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With Garry Shandling, nothing was straightforward, including the DVD release of 'Larry Sanders Show'
Garry Shandling died at age 66 on Thursday, leaving behind an impressive television and comedy legacy. This story originally ran in The Times on April 15, 2007, just before the DVD release of Shandling's seminal comedy series "The Larry Sanders Show."
We could begin with the Zen "emptiness circle" tattooed on the back of his neck. Or start by setting the scene: "It's a pleasant spring afternoon on the calm and verdant grounds of the Hotel Bel-Air; swans glide thoughtlessly across a still pond." We...
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With Garry Shandling, nothing was straightforward, including the DVD release of 'Larry Sanders Show'
Garry Shandling died at age 66 on Thursday, leaving behind an impressive television and comedy legacy. This story originally ran in The Times on April 15, 2007, just before the DVD release of Shandling's seminal comedy series "The...
Hillary Clinton to make second visit to 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Hillary Clinton will pay a return visit to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on March 24.
It will be the democratic front-runner's second appearance on the ABC late-night show. She last stopped by in November, and has also graced the...
Jerry Seinfeld auctions off 17 cars for more than $22 million
Jerry Seinfeld woke up this weekend a few Porsches lighter -- and millions of dollars richer -- after selling 17 collectible cars he put up for sale Friday at auction.
The comedian's cars -- 15 Porsches and two Volkswagens -- brought in...
The 'French Jerry Seinfeld' sets himself up for big things in the U.S. with 'Oh My Gad'
For French-Moroccan comedian Gad Elmaleh, who once sold out the 3,800-seat Palais des Sports in Paris for seven weeks running, performing his show "Oh My Gad" at Joe's Pub, a club roughly the size of a kindergarten classroom, has been a rather...
Published in Los Angeles Times on February 28, 2016 — Print headline: "French comic star wants U.S. yuks - Standup comedian Gad Elmaleh sets himself up in the Big Apple with an eye on crossover fame."
Once an underdog, Hulu is becoming a player in the streaming world
Inside the private dining space at the exclusive Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills, a celebration was underway. Writer and actress Mindy Kaling had just made her way through the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd at a holiday fete put on by streaming service...
Published in Los Angeles Times on December 23, 2015 — Print headline: "High hopes for Hulu - Once an underdog, the streaming service is becoming a player in the digital TV business"
Jerry Seinfeld taking President Obama for a ride in 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee'
President Obama will appear in the season premiere of Jerry Seinfeld's Web series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."
The episode, debuting Dec. 30 on the streaming network Crackle, was filmed at the White House earlier this month and...
Hulu unveils 'Seinfeld: The Apartment' pop-up installation in West Hollywood
Angelenos can now unleash their inner Kramer.
Earlier this year, Hulu announced it had acquired the streaming rights to every single “Seinfeld” episode (that’s 180 shows). To celebrate the mondo deal, the streaming service reconstructed the iconic...
With her HBO stand-up special, Amy Schumer proves that sexual humor is sexual politics
Unless you are Jerry Seinfeld, an HBO stand-up special, especially one filmed at the Apollo Theater and directed by a Chris Rock, is a pretty big career milestone.
"Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo," which premieres Saturday, is like...
Jerry Seinfeld brings his favorite subject -- nothing -- to Las Vegas
It's practically become a tradition in Las Vegas to see comedian Jerry Seinfeld's name on a marquee on the days after Christmas. The former star of “Seinfeld” returns Dec. 26 and 27, bringing his stand-up act to the Colosseum at Caesars...
Amy Poehler's Emmy snubs put her in good comedic company
As disappointing as fans may find it that Amy Poehler failed to win an Emmy for her sterling portrayal of Leslie Knope on “Parks and Recreation” and that the exceedingly talented comedic actress has, in fact, failed to take home the prize for any of her...
Colin Quinn is embracing the moment — his moment
Colin Quinn is indignant.
He's smiling, but he's indignant.
"You just can't have it both ways," he said. "Everyone wants to be artisanal, vinyl, organic, but when it comes to people, they want it to be generic. Somebody's got to make a...
Coolhaus comes out with pastrami and latke ice cream sandwiches. We tried them.
Coolhaus CEO Natasha Case has let the Jewish deli case inspire her latest line of ice cream sandwiches. By the end of August, you'll be able to sample such flavors as pastrami ice cream on a marbled rye cookie and potato latke applesauce ice cream on a...
The Times' MLB power rankings
1. ST. LOUIS: This spot about to be retired in the Cardinals' honor. (1)
2. KANSAS CITY: Royal families? Nine months after World Series, there's a baby boom in town. (2)
3. PITTSBURGH: Hee-Seop Choi couldn't play, but Jung-Ho Kang sure can. Seoul and...
Talk show. Podcast. Live streaming. Everywhere you turn, people are talking
There is a lot of talk going around these days — about nothing in particular and about everything in particular.
In the nexus of entertainment and information that includes what we traditionally have thought of as television and radio and that which we...
David Spade on the new rules of comedy and the lessons of 'Joe Dirt 2'
From the looks of it, David Spade has dodged at least one bullet with "Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser."
"There were people who were like, 'Please don't do a sequel. It'll ruin my childhood,'" he told the Los Angeles Times recently. Based...
Phil Morris narrates Ken Burns-style 'Game of Thrones' Castle Black battle retelling
Phil Morris may have found notoriety acting in a wide range of genre favorites, from "Star Trek III" and "Smallville" to "Seinfeld." But now he's finding online fame in fictionalized retellings of fake battles from films...
Jerry Seinfeld bringing comedy shtick to Hollywood's Pantages in October
University students with politically correct dispositions may want to stay away from the Pantages Theatre this fall when Jerry Seinfeld arrives to perform his comedy act.
Seinfeld is scheduled to bring his stand-up comedy routine to the Pantages in...
Judd Apatow: 'writing saved my life' and other stories
Judd Apatow started interviewing comedians 30 years ago, when he was a teen comedy fanatic from Long Island. Armed with a bulky recorder and the media credentials of his high school radio station, Apatow talked with heroes such as Jerry Seinfeld and Jay...
Seinfeld and Maher: More cranky than comic these days
On his podcast, the comedian Todd Glass recently addressed the argument that the politically correct thought-control police would have destroyed the career of his icon George Carlin. Glass countered that if Carlin were alive today, he would have evolved...
Jerry Seinfeld decries 'creepy, P.C. thing' in comedy on 'Late Night'
Jerry Seinfeld is sick of political correctness in comedy, and he wants you to know.
In a conversation Tuesday on "Late Night" with host Seth Meyers and New Yorker editor David Remnick, Seinfeld complained that the lines of what is...