Michelle Buteau
Michelle Buteau Talks ‘Survival of the Thickest’ Season 2 Guest Stars, Directors, and Why Season 1 Won’t Score Any Emmy Nominations (Exclusive)
Survival of the Thickest star Michelle Buteau is promising a “bigger and blacker and better” season two as filming commences amid a mixture of emotions for the co-creator and co-executive producer for the show, whose work on season one alongside her cast and crew was locked out of this year’s Emmys nominations due to a “glitch” in […]
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Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s Full, Uncensored Comedy Actress Roundtable
In 2005, Hamilton and Girls5Eva star Renee Elise Goldsberry went back home to Chicago to visit her dad. She accompanied him to church, where the reverend made a to-do of her presence. “We have a guest,” he announced to the congregation, and then proceeded to tick off her professional accomplishments, which, at that point, included […]
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“When I Stopped Giving a F***”: Quinta Brunson, Kristen Wiig and the THR Comedy Actress Roundtable
Michelle Buteau, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ego Nwodim and Maya Rudolph also join a raucous and revealing conversation about ignoring industry expectations, the pressure to mine their personal lives and tap-dancing for the patriarchy: “My knees are tired, but fish oil helps."
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Why More Comedies Like ‘Babes’ Would “End Capitalism”
[This story contains spoilers for Babes.] As Eden (Ilana Glazer) gazes at her own freshly-delivered babe toward the end of Babes, she marvels at the miracle of this tiny little person having gestated inside and sprung forth from her own body, and wonders aloud – granted, in a postpartum haze of delirium – why more […]
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Netflix Back in Business With Comics Ali Wong, Fluffy and Jo Koy
With the Netflix Is A Joke Festival underway, the streaming service has announced its slate of seven upcoming comedy specials. The lineup includes everyone from Ali Wong and Michelle Buteau to Bert “The Machine” Kreischer and Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias. Also forthcoming: Jo Koy’s fifth special, which he taped in Brooklyn last November, and a third […]
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‘Babes’ Review: Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau Shine in Pamela Adlon’s Charming Maternal Romp
The comedians play best friends navigating pregnancy in the 'Better Things' creator's feature directorial debut.
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‘Survival of the Thickest’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
Netflix is doubling down on Michelle Buteau. The streaming giant has handed out a second-season renewal for its comedy series Survival of the Thickest, starring Buteau, and ordered a second comedy special featuring the actress and exec producer. Buteau shared the news Tuesday during an appearance on Today. The renewal for Thickest comes more than […]
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‘Survival of the Thickest’ Review: Netflix Comedy Is a Breezy Pleasure Even if It Could Use More Bite
Michelle Buteau plays a 38-year-old stylist trying to get her life back on track after a breakup, in a series based on her own book of essays.
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Pamela Adlon Sets Feature Directorial Debut With Ilana Glazer Pregnancy Comedy (Exclusive)
Pamela Adlon has zeroed in on her first post-Better Things project. The Emmy-winning talent will make her feature directorial debut on an untitled pregnancy comedy for FilmNation Entertainment and Range Media Partners with a script by Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz. Broad City breakout Glazer will star in the film playing Eden, an aggressively single […]
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