28-568: Bridget Everett (born April 21, 1972) is an American comedian, actress, singer, writer, and cabaret performer. She began her career appearing and co-writing alongside Michael Patrick King the Off-Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show (2007). The following year she made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film Sex and the City , also directed by King. She later performed on Inside Amy Schumer (2013–16),
56-470: A Carlos Mencia live comedy show. While he was in the crowd, Mencia made jokes about dwarves. The people sitting close to Williams were afraid to laugh and appear insensitive. Mencia noticed this, then noticed Williams and asked him to join him on stage. Williams cracked a few jokes and impressed Mencia. Mencia then asked Williams to try stand-up and be his opening act on the road. Williams has been Mencia's opening act for multiple tours, opening up shows on both
84-672: A leprechaun , made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . For Halloween 2008, Brad dressed up as Child's Play character Chucky for a skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . In April 2011, Williams released his first full-length comedy album called Coming Up Short . On April 14, 2014, Williams started hosting the About Last Night podcast with comedian/actor Adam Ray . Williams had his first one-hour comedy special, Brad Williams: Fun Size , on May 8, 2015, on Showtime . His second one-hour comedy special, Brad Williams: Daddy Issues , aired on May 20, 2016, on Showtime. Williams
112-478: A perfect choice for this role, but she's as strong in the arguments and drunk scenes as she is when she's singing or cracking wise. If there's any justice, this should be a career-redefining performance on the order of Frank Sinatra's in From Here to Eternity ." Later that year, she appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film Permission , and the horror comedy film Little Evil . Also in 2017, Everett went to star in
140-575: A recurring role in the short-lived HBO comedy series, Camping . The following year, she appeared in the Netflix miniseries, Unbelievable playing one of the foster parents of teenage victim Marie ( Kaitlyn Dever ). In 2021, she appeared in the black comedy film Breaking News in Yuba County directed by Tate Taylor . In 2022, Everett began starring in the HBO comedy-drama series, Somebody Somewhere playing
168-512: A show called Down n Dirty (hosted by Broad City ' s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer ) at the 2014 Bonnaroo Music Festival . Everett performed a duet of " Me and Bobby McGee " with Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall in 2013. Everett made her first television appearance in 2012, playing a guest-starring role in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls . She had secondary roles in films Gayby (2012) and The Opposite Sex (2014), and in 2015 appeared in
196-459: A subtle and compelling portrait of depression, a sadness that creates an intriguing counterbalance to the bold and bawdy sense of humor for which Everett is known, which also gets plenty of opportunity to shine." The Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus reads, "Led by a captivating Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere explores the human condition with tenderness, grace, and warmth. At the 38th Independent Spirit Awards , Everett received nomination for
224-405: A waitress. She got her Equity card doing a bus-and-truck children's-theatre tour of Hansel and Gretel . She worked in the restaurant business for 25 years before she was finally able to quit around the beginning of 2015. In 2007, Everett starred and co-wrote alongside Michael Patrick King the off-Broadway musical comedy At Least It's Pink: A Trashy Little Show . King gave her a small part in
252-536: The Amy Schumer ' comedy film Trainwreck . Everett's first one-hour TV special, Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder , premiered on Comedy Central in 2015. In it, she performs her usual brand of comedy cabaret. In 2017, Everett starred in four movies; two premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . She starred alongside Toni Collette and Molly Shannon in the comedy film Fun Mom Dinner . It received generally negative reviews from critics, but her performance
280-663: The Beastie Boys and Carmine Covelli from The Julie Ruin . In October 2013, Everett and Horovitz performed in a show called Rock Bottom that the two co-wrote with Hairspray songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman . Rock Bottom won Everett the 2015 Obie Awards Special Citation presented by the American Theatre Wing . In 2013, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments released a twelve-track album entitled Pound It! Everett has also performed with Brad Williams in
308-546: The 2008 Sex and the City movie, as a drunk woman who interviews to be Carrie's assistant. Everett met Amy Schumer at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2009. Everett has been regularly opening for Schumer on her comedy tours since 2012. Everett has even upstaged Schumer, which then led Schumer to prefer to have Everett close for her instead, according to Schumer on her podcast. Everett often performs with her band, The Tender Moments, which includes Adam " Ad-Rock " Horovitz from
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#1732883529102336-448: The Amazon comedy pilot Love You More . On August 1, 2017, Everett got a standing ovation for her " Piece of My Heart " karaoke performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . On January 3, 2018 The Tonight Show aired a repeat of Everett performing "Piece of My Heart". She also performed the song in the third episode of the 2022 TV show Somebody Somewhere . In 2018, Everett had
364-638: The Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series. She was also nominated for an TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy . The show received the 84th Peabody Award in Entertainment. In 2023, after the homophobic murder of Laura Ann Carleton , Everett made statements in support of the LGBT community , stating, "Lauri Carleton was shot and killed at her Lake Arrowhead store this weekend. Someone tore down
392-555: The City , And Just Like That... and its film adaptations, and for co-creating the television comedies The Comeback , 2 Broke Girls , and AJ and the Queen . King was born to a Roman Catholic Irish American family in Scranton, Pennsylvania . He attended Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania , for three years. In 1975, King moved to New York, did comedy, and wrote plays. He also
