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January 15, 2012
Five Things To Do Before You Watch The Golden Globes Tonight
Far away, in a place known to some as "La-La Land," the region's princes and princesses are preparing for a big magical celebration. Yeah, no. It's just that the Golden Globes are happening tonight in Los Angeles. Will you watch? Will you not watch now that you know that Ryan Gosling will not be att ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Scientology in Crisis: Debbie Cook's Transformation from Enforcer to Whistleblower
Debbie Cook and her husband Wayne Baumgarten, Christmas 2010Most of the press reporting on Debbie Cook so far has focused on her past as a high-ranking executive in the Church of Scientology and her sudden transformation this week into a whistleblower trying to rally her fellow church members ... More >>
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December 17, 2011
Scientology Infusion: Commenters of the Week!
"This Will guy is so cool! I can't wait to tell Dave."We're still taking your votes for Scientology Story of the Year, and in general, things here in the underground bunker are frenetic as we prepare for year-end festivities. We also managed to keep the beat going this week with some interest ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Martin Bashir Compares Newt Gingrich to Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, and more in our Thursday Stats Roundup!
It's that time of the week, when Scientology workers scramble to get their statistics turned in. And with the Thursday 2pm deadline looming, we like to do the same, rounding up the church's stats for the past week. First up, a little political humor... Yesterday, Martin Bashir did a bit of editor ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 7, 2011
Stephen Merchant
It's that time of the week, when Scientology workers scramble to get their statistics turned in. And with the Thursday 2pm deadline looming, we like to do the same, rounding up the church's stats for the past week. First up, a little political humor... Yesterday, Martin Bashir did a bit of editor ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
What I Have To Be Thankful For
I'm alive. I don't have allergies to anything edible. Some of my old outfits are coming back in style. I just found some change in the couch.
Blogs
November 21, 2011
Sucklord "Jerk of Art" Street Art Appears Downtown
It's been a monumental week in the Suckadelic quest for world domination. Last Wednesday, the Sucklord found himself unceremoniously banished from BRAVO's Work of Art, after the endearing reality-TV character failed to impress judges in a street-art challenge. The masked Voice cover star's immediate ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
'Stand Up for Heroes' Benefit Kicks Off Eighth Year of the New York Comedy Festival
The New York Comedy Festival has arrived. The festival turns eight this year, and will hopefully celebrate with humor children of that age can't understand. While always a showcase for chuckles, the first day of the festival has a higher purpose: supporting injured soldiers through the Bob Woodruff ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 26, 2011
DECISIONS, DECISIONS
New York Comedy Festival tortures us
Blogs
July 18, 2011
Ricky Gervais Amazed By Emmy Nod For Golden Globes Gig
When awards shows get nominated for awards, it's a little like a dog sniffing its own butt. And sure enough, the Emmys have nominated the Tonys, the Oscars, and the Golden Globes, all of which will probably end up competing for a Pulitzer! It's all so creepily incestual it's like a cult in ... More >>
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February 27, 2011
Oscars 2011: Live Blogging the Awards Show
Courtesy ABCAnd now for the awards portion of the evening! Full disclosure: the three of us have seen only five of the Best Picture nominees. Not that it matters. So:
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January 19, 2011
Terroir Pledges Allegiance to Chris Cannon
Terroir In the wake of the Chris Cannon/Michael White divorce, the merry pranksters at Terroir have made their allegiances very clear with a tribute to "our hero" Chris Cannon so hilariously unsparing it makes Ricky Gervais's Golden Globes commentary look like a Hallmark card. Cannon's year ... More >>
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January 17, 2011
The Social Network Cleans Up at the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais Burns Them to the Ground
Last night's Golden Globes were...weird. They were sad, they were awkward, they were kind of bleak and sinister, like a cocktail party gone on way too long, till everyone's smiles are forced and dresses rumpled. The Social Network did well, winning four awards, as did Glee, which took home th ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
Ricky Gervais Brings Beer to the Emmys
It's the lament of Hollywood: the Emmy Awards are dry country. Why is that, exactly? Well, the event was teetotal, that is, until Ricky Gervais came along... [via Huffington Post] Have a restaurant tip or other food-related news? Send it to fork@villagevoice.com.
