Cinema News: Five comedy events we're excited about in 2023

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January 4, 2023

Chris Rock to Bro V. Wade: 5 Comedy specials and events we're excited about in 2023

In the spirit of the new year, it's only right that we dive into some bullet points that are already getting us pumped for more comedy this year.

'Too messed up now to type,' Jeremy Renner updates fans on his condition after accident

Actor Jeremy Renner has been hospitalized in critical condition since a New Year's Day accident where he was run over by his snowplow in Nevada.

A 'Love and Rockets' box set cements the Hernandez Brothers' literary legacy

"Love and Rockets: The First Fifty" makes a weighty case for the Oxnard-born Chicano brothers as authors of a literary comic masterpiece.

A hot new Indian gangster novel thrills and dazzles. It could have done so much more

Deepti Kapoor's "Age of Vice" comes bearing "Godfather" comparisons and an FX series deal. But in favoring glitz, the novel loses sight of India's poor.

Legal dispute with financiers of 'Top Gun: Maverick' casts spotlight on controversial Russian oligarch

A lawsuit filed against New Republic Pictures alleges controversial Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev is the "silent partner" behind a slate of Paramount blockbusters, raising questions about the company's financing.

What novelist Cai Emmons taught us about how to die

Cai Emmons, a prolific novelist of the West, died Monday, after running a blog after her ALS diagnosis that has much to teach us about facing the inevitable.

'The Simpsons' team mourns music editor Chris Ledesma: 'A sweet man who loved his job'

The producers and creatives of "The Simpsons" paid tribute to long-serving music editor Chris Ledesma, who died at age 64.

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