Netflix is readying its new series for air. As far as trailers go, GLOW packs a lot into its two and a half minutes. Alison Brie has an enemy. Marc Maron is smarmy. Women aren't treated as equals. There are going to be a lot of story threads here. Betty Gilpin costars in the series as well. GLOW will premiere on Netflix on Friday, June 23.
Marc Maron will be a part of the GLOW show from Jenji Kohan
Soon after canceling his own show, Marc Maron is now set to star in the 80's based women's wrestling show, GLOW, from executive producer Jenji Kohan (Orange Is The New Black). Maron will, as the Hollywood Reporter says, play Hollywood director Sam Sylvia who has a weird history with women but is now leading 14 of them through the wild world of women's wrestling. Alison Brie was cast as the female lead just last month. Betty Gilpin is said to costar. GLOW is coming to Netflix sometime in the future.
Now hear this: Lauren Lapkus, Scott Aukerman and other comedians are headlining podcast festival of the same name
Podcast fanatics and festival fanatics alike will be ecstatic to hear that their favorite podcasters are taking over the Now Hear This Podcast Festival. The cool kids of podcasting including Marc Maron, Lauren Lapkus, Scott Aukerman, and Paul Scheer will be in attendance with their respective podcasts. Now Hear This will take place this October on the 28th to the 30th at the Anaheim Marriott. Additionally, thirty other live podcast recordings will be going down. There will also be meet and greets with who’s who in the podcasting world. To go along with Howl’s moniker “Netflix for podcasts,” festival organizer Midroll Media is dubbing this the “Comic Con of podcasting.” I can’t wait until they start a “church of podcasts” and we have to study our “devotions of podcasting.” TIckets go on sale on July 11.
'Maron' is back for the fourth time on May 4th
Citing that the world needs continued cynicism during a time of unsure political alliances and Vine "stars," IFC decided to bring back Maron for its fourth season on the one holiday that Star Wars fans have in their lives. The story arc of last season finale's cliffhanger will be continued as Marc Maron, the character, has fallen off the deep end by foregoing his sobriety. He heads to rehab after losing everything including his beloved cats. This season will also see its fair share of celebrity guest stars including Ron Perlman, Amy Smart, Constance Zimmer, Randy and Jason Sklar, Andy Kindler, Whitney Cummings and more. The indie network also notes that there will be back to back episodes that night so you get doubly the amount of sentences ending in "man."
Marc Maron will finally ask Barack Obama 'WTF'
Presumably starting the podcast with "What's up what the...f'ies, what the f'ers, what the funk buddies..." this time around, comedian Marc Maron will interview President Barack Obama. The two are set to sit down Maron's comfy garage podcasting office to talk about all things presidential. Deadline scooped the story. Maron tweeted that a special podcast was coming up all week long:
Oh, also, you’ll want to listen to tomorrow’s @wtfpod first thing in the morning. Unless you like things being spoiled.
— marc maron (@marcmaron) June 17, 2015This is the first time Obama has been on a comedy podcast. However, he is no stranger to comedy. For one, he's a pretty funny person (no matter you allegiance politically). Barry Obams has also appeared on alternative comedy podcaster Scott Aukerman and bearded host Zack Galifianakis' Between Two Ferns. Hopefully things will get really tense as Maron asks "we good?" and a slew of secret service personnel jump him. It would also be nice to see presidential hopefuls stop by podcasts. How about Jeb Bush on Hollywood Handbook? Or Hillary Clinton on Nerdist? Or Donald Trump on How Did This Get Made? I could go all day.