Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Bo Burnham

 The success of Burnham as a YouTube celebrity in the late 2000s earned his recognition for his subversive stand-up and satirical stand-up. He subsequently made four comedy albums on Comedy Central Records, released three comedy specials--Words, Words, Words (2010) What. (2013) and Make Happy (2016). He also co-starred in the MTV mockumentary Zach Stone is Gonna be Famous (2013) and published Egghead: Or You Can't Survive On Ideas Alone (2013). After performing comedy, he decided to change careers and directed the critically-acclaimed drama Eighth Grade (2018). He has also directed comedy specials for other comedians. He also appeared in the Oscar Award-winning comedy thriller Promising Young Lady (2020). Inside was released by Netflix to great applause. The film was nominated for Outstanding Directing for Variety Special, Outstanding Music Director, Outstanding Writing for Variety Special and Outstanding Directing. The 64th Grammy Awards, Inside was nominated for Best Music Film and Best Song written for Visual Media and was awarded the award for the latter. Three songs from the film also appeared on the Billboard charts and were certified gold in the United States, as was the accompanying album Inside (The Songs).




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Alice Eve

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