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PeoPle & Arts Tuesday 12 december 2017
No joke: ‘Trainwreck’ filmmaker

wants to be top banana

By LYNN ELBER
AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Did
you hear the one about
the hugely successful Hol-
lywood producer who sub-
jected himself to the uncer-
tainties and meager pay of
stand-up comedy?
No punchline follows for
Judd Apatow, just the
In this Oct. 17, 2017 file photo, musician Tina Turner poses during chance to reconnect with
a photo call to promote the launch of the musical “Tina”, in a youthful dream of excel-
London. ling at one of entertain-
Associated Press ment’s riskiest ventures:
Tina Turner writing Revealing yourself to an

audience and praying for
sequel to memoir laughs, not flop sweat. The
result is “Judd Apatow: The
Return,” a Netflix special
debuting Tuesday in which
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina erything from “finding love” Apatow seeks to prove his
Turner is not done telling to surviving a “life-threaten- chops as a comedian.
her story. The rock superstar ing illness” she had never “When I was a kid, stand-
is working on a sequel to disclosed before. up was all I wanted to do.
her 1986 memoir “I, Tina,” Turner, who endured a Everything else was a weird
Atria Books told The Associ- horrifying marriage to mu- offshoot of my desire to do
ated Press on Monday. sician Ike Turner, married stand-up,” he said. A grow-
The new book is called Erwin Bach in 2013. She ing demand for his com-
“Tina Turner: My Love Story” is known for such hits as edy writing services got in
and will come out next Oc- “Proud Mary” and “What’s the way, along with a frank
tober, timed to the singer’s Love Got To Do With It,” the self-evaluation.
60th year in music. title of a 1993 biopic star- “I thought there were peo-
Seventy-eight year-old ring Angela Bassett as Tina ple who seemed much This image released by Netflix shows Judd Apatow in a scene
Turner says in a statement Turner and Laurence Fish- better at it (stand-up) than from his Netflix special, “Judd Apatow: The Return,” debuting
that she will write about ev- burne as Ike.q me, and I didn’t want to be Tuesday.
Associated Press
in the middle of the pack,” ally hits its targets — which the last two years, so they
Singer Gwen Stafani he said. “I was able to write include sexual misconduct, know all the jokes. ... Iris will
jokes for Roseanne, for Jim
although the show was always point out that I say
Carrey, and I noticed they
to wrap up Super Bowl performed them better taped last summer before the same thing every time.
I then say, ‘Taylor Swift
the Harvey Weinstein scan-
than me.”
week performances Instead, he joined his writ- dal and its immense fall- sings the same songs every
out. It’s Bill Cosby in the TV time. What do you think we
ing skills with directing and
producing, racking up hot seat, but Apatow has do, write a new act every
impressive credits on TV already proven a vocal night?’”
PRIOR LAKE, Minn. (AP) — (“The Larry Sanders Show,” critic of the new crop of He offered to let his off-
Pop singer Gwen Stefani ‘’Freaks and Geeks”) and the accused. Another, less- spring preview the Netflix
will close out a star-stud- on the big screen with fraught theme: How tech- special and veto anything
ded Super Bowl week in movies (“The 40-Year-Old nology is changing child- that made them uncom-
Minnesota. Virgin,” ‘’Knocked Up”) rearing so fast that parents fortable. “They both said,
The three-time Grammy that defined the turn-of- are scrambling to figure ‘I don’t need to see it,’” he
winner will headline at Club the century’s ribald com- out whether it’s healthy for said, adding in a knowing
Nomadic at Mystic Lake edy zeitgeist. In middle youngsters to spend much dad voice: “Which was not
Casino Hotel on Sunday, age, he’s gained the con- of their lives online. “We’re trust, but lack of interest.”
Feb. 4. fidence and, of course, the all in a wide-eyed panic The family provides more
Stefani is the final headliner. clout to show what he can because there’s no infor- than fodder for jokes. Les-
Other acts at Club Nomad- This image released by NBC do onstage. mation about whether this lie Mann, his actress-wife,
ic include The Chainsmok- shows singer Gwen Stefani in “I’m now older, I have sto- is helpful and potentially was a catalyst for how he
ers on Thursday, Feb. 1; Ellie her Christmas special, “Gwen ries to tell and more opin- essential for the modern kid approaches his work, in-
Stefani’s You Make it Feel Like
Goulding and Norwegian Christmas,” airing Dec. 12 at 9 ions. And it’s fun to do or making them unable to cluding collaborations with
electronic dance music p.m. ET on NBC. when I don’t need it to pay read a book,” he said. bold female voices Lena
artist DJ Kygo on Friday, Associated Press more rent,” Apatow said. His daughters, Maude, who Dunham (“Girls”) and Amy
Feb. 2; and Florida Georgia perform at Nomadic Live! “You don’t get paid when is 20 this month, and Iris, 15, Schumer (“Trainwreck”).
Line on Saturday, Feb. 3. on Super Saturday Night. you do stand-up.” were sanguine about giv- His creative decisions are
Stefani joins a growing list Sheila E., the Revolution In the special, the com- ing Apatow some of the based on talent, not gen-
of performers who will be and Morris Day & the Time fortably low-key Apatow material that he’s been der, said Apatow (who has
in Minnesota during Super will perform a Prince tribute cracks wise about mar- honing in club appear- made a point of condemn-
Bowl week. Others include as part of a series of free riage, fatherhood and mor- ances. “They’ve come ing entertainment industry
Jennifer Lopez, who will concerts.q tality. The comic patter usu- and seen me perform over sexual misconduct).q