Kathleen Madigan – Gone Madigan KATHLEEN MADIGAN: GONE MADIGAN (2010) Featuring Kathleen Madigan and Lewis Black. Written by Kathleen Madigan. Directed by Shannon Hartman. Distributed by Image Entertainment.  64 minutes.  Not Rated. On the back cover of Gone Madigan, Jay Leno calls Kathleen Madigan “One of America’s funniest female comics.” But don’t hold that against her. Just because Leno’s comic radar has been questionable for the last couple of decades or so since he took

Rachael Lawrence Rachael Lawrence Doesn’t Really Mind Entering Her 30s by Jay S. Jacobs Fame can come from lots of different directions. Rachael Lawrence is determined to meet it head on. A California-born-and-bred multi-hyphenate; Lawrence has spent the last decade or so working as a singer, songwriter, actress, director and producer. She has even been a popular celeb singing coach – teaching voice to the likes of Sara Rue, Bai Ling and basketball player Rick Fox. She has re

Daniel Tosh Daniel Tosh is Not Completely Serious by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on September 9, 2007. “I don’t have a girlfriend in every city in the country,” Daniel Tosh explains. But some people think: why shouldn’t he?  He’s young.  He’s single.  He’s a hip and happening stand-up comedian.  The women must be lining up, right? “When somebody brings that up, it’s such a ridiculous statement when you think of how many cities there are,” Tosh continues, a little frustrat

Man of the Year MAN OF THE YEAR (2006) Starring Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Rick Roberts, David Alpay, Linda Kash and Jacqueline Pillon. Screenplay by Barry Levinson. Directed by Barry Levinson. Distributed by Universal Pictures. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13. Sometimes a bad movie has an extremely good coming attractions trailer which makes it look much better than it ends up being. Well, the trailer for Man of the Year looked nea

Chris Rock session for “Madagascar” CHRIS ROCK IS A BUSY MAN By Brad Balfour However busy actor-comedian Chris Rock is, he never gets so worn out that he can’t crack a joke. And he has enough excuses to be exhausted, having both summer blockbusters, The Longest Yard and Madagascar, coming out on the same Memorial Day weekend. Yet Rock, one of the most popular international stars to transcend both comedy clubs and Saturday Night Live, has had both his own show and achieved the

Colin Quinn Colin Quinn Tough Guy by Ronald Sklar We as Americans have always taken for granted that we know Colin Quinn intimately. Of course, as a nation we’re bound to make that presumption since we feel that we have more or less grown up with the dude. Sure, we learn more than we need to know about his sex life because he’s incredibly forthcoming – shockingly so – as one of the most compelling guests who ever appeared on The Howard Stern Show. Along with Howard, who has h