3 posts tagged ‘albert brooks’
R.I.P. Tom Smothers, half of comedy duo the Smothers Brothers
AV Club,
Tom Smothers, half of the popular Vietnam War-era comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died Tuesday in his home following a recent battle with cancer. The news was confirmed by Smothers’ brother and longtime co-star, Dick Smothers. “Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was… Read more...
Long before The Curse, Albert Brooks skewered “reality TV” with Real Life
Following last year’s reality TV home deconstruction project, The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder returns to screens this week with The Curse. True to form, the series sees Fielder, who also directs and co-writes, and Emma Stone starring as aspiring HGTV gentrifiers Asher and Whitney Siegel. Co-written by Benny Safdie, who… Read more...
Hollywood stars react to end of SAG-AFTRA strike with jubilation, lots of trailer links
With news breaking tonight that the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA have finally reached a deal for a new contract—and that the SAG-AFTRA strike is officially set to end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday morning—Hollywood is reacting to the the results of an historic 118-day fight between the studios and the union. Mostly with… Read more...