#Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson worked for a phone sex line

Admin4 years ago04 mins

“Abbott Elementary’ star Quinta Brunson worked for a phone sex line” Before she created and starred in “Abbott Elementary,” Quinta Brunson was hired to work an “adult hotline” — though she didn’t know it at the time. During her Tuesday night appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Brunson, 32, shared the comedy of errors…

#New mockumentary-style series ‘Abbott Elementary’ gets a good grade

Admin5 years ago06 mins

“#New mockumentary-style series ‘Abbott Elementary’ gets a good grade” “Abbott Elementary” is a late arrival to ABC’s fall schedule — and it makes a strong case to stick around in primetime for a while. The mockumentary-style comedy, written by and starring Quinta Brunson (“A Black Lady Sketch Show”), revolves around life at an inner-city elementary…

#Tony Hendra, who shrunk ‘Spinal Tap’s’ Stonehenge, dead at 79

Admin5 years ago04 mins

“#Tony Hendra, who shrunk ‘Spinal Tap’s’ Stonehenge, dead at 79” Tony Hendra — the British humorist best known as the “This is Spinal Tap” manager who blunderingly shrunk Stonehenge — died Thursday of Lou Gehrig’s disease in Yonkers, NY. He was 79, and had battled the illness, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, since 2019….

#’Jann’ is a clever Canadian import like ‘Schitt’s Creek’

Admin5 years ago06 mins

“#’Jann’ is a clever Canadian import like ‘Schitt’s Creek’” Canada has a good run of late with homegrown series including “Schitt’s Creek” and “Transplant” finding success in the US. You can add “Jann” to that list. Both seasons of the comedy series, which premiered on Canada’s CTV in 2019, are now available on Hulu and…

#Sacha Baron Cohen gives 0K to ‘Borat’ baby sitter’s community

#Sacha Baron Cohen gives $100K to ‘Borat’ baby sitter’s community

Admin6 years ago04 mins

“#Sacha Baron Cohen gives $100K to ‘Borat’ baby sitter’s community” It was a “very nice” thing to do. “Betrayed” baby-sitter Jeanise Jones, the unassuming star of the “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” has now raised more than $240,000 for her Oklahoma City community, partly thanks to a recent bump from Borat himself. Ask any fan of Cohen’s…

#‘Borat’ fans raise K to compensate ‘betrayed’ babysitter Jeanise Jones

#‘Borat’ fans raise $50K to compensate ‘betrayed’ babysitter Jeanise Jones

Admin6 years ago04 mins

“#‘Borat’ fans raise $50K to compensate ‘betrayed’ babysitter Jeanise Jones” They felt she was Sacha Baron Conned. Sympathetic “Borat 2” fans have raised tens of thousands of dollars for Jeanise Jones, the mockumentary’s “moral compass” who claimed she was “betrayed” by filmmakers. “I thought it would be great to give people a vehicle to say…