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July 8, 2010
Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold
We will never own one of these. Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
American Idol Season 9, Finale Results
Vince Bucci/FOX Alice Cooper and the Idols 8:01pm. It's a sad night, and not because we're saying goodbye to another season of Idol, not because we're saying goodbye to Simon Cowell, but because they managed to drag this out to a two-hour production of group sings and product placements. 8: ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 11, 2010
JUST HAVING A LAUGH
No one's safe around Ricky Gervais
Blogs
February 19, 2010
Please Welcome the Return of the Famous Jay-Z Gas Face
Let no one say Shawn Carter is not reliable. For two decades now, through rap thick and rap thin, hip-hop's most prickly superstar has had the looking-disgusted game on lock. Oh, you're Benny the Bull, the Chicago Bulls mascot, and you're seized with the desire to do the "Single Ladies" dance mere ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Tonight! Fucked Up, Islands, And, Uh, Cerebral Ballzy
Most definitely tonight's big whoop is Fucked Up, a/k/a that "brisk punk band from Toronto, with an unpublishable name," who will regale Brooklyn Masonic Temple, a/k/a New York's best venue for massive hearing loss, with a painstaking track-by-track recreation of their 2008 album The Chemistr ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 27, 2009
WHAT'S SO FUNNY?
New York Comedy Festival has the answer
Film
September 29, 2009
Ricky Gervais Can Only Get So Far, Or Funny, with Invention of Lying
Practicing self-deception as a survival technique
Columns
September 22, 2009
Chelsea Handler Interview! Brace Yourselves!
And then I compare Keats with Tila Tequila.
Blogs
September 16, 2009
Notes From The Toronto Film Festival
The email scribblings of someone covering the Toronto Film Festival were somehow forwarded to me as if by magic--or maybe it's just more spam--and it's my journalistic duty to pass them on to you, by way of an insider's report card that's leakable to the entire world. And so, dear readers:
Blogs
July 31, 2009
White Rabbits Playing All Points West Tomorrow, Terrorizing Movie Theaters For Eternity
Like everyone else on the planet (except yours truly), New York's very own White Rabbits will also be at All Points West this weekend. They're scheduled to regale ambitiously eager folks on the Blue Comet main stage tomorrow at 1:10 pm. It'd be worth your while to get there tomorrow early--forecas ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
John Hodgman Makes Park Slope Jokes in Park Slope
Like everyone else on the planet (except yours truly), New York's very own White Rabbits will also be at All Points West this weekend. They're scheduled to regale ambitiously eager folks on the Blue Comet main stage tomorrow at 1:10 pm. It'd be worth your while to get there tomorrow early--forecas ... More >>
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September 17, 2008
This Week's Voice: Playing Metallica's New Death Magnetic on Guitar Hero, Chuck Eddy on Folk Singers in Denial, Ne-Yo, Phillip Roth's Newest, and More
Like everyone else on the planet (except yours truly), New York's very own White Rabbits will also be at All Points West this weekend. They're scheduled to regale ambitiously eager folks on the Blue Comet main stage tomorrow at 1:10 pm. It'd be worth your while to get there tomorrow early--forecas ... More >>
Film
September 17, 2008
Ricky Gervais Sees Dead People in Ghost Town
Like everyone else on the planet (except yours truly), New York's very own White Rabbits will also be at All Points West this weekend. They're scheduled to regale ambitiously eager folks on the Blue Comet main stage tomorrow at 1:10 pm. It'd be worth your while to get there tomorrow early--forecas ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 2, 2008
STEVE CARELL WHO?
Yes, we are having a laugh
NYC Life
July 24, 2007
Course(s) for Adventure
You've got a thing or two to learn. . .
Blogs
July 13, 2007
Taking Time from 'The Office' to Catch Criminals
You've got a thing or two to learn. . .
Columns
February 28, 2006
NY Mirror
You've got a thing or two to learn. . .
Screens
September 20, 2005
Extra-Ordinary Rendition
New HBO comedy confirms there are no small parts—nor actors wih small egos
Film
August 9, 2005
'Valiant'
New HBO comedy confirms there are no small parts—nor actors wih small egos
Art
October 5, 2004
Remote Patrol
New HBO comedy confirms there are no small parts—nor actors wih small egos
Art
August 10, 2004
Cruelty Begins at Home
British sitcom gives fresh meaning to the banality of evil with beautician on the warpath
NYC Life
February 24, 2004
Moscow on the West Side: Going from Cold War to hot jazz
British sitcom gives fresh meaning to the banality of evil with beautician on the warpath
Art
January 21, 2003
The Comedy of Cringe
Laughs and Humiliation, Courtesy of the BBC

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