my favorite q&a was definitely the 'black swan' screening with natalie portman, mila kunis, vincent cassel and darren aronofsky. i swear, darren was stoned. the justin timberlake surprise for 'the social network' was pretty exciting, too.
last weekend the bf and i (yes, it's true, more on that later) were invited to variety's 'power of comedy' event at club nokia. russell brand was being honored and they had a slew of comedians. justin long was the host and while i loved him in 'ed' i wasn't into his 'this is a dress rehearsal' schtick that he tried to carry throughout the show. garry shandling was very funny, but i'm almost positive he was drunk. i feel like bob saget is trying to break away from his 'full house' identity by going with obvious perverted shock value jokes, but i wasn't feeling it. i was super jazzed about sarah silverman, but i don't really feel like she brought her a game. bj novak and aziz ansari were hilarious! aside from aziz, i'd say my favorite performance was from the comedian, nick kroll. he was great!
and who knew russell brand was such a wordsmith? he is also a superb performer. really. i know everyone has their own approach to stand up and a lot of people pretty much, well, stand still and maybe subtly mime a joke here and there, but russell brand is a very physical performer. his pacing didn't wear me out and he was able to tone down the shock value of his jokes by acting out the performance. he's incredibly over the top, but it works.
and can i tell you who presented the award? helen mirren! she is absolutely amazing. i didn't take any pictures of the performers, but i had to snag a few shots of 'the queen.' pics will be posted shortly.
check out POWER OF COMEDY here.
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