Ultra popular, Emmy-winning actress, comic, and daytime talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres kicks off the second day of TBS’ televised A “Very Funny” Festival: Just for Laughs tonight, June 27, with another one of her always entertaining variety specials. Saturday Night Live alum Martin Short got things started last night with his own special called Let Freedom Hum: An Evening of Comedy Hosted by Martin Short.

The “Very Funny” Festival: Just For Laughs is a comedy event sponsored by TBS in collaboration with Just For Laughs, which has been running comedy festivals for 25 impressive years. The current extravaganza was filmed live …read more

Well, maybe not exactly all. But, How I Met Your Mother star Jason Segel does tell talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres about his full frontal nudity in the current big-screen romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall (which Segel wrote, by the way), as well as a few details about one of his worst breakups. The last will leave you saying, “Awwwww, poor guy!”
It’s a good thing that Ellen happened to love the movie, and she says so numerous times during the interview that aired this morning. Take a look for yourself after the jump.

NBC’s Karma sitcom My Name Is Earl returned last week with a tragic double episode focused on the aftermath of Earl’s recent coma-inducing car accident.
Emmy-winning actress Jaime Pressly plays Earl’s razor-sharp but loyal ex-wife Joy, of course, and she appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show last week to promote the sitcom’s post-writers strike premiere.
Just follow the jump to see how Pressly’s been doing these days. We already know her acting didn’t suffer during the prolonged, forced hiatus. In fact, you can catch her — or least her voice — as the character Mrs. Quilligan in the current animated …read more

Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominee Minnie Driver stopped by Ellen DeGeneres‘ show on Monday morning, a fitting time since the English star of The Riches is part Irish and yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day.
Of course, the actress’ recently confirmed pregnancy was a major topic of discussion, along with her black Labrador Buddy, which apparently isn’t too thrilled at the moment about her expanding belly.
The interview actually fit into one commercial-free segment. But, Driver, who freely admits she spends a lot of time upchucking these days, was nice enough to stick around for a game-show type feature afterwards.
Two audience …read more

Ask anybody who watches The New Adventures of Old Christine and they’ll tell you point blank — one of the best things about the show is comic-actress Wanda Sykes, who plays the dysfunctional, calm, straight-talking yin to Julia Louis-Dreyfus‘ character’s dysfunctional, neurotic, blubbering yang. When you get these two women and their polar-opposite personalities together, it’s always funny.
One reason why Sykes rocks her role is because she’s long been recognized by her peers and anybody else with half a brain who’s seen her perform as one of the best standup comics in the business. That’s why when she …read more