Chris Rock is coming back to TV for his first regular on-camera series role in over a decade. HipHollywood reports that Rock has joined the cast of the BET comedy The Real Husbands of Hollywood for its second season. Co-created by Kevin Hart, Real Husbands is a semi-scripted reality show satire that stars Hart, JB Smoove, Nick Cannon, Boris Kodjoe, and Duane Martin as fictionalized versions of themselves. "I just watched the show and it seemed like they were having so much fun and I was like, 'I want to have fun,'" Rock explains. "I'm a fan of Kevin … We see each other in passing all the [...]
When Chris Rock performed two surprise shows with Dave Chappelle earlier this week at New York's famous Comedy Cellar, he mentioned that he wanted to do a tour with Chappelle in the fall once he finishes editing and shooting a new movie. Now, we know that this mysterious movie is, thanks to Showbiz 411 unearthing a casting call for a new project called Finally Famous that Rock will write, direct, and star in. Here's a description of the plot:
ANDRE ALLEN is a comedian turned film star who, despite the expectations of his millions of fans, is determined to reinvent himself as a “serious” actor. Although [...]
Saturday Night Live has been home to over a hundred cast members throughout the past 37 years. In our column Saturday Night’s Children, we present the history, talent, and best sketches of one SNL cast member each week for your viewing, learning, and laughing pleasure.
On top of being a multiple Emmy-winning actor, writer, stand-up, producer, and most recently Broadway performer, Chris Rock still draws from his experience as the bullied minority he was throughout his childhood and teenage years in Brooklyn. With an overcrowded family, years of taunting by his classmates, and struggles as the only black kid in an all-white school, Rock's success as a comedian [...]
Will Ferrell and Chris Rock have added their voices to the chorus of comedy people endorsing Barack Obama, leaving Dennis Miller and the character Stephen Colbert awfully lonely as the only two people in the humor industry backing Romney. Here's Will Ferrell's funny campaign ad, released via Barack Obama's YouTube channel.
The Hollywood Reporter just released a list of celebrities hitting the campaign trail for Obama. Folks like Jon Hamm, Cedric the Entertainer, Jack Black & Kyle Gass, Fran Drescher, and Happy Endings stars Zachary Knighton and Adam Pally are helping Obama do some last-minute campaigning, along with the cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, who were [...]
In our interview last week, Bill Hader mentioned interviewing Chris Rock at the Nantucket Film Festival. Well, apparently, this interview was part of a roundtable that also included Ben Siller and Jim Carrey. Luckily, the conversation was filmed and will air on September 28 at 10pm on EPIX. In our interview, Hader said they talked about Lorne Michaels "pretty much the whole time," so at minimum it's worth watching to hear all four's Lorne impression.
