Matt Rogers’ debut comedy special “Have You Heard of Christmas?” will premiere on Showtime on Dec. 2.
Based on his live show of the same name, the special features an original set of holiday pop music and stand-up comedy as Rogers seeks to win approval as the next “Pop Prince of Christmas.” The special was taped with a live audience at Joe’s Pub within the Public Theater in New York, and will feature performances and short comedic bits from guest stars Bowen Yang (“Saturday Night Live”) and comedy duo Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson (“Fucking Identical Twins”).
Rogers is known for co-hosting the podcast “Las Culturistas” with Yang, and recently starred in “I Love That For You” on Showtime and the Searchlight and Hulu film “Fire Island.” He has also written for HBO Max’s “The Other Two” and Netflix’s “Q-Force” along with co-creating the Quibi series “Gayme Show.
Based on his live show of the same name, the special features an original set of holiday pop music and stand-up comedy as Rogers seeks to win approval as the next “Pop Prince of Christmas.” The special was taped with a live audience at Joe’s Pub within the Public Theater in New York, and will feature performances and short comedic bits from guest stars Bowen Yang (“Saturday Night Live”) and comedy duo Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson (“Fucking Identical Twins”).
Rogers is known for co-hosting the podcast “Las Culturistas” with Yang, and recently starred in “I Love That For You” on Showtime and the Searchlight and Hulu film “Fire Island.” He has also written for HBO Max’s “The Other Two” and Netflix’s “Q-Force” along with co-creating the Quibi series “Gayme Show.
- 10/26/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix announced today that Joel Kim Booster’s stand-up special Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual will debut on the streamer on June 21st.
Booster’s first Netflix special was filmed at Catch One in Los Angeles, in a uniquely crafted three-set act. In it, he discusses learning the cultural nuances of being Asian as he gets older—also getting into his fascination for human sexuality and much more. Doron Max Hagay directed Psychosexual and exec produced it alongside Booster, Zack Freedman, Tony Hernandez, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Brooke Posch.
Booster is an actor and the comedian currently in the midst of the biggest year of his career. He also wrote, exec produced and stars in the Hulu Original Fire Island, which debuts on the service in the U.S. on June 3rd. That film from director Andrew Ahn (Spa Night) is billed as a modern-day rom-com, inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,...
Booster’s first Netflix special was filmed at Catch One in Los Angeles, in a uniquely crafted three-set act. In it, he discusses learning the cultural nuances of being Asian as he gets older—also getting into his fascination for human sexuality and much more. Doron Max Hagay directed Psychosexual and exec produced it alongside Booster, Zack Freedman, Tony Hernandez, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Brooke Posch.
Booster is an actor and the comedian currently in the midst of the biggest year of his career. He also wrote, exec produced and stars in the Hulu Original Fire Island, which debuts on the service in the U.S. on June 3rd. That film from director Andrew Ahn (Spa Night) is billed as a modern-day rom-com, inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Joel Kim Booster is joining the pantheon of comedians with Netflix comedy specials, as his new, three-act set “Psychosexual” is set to debut June 21 on the streamer.
Filmed at Catch One in Los Angeles, the special follows Booster as he discusses the cultural nuances of being Asian, his preferences for threesomes, tips for self-pleasuring and his fascination with human sexuality. The special will follow the June 3 premiere of Hulu’s “Fire Island,” his queer adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” that he stars in alongside Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho.
“Psychosexual” is directed by Doron Max Hagay, who executive produces alongside Booster, Zack Freedman, Tony Hernandez, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Brooke Posch.
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Mohammed “Mo” Amer’s scripted Netflix comedy series “Mo” will premiere on August 24, the streamer announced. The show sees Amer playing Mo Najjar, a Palestinian refugee whose family flees to Houston, and sees...
Filmed at Catch One in Los Angeles, the special follows Booster as he discusses the cultural nuances of being Asian, his preferences for threesomes, tips for self-pleasuring and his fascination with human sexuality. The special will follow the June 3 premiere of Hulu’s “Fire Island,” his queer adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” that he stars in alongside Bowen Yang and Margaret Cho.
“Psychosexual” is directed by Doron Max Hagay, who executive produces alongside Booster, Zack Freedman, Tony Hernandez, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Brooke Posch.
Also in today’s TV news:
Dates
Mohammed “Mo” Amer’s scripted Netflix comedy series “Mo” will premiere on August 24, the streamer announced. The show sees Amer playing Mo Najjar, a Palestinian refugee whose family flees to Houston, and sees...
- 4/29/2022
- by Sasha Urban and Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Vimeo has announced its 2018 nominees for the Best of the Year Staff Picks Awards. Vimeo has recognized the best Staff Picks of the year by calling out the winners on its blog since 2016, but the company is elevating its end-of-the-year celebration this year by revealing nominations and bringing in a distinguished jury for each category to decide the winner. Each award recipient will receive a cash prize and a physical trophy, in addition to the Best of the Year badge, and the winning films will be screened at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on January 17th.
There are three jurors for each Staff Pick category, including the 2017 winners for each respective category. Categories include: Best of Action Sports, Best of Animation, Best of Comedy, Best of Documentary, Best of Drama, Best of Eye Candy and Best of Travel. Jury members include Alan Cumming, Roger Ross Williams, Reinaldo Green, and Sarah Schneider,...
There are three jurors for each Staff Pick category, including the 2017 winners for each respective category. Categories include: Best of Action Sports, Best of Animation, Best of Comedy, Best of Documentary, Best of Drama, Best of Eye Candy and Best of Travel. Jury members include Alan Cumming, Roger Ross Williams, Reinaldo Green, and Sarah Schneider,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
You never know what will be waiting for you in the woods... In today's Horror Highlights, we have two clips from the upcoming thriller Without Name, as well as details on the Nitehawk Shorts Festival Selects program, Frontières returning to the Fantasia International Film Festival, and the official trailer for The Passing.
