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August 29th, 2008

Disaster Movie: Four Teaser Posters and a Trailer

Today marks the U.S. (and Estonian!) opening of Disaster Movie, the latest genre spoof from filmmakers Jason Friedbeg and Aaron Seltzer. In case you don’t know, they’re the team that parodied the teen-horror genre in Scary Movie, clichéd romantic comedies in Date Movie, overblown blockbusters in Epic Movie, and the ultra-macho film 300 in […]

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May 30th, 2008

RIP: Comedy Great Harvey Korman

Another celebrated comedy entertainer has died this week. On Thursday, multiple Emmy winner Harvey Korman, probably best known for his hilarious work on CBS’ The Carol Burnett Show, passed away at the age of 81 following complications due to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm suffered four months ago.
On Carol Burnett’s self-titled sketch-comedy television series, […]

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May 29th, 2008

Eddie Murphy Back to ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and Rainn Wilson Set for ‘Transformers 2’

Movie news, movie news, movie news!
First up: The Beverly Hills Cop trilogy is gearing up for a fourth installment starring original star Eddie Murphy in his original role of Detroit cop Axel Foley (I’ll never stop loving that oddball name).
According to Variety, Paramount is reportedly ready to make the movie after watching the fourth installment […]

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May 27th, 2008

RIP: Director, Producer, and Actor Sydney Pollack

Today brings news of yet another death in the entertainment industry. Director, producer, and actor Sydney Pollack passed away of cancer on Monday, Memorial Day, at the age of 73.
Most prominent as a director of such multi-genre films as The Interpreter (2005), The Firm (1993), Out of Africa (1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of […]

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May 17th, 2008

Linked Up: ‘Office’ Webisodes, New ‘Scrubs’ Interns, and Other Stuff

The Office
The Futon Critic posts the NBC press release announcing that the second round of Office webisodes, as well as the first round for Heroes, will premiere at the beginning of July. Series cast members appearing online include Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), Oscar Nunez (Oscar), Leslie David Baker (Stanley), and Craig Robinson (Darryl).
Scrubs
TV Guide reports […]

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March 30th, 2008

Comedy Talk: Tom Cavanagh Chats with Regis and Megan

Talented Canadian actor Tom Cavanagh (Eli Stone, Scrubs, Love Monkey, Ed) stopped by Live with Regis and Kelly last week on the same day that Emmy-winning Will & Grace star Megan Mullally filled in for Regis Philbin’s customary co-host Kelly Ripa.
Cavanagh has a gripping original mini-series called The Capture of the Green River Killer premiering […]

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March 16th, 2008

Comedy Talk: Alyssa Milano Is a ‘Wisegal’ with Regis and Kelly

Who’s the Boss?, Charmed, and My Name Is Earl actress Alyssa Milano is taking a walk over to the dark-drama side tonight in an encore of the based-on-fact Lifetime crime flick Wisegal.
The original made-for-television movie, which premiered stateside last night, stars Milano as Patty Montanari, a widowed mother of three whose early brushes with a […]

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January 24th, 2008

Movie Moment: Martin Lawrence Is Roscoe Jenkins

Everybody loves Martin Lawrence, right?
Okay, maybe not everybody because the comedian has obviously had his share of highly publicized personal problems. But, I still do and have ever since his TV glory days on the Fox sitcom Martin, which lasted an impressive five years and 132 episodes, from 1992 until 1997. Back then […]

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January 14th, 2008

And the 65th Golden Globe Awards Comedy Winners Are…

Last night’s broadcast of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards definitely wasn’t what it’s been in years gone by, not to say that past shows were all that great anyway.
When is the last time you sat through a three-hour televised awards ceremony that was only supposed to be two and didn’t […]

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January 9th, 2008

‘Monk: The Movie’ Coming to a Theater Near You?

Movie website IESB.net reported yesterday on a recent press conference with Monk star Tony Shalhoub and forthcoming guest star Howie Mandel (Deal or No Deal) to promote the series’ sixth-midseason premiere this Friday, January 11.
What’s of importance to fans of the show is that when asked what he thought about the idea of a Monk […]

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