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Universal’s ‘Bros’ Blitz And “History-Lesson” Marketing Campaign Ripped By Harvey Fierstein; Billy Eichner Counters That “No Blueprint” Existed For The Gay Rom-Com – New Yorker Festival
A New Yorker Festival panel with actor and comedian Billy Eichner and playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein, who both appear in Bros, turned into an onstage post-mortem about the gay rom-com’s disappointing opening.
Fierstein, who has a cameo role in the film, criticized Universal’s “history-lesson”…
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New Yorker Festival Slates Hybrid Outdoor & Online Edition; Lineup Includes Stanley Tucci, Amy Schumer, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl & More
The New Yorker Festival will once again be a largely virtual affair this year, though a number of in-person events will also be held outdoors, at Brooklyn’s Skyline Drive-In.
The 22nd annual edition of the festival will take place October 4 to 10.
Amy Schumer, Stanley Tucci, Aimee Mann and Foo Fighters frontman Dave…
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Maya Rudolph “Felt Pressure” Watching Kamala Harris-Mike Pence Debate, But “It Wrote Itself” Once The Fly Got Onstage – New Yorker Festival
Maya Rudolph, who won an Emmy for playing Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, said she felt anxious watching Harris debate Vice President Mike Pence, knowing it would be fodder for this week’s show.
Then along came the fly.
“I don’t think it was until the fly landed on his head that I kind of took a breath and sort…
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Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld Talk Oscars, Netflix, Staying Funny And The Importance Of Irritation At New Yorker Festival
Jerry Seinfeld gave a shout out to Netflix for helping shift perceptions of comedians — and their paydays — as he and Steve Martin trash talked the genre-snubbing Oscars.
"I think for a long time, and actually until Netflix, comedians were just not as important, not as valuable, not considered major artists or real…
Chris Rock, Noah Hawley Talk ‘Fargo,’ Comedy, Drama, Theatrical, Streaming & Next Projects At New Yorker Festival
"I'm getting some pretty meaty offers in the past few days that I am going to attribute to Loy Cannon," said Chris Rock, who plays the head of the eponymous Cannon crime syndicate in the fourth season of Fargo.
"Yeah, I am ready to do more stuff like this. More meaty roles," the standup comic-actor-director announced…
New Yorker Festival Sets 21st Annual Edition In October, But In Virtual Form
EXCLUSIVE: The New Yorker Festival, which has become a cultural fixture in New York over the past two decades, has confirmed it will hold its 21st edition in October in virtual form.
As with most public events, even in a gradually reopening city far from the dire state it was in during March and April, the risks of…
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‘SNL’s Kenan Thompson On “Woke Times,” Shane Gillis Ouster, Emmy Show Selfies, “Heartbreaking” Fall Of Bill Cosby
Kenan Thompson, who is in his 17th season as a performer on Saturday Night Live, covered a wide range of show lore in a 90-minute appearance Sunday at the New Yorker Festival.
The firing of debut cast member Shane Gillis in September before his first episode and after racist jokes and comments surfaced online…
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Billy Porter Talks Challenges Of Being Black And Gay In Hollywood
Emmy Award-winning Pose actor Billy Porter said when he tried to break into Hollywood in the 1980s, the industry was only looking for three types of African American actors — "James Earl Jones, the patriarch. Denzel Washington, the sex symbol, or genius clown, Eddie Murphy."
Porter was none of the above, he told the…
Pete Buttigieg Tells New Yorker Fest “Nothing Good” Would Come From A Mike Pence Presidency
With the impeachment inquiry raising the possibility of Vice President Mike Pence elevating to the Oval Office, Pete Buttigieg talked about what to expect.
“Nothing good,” the Democratic presidential candidate said of a Pence presidency.
Buttigieg was speaking to a friendly crowd at the New York Society for Ethical…
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‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Star Rachel Bloom Lambasts Brett Kavanaugh: “He’s F***ing Lying” – New Yorker Festival
It took an audience member with a question late in a New Yorker Festival panel on “The Female Gaze” to inspire three renowned women writers of television, fiction and poetry to address the most agonizing recent example of male vs. female expression: the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearings. Pulling no punches, Rachel…
Alex Gibney On Roger Ailes: His “Evil Genius” Sold Fox News As The “Ministry Of Propaganda” – New Yorker Festival
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (No Stone Unturned), who took producing reins on Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes, told a panel at the New Yorker Festival Sunday that while the late founder of Fox News — whose career was derailed by sexual harassment claims in July 2016 — is gone, his…
Ronan Farrow: Society “Crossed A Rubicon” In Recognizing Sexual Violence – New Yorker Festival
Despite the “partisan inferno” evident during the last week with the Kavanaugh hearings, journalist Ronan Farrow said Friday that “our culture has crossed a Rubicon and is not going back” in recognizing sexual violence.
“Survivors have stood up,” Farrow told an audience at the New Yorker Festival in Manhattan during a…
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