Without Name Clips: Press Release: "Los Angeles, California (June 16, 2017) - Global Digital Releasing has set a distribution date for the award winning dramatic thriller Without Name. The North American release will be across multiple digital and VOD platforms, beginning Tuesday, June 20.
The story follows land surveyor Eric (Alan McKenna). He travels to a remote, unnamed Irish woodland to assess its suitability for a new development project. However, the assignment it is not as simple as it could be. Intrigued by the woods’ foreboding mysticism, Eric finds himself drawn into a dangerous game that could lead to him becoming...
Without Name Clips: Press Release: "Los Angeles, California (June 16, 2017) - Global Digital Releasing has set a distribution date for the award winning dramatic thriller Without Name. The North American release will be across multiple digital and VOD platforms, beginning Tuesday, June 20.
The story follows land surveyor Eric (Alan McKenna). He travels to a remote, unnamed Irish woodland to assess its suitability for a new development project. However, the assignment it is not as simple as it could be. Intrigued by the woods’ foreboding mysticism, Eric finds himself drawn into a dangerous game that could lead to him becoming...
- 6/16/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Clocking in at just three days, the Northside Film Festival still provides enough breadth in programming to rival an event three times its size. In addition to the centerpiece Diy Competition and short programs, the fest has added an episodics sidebar this year, featuring Doron Max Hagay’s Monica web series, among others. Due to pre-screener availability, the following recommendations are features only, but that scarcely means you shouldn’t keep any eye on the other sections. Northside runs from today through Wednesday at UnionDocs, Nitehawk, Videology and the Wythe Hotel. Tired Moonlight If you missed Britni West’s Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner at New Directors/New Films, […]...
- 6/8/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Clocking in at just three days, the Northside Film Festival still provides enough breadth in programming to rival an event three times its size. In addition to the centerpiece Diy Competition and short programs, the fest has added an episodics sidebar this year, featuring Doron Max Hagay’s Monica web series, among others. Due to pre-screener availability, the following recommendations are features only, but that scarcely means you shouldn’t keep any eye on the other sections. Northside runs from today through Wednesday at UnionDocs, Nitehawk, Videology and the Wythe Hotel. Tired Moonlight If you missed Britni West’s Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner at New Directors/New Films, […]...
- 6/8/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In 2000, two years after news broke of her inappropriate relationship with President Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky moved to New York City, where she looked to reinvent herself. That time in Lewinsky's life is the inspiration for Monica, a clever web series that has recently turned a lot of heads in the blogging world.
Monica follows its titular heroine, played by Lily Marotta, as she moves into a West Village apartment attempts to start a new life. Of course, this proves rather difficult, as the people she encounters can help by pry into her famous back story. In the first episode, for example, she meets with a yoga teacher who is eager to address "that elephant that is stomping around this studio right now."
What makes Monica so smart is creator Doron Max Hagay's ability to balance his gimmick with a more usual web series setup. Monica, at its heart,...
Monica follows its titular heroine, played by Lily Marotta, as she moves into a West Village apartment attempts to start a new life. Of course, this proves rather difficult, as the people she encounters can help by pry into her famous back story. In the first episode, for example, she meets with a yoga teacher who is eager to address "that elephant that is stomping around this studio right now."
What makes Monica so smart is creator Doron Max Hagay's ability to balance his gimmick with a more usual web series setup. Monica, at its heart,...
- 2/28/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
You would think that the filmmaker behind such razor-sharp, atmospheric satires as Erica Wexler is Online and Perfect Thoughts would go for broke with an unsuspecting subject like Monica Lewinsky, but Doron Max Hagay had other plans when it came to designing his amusing new web series, Monica. “From the outset, I was dogged about not representing Monica’s story merely as satire,” says Hagay, who joined forces with actor Lily Marotta to loosely adapt “Monica Takes Manhattan,” the 2001 New York Magazine profile that detailed Lewinsky’s post-Clinton life in the big city. The first two episodes of the six part series are now available online, with subsequent episodes […]...
- 2/26/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
You would think that the filmmaker behind such razor-sharp, atmospheric satires as Erica Wexler is Online and Perfect Thoughts would go for broke with an unsuspecting subject like Monica Lewinsky, but Doron Max Hagay had other plans when it came to designing his amusing new web series, Monica. “From the outset, I was dogged about not representing Monica’s story merely as satire,” says Hagay, who joined forces with actor Lily Marotta to loosely adapt “Monica Takes Manhattan,” the 2001 New York Magazine profile that detailed Lewinsky’s post-Clinton life in the big city. The first two episodes of the six part series are now available online, with subsequent episodes […]...
- 2/26/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Having a short film stick with audiences is a tough row to hoe. For whatever reason they're judged much more harshly than features, and in that respect, they don't even get the benefit of having a super opinionated viewer spread their negative toxins (even the worst feature will warrant a one-star IMDb review -- like they say, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity”). Not to defend the form blindly: they're often nothing more than a calling card or stepping stone to something longer and more expensive, rarely utilizing the short-form structure in an appropriate way or feeling at all complete as its own being. Sometimes they’re a style-over-substance gimmick or a feature squeezed into 15 or 20 minutes (don't even get us started on short films with A-List actors in them). "Style-over-substance gimmick" could probably be hurled at Doron Max Hagay's "Erica Wexler Is Online" (featured on the great website “Short Of.
- 9/10/2012
- by Christopher Bell
- The Playlist
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