420-511: The City 2 . He is featured on The Other Network Writers Room, an audio series for aspiring comedy writers. In 2008, his production company signed a deal with DreamWorks. He is gay , and lives in Greenwich Village . He owns Arcade Productions, a production company. Brad Williams (comedian) Brad Williams (born January 13, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows. He
448-491: The HBO special Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David 's publicist. He may be best known for his work on the HBO series Sex and the City , which was created by Darren Star . King wrote all the season premieres and finales of Sex and the City (except its pilot, written by Star, and the fifth-season finale, which King co-wrote with Cindy Chupack ). He directed the show's film adaptation , and its follow-up, Sex and
476-553: The Mind of Mencia tour and the popular Punisher Tour. In 2022, Williams was hired as the lead comic of the Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show Mad Apple . Williams appeared on Mind of Mencia , playing several roles, including playing a dwarf whore ("whorf"), the leader of an all dwarf basketball team, joining Mencia at a Renaissance faire, and giving a speech about his hatred of podiums. For St. Patrick's Day 2008, Brad, dressed as
504-459: The Pride flag she flew outside of her store, Magpi. She confronted him and he shot her... All that anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has a price." All releases are with The Tender Moments and all formats are download and streaming. Michael Patrick King Michael Patrick King (born September 14, 1954) is an American director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing and writing for Sex and
532-467: The comedy film Trainwreck (2015), and her own one-hour Comedy Central special Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder (2015). Everett has described herself as an "alt-cabaret provocateur". In 2017, Everett starred in three films: the comedy Fun Mom Dinner , the horror-comedy Little Evil , and the drama Patti Cake$ . In 2021, she appeared in the comedy film, Breaking News in Yuba County . In 2022, Everett began starring and executive producing
560-475: The leading role of Sam, a woman in her 40s trying to find happiness. Her performance received positive reviews from critics. Ciara Wardlow from RogerEbert.com wrote in her review: "Everett is remarkable as a woman who hides behind a mask of apathy and witty barbs. She’s hardly the sort to talk about her feelings by choice, but Everett’s performance manages to consistently convey to the audience things that Sam refuses to say or acknowledge with crystal clarity. It’s
588-403: The podcast Getting Doug with High during which he admitted to and described committing rape by deception . The episode was subsequently taken down, although clips of the episode reappeared on YouTube in 2019, prompting social media discussion about consent and widespread criticism of Williams’ actions. On January 14, 2020, Williams tweeted an apology on Twitter where he stated that the story
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#1732883529102616-518: The podcast Amy Schumer Presents: 3 Girls, 1 Keith (episode 2: "Moms and Stuff"): "I'm from Manhattan, Kansas - the little apple. And my dad was mayor at one point, and then so was my brother many years later. So we're kinda like the Kennedys of Manhattan, Kansas." Her father served as a Republican in the Kansas State Senate and Kansas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1978. Everett's mother
644-608: The semi-autobiographical HBO comedy-drama series Somebody Somewhere , for which she received Independent Spirit Award , the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy nominations, and the Peabody Award . Originally from Manhattan , Kansas , Everett has been performing in New York City for over a decade. Everett is the youngest of six children born to Donn James Everett and Frederica 'Freddie' Everett. As Everett stated on
672-586: Was a frequent guest and "friend of the show" to The Kevin and Bean Show , broadcast weekday mornings on KROQ 106.7FM , Los Angeles, California. He appeared on Kevin and Bean ' s "April Foolishness" comedy show in 2012, 2013 and 2015 alongside such comedians as Bob Saget , Jay Mohr , Jim Jeffries , Bill Burr , and Eddie Izzard . Williams has been confused with Jason "Wee Man" Acuña from Jackass because of their similar appearance. Williams has also been confused with professional wrestler Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl . In 2014, Williams made comments on
700-486: Was a member of a comedy improv group called The Broadway Local which mostly performed at Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. They were considered to be the in-house Improv group there. He eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he found work writing for the television series Murphy Brown , and was nominated for several Emmys. He wrote for the HBO show, The Comeback , as well as for broadcast shows Will & Grace , Good Advice , and Cybill . He has an acting role on
728-438: Was a music teacher and gave her a love of music. Her parents officially divorced when she was eight but had been living apart since her early years. Her father, an attorney, was not around much. Everett grew up as a competitive swimmer and was involved in both traditional and show choir. She attended college at Arizona State University on a full scholarship to study music and opera. Everett moved to New York in 1997 and worked as
756-516: Was born with achondroplasia . Williams was born with achondroplasia , a type of dwarfism . His condition plays a large part in both his stand-up comedy and his television roles. He attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California, and the University of Southern California . He withdrew from the university to pursue his acting and comedy career. Williams got his start at age 19 by attending
784-475: Was noted by The New York Times . In the dramatic film Patti Cake$ , Everett played Barb Dombrowski, marking her screen breakout as the alcoholic mother of Danielle Macdonald 's character. Patti Cake$ received generally positive reviews from critics, and Everett specifically received praised. Matt Zoller Seitz from RogerEbert.com wrote in his review: "Everett's history of using her considerable weight and height as comic fuel in standup and cabaret made her
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