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Dìdi Is the First Great MySpace-Era Coming-of-Age Movie

The brilliant comedy-drama brings a grip of late-aughts signifiers—AIM chats, Facebook wall posts, Verizon Ringback Tones, Warped Tour bands—to the big screen in the most painfully accurate and hilarious way possible. Director Sean Wang tells GQ what it took to recreate an oft-overlooked period for his first feature film.
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Bassem Youssef, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, Has More Material Than Ever

The heart-surgeon-turned-comedian, who brought political satire to Middle Eastern television, reflects on his viral Piers Morgan appearance, his bilingual comedy tour, and whether he's funnier in English or Arabic.
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John Mulaney Hosts a Talk Show for a Good Time, Not a Long Time

Everybody’s in L.A., Mulaney’s latest weird Netflix project, is a live early-evening talk show with the ramshackle feel of public-access TV—and a built-in expiration date.
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Is Carrington Bornstein the Internet’s Hottest Funny Guy? Or Funniest Hot Guy?

“A TikTok ban would not stop me. I'm going to the top regardless,” says the model-slash-creator, who has recently expanded into stand-up (“I crushed”), music (“it’s fire”), and acting (the goal: entering the “Sam Levinson universe”).
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Conan O’Brien’s Forgotten Web Series Shows the Comedy Legend at His Raw, Hysterical Best

These behind-the-scenes clips from O'Brien's TBS series are some of the finest, funniest Conan you can watch on YouTube (that doesn't involve chicken wings).
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Only Norm Macdonald Gave O.J. Simpson What He Deserved

The late comic may have lost his SNL job for roasting Simpson and his farcical trial—but his mercilessly funny O.J. jokes have outlived their infamous subject.
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Curb Your Enthusiasm Is Over. JB Smoove Is Just Getting Started

Larry David calls him indispensable. Richard Lewis told him he was “a fucking beast” as a comic actor. But as he prepares to say goodbye to the show that made him an out-of-nowhere comedy star in his 40s, Smoove is facing forward: “I'm still fresh…. I can work with anybody, I can do anything.”
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‘I Think You Should Leave’ Live From New York: Tim Robinson Reveals Sketches Too Weird for TV's Weirdest Sketch Show

Robinson and partner Zach Kanin kicked off a tour at the Beacon Theatre with help from Paul Rudd, Seth Meyers, and a guy in a bird suit.
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Ramy Youssef is Ready For Some Hard Conversations

The comedian-writer-actor, whose new HBO stand-up special drops this weekend, talks Gaza, Glazer, identifying with your parents, and the future of Ramy.
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Kate Berlant is Not Comfortable Until You’re Uncomfortable

Talking with the comedian and actor about building a stage show out of clichés, silence, mockery, and fourth-wall-breaking asides.
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‘American Fiction’ Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Talks to Robert Townsend, Who Went There First With ‘Hollywood Shuffle’

“The themes of the film are not new,” Jefferson says. “Which is a little heartbreaking, right?”
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Detroit Superfan Sam Richardson Bleeds Lions Blue

He even put a Lions Super Bowl clause in his latest contract.
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That Wild ‘The Curse’ Finale, Explained to the Extent That It Is Explicable

Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie's apex-cringe series wraps its first (and possibly final) season with a WTF-did-I-just-watch episode for the ages.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Made Bad Basketball Hilarious— and Delivered One of his Greatest Performances— in this Early-00s Rom-com

Even in a supporting role as Ben Stiller’s goofball best friend, remembers Along Came Polly director John Hamburg, Hoffman was dedicated to getting it right.
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Tim Heidecker's Top Five Favorite Things of 2023, Including the Movie He Knew He Was Going to Love Because People Hated It

The Office Hours Live host picks his films, song, podcast and novel of the year.
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'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Ending: Larry David Bids Farewell to “Larry David,” and a Nation Mourns

Goodnight, sweet misanthrope! The upcoming season of the iconic HBO series will be its last.
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Bowen Yang's Favorite Video-Game Things of 2023, Including the Vampire-Elf That Made Every Gamer Think, “I Can Fix Him”

The Saturday Night Live star reveals the outer-borough representation, fantasy F-bombs, and emotional endings that defined his year in gaming.
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Reggie Watts' Top Five Things of 2023, Including a Good Flashlight and an A.I. Worth Chatting With

The musician, comedian and author shares his picks.
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Stavros Halkias Can Tell When You're Lying

His radical honesty made him stand-up comedy's king of crowd work. With his new Netflix special, the Stavvy's World host wants to start a bigger conversation.
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12 Definitely True Facts About Tim Robinson

The comedian broke all our brains this year with his surreal Netflix show I Think You Should Leave. But where does the king of cringe end and the real man begin?
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