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Displaying all articles tagged:
Kumail Nanjiani
Apr. 25, 2017
Kumail Nanjiani Tells Conan O’Brien About Sharing a Flight with a […]
Here’s a clip from Kumail Nanjiani’s visit to last night’s Conan, where he tells O’Brien about a particularly annoying flight where he sat […]
By
Megh Wright
trailer mix
Feb. 17, 2017
Silicon Valley
Season 4 Trailer: Wait, Can You Build a New Internet?
Coming to HBO Sunday, April 23.
By
Jackson McHenry
Feb. 14, 2017
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s Movie ‘The Big Sick’ Heads to […]
Back in 2015, Judd Apatow and Michael Showalter signed on to produce and direct, respectively, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s movie The […]
By
Megh Wright
movie review
Jan. 30, 2017
Sundance Hit
The Big Sick
Is a Joyful Exercise in Empathy
Kumail Nanjiani stars in this festival crowd-pleaser.
By
Tomris Laffly
sundance 2017
Jan. 27, 2017
133 Famous Faces From Vulture’s Studio at the Sundance Film Festival
Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Olsen, Kumail Nanjiani, and many more.
By
Bobby Doherty,
Maya Robinson,
and
Stacey Wilson Hunt
wheels and deals
Jan. 22, 2017
Amazon Acquires Judd Apatow Rom-Com
The Big Sick
One of the first big buys of this year’s festival.
By
Karen Brill
2016 election
Nov. 12, 2016
Kumail Nanjiani Describes Harrowing Encounter With Trump Supporters
He was out in Los Angeles with Thomas Middleditch.
By
Devon Ivie
last night on late night
Oct. 4, 2016
Jamie Lee Curtis Discusses
True Lies
Strip Scene
You know the one.
By
Halle Kiefer
Sept. 22, 2016
‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’ to End Next Month After a Six-Year Run
It’s the end of the road for Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray, and Emily Gordon’s long-running weekly standup showcase at Meltdown Comics in LA. On […]
By
Megh Wright
roll clip!
July 24, 2016
McCarthy, Hader, Goldblum Audition for Han Solo
They’d look right at home in the Millennium Falcon.
By
Devon Ivie
July 21, 2016
Take a Break from Politics with This Butt-Chugging PSA from the ‘Silicon […]
While most late night shows are busy covering the Republican convention this week, Conan O’Brien is catering to a different crowd with special […]
By
Megh Wright
last night on late night
June 21, 2016
Kumail Nanjiani Has Some Great Poop Stories
Or we can call it “party cream.”
By
E. Alex Jung
June 21, 2016
Kumail Nanjiani Comes Clean About Pooping His Pants Two Years Ago
Here’s a clip from Kumail Nanjiani’s visit to last night’s Conan, where a story about a childhood friend pooping his pants leads Nanjiani to […]
By
Megh Wright
Apr. 21, 2016
Kumail Nanjiani Talks Parents, Fame, and Porn on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Here’s a clip from Kumail Nanjiani’s chat with Jimmy Kimmel last night, where he talks about how hard it’s been to convince his parents that […]
By
Megh Wright
Apr. 6, 2016
Kumail Nanjiani and T.J. Miller Have an Intense ‘Dark Souls III’ Gaming […]
Ahead of Dark Soul III’s release on April 12th, Silicon Valley stars Kumail Nanjiani and T.J. Miller met up with Bandai Namco to try out the […]
By
Megh Wright
independent spirit awards
Feb. 28, 2016
Watch Kate McKinnon Play Cate Blanchett in
Carol
“Land this plane, Carol. Land it.”
By
Jackson McHenry
the x-files
Feb. 2, 2016
Kumail Nanjiani Got to Keep His
X-Files
X-File
“Maybe I’ll get buried with it.”
