The Caped Crusader? Nah, more like the Caped Comedian, star of a new Batman podcast being launched by HBO Max. No, this isn’t a joke, but a real thing being developed by the WarnerMedia streaming platform, set to star Jeffrey Wright as the Dark Knight himself. Wright is trading the signature Commissioner Gordon mustache for a […]
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- 2/1/2021
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Netflix has assembled an A-list ensemble for the Antoine Fuqua-directed thriller The Guilty.
Peter Sarsgaard, Riley Keough, Paul Dano, and Ethan Hawke are joining the cast along with High Fidelity star Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Umbrella Academy’s David Castañeda and Honey Boy actor Byron Bowers.
Comedian and King of Staten Island actor Bill Burr, Christina Vidal (7 Days to Vegas), Adrian Martinez (I Feel Pretty), Beau Knapp (Southpaw) and Edi Patterson (Righteous Gemstones) round out the cast.
Jake Gyllenhaal will lead, playing the 911 call operator Joe Bayler, as he tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems,...
Peter Sarsgaard, Riley Keough, Paul Dano, and Ethan Hawke are joining the cast along with High Fidelity star Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Umbrella Academy’s David Castañeda and Honey Boy actor Byron Bowers.
Comedian and King of Staten Island actor Bill Burr, Christina Vidal (7 Days to Vegas), Adrian Martinez (I Feel Pretty), Beau Knapp (Southpaw) and Edi Patterson (Righteous Gemstones) round out the cast.
Jake Gyllenhaal will lead, playing the 911 call operator Joe Bayler, as he tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems,...
- 11/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Netflix has assembled an A-list ensemble for the Antoine Fuqua-directed thriller The Guilty.
Peter Sarsgaard, Riley Keough, Paul Dano, and Ethan Hawke are joining the cast along with High Fidelity star Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Umbrella Academy’s David Castañeda and Honey Boy actor Byron Bowers.
Comedian and King of Staten Island actor Bill Burr, Christina Vidal (7 Days to Vegas), Adrian Martinez (I Feel Pretty), Beau Knapp (Southpaw) and Edi Patterson (Righteous Gemstones) round out the cast.
Jake Gyllenhaal will lead, playing the 911 call operator Joe Bayler, as he tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems,...
Peter Sarsgaard, Riley Keough, Paul Dano, and Ethan Hawke are joining the cast along with High Fidelity star Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Umbrella Academy’s David Castañeda and Honey Boy actor Byron Bowers.
Comedian and King of Staten Island actor Bill Burr, Christina Vidal (7 Days to Vegas), Adrian Martinez (I Feel Pretty), Beau Knapp (Southpaw) and Edi Patterson (Righteous Gemstones) round out the cast.
Jake Gyllenhaal will lead, playing the 911 call operator Joe Bayler, as he tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems,...
- 11/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For the nouveau riche, Miami’s annual Art Basel festival is an opportunity to take Instagram photos on yachts with rappers and show off your mistress’s new butt implants. It is also, incidentally, one of the biggest and most prestigious art shows in the country, even if many of the people there don’t actually know or care much about art.
This dissonance was on full display on Sunday afternoon, when a prankster graffitied a controversial exhibition with the phrase “Epstein didn’t kill himself” — prompting many attendees to...
This dissonance was on full display on Sunday afternoon, when a prankster graffitied a controversial exhibition with the phrase “Epstein didn’t kill himself” — prompting many attendees to...
- 12/9/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
On Thursday, October 17, the International Myeloma Foundation (Imf), the first and largest myeloma-specific foundation in the world, presented its 13th Annual Comedy Celebration benefiting the Peter Boyle Research Fund and supporting the Black Swan Research Initiative (Bsri) at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA.
Kevin Nealon, Patton Oswalt and Ray Romano attend the International Myeloma Foundation 13th Annual Comedy Celebration
Credit/Copyright: Araya Diaz/Getty Images for International Myeloma Foundation
Actor and comedian Ray Romano returned to host an unforgettable evening of laughs featuring some of the biggest names in comedy to raise money for research to find a cure for multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow plasma cells, and one of the fastest growing blood cancers in the world. Joining Romano on-stage was an all-star lineup of comics including Adam Carolla, Demetri Martin, Kevin Nealon, Patton Oswalt, Caroline Rhea and Amanda Seales (Insecure).
Additional attendees included Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey), Alex Meneses,...
