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After delivering a smashing opening monologue at the 2024 Grammy Awards, Trevor Noah kept the tempo going and produced a new comedy special on Fortnite, the game platform developed by Epic Games.

Produced through his Day Zero Productions, “JokeNite” takes place on an “island” and can be accessed via the “Epic’s Picks” category in Discover or through the following island code: 6296-7829-6524 on Wednesday. According to a statement, users can vote between four “fully motion-captured performances” from Matthew Broussard, Marcia Belsky, Scott Seiss, and Preacher Lawson.

“With JokeNite Royale,...

Didja hear the one about the stand-up comedy special in that game with the llamas and “slurp juice”?

Comedian Trevor Noah, fresh off of hosting this year’s Grammy Awards, is producing a new stand-up comedy special through his Day Zero Productions. But the special isn’t for Comedy Central, HBO or Netflix, it’s for Fortnite, the popular open world franchise from Epic Games.

The special, JokeNite, launches Wednesday (it’s at island code 6296-7829-6524 if you want to experience it for yourself, or on the “Epic Picks” section of the discovery page) and features performances from Matthew Broussard, Preacher Lawson, Scott Seiss and Marcia Belsky.

“Each comedian delivers a motion-captured performance delivered in a Fortnite Outfit, against the backdrop of a digitally rendered comedy club,” Day Zero says.

“With JokeNite Royale, we’re blending two things my mom never wanted me to get into, comedy and gaming,...

New York is the city that never sleeps, and with so many events and activities each week across all five boroughs, it can be hard to know what’s actually worthwhile. Here are the events New York City actors should have on their radars this week. Under his eye, in musical form.Hulu’s Emmy-winning dystopian nightmare “The Handmaid’s Tale” doesn’t return for a second season until April 25, but you can bless the fruit on Jan. 25 at Union Hall in Williamsburg. Marcia Belsky and Melissa Stokoski’s parody musical take on the Margaret Atwood-created universe will be set in 2027 Brooklyn and promises to be funny and decidedly less bleak than its television counterpart. ($5 in advance; $10 day of the show) John Turturro puts on his producer’s cap.Emmy Award winner John Turturro, in association with The Left Wing, will present the world premiere production of “Imperfect Love,...

If you're looking for a new Tumblr to follow, this is worth your scrolling time. The Headless Women of Hollywood documents an unfortunate trend you may have never noticed on some of your favorite movie posters. It's exactly as it sounds. Women are getting their heads cropped out of posters leaving only fragmented and sexualized pieces of their bodies in the frame. The blog, started by Marcia Belsky, aims to shed light on this corny, overused and potentially harmful Hollywood gimmick. In addition to movie posters, the blog includes 'Headless' women from everyday book covers, and advertisements. It's not just Hollywood that's guilty either. This Minions poster, submitted to the blog, appears to be the...