By
Jackson McHenry
the x-files
Jan. 22, 2016
What It’s Like to Watch
The X-Files
All Day With Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Nanjiani hosted an
X-Files
marathon and talked to Chris Carter about why there probably won’t be a third
X-Files
film.
By
Ira Madison III
independent spirit awards
Jan. 7, 2016
McKinnon & Nanjiani to Host Indie Spirit Awards
The show airs February 27.
By
Nate Jones
Dec. 4, 2015
Apatow to Produce, Showalter to Direct Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. […]
Comedy people and husband/wife duo Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon have written a movie together, and they’ve got the perfect producer and […]
By
Megh Wright
Nov. 20, 2015
Comedy Central Renews ‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’ for a Third […]
Comedy Central is staying in business with the Meltdown guys. According to The Wrap, the network has officially renewed Jonah Ray and Kumail […]
By
Megh Wright
party chats
Nov. 10, 2015
Silicon Valley
Actors Did Hand-Job Math for NASA
“Our biggest accomplishment is a joke about how fast we could masturbate every guy in an auditorium.”
By
Alice Zhang
July 1, 2015
Kumail Nanjiani Regrets Sharing His Childhood Photo on Twitter
Here’s a clip from Kumail Nanjiani’s visit to last night’s Conan, where he shares an adorable #TBT photo of himself as a little yet […]
By
Megh Wright
comedy
June 30, 2015
Nanjiani, Ray, Gordon on
The Meltdown
From the best live stand-up show to the best stand-up show on TV.
By
Jesse David Fox
June 30, 2015
Inside ‘The Meltdown’ with Jonah and Kumail
If you live in Los Angeles, you know that The Meltdown With Jonah And Kumail, the standup show in the back of a comic book store, is one of the […]
By
Monique Madrid
May 26, 2015
‘Silicon Valley’ is Almost Too Much Like the Real Silicon Valley — Almost
Silicon Valley might be too compelling for its own good. Whenever anyone asks me what I think of Silicon Valley, I tell them I like it but I […]
By
Meredith Haggerty
party chat
May 5, 2015
PSA: Kumail Nanjiani Is Not Kunal Nayyar
“I had a reviewer tell me that I’m also in
Big Bang Theory.
”
By
Kara Warner
Apr. 22, 2015
Kumail Nanjiani Tells Seth Meyers About His Weirdest ‘Silicon Valley’ Fan […]
Here’s a clip from Kumail Nanjiani’s visit to last night’s Late Night, where he looks back at some Silicon Valley scenes that have led to some […]
By
Megh Wright
last night on late night
Apr. 22, 2015
Kumail Nanjiani Gets a Lot of Lewd Comments
Thanks to that whole dick-jerking efficiency thing.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
Feb. 11, 2015
Season 2 of ‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’ Is On the Way
Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani’s The Meltdown is returning to Comedy Central for a second season. Comedy Central hasn’t officially confirmed the […]
By
Megh Wright
Aug. 14, 2014
Kumail Nanjiani Tells Conan About a ‘Silicon Valley’ Scene That […]
Meltdown hosts Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani paid a visit to Conan last night, and Nanjiani told a story about nearly winning his […]
By
Megh Wright
July 23, 2014
Talking to Kumail Nanjiani and Jonah Ray About ‘The Meltdown’
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail premieres on Comedy Central tonight as an eight-episode, half-hour standup showcase based on the very […]
By
Joel Arnold
splitsider
July 22, 2014
The Inside Story of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
“I’ve always been fascinated with the moment people go from being a just a group in a room to one unit – for me, that’s the most interesting […]
By
Samantha Pitchel
July 7, 2014
Watch the Pilot for ‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’ on Amazon for Free
Comedy Central’s new standup series The Meltdown doesn’t premiere until July 23rd, but the pilot is already available for viewing on Amazon […]
By
Megh Wright
June 6, 2014
