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Live Comedy

Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock Performed Together Again Last Night – With Kevin Hart and Others This Time

by | February 28th, 2013

Yesterday, we reported that Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock had done stand-up together live on stage at New York's famous Comedy Cellar late the previous night. It turns out the duo went onstage together again last night too. Hannibal Buress started off the evening, followed by Chappelle, then by Kevin Hart. After that, Chappelle, Rock, Hart, Marlon Wayans, and Bill Bellamy took to the stage together for some joking around and riffing. Here's ?uestlove, who was also present, describing the event on his Instagram:

I once sat in on drums with Prince on bass, Sheila E on percussion, Frank Mcomb on keys, Rachelle Ferrell on vocals [...]

Lost Roles

The Richard Pryor Biopic’s 17 Years in Development Hell

by | October 18th, 2012

Regarded by his peers as the greatest stand-up comedian of all-time, Richard Pryor also lived a fascinating life to match his larger-than-life reputation as a comic. Pryor’s tumultuous personal experiences are what fed his comedy, and it’s no wonder that Hollywood executives, filmmakers, Pryor’s family, and Pryor himself have tried many times to make a biopic about his life. There’s enough stuff in Richard Pryor’s life to fill two or three movies (he grew up in a brothel, rose to the top of his field by breaking boundaries and fighting numerous censorship battles, had some run-ins with the mob, lit himself on fire while freebasing cocaine, and was diagnosed [...]

New Shows

Marlon Wayans Is Developing A Genre-Spanning Comedy for ABC

by | October 17th, 2011

Marlon Wayans is making a TV comeback! ABC's developing his "hybrid single/multi-camera comedy" about two brothers, which "has an odd couple/buddy cop comedy feel to it." I guess it's about a pair of brothers who are cop partners and also mismatched roommates? We're really covering all the bases here, genre-wise.

Speaking of brothers, did everyone else already know that there are ten Wayans siblings, all of whom have careers in entertainment? Why don't people talk about this more?

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