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Golden Globes - Season 72

Living while funny: an appreciation of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

Olivia Popp
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June 4, 2017
Josh Brener stars as Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti in season four of HBO's "Silicon Valley" (John P. Johnson/HBO).

Josh Brener of ‘Silicon Valley’ talks comedy writing and the ‘Rude Boys on the Lot’

Olivia Popp
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May 30, 2017
Gabrielle Ruiz, Donna Lynne Champlin, Rachel Bloom, and Vella Lovell in the season 2 finale, 'Can Josh Take A Leap of Faith?' (Courtesy of The CW).

Getting raw and real with the season two finale of ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’

Olivia Popp
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May 15, 2017
Brendon North and Anne Norland (Clarice Starling) in 'Silence! The Musical.'

‘Silence! The Musical’ brings raucous fun to San Francisco

Olivia Popp
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April 11, 2017
The cast of the new Netflix show 'One Day at a Time.'

‘One Day at a Time’? More like ‘immediately watch it all at once’

Olivia Popp
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April 4, 2017
'The Boss Baby' producer Ramsey Ann Naito and director Tom McGrath

‘The Boss Baby’ director and producer on life, laughs and a love for animation

Olivia Popp
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March 28, 2017
Alec Baldwin voices the eponymous Boss Baby (Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation).

‘The Boss Baby’ makes a mess in the theater

Olivia Popp
  •  
March 25, 2017
Photo courtesy of Stefanie Okuda.

TAPS’s ‘The Tempest’ conjures a storm of originality and wit

Alli Cruz
  •  
March 3, 2017
michael-che-approved-photo

Cardinal Nights brings the The Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf and SNL’s Michael Che to Campus

Claudia Heymach
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Oct. 30, 2016
Leslie Caron stars in "Gigi", an MGM musical directed by Vincente Minnelli, screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. (Courtesy of TCM)

Young Love: Vincente Minnelli (‘Gigi’, ‘Reluctant Debutante’) at the Stanford Theatre

Carlos Valladares
  •  
Aug. 8, 2016
Kate Beckinsale (kneeling) in Whit Stillman's LOVE & FRIENDSHIP. (Photo: Bernard Walsh, Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

Film review: Whit Stillman’s costume comedy ‘Love & Friendship’ energizes 2016 cinema

Carlos Valladares
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May 20, 2016
(l-r) Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in a scene from Shane Black's "The Nice Guys". (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Film review: Buddy cop film “The Nice Guys” is a nice little romp through the ’70s

Raymond Maspons
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May 20, 2016
Kate Beckinsale in a scene from Whit Stillman's "Love & Friendship," based upon the Jane Austen novella "Lady Susan" (Photo credit: Bernard Walsh, Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions)

Interview, Pt. II: Kate Beckinsale on Whit Stillman, “Love & Friendship” and all things Austen

Carlos Valladares
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May 19, 2016
Shelley Duvall, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, producer Lorne Michaels, and Laraine Newman. Courtesy of Edie Baskin.

‘Live from New York’ falls short

Madelyne Xiao
  •  
May 29, 2015
Mina Shah

A promising comedy career

Mina Shah
  •  
May 5, 2015
Rainn Wilson speaks at CEMEX. Photo by Veronica Cruz/THE STANFORD DAILY.

Rainn Wilson delivers joke-laden sermon

Steve Rathje
  •  
April 14, 2015
Caitie

Humor and responsibility

Caitie Karasik
  •  
April 1, 2015
Comedic musical duo Igudesman and Joo. Photo courtesy of Julia Wesely, Carla Befera & Company.

Pianist from comedic classical duo discusses improv, rap, and things that go wrong

Serena Wong
  •  
Feb. 18, 2015
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in "Fifty Shades of Grey." Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures and Focus Features.

Humor abounds in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Will Ferrer
  •  
Feb. 13, 2015
Saturday Night Live - Season 40

Chris Rock’s Saturday Night Live monologue keeps audiences charged

Alex Cheng
  •  
Nov. 6, 2014
The Stanford Daily

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