‘The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail’ Premieres July 23rd; Will Feature […]
Comedy Central is premiering its newest standup series, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, on July 23rd at 12:30am, Splitsider has learned, […]
By
Bradford Evans
June 4, 2014
Kumail Nanjiani Launches a New Podcast That Will Break Down Every Episode […]
Comedian Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, Portlandia) is hosting a new podcast called The X-Files Files, which will find Nanjiani and a guest […]
By
Bradford Evans
June 4, 2014
Breaking Down ‘Silicon Valley’s Flawed Characters and Promising Debut […]
Silicon Valley’s fourth episode, “Fiduciary Duties,” ends with Richard and Erlich as they leave Peter Gregory’s office, where they spy an old […]
By
Erica Lies
May 20, 2014
Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon Share the Fascinating Story Behind Their […]
Cosmo has a great interview with comedy couple Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon in which they detail the super interesting and intense story […]
By
Bradford Evans
Apr. 9, 2014
Watch Kumail Nanjiani and Conan O’Brien Play a Game of ‘Tweet or […]
Here’s a clip from Kumail Nanjiani’s visit with Conan last night, where he introduces his new short but genius (and also somewhat depressing) […]
By
Megh Wright
Apr. 3, 2014
‘Silicon Valley’s Skewering of the Tech Industry Feels Spot-On
A few weeks ago, South by Southwest offered an advance screening of the first two episodes of Mike Judge’s new sitcom, Silicon Valley. It was […]
By
Erica Lies
Mar. 26, 2014
Kumail Nanjiani Plays the Unmarketable Dhalsim in ‘Street Fighter Red Tape’
In the newest installment of Pete Holmes’s Street Fighter-themed web series, Kumail Nanjiani plays the slow and stretchy Indian yogi Dhalsim, […]
By
Megh Wright
year in culture 2013
Dec. 18, 2013
The Top Ten Stand-up Specials of 2013
Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Mike Birbiglia, Kevin Hart, and more!
By
Jesse David Fox
Nov. 20, 2013
The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show: The Meta Game with The Indoor Kids and […]
This week on this extra curricular Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show, Jeff appears on a cross-over podcast episode with the Indoor Kids’ Kumail and […]
By
Jeff Rubin
Oct. 30, 2013
Tig Notaro and Kumail Nanjiani Visit Natasha Leggero’s Hot Tub
Here’s the latest episode of Natasha Leggero’s JASH talk show Tubbin’ with Tash, in which she and sidekick Pig Bottom (Moshe Kasher) are […]
By
Bradford Evans
Oct. 29, 2013
Kumail Nanjiani, Natasha Leggero, and More Perform in the Trailer for […]
Ari Shaffir’s Comedy Central storytelling web series This Is Not Happening is set to premiere its second season on November 5th, and here’s […]
By
Bradford Evans
Oct. 29, 2013
Kumail Nanjiani and Pete Holmes Played a Round of ‘Racist or Super-Racist’
Kumail Nanjiani was the first guest on The Pete Holmes Show last night, and long-time fans of their friendship got a glimpse of the pair’s […]
By
Elise Czajkowski
Sept. 5, 2013
This Week in Comedy Podcasts: Kumail Nanjiani Talks Pornography, Chris […]
The comedy podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. […]
By
Arielle Gordon
July 24, 2013
Kumail Nanjiani Shares His Comic-Con Experience
Here’s comedian Kumail Nanjiani on Conan last night, telling a funny story about a weird thing that happened to him at Comic-Con this year.
By
Bradford Evans
July 19, 2013
Kumail Nanjiani Loves ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’
Kumail Nanjiani’s new standup special, Beta Male, premieres on Comedy Central tomorrow at midnight, and Examiner has a fun chat with him about […]
By
Bradford Evans
chat room
July 19, 2013
Pete Holmes and Kumail Nanjiani Talk Stand-up
Nanjiani’s
Beta Male
premieres this Saturday. “I did wear a hoodie and I regret it.”
By
Pete Holmes
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