Kevin Nealon, Patton Oswalt and Ray Romano attend the International Myeloma Foundation 13th Annual Comedy Celebration
Credit/Copyright: Araya Diaz/Getty Images for International Myeloma Foundation
Actor and comedian Ray Romano returned to host an unforgettable evening of laughs featuring some of the biggest names in comedy to raise money for research to find a cure for multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow plasma cells, and one of the fastest growing blood cancers in the world. Joining Romano on-stage was an all-star lineup of comics including Adam Carolla, Demetri Martin, Kevin Nealon, Patton Oswalt, Caroline Rhea and Amanda Seales (Insecure).
Additional attendees included Lesley Nicol (Downton Abbey), Alex Meneses,...
- 10/24/2019
- Look to the Stars
Jerry Seinfeld must be feeling pretty buzzed this morning over a now-dead lawsuit about who came up with the idea for his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee series, not that there’s anything wrong with that.
“Defendants argue that Plaintiffs copyright claims are time-barred,” U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan said Monday in an opinion and order in director Christian Charles’ copyright infringement action against the motoring funnyman. “The Court agrees,” the federal judge added, ending the dispute for good (read the order here).
Copyright civil cases have a three-year window within the statute for a suit to be brought forth with any chance of success once the official clock of notification or an issue of disagreement begins ticking.
Although he communicated with Seinfeld in 2017 around the time the series inked a deal with Netflix and moved to the streamer from Crackle, Charles did not first take the Comedians...
“Defendants argue that Plaintiffs copyright claims are time-barred,” U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan said Monday in an opinion and order in director Christian Charles’ copyright infringement action against the motoring funnyman. “The Court agrees,” the federal judge added, ending the dispute for good (read the order here).
Copyright civil cases have a three-year window within the statute for a suit to be brought forth with any chance of success once the official clock of notification or an issue of disagreement begins ticking.
Although he communicated with Seinfeld in 2017 around the time the series inked a deal with Netflix and moved to the streamer from Crackle, Charles did not first take the Comedians...
- 9/30/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A fitness popstar. A Grammy-award winning country music icon. An award-winning actress. And twin brothers who have built an empire in entertainment, construction and real estate, but who always make time to give back. Those are a few of the world-renowned celebrities who lent their time, voices and energy to give Habitat For Humanity a lift this Giving Tuesday.
Video: Giving Tuesday with Drew and Jonathan Scott
With the support of partners Lyft and Nissan, Habitat for Humanity is going all in on Giving Tuesday with a multi-part campaign across social media. In a series of short and engaging videos recorded in Los Angeles, Habitat Humanitarians Drew and Jonathan Scott — of Hgtv’s Property Brothers fame — give their celebrity friends a “lift” and have backseat conversations about the meaning of home and why they support Habitat for Humanity.
“The holidays have always been a time for us to slow down...
Video: Giving Tuesday with Drew and Jonathan Scott
With the support of partners Lyft and Nissan, Habitat for Humanity is going all in on Giving Tuesday with a multi-part campaign across social media. In a series of short and engaging videos recorded in Los Angeles, Habitat Humanitarians Drew and Jonathan Scott — of Hgtv’s Property Brothers fame — give their celebrity friends a “lift” and have backseat conversations about the meaning of home and why they support Habitat for Humanity.
“The holidays have always been a time for us to slow down...
- 11/28/2018
- Look to the Stars
Screened at South by Southwest
AUSTIN -- Finally, there is an answer to the old question, "What's more boring than watching golf on television?" As the new docu 95 Miles to Go reveals, watching Ray Romano watching golf on television is much more boring. So is watching Ray Romano eat at Subway. And nibble from a friend's room-service tray. And drive a car.
In fact, there's very little that Romano does in this behind-the-scenes feature by first-timer Tom Caltabiano that isn't stupefyingly dull. It's no crime for a comedian to be a dud offstage; releasing a movie to prove this isn't the wisest career move. Fortunately for Romano's reputation, it is difficult to imagine more than a few people ever paying to see the film if distributor ThinkFilm follows through on its threat to put it in theaters.
Shot on video with a level of skill and aesthetic aptitude roughly on par with that of a proud parent at a Christmas pageant, the movie rides along with Romano as he makes a short tour of stand-up appearances for corporate clients. (The comic, terrified of air travel, drives from gig to gig.) Where Jerry Seinfeld's Comedian showed a sitcom star facing the challenge of writing new material, 95 Miles has Romano trotting out jokes at least as old as his 1995 appearances on "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist."
But performance footage is only a small part of the film, which is much more concerned with the mundanity of life on the road. Music documentaries have mined this topic fruitfully in the past, but the good ones have had something to work with: a performer whose observations are sharp or whose charisma transcends the lack of action, or a string of snafus that build to some comic crescendo. 95 Miles offers none of that.
