Deadline this morning brings you Comedy Means Business, a new newsletter and companion podcast that will offer a deep dive into the world of comedy, with a particular emphasis on stand-up. Why focus ...

The Golden Globes air Sunday, kicking off the awards show’s annual stand as an Oscars oracle (the dueling ceremonies’ movie winners have matched two of the last three years). But this year, the ...

Halfway through the latest episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm earlier this week, I had to pause and take stock. I have always loved Curb, and I’ve always thought it was one of the finest half hours of ...

Preston Sturges, probably the wittiest writer and most nimble director of Hollywood's Golden Age of Comedy, gave us such Depression-era classics as Sullivan's Travels, The Great McGinty and The Lady ...

When comedy met the silver screen, it was love at first sight gag. From silent films, when body language spoke volumes, to the early "talkies" that added side splitting dialogue to the pratfalls and ...

Are we in a Golden Age of comedy music right now? If we are — and “Weird Al” Yankovic playing Madison Square Garden for the first time ever this July suggests we just might be — certainly social media ...

Although Hollywood's golden age (also known as the sound era, which took place between 1927 and the early 60s) was a particularly good time for film noir, musicals, and Western genres, it also counted ...