The new NBC sitcom, American Auto, is only tangentially related to the auto industry, which basically serves as a convenient new backdrop for the TV producer who already gave us place-based comedy ...

I don’t care what Christopher Hitchens says — women are funny. In fact, as it turns out, female comedians are more popular than ever (Fey, Poehler, Sedaris and even Anna Faris, the reigning queen of ...

(From left) Andrea Beaty, Erica Pearl, and Rita Williams-Garcia (speaking) Photo: Rebecca Lomax/American Libraries Children’s authors Andrea Beaty, Cece Bell, Betsy Bird, Erica Perl, and Rita Williams ...

My love for American Girl dolls didn't end at an appropriate age. When I started listening to punk rock at 12, I still loved my AGs. When I began reading Sylvia Plath at 13 (side note: why was no one ...

These can be unnerving times for American comedy. The TV sitcom is going by way of the canned laugh track, while the president tries to heckle late-night comedians out of jobs. But funny persists. And ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...