The State

Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever

Sarah Thyre | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Michael Ian Black Interview, Michael Ian Black, The State, Stella, Sarah Thyre, You're Not Doing It Right, Comedy News
Sarah Thyre

"Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next. I'm not sure what it would mean to have 'made it.'"

Read Post

Cult Movie Performed By Original Cast Live

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Paul Rudd, The State, SF Sketchfest, Michael Ian Black, David Wain, Andy Richter, Video, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Schowalter, Bradley Cooper, Wet Hot American Summer, Comedy Festivals, Amy Poehler, Wet Hot American Summer Radio Play, San Francisco, Comedy News

On Saturday, Jan. 21, lucky attendees of SF Sketchfest got to witness an event a decade in the making: A staged recreation of the cult classic "Wet Ho...

Read Whole Story

Erin Clements

HuffPost Pop Quiz: Michael Ian Black

HuffingtonPost.com | Erin Clements | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Michael Ian Black Very Famous, The State, Huffpost Pop Quiz, Black Is White, Michael Ian Black, Wet Hot American Summer, Very Famous, Michael Ian Black Interview, Stella, Vh1, Michael Ian Black the State, Culture News

Funnyman Michael Ian Black wants you to know that he’s “Very Famous,” as suggested by the title of his new Comedy Central special and CD, which ...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Comic & Potential Taco Bell Spokesman Talks Twitter And Obama At SXSW

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Witstream, The State, Video, Twitter, Taco Bell, Michael Ian Black, Michael Ian Black for Taco Bell, Wet Hot American Summer, Comedy Original Video, Sxsw, Sxsw 2011, Sxsw Comedy, Comedy News

Michael Ian Black is a very famous celebrity, and all he wants is for Taco Bell to acknowledge that by hiring him as their spokesman. The comedian'...

Read Whole Story

SXSW 2011 Dispatch One: Too Many People Having Too Much Fun

Farihah Zaman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paramount Theatre, The State, The Adjustment Bureau, Rollins, Sxsw Austin, Regal Cinemas, Unknown, Source Code, Sxsw, Sxsw 2011, Paramount, Entertainment News
Farihah Zaman

Congestion is not so unusual for any number of film festivals and undoubtedly indicates a certain level of success, but it is a new development for this one, which seems to be in danger of losing just a little of its scrappy outsider status.

Read Post

Did Mark Sanford And Maria Belen Chapur Fall Victim To The Dance?

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Sanford, Maria Belen Chapur, Relationships, Jane Austen, Argentina, Mark Sanford Argentina, The Thomas Crown Affair, Diane Tucker, Happiness Tips, Happiness, The Jane Austen Book Club, How to Be Happy, Marriage, Relationship Advice, Punta Del Este, Socrates, Renee Russo, Pierce Brosnan, Agnes De Mille, William K Wolfrum, Havana Marking, Romance, Dance, Midlife Crisis, Vogue, Foreplay, Jenny-Sanford-Vogue-Magazine, The State, Politicians, South Carolina, Bitch Magazine, Palmetto Scoop, John Lerner, Style News
Diane Tucker

"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?

Read Post

Political Reporters Absent For Nikki Haley, Rand Paul Races

Politics Daily | Walter Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Washington Post, The State, Journalism, Political Reporting, Nikki Haley, Rand Paul, Adultery, Raghead, South Carolina, Kentucky, New York Times, Future of Journalism, Ap, Media News

What we are witnessing in this election cycle is the slow death of traditional statewide campaign journalism. I noticed the same pattern (and the same...

Read Whole Story

Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Monogamous with Zak Orth

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Showalter, The State, Monogamy, Tribeca Film Festival, Zak Orth, Rashida Jones, Michael Ian Black, New York News
Caitlin Colford

Here in New York, we all have voyeuristic tendencies.

Read Post

Mark Sanford is the Luckiest Politician on the Planet

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Mark Sanford, Unemployed, Sarah Palin Press Conference, South Carolina, Jon Stewart, Sarah Palin, Press Conference, Paul Begala, The State, Wayne Washington, Republicans, Gop, OEconomic Stimulus Package, Argentina, Media News
Elizabeth Rigby

It has been merely twelve days since Mark Sanford's disastrously-rambling press conference in which he admits to an on-going affair, not to mention le...

Read Post

South Carolina's The State Newspaper See Record Traffic On Sanford Scoop

Editor & Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The State, Newspapers, South Carolina the State, South Carolina, Media News

The State of Columbia, S.C., scored its highest Web traffic day ever on Wednesday after getting the first interview with Gov. Mark Sanford about his b...

Read Whole Story

SC Papers Heard Rumors, But Were Skeptical, Of Mark Sanford's Argentina Affair

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The State, Mark Sanford, Newspapers, Mark Sanford Affair, South Carolina the State, Mark Sanford Argentina, South Carolina, The State Newspapers, Media News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Just after South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to a yearlong extramarital affair, his state's largest newspaper posted on...

Read Whole Story