatures lead hilarious lives of their own, both in and out of the office.

Noah Hawley’s FX series Alien has found one of its leads in Sydney Chandler, the network has confirmed.

Netflix has set June 9 for the Season 2 premiere of Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources. An impressive list of guest stars will join the show for its upcoming final season including Florence Pugh, Miley Cyrus, Eugene Levy, Sam Richardson, Niecy Nash-Betts, Jason Mantzoukas, and Isabella Rossellini.

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his divorce and the birth of his son with Olivia Munn — as well as the pandemic.He burst into song about the weird years, singing, “We all went to rehab, and we all got divorced, and now our reputation is different. No one knows what to think.

“Big Mouth” has been renewed by Netflix for an eighth and final season, giving it the most installments in Netflix history outside of kids and family programming.Season 7 of the adult animated series arrives in 2023, and the newly greenlit eighth season will arrive in 2024.“If you would have told adolescent Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg that middle school would take 8 years to finish,” said series star and executive producer Nick Kroll. “They would have been like ‘yeah, that sounds about right.

Selome Hailu Puberty can only last so long. “Big Mouth” has been renewed for Season 8 at Netflix, which will be the animated comedy’s final installation. Additionally, “Big Mouth” spinoff “Human Resources” will end with its previously greenlit second season. This makes “Big Mouth” Netflix’s longest running original series, excluding kids and family programming. Previously, “Grace and Frankie” and “Orange Is the New Black” shared that title with seven seasons each. Inspired by the childhoods of Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg, “Big Mouth” follows a group of friends and their hormone monsters as they navigate adolescence, human sexuality and coming of age. Kroll starred alongside John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas and Ayo Edebiri (whose role was originally played by Jenny Slate). Season 6 debuted in 2022, while Season 7 will come in 2023 and 2024.

As obnoxious as the phrase “cancel culture” might be, it’s not unreasonable to assume that some skits might not have passed the smell test when Hulu’s History of the World Part II was in development.

Tyler, the Creator has shared a second new track in a week – watch his self-directed video for ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ below.The song follows the release of ‘Dogtooth’, with both tracks featuring on the forthcoming deluxe edition of the Odd Future rapper’s sixth and most recent studio album ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, due out tomorrow (March 31).Announcing the new collection on Twitter earlier this week, Tyler explained that he had “a lot of songs” left over from the LP. “Some of those songs I really love, and knew they would never see the light of day, so I’ve decided to put a few of them out,” he added.Watch his self-directed video for ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ below.In a four-star review of ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, which took home the Best Rap Album award at the 2022 Grammys, NME wrote: “The record stands as an all-encompassing culmination of Tyler’s ever-varying sound, showing that growth isn’t always linear and that artists can be a multitude of things.“On ‘Call Me…’, Tyler cements his place as a generational talent, one in fine form and continuing to push the boundaries of his vision and kaleidoscopic sound.”Away from music, Tyler voices Jesus Christ in the new sixth season of Big Mouth, which landed on Netflix last October.Tyler was announced as a guest for the series ahead of its release, but the holy nature of his character was only revealed in a TikTok post by Nick Kroll ahead of the series premiere.In it, Tyler as Jesus speaks to a man who was worried about dancing with a girl without also leaving room for Christ.

Selome Hailu Good Trip Studios has entered production on a sequel to the 2020 documentary “Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics.” A distribution deal has yet to be finalized, though the first film — directed by Donick Cary and hosted by Adam Scott and Nick Offerman — streamed on Netflix. Like the first film, “Have a Good Trip 2: Adventures in Psychedelics” explores the current state of psychedelic drugs in society as well as their scientific potential to treat mental health issues including PTSD, depression and addiction. Comedians and celebrities are featured in re-tellings and re-enactments of true experiences with psychedelics, while leading experts share facts and harm reduction methods.