WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Seems there's definitely a bug at the WFMU lunch table, but even before Ryan Seacrest's self-inflicted shark wound, I'd been worried about the increasing regularity with which the beasts have been attacking the celebs. Musicians, mostly. I mean that's who...
Big Screen Little Screen (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Unheard from since her final Saturday Night Live performance back in November of last year, I was getting ready to draft some “Have You Seen Her” posters for Maya Rudolph prior to learning that she’d be working with husband P.T. Anderson once more (Paul ghost-helmed A Prairie Home Companion for the then-ailing Robert Altman), in [...]
Defamer (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The Paul Thomas Anderson Stage Revue we'd mentioned a while back was finally unveiled last night at Largo, where Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph reportedly performed a succession of new sketches with...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
For all the griping about how critics just don’t get the stuff that fanboys love, a show of the numbers suggests that reviews from Tomatometer and Metacritic ranked critics are more friendly to movies based on comic books than maybe any other single genre. Jim Emerson elaborates on his findings. Rumsey Taylor on the “brand ambience” [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Photos: Getty Images Last night in Los Angeles, three weeks after the Largo theater promised its mailing list a top-secret show that "you won't regret" seeing, Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen performed a series of light and effortless vignettes co-written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson for a packed house that included Jack Black, Paul Dano, and Josh Radnor. With live musical score provided by...
Pink Is The New Blog (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Batman: The Dark Knight makes $300 million dollars in just 10 days; breaks another record; is on track to become the highest grossing movie ever. Guy Ritchie
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Jimmy Fallon doesn't walk into the bar of the St. Paul Hotel – he bounces.
Defamer (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Paul Thomas Anderson enthusiasts, take note: Word from the Largo mailing list (via /Film) has a PTA-scripted performance by Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen going off Aug. 5-6 at the club's new space at...
Comedy Central Insider (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Stephen Colbert's Law & Order rerun tonight. [No Fact Zone] Seth Rogen interview. [Canadian Press] Lorne Michaels and the SNL cast talk about the next season. [TV Squad] Adam McKay interview. [Hartford Courant] Jeff Garlin interview. [Irish Times] Paul Thomas...
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
- Has Tom Cruise lost that loving feeling? “Top Gun 2” reportedly in the works. (The Sun) - Tobey Maguire joins “The Crusaders,” about the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case “Brown vs. The Board of Education.” Gary Ross attached to direct. (Variety) - Wet Hot American Prequel? Director David Wain teases follow-up to cult comedy [...]
/Film (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Everyone is wondering: What is Paul Thomas Anderson going to direct next? A big screen adaptation of Metal Gear Solid? Nope. Power Play? Unlikely… A Los Angeles Stage Production starring two cast members from SNL? Ding Ding Ding! … Wait, what?! On August 5th and 6th. Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen will be appearing together in [...]
TV Envy (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
In the past few years, fans of the creatively-uneven Saturday Night Live have seen several great female members leave. First there was Tina Fey, then Maya Rudolph. Now it looks as if Lorne Michaels will soon have another void to fill. Earlier today, Amy Poehler confirmed to the Associated Press that she too will become part of NBC’s primetime programming. The comedienne, who was just nominated for...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
I've been watching SNL for years, and I have to say that the current cast is one of the best since the days of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Seth Myers, Andy Samburg, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig they are all great. But the star of the show, in my humble opinion, is Amy Poehler. She is so diverse, and doesn't mind dressing up like an 8-year old girl with ADHD who yells her stepdad's name all the time....
LAist (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
If you haven't caught a show at Largo at the Coronet yet, now might be a good time. Their recently posted, insanely good schedule for the next three months includes performers such as Randy Newman, Loudon Wainwright III , Joan as Police Woman, Maya Rudolph & Fred Armisen, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Brion, The Ditty Bops , Colin Hay, The Watkins Family Hour feat. Fiona Apple...
Big Screen Little Screen (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
The prospects for the very hush-hush spinoff of the NBC’s The Office are improving exponentially. What started off looking like a watered down, third-generation sequel of the workplace comedy franchise took a hopeful step towards legitimacy with the initial hiring of Human Giant’s Aziz Ansari - and today’s speculation, involving 7-year SNLer Amy Poehler comes [...]
