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Benny Breaks Out: The Safdie Brother on Going Solo, Making You Squirm With ‘The Curse’ and What He Learned From Christopher Nolan and PTA

Benny Safdie is late. Frantic and a bit sweaty, he arrives at Westside Restaurant 40 minutes past our 10 a.m.

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Dave Chappelle mocks trans and disabled people in new Netflix special: “I love punching down”

Dave Chappelle has targetted trans and disabled people in his new Netflix special The Dreamer.After his previous special The Closer sparked criticism and employee walkouts at Netflix over jokes about the trans community, the comedian opens his new hour-long special by addressing the subject once again.In the opening, Chappelle recalls meeting Jim Carrey on the set of the 1999 movie Man On The Moon, where Carrey played the late comedian Andy Kaufman.“I was very disappointed because I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend he was Andy Kaufman all afternoon,” Chappelle said, describing how the actor stayed in character off-camera. “It was clearly Jim Carrey. I could look at him and clearly see it was Jim Carrey.

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Dave Chappelle jokes about trans, disabled people in new special ‘The Dreamer’

Dave Chappelle once again takes aim at the transgender community, as well as people with disabilities, in his new stand-up special “The Dreamer,” which dropped Sunday on Netflix. Chappelle, 50, opens the set by recalling the time he met actor Jim Carrey, 61, on the set of “Man on the Moon,” Deadline reports. Carrey plays the late performer Andy Kaufman in the 1999 film.“I was very disappointed because I wanted to meet Jim Carrey and I had to pretend he was Andy Kaufman all afternoon.

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Dave Chappelle Targets Trans Community, Disabled People In ‘The Dreamer’ Netflix Special

After receiving harsh criticism for his remarks about transgender and LGBTQ+ communities in his previous Netflix special The Closer, Dave Chappelle again took a jab at trans people and targeted the disabled community in his latest special The Dreamer.

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Dave Chappelle’s Obsession With Mocking Trans People Continues in New Netflix Special ‘The Dreamer’: ‘I Love Punching Down’

William Earl Maybe it’s time for Dave Chappelle to try some new material. The comedian’s newest special, “The Dreamer,” debuted on Netflix on Dec. 31, and largely focuses on his early years in entertainment and how he manifested his success.

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Danny DeVito, Tony Danza & More ‘Taxi’ Cast Reunite On ‘The View’

The View hosted an epic reunion of the cast of Taxi, 45 years after the series premiered on ABC. The ladies hosted Danny DeVito, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner and Carol Kane for the celebration.

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WME Signs Estate Of Iconic Nigerian Musician Fela Kuti To Agency’s Legends Division

WME has signed the Estate of Nigerian bandleader, composer, political activist and Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti for management worldwide under its WME Legends division.

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Gregg Sutton, Songwriter-Musician Who Played With Artists From Lone Justice and Bob Dylan to Andy Kaufman, Dies at 74

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Gregg Sutton, a songwriter and musician who recorded as a solo artist, was a member of Lone Justice, toured with Bob Dylan and was the musical director for comedian Andy Kaufman, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 74. No cause of death was immediately given.

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Telluride Documentary Lineup Features Plenty of Award Season Contenders, Including ‘Beyond Utopia’

Addie Morfoot Contributor Films about Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste, Andy Kaufman and designer John Galliano are part of this year’s Telluride Film Festival documentary feature lineup.In all, 22 feature and four short documentaries are heading to the 50th edition of TFF, where buzz for docs seeking Oscar consideration frequently takes hold.The lineup, kept under wraps until the eve of the fest’s opening on Aug. 31, includes docs from novice and veteran documentarians, including Errol Morris (“The Pigeon Tunnel”), Madeleine Gavin (“Beyond Utopia”), Matthew Heineman (“American Symphony”) and Paul B.

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Andy Kaufman Estate Authorizes New Doc From David Letterman, Campfire Studios, Dwayne Johnson, Fifth Season

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Filmmaker Clay Tweel (“Gleason,” “Finder’s Keepers”) has signed on to direct a new documentary based on the life of comedian Andy Kaufman. Produced by Ross Dinerstein’s Campfire Studios, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions, David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants Incorporated and Fifth Season, the film reps the first doc authorized by the Kaufman estate. Fifth Season (“Being Mary Tyler Moore”) is fully financing the project, which will be overseen by Mary Lisio, executive vice president of non-scripted and documentary, and produced in partnership with the Andy Kaufman estate. “I’ve always loved Andy because he was able to elicit such emotional reactions to his performances by using both the poignant and the absurd to keep his audience off balance. I hope we can honor his legacy in that way with our film,” Tweel said.