Here, the act of packing a suitcase is considered enough material for a scene. Does an upsetting meal leave Romano in such need of a restroom that he pulls over and pays for a motel room? Sounds like serious drama. If the guy in the passenger seat sneaks out for a snack during the pit stop, call it a set piece.
Groping to understand the film's intent, we wonder if its lack of substance is meant as a nihilist statement. No, that would require protagonists with more punk contempt for the viewer than Romano and company, who are merely inert. Is it a koan for Zen contemplation? That would demand some stillness and formal beauty. Maybe Jim Jarmusch could have been recruited to wring enlightenment from emptiness?
Perhaps the explanation is that this movie, directed by an Everybody Loves Raymond writer and photographed by an intern from the show, is simply the work of people who think Ray Romano's coattails extend from the small screen to the multiplex. That may prove to be true, but this isn't going to be the way to exploit the connection. Romano may fear the dangers of air travel, but his movie's a car wreck.
95 MILES TO GO
ThinkFilm
Schmo-gun Prods./Mr. Clown Prods.
Credits:
Director: Tom Caltabiano
Producers: Ray Romano, Tom Caltabiano
Director of photography: Roger Lay Jr.
Music: Adam Gorgoni
Editor: Cheyenne Pesko
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 76 minutes...
AUSTIN -- Finally, there is an answer to the old question, "What's more boring than watching golf on television?" As the new docu 95 Miles to Go reveals, watching Ray Romano watching golf on television is much more boring. So is watching Ray Romano eat at Subway. And nibble from a friend's room-service tray. And drive a car.
In fact, there's very little that Romano does in this behind-the-scenes feature by first-timer Tom Caltabiano that isn't stupefyingly dull. It's no crime for a comedian to be a dud offstage; releasing a movie to prove this isn't the wisest career move. Fortunately for Romano's reputation, it is difficult to imagine more than a few people ever paying to see the film if distributor ThinkFilm follows through on its threat to put it in theaters.
Shot on video with a level of skill and aesthetic aptitude roughly on par with that of a proud parent at a Christmas pageant, the movie rides along with Romano as he makes a short tour of stand-up appearances for corporate clients. (The comic, terrified of air travel, drives from gig to gig.) Where Jerry Seinfeld's Comedian showed a sitcom star facing the challenge of writing new material, 95 Miles has Romano trotting out jokes at least as old as his 1995 appearances on "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist."
But performance footage is only a small part of the film, which is much more concerned with the mundanity of life on the road. Music documentaries have mined this topic fruitfully in the past, but the good ones have had something to work with: a performer whose observations are sharp or whose charisma transcends the lack of action, or a string of snafus that build to some comic crescendo. 95 Miles offers none of that.
Here, the act of packing a suitcase is considered enough material for a scene. Does an upsetting meal leave Romano in such need of a restroom that he pulls over and pays for a motel room? Sounds like serious drama. If the guy in the passenger seat sneaks out for a snack during the pit stop, call it a set piece.
Groping to understand the film's intent, we wonder if its lack of substance is meant as a nihilist statement. No, that would require protagonists with more punk contempt for the viewer than Romano and company, who are merely inert. Is it a koan for Zen contemplation? That would demand some stillness and formal beauty. Maybe Jim Jarmusch could have been recruited to wring enlightenment from emptiness?
Perhaps the explanation is that this movie, directed by an Everybody Loves Raymond writer and photographed by an intern from the show, is simply the work of people who think Ray Romano's coattails extend from the small screen to the multiplex. That may prove to be true, but this isn't going to be the way to exploit the connection. Romano may fear the dangers of air travel, but his movie's a car wreck.
95 MILES TO GO
ThinkFilm
Schmo-gun Prods./Mr. Clown Prods.
Credits:
Director: Tom Caltabiano
Producers: Ray Romano, Tom Caltabiano
Director of photography: Roger Lay Jr.
Music: Adam Gorgoni
Editor: Cheyenne Pesko
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 76 minutes...
- 3/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comedian Godfrey Danchimah, best known as the star of 7UP's series of commercials, has signed a talent holding deal with ABC to topline a comedy project for the network targeted for fall 2004. Danchimah replaced Orlando Jones as the 7UP Guy in 2001. Danchimah's feature credits include Zoolander, Chain Reaction, the Jerry Seinfeld-starring documentary Comedian and the upcoming MGM comedy Soul Plane. On the TV side, Danchimah was featured in the Bravo documentary The It Factor, about a group of aspiring entertainers. He is repped by WMA and managers Tom Chestaro and David Klingman.
- 10/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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