Griffin Newman

TV cops donating to bail funds, asking other actors who play TV/movie cops to do the same

Actors Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn 99) and Griffin Newman both pledged 11k, tweeting, ”If you currently play a cop? If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop? I’ll let you do the math.”

Kevin Smith's 'Masters of the Universe: Revelation' features Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, Lena Headey, more

Kevin Smith’s ‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation’ is coming to Netflix with a cast that includes Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Root, Jason Mewes and more.

New York Comic Con begins (Travis McElroy, Will Butler, DMC, Jean Grae, Steve Aoki & more included)

We rounded up the NYCC music-related happenings. The very popular comic convention also covers the worlds of genre television, movies, gaming, anime, and comedy.

comedy roundup: John Cleese, 'The Last OG,' NYC Podfest, Anthony Atamanuik, more

Plus: Jon Benjamin & Jon Glazer, David Cross, Michael Ian Black, Scott Rogowski, free shows and lots more laughs

Speedy Ortiz add tour dates, playing Griff and Joe's Earth Day Earthtacular

Griffin Newman (who’s on Colin Quinn’s web series Cop Show, HBO’s Vinyl and more) and comedy writer Joe Garden (The Onion, AdultSwim.com) are roomates and holiday lovers, and for this reason they like to team up and throw holiday shows together. They’ve done Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and Christmas, and this month they’ll do one for Earth Day with musical guests Speedy Ortiz.

inaugural Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival serves up laughs (and biscuits) in August

These days, it seems like every bar or restaurant with a basement is jumping on the comedy train with open mics of dubious quality and the occasional improv show…

What's going on Tuesday? (The Menzingers, Talib Kweli, Fury, Mega Bog, Outside World, Chris Gethard & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… The Menzingers, Crazy & the Brains, Big Eyes @ Baby’s All Right (BrooklynVegan Presents) The next BrooklynVegan-curated installment of Red Bull Sound Select happens tonight with punk bands The Menzingers and Big Eyes (who both played our RBSS show in NJ three days ago too)…