In 2017, St. Vincent approached her longtime friend Carrie Brownstein, to helm a feature in which she would star—a concert documentary, with scripted sketches mixed in.
A two-time Grammy winner, also known as Annie Clark, St. Vincent was on tour at the time with her sixth record, Masseduction. A multi-talented artist…
How hard is it to say goodbye to Portlandia? Even David Letterman and Jerry Seinfeld at a recent Netflix Emmy-season event went back and forth about their love for Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel’s sketch comedy series, which ended its run after eights seasons on IFC back in March.
At Deadline’s…
Following eight seasons of IFC's Portlandia, creator, writer, EP, director and actor Carrie Brownstein was quick to cite some favorite characters she and co-star Fred Armisen portrayed over the years.
At a Contenders Emmys panel moderated by Deadline’s international co-editor Peter White, Brownstein put feminist…
The very last question the creators of Portlandia will ever take at TCA was, appropriately:
Is this the first time you have worked with a horse?
"This was our first horse experience," series creator Fred Armisen acknowledged.
"It seemed like a very tame horse," the critic said, which, technically, was an observation…
Hulu has given a pilot order to half-hour Search and Destroy, from Portlandia co-creator Carrie Brownstein and Annapurna Television.
Written and to be directed by Brownstein, Search and Destroy is loosely based on her best-selling memoir Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, as well as her experiences as a young musician…
Grab your granola and mason jars of small-batch whiskey and put on your North Face vests because IFC has released the trailer for the eighth and final season of Portlandia. And it has everything fans want out of the put-a-bird-on-it, Emmy-nominated comedy sketch show about life in the hip Pacific Northwest city.
The…
EXCLUSIVE:Carrie Brownstein, the actress, writer, musician, is getting ready to add “feature director” to her repertoire. The co-creator, writer and star of IFC's Emmy-nominated comedy Portlandia will make her feature film directorial debut on MGM’s Fairy Godmother. Take note: this marks the sixth female director…
IFC has picked up Portlandia for Seasons 6 and 7, ordering 10Â Â half-hour episodes for each. Creators and stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein will remain at the helm for both seasons. Portlandia is executive produced by Lorne Michaels and produced by Broadway Video.
Shot entirely in Portland, Portlandia is created…
The Columbia Pictures comedy based on the 2008 UK series is one of Nora Ephron's unfinished works. Now the co-creator/writer/star of IFC’s Portlandia has been tapped to finish Lost In Austen. Emmy nominee and Peabody winner Carrie Brownstein will pen the story of Amanda, who lives and works in present-day Brooklyn…
Three episodes into original, short-based comedy series Portlandia, IFC has renewed for a second season. The network has picked up 10 half-hour episodes of the series created, written by and starring Fred Armisen (SNL) and Portland-native Carrie Brownstein for a January 2012 premiere. IFC only released cumed audience…
IFC has greenlit "Portlandia," an original short-based comedy series about the people and values of Portland, Ore.  SNL‘s Fred Armisen and singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein star. Armisen and Brownstein will write the series with Allison Silverman and Jonathan Krisel. The series is executive produced by Lorne…
