See the SNL audition tapes of Bill Murray, Will Forte, Amy Poehler, and more, including some that didn't make it onto the show like Jim Carrey and Zach Galifianakis.

HBO premiered the first episode of its new comedy series Togetherness last night, but today the pay cable channel has made the episode available in its entirety to all.  Created, written, and directed by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus, …

Last year, Showtime’s new drama Penny Dreadful became a surprise breakout hit.  The gothic, Victorian tale wove together a number of familiar characters — Doctor Frankenstein, his Creature, Dorian Gray — along with several new faces, all wrapped up in an engrossing …

Yesterday, religious fanatics shot and killed 12 employees and wounded 11 others in an attack on the office of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.  The publication had attracted condemnation, threats, and violence in the past for its jokes and …

Comedic actors tackling dramatic roles isn’t a wholly new notion, but there are plenty of instances in which a performer best known for making people laugh shows a completely different side of him or herself in a more dramatic performance.  …