Court jester: LeBron James to star in movie comedy

LeBron James is leaving Cleveland — for Hollywood.

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Save television? Leno scoffs at new show’s hype

Comedian  has tried to lower expectations and  downplay all the fuss about the launch of “The Jay Leno Show” which begins Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. on NBC.

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`30 Rock' goes for third Emmy in a row

NBC's "30 Rock" will try to make it three years in a row as the Emmy winner for best comedy.

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‘Brüno’ has laughs, but won’t shock like ‘Borat’

Roger Ebert once commented that he was jealous of anyone who hadn’t yet seen “The Third Man,” since the pleasure of seeing that classic for the first time was an experience that couldn’t be repeated.

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Baron Cohen fools all the people all the time

First in “Borat” and now with “Bruno,” Sacha Baron Cohen has created his own genre. It’s a zany and outrageous hybrid of scripted and improvisational humor that could be called “Imposterisational Comedy.” In the formula, the lead actor purports to be someone else, a real-life filmmaker and visitor from another land who recruits unsuspecting folks to play along.

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Review: ‘Hangover’ is not painful, but won’t linger

If you’ve seen the trailer for “The Hangover,” then you’ve pretty much seen all the funny parts. You’ve probably also unspooled a movie in your head that’s way more fun than what’s actually screening in theaters.

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Tidbits: Britney’s dad demands the show go on

After performing a slew of sold out shows across North America, Britney Spears will soon embark on the European leg of her “Circus” tour. Not that she really wants to. Sources close to the singer claim she’s still emotionally fragile, and it’s her conservator-father Jamie Spears who insists the show must go on.

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Hey, Tom Hanks, didn’t you used to be fun?

It will come as something of a shock to persons of a certain age that this year marks the 25th anniversary of Tom Hanks’ ascension to screen stardom in “Splash” and, to a lesser but still important extent, “Bachelor Party.” And yes, I know, he appeared in the 1980 slasher flick “He Knows You’re Alone,” too, but it was only in retrospect that anyone noticed.

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`Bruno,' `Funny People' highlight summer comedies

As much as tentpole action films dominate the summer, comedies, too, are a staple of the season.

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Rom-com is ‘Not That Into’ its own premise

Perhaps John Waters put it best, in his comedy “Female Trouble,” when he had a character observe, “The world of heterosexuals is a sick and disgusting life.” Certainly there’s nothing in the new comedy “He’s Just Not That Into You” that would act as a particularly persuasive advertisement for male-female relationships, with its portrayal of women being either clingy or demanding while the men are cruel or befuddled.

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What happened? Steve Martin isn’t funny

Steve Martin’s got a banjo album coming out, his first all-music recording. This isn’t a joke. Anyone old enough to remember Martin’s stand-up days, anyone who bought his “Let’s Get Small” comedy record, knows that he’s pretty accomplished on that instrument. Dolly Parton is on the new album. Now, I don’t buy lots of banjo-based recordings. But if forced to choose between music featuring Steve Martin and any recent movie starring the man, I’ll bet on the banjo.

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Standup comedy takes seat in front of computer

Dying is easy, comedy is hard, goes the old saw. But dying while doing comedy on the Internet is infinitely easier than doing it in front of a nightclub full of liquored-up revelers.

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Monday's late-night wrap-up of election jokes

'Twas the night before the presidential election and all through the house was the sound of late-night TV hosts getting in their last-minute digs.

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Friday's late-night wrap-up of election jokes

As the presidential campaign nears its end, late-night TV hosts aren't letting up. A selection of jokes from Friday, with Halloween a favorite topic:

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Thursday's late-night wrap-up of election jokes

Letterman, Leno and Conan were all off Thursday night, but Will Ferrell and Tina Fey were on. Quotes from their "SNL" appearance and other late-night election jokes from Thursday:

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Thursday's late-night TV wrap-up

Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential campaign. A sampling from Thursday night:

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Thursday's late-night TV wrap-up

Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy.

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Wednesday's late-night TV wrap-up

Which late-night comedian poked fun at the presidential candidates' debate performance?

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Campaign Comedy: Wednesday's late-night TV wrap-up

Shooting a donkey, debating a tree stump and checking out Mexico from across the Arizona border were just some of the ways comedians suggested Sarah Palin was preparing for the vice presidential debate.

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Jackie Chan to star in Hollywood spy comedy

Jackie Chan's next Hollywood project is an action comedy about a Chinese spy working undercover in the U.S. whose cover is blown, the movie's producer said Thursday.

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`Step Brothers' Ferrell, Reilly reunite as duo

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby might be on the road to nowhere if they tried to team up today the way they did in old Hollywood.

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Carlin’s razor-sharp humor was universal

In the realm of stand-up comedy, there is nothing more objectionable than one comic swiping the material of another. It is an industry taboo, which could result in a drink in the face or a prop in the groin.

