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‘He was making fun of these motherf***ers’: Why George Carlin’s radical underdog comedy is still so relevant

Fourteen years after his death, the iconoclastic comedian’s material regularly goes viral on social media. Kevin E G Perry talks to Carlin’s daughter Kelly, his manager Jerry Hamza and director Judd Apatow about new documentary ‘George Carlin’s American Dream’ and why the taboo-busting stand-up is still having the last laugh

The Independent UK

Judd Apatow shares his proposed plot for Superbad 2

‘Superbad’ producer had ideas for a sequel to beloved coming-of-age film

The Independent UK

The science of creativity

"Inspired" author Matt Richtel on why we're all creators, and the difference between little and big-C creativity

Salon

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Review: 'From Hollywood with Love' as zippy and fun as the rom-coms it honors

"From Hollywood With Love" by Scott Meslow; Dey Street Books (432 pages, $27.99)

Tribune News Service

The horror of Netflix's COVID "Bubble"

Judd Apatow's Netflix film is a spoof but it's hard to care about characters with every pandemic advantage

Salon

Producer Paul Feig has an 'unheard of' hit rate. Here are his secrets to success

LOS ANGELES — Some will remember Paul Feig as biology teacher Mr. Pool on "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," but his real adventures in pop culture began with the creation of "Freaks and Geeks," which launched his career behind the camera. Afterward better known as a director of film ("A Simple…

Los Angeles Times

Movie review: ‘The Bubble’ a fun idea that bursts pretty early

Judd Apatow was doing a bunch of press for a movie via Zoom and was going a bit nuts.

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‘The Bubble’ review: Judd Apatow’s satire of movie star antics and pandemic bubbles

“At least we tried to make a movie, they can’t judge us for that,” a character says at the end of writer-director Judd Apatow’s newest comedy for Netflix. “We made something that’s a distraction in these difficult times.” I can only assume these words are a not-so-subtle effort to short…

Chicago Tribune

The Guide #28: The winners and losers of ‘slapgate’

In this week’s newsletter: after days of bad tweets and red carpet reactions, here’s the last word on the biggest Oscars moment of the decade

The Guardian - UK

Fred Armisen: ‘England is endlessly beautiful. I still haven’t gotten over it’

The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star talks to Kevin E G Perry about growing up obsessed with British punk, plans to reunite with ‘Portlandia’ collaborator Carrie Brownstein and filming Judd Apatow’s pandemic comedy ‘The Bubble’ in Berkshire

The Independent UK

‘The Bubble’ spoofs pandemic and Hollywood with broad, dino-sized humor

Netflix movie from Judd Apatow sinks under the weight of its own farcical execution.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Bubble review: Netflix comedy is a Covid-themed Saturday Night Live sketch stretched to two hours

Most frustratingly, ‘The Bubble’ is the first Judd Apatow movie that doesn’t feel like a Judd Apatow movie

The Independent UK

'The Bubble' review: Judd Apatow’s new Netflix comedy is the worst movie of 2022

The iconic comedy director attempts to take on the pandemic in the new Netflix comedy, 'The Bubble.' The results are embarrassing.

Inverse

Zoë Kravitz faces backlash for her reaction to Will Smith’s Oscars slap

The actress has been accused of not wanting to be associated with Black culture

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The Guardian - UK

The Bubble review – Judd Apatow’s star stuffed pandemic comedy runs out of puff

Apatow’s Netflix comedy has some nice gags about showbusiness, but it’s not enough to carry it through

The Guardian - UK

Mick Jagger on acting: ‘Jack Nicholson told me to start with a character’s sex life’

He stripped off in Performance, dragged up in Bent and wore a bucket on his head in Ned Kelly. As he lends his glorious voice to new spy thriller Slow Horses, the Rolling Stone relives his greatest roles

The Guardian - US

White outrage about Will Smith’s slap is rooted in anti-Blackness. It’s inequality in plain sight

This kind of performative pearl-clutching is only ever reserved for Black men who mess up, says Guardian US writer Tayo Bero

Salon

"Comedians are in danger everywhere"

Beyond the shock and jokes, here's Hollywood's reaction to Will Smith's defense of his wife

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Mic

White comedians have a lot to say about the Will Smith slap

Comedians think the incident could result in more violence onstage — but some comparisons went a little too far.

Daily Mirror

Oscars 2022 viewers in hysterics as Nicole Kidman becomes meme for Will Smith slap

Nicole Kidman's reaction to Will Smith's on stage slap of Oscar's host Chris Rock appears to sum up the shock of the star studded audience and the global TV viewers back home as they call out his behaviour

Pedestrian.tv

The Internet’s Reaction To Will Smith’s Chris Rock Slap Is Hella Fkn Divided

I mean, ableism is no joke...

The Independent UK

‘Hope they will make up’: Minnie Driver responds to Will Smith hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars

Smith hit Rock while the comedian was on stage to present the Oscar for Best Documentary

The Guardian - UK

Oscars 2022: Will Smith not facing charges for slapping Chris Rock, says LAPD, as Academy releases statement – as it happened

Family drama Coda won best picture at a ceremony that was overshadowed by Will Smith attacking Chris Rock

The Guardian - UK

‘Covid ruins storytelling!’: Judd Apatow and David Duchovny on lockdown comedy The Bubble

The first mainstream film to tackle the pandemic appears to take aim at actors’ vanity. The director, star and cast members explain why they might actually be heroes

The Independent UK

Jane Campion jokes about making a Marvel movie with Judd Apatow after saying she ‘hates’ them

‘I just felt bad because the Marvel people never asked me to make any,’ Oscar-nominated Campion said

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