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LeBron James is leaving Cleveland — for Hollywood.
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.
NBC's "30 Rock" will try to make it three years in a row as the Emmy winner for best comedy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As much as tentpole action films dominate the summer, comedies, too, are a staple of the season.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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:
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:
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential campaign. A sampling from Thursday night:
Late-night TV show hosts found humor in the presidential debate, the candidates and the economy.
Which late-night comedian poked fun at the presidential candidates' debate performance?
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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."
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.
Jon Stewart's Brilliant Glenn Beck Parody "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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"Doctor Who" star lands NBC legal pilotNo longer will American TV audiences be asking doctor who?
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 …
Daily Show: Fox news admits "We are not news" for the most partFunniest Daily show rip in a minute.
Microsoft Pulls Out of 'Family Guy' Special Over Incest and Holocaust JokesThe 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.
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.
Technology is ALL or NOTHING!!! Susie Essman on the Daily Show with Jon StewartSusie Essman was on The Daily Show last night pushing her new book...
Canadian comedy tour drops Irish comicCanada's leading comedy tour has dropped an Irish comic for his anti-Semitic remarks about Jews and the Holocaust.
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!
No More Pies: Soupy Sales DiesThe first TV host to treat kids like humans instead of idiots.
Bill Maher On The Year In Ridiculous Republicans (VIDEO)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.
Auto-Tuntuntuntuntune the News Who knew that Alan Grayson could sing like an angel or that Hugo Chavez could play such a soulful air guitar?
Susie Essman offers up hilarious health adviceA 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."
Andy Borowitz: GOP Claims Olympia Snowe Was Born in KenyaWASHINGTON (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.
It's a 12-day miracle! Praise Obama and pass the Hopium -- chicagotribune.comIsn'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.
Late-Night Vulnerability: The Letterman scandal and Conan O'Brien's injury highlight how much the networks have riding on individuals.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."
CNNFactCheck: CNN butt of Twitter jokes for fact checking SNL skitCNN has become the butt of a running joke meme on Twitter for its lame fact-check criticism of the Saturday Night Live skit which lampooned President Obama for making too many promises that he has yet to keep.
Daily Show's Wilmore offers advice to Beck and Limbaugh for "playing the race card"You wouldn't believe what white people are starting to do... [Cue clips of Beck, Limbaugh] Where do you think the word, "renege" came from? Hahah.
CNN takes one step closer to journalistic hell; fact checks SNLCNN fact-checks a Saturday Night Live Skit. Isn't this going just a little too far
Stewart mocks conservatives' reaction to Chicago's failed Olympics bid: "Yeah, F*** America!"Honestly, I'm not sure why Stewart is sitting in front of the picture of O'Reilly (among others) when, if you've read my other recent seeds, O'Reilly has been distancing himself from those that are celebrating Chicago's failed bid.
Health care executives are getting a bad rapFunny new video from MoveOn, Will Ferrell, and friends
Will Farrell Comes Out Against Public Option! - VideoHollywood speaks out to help...
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