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5Top: Forgotten ’80s teen classic movies

“The Last American Virgin” (1982)Funny title notwithstanding, this Trojan Horse of a movie purports to be a sexy comedy, but ends up as a warning about how Alpha Males will always have the edge over Nice Guys. It starts out like “American Pie,” with high school boys on a quest for ever-elusive girlie action. But soon nerdy Gary (Lawrence Monoson) decides to court pregnant Karen (Diane Franklin) who was just dumped by a pretty boy jock. At the risk of spoiling the (depressing) ending, let’s just say there are now entire blogs devoted to teaching Nice Guys how not to end up like poor Gary.

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`Christine,' `How I Met Your Mother' back on CBS

CBS has given a new lease on life to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and, perhaps thanks to Britney Spears, the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother."

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Who is the A-Rod of Hollywood? Will Smith

After watching Alex Rodriguez re-sign with the Yankees as a free agent, I began to wonder who would be the top free agents in the film world.

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South Park takes on the Harley riders in a great satire piece.

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CURV Entertainment Group, Inc., a leading producer of original entertainment, announced today that it has commenced principal photography on "Camp Virginovich," a teen comedy in the vein of Sony Pictures' "SUPERBAD" and Universal Pictures' "AMERICAN PIE," on location in and aroun …

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Which is nothing new in the world of improv. iO Chicago, the famed improvisation company and school, has had students drive from Detroit for classes. Second City once had a student who flew in every week from Georgia. Thomas Crane is special. He is 24 and unemployed.

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Many things have happened since Dan Hoyle performed in the premiere of "Tings Dey Happen," his incendiary and brilliant solo show about Nigerian oil politics, nearly three years ago at the compact theater the Marsh in San Francisco.

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What is Your Favorite Cartoon (Animation) Show??

I've been a cartoon/animation fan for decades. When I was a kid, my favorite cartoons were "Johnny Quest" or any of the "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner".

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Carl Ballantine, an inveterate quipmeister whose stand-up comedy persona, an incompetent magician known as the Amazing Ballantine or Ballantine the Great, predated and influenced the antic characters of Steve Martin and others, died on Nov. 3 at his home in Hollywood. He was 92.

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View a gallery of the decade's best Photoshop parodies, captioned pictures, and funny political moments caught on camera, from the 2000 Florida recount to the era of George W.

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"Jon Stewart has done it again, and this time he even brought out his acting chops. In what will probably become a historic Glenn Beck impression, Stewart uses Beck's recent appendicitis operation to concoct a conspiracy theory of his own.

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You like it...........you drink it

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No longer will American TV audiences be asking doctor who?

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Wish we had a President like that

My wife and I watched a Movie with Harrison Ford tonight called "Air Force One" about a President who's plane is hijacked by terrorists..(The lead terrorist played by Gary Oldman) and he, Harrison Ford enginneers an escape plan for all of the people on Board, and he is eventual …

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Funniest Daily show rip in a minute.

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The deal reportedly fell through after Microsoft execs attended the special's taping on October 16, and jokes about "deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest" rubbed the company the wrong way.

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One Helluva Halloween Fantasy

I've been home with the flu all week. Maybe it was my fever. Maybe it was the cold medicine. Anyway, about midnight, on a particularly feverish night, I awoke to find a ghostly apparition standing next to my bed.

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Susie Essman was on The Daily Show last night pushing her new book...

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Canada's leading comedy tour has dropped an Irish comic for his anti-Semitic remarks about Jews and the Holocaust.

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, this photo needs a caption...

Just for fun, I was reading Yahoo news when I came across this photo. I am asking Newsvine readers to give me their best photo caption. Rules: Be creative and Funny!

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The first TV host to treat kids like humans instead of idiots.

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On ""Real Time" Friday night, Bill Maher decided to end his show by mocking all the Republicans who have become prime targets for jokes now that George Bush is no longer front and center.

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Who knew that Alan Grayson could sing like an angel or that Hugo Chavez could play such a soulful air guitar?

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A stand-up comedian for 25 years and a star on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" for seven seasons, Susie Essman is now serving up her special brand of hilarity in book form. Here is an excerpt from "What Would Susie Say? Bullsh-- Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy."

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - Just moments after she broke with fellow Republicans and voted in favor of health care reform, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) came under fire from the GOP for allegedly lying about her nation of birth.

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Isn't it great that President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize? He'd been in office only 12 days when the Nobel nominations were due. That's a mere 288 hours for Obama to have been credentialed as President Peace.

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LOS ANGELES -- An apologetic David Letterman trotted out before the cameras Monday night with a quip that raised questions and fetched laughs: "There's a possibility," he said, "that I'll be the first talk-show host impeached."

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