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Bill Zehme Dies: Author Of Frank Sinatra, Andy Kaufman Biographies Was 65

Author Bill Zehme, the last person to interview Johnny Carson and biographer of Frank Sinatra and Andy Kaufman, has died. He was 65 and passed in Chicago after a long battle with colorectal cancer.

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Andy Kaufman to Be Inducted Into WWE Hall of Fame

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Andy Kaufman is set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2023, Variety has learned. Kaufman will be inducted alongside this year’s fellow honorees that currently include Rey Mysterio and The Great Muta. Kaufman is best known for his career on the stage and screen, most famously starring as Latka Gravas in the hit sitcom “Taxi” from 1978-1983. He made his mark on the world of professional wrestling, however, when he declared himself the Inter-Gender Wrestling Champion of the World, offering money to any woman who could pin him as part of his act. This famously led to a feud with fellow WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler in the Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, TN.

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Rick Newman Dies: Founder Of Influential Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club Was 81

Rick Newman, the founder of New York City’s hugely influential Catch a Rising Star comedy club that provided a training ground for the stand-up comics who would change the landscape of entertainment in the 1970s, died Feb. 20 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81.

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Adam Sandler leads comedians sharing tributes to Improv founder Budd Friedman after death at 90

Adam Sandler and a bevy of comedy heavyweights paid tribute to the late Improv founder Budd Friedman following his death from heart failure on Saturday at age 90.Friedman, a Broadway producer who went on to found the popular comedy club franchise, was saluted by numerous comedians for helping to give them their start.'Budd Friedman. Can’t thank this man enough for what he gave to all of us,' Sandler wrote in a Twitter post featuring a photo that showed him sitting with an elderly Friedman, who was using a wheelchair at the time. Remembering a legend: Adam Sandler, 56, paid tribute to the late Budd Friedman on Sunday.

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Listen to Djo’s new song, ‘Gloom’, the second single from ‘Stranger Things’ star Joe Keery

Djo, the solo music moniker of Stranger Things star Joe Keery, has released ‘Gloom’, a new single lifted from his upcoming sophomore album.The track, which sees the actor and musician sing atop pulsating, fuzzy beats, is the second to be shared from Djo’s upcoming solo LP ‘Decide’, following last month’s release of lead single ‘Change’. Listen below:‘Decide’ is set for release on September 16, and was produced by Adam Thein, whom Keery collaborated with on Djo’s debut 2019 album, ‘Twenty Twenty’.

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George Shapiro, Producer and Manager of Jerry Seinfeld and Andy Kaufman, Dies at 91

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorGeorge Shapiro, producer and longtime manager of Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner, Andy Kaufman and other comedy stars, died May 26 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 91.Shapiro was co-founder and partner in Shapiro/West Associates, the prosperous talent management banner that helped assemble the mammoth NBC hit “Seinfeld” and numerous projects for Andy Kaufman.

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George Shapiro, Producer and Manager of Jerry Seinfeld and Andy Kaufman, Dies at 91

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BREAKING Seinfeld producer and legendary talent manager George Shapiro dies aged 91

tributes pour in.George died of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills on Thursday (May 26) a publicist announced - no further details have been shared.He was a manager to a host of Hollywood stars including Andy Kaufman, Jerry Seinfeld and Carl Reiner. As well as Seinfeld, other shows' he was involved with included The Steve Allen Show, That Girl and Gomer Pyle.More recently, George served as executive producer of the Crackle/Netflix series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, hosted by Jerry Seinfeld.As well as running his own talent company and managing a number of big names, George was well known for being producer on hit TV shows.Shapiro also managed the star comic and produced a number of his standup specials including the likes of Jerry Before Seinfeld and 23 Hours to Kill.His last production was The Super Bob Einstein Movie which was released on HBO last year.Following the news of his death, stars and fans alike took to social media to share messages of condolence.