UPDATE: The DreamWorks film How To Train Your Dragon 2 featuring the voice of Craig Ferguson has been nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Feature. See the full list of nominees from Variety.

It’s a Web-Based World
After ten years of being contractually obligated by CBS to not have his own website, Craig launched a new site this week, along with accounts on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and a tour account on Twitter. Run by Craig’s people, the site and new accounts will highlight Craig’s stand up comedy tour. The site had some difficulties at the start because so many people were trying to look at it after Craig’s tweets. But it is fully up and running now. We know the feeling… we’ve had our site slowed down by heavy traffic at times, and there’s not much that can be done except to wait and try again later. It’s a good sign that it’s so popular! Josh Robert Thompson has his own site as well, with information about his work opening for Craig on the road. Meanwhile, we’ll continue to have our Live Comedy Tour page, information about Craig’s stand up specials and of course, news updates each week. It’s a worldwide web of Craigy goodness. Thanks to many hobos, including @colleen_byrne, @hoborobot, @bgrhubarb and more, for scouring the web for newsy items.

Latest Tour Info
Since last week’s update, Craig has added shows in New Haven, Connecticut; Nashville, Tennessee and a second show in Washington, DC. As always, the latest can be found on our Live Comedy Tour page, including a couple of dates not yet posted on Craig’s site.

Late Late Update
Future Late Late Show host James Corden was featured this week at the Television Critics Association annual conference, where each network previews what it has in store for the coming season. Variety reported on his appearance and interactions with reporters, as well as news that CBS plans to run reruns of prime-time programming at 11:30pm ET this summer, between David Letterman‘s departure from The Late Show on May 20th and Stephen Colbert‘s debut on September 8th. Corden will begin on the LLS March 23rd, and the network promised to ramp up promotion to “re-launch” him in the fall to coincide with Colbert’s starting date. Broadcasting & Cable also reported on the network’s plans.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
Good news for fans of The Late Late Show in Australia: The show will continue to be broadcast after James Corden takes over in March. As the website chortle.co.uk adds, there’s no word about whether the show will be picked up in the UK with its new host. The show is scheduled to continue in Canada on Omni.

Dragon Points
As we reported in an update on Sunday evening, the DreamWorks film How To Train Your Dragon 2, featuring the voice of Craig Ferguson, won a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature. Variety has a full list of winners. The Golden Globes are often seen as a indicator of possible Oscar contenders, so we’ll be watching for more news!

What Did We Learn?
The RSA’s @timekill747 was looking around on the internet and spotted a familiar face:

There’s something familiar about this cat… ; )

Hosting Tribute
The RSA’s @JLChaparro8, a fan of Craig and host of his own late night talk show, had this to say about how Craig has influenced him.

Video courtesy: BillyWagner13

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