Day: June 30, 2011

If you take one of your writing assistant's ideas and turn it into your own, you just might be a gold-digger. No? That's not a Jeff Foxworthy line, nor even my line, but the line Jared Edwards is using (so to speak) in his federal case against three of the Wayans brothers — Keenan Ivory, Shawn and Marlon — alleging they stole his jokes and idea for what would become their 2009 book, 101 Ways to Know You're a Golddigger. The Wayans brothers also published similar books titled 101 Ways to Know It's Time to Get Out of Your Mama's House and 150 Ways to Tell if You're Ghetto. Edwards, who worked for the Wayans brothers for a decade, filed suit shortly after the book hit stores and shelves in 2009. It's slated to go to federal trial proceedings on July 12, 2011. Via THR,...

It’s the Fourth of July Weekend (almost) and even closer to Canada Day (for you Canadians), and it’s Thursday in the U.K., so why not celebrate with a good ol’ fashioned new-media battle of the wits from across the pond? To celebrate its new “Ministry of Laughs” comedy block of TV programming, BBC America is partnering up with WitStream.com today for Yanks Vs. Brits, a real-time roast playing out over WitStream and Twitter. The Yanks include: @shanecomedy @JamesUrbaniak @mrdavehill @friedmanjon @anylaurie16 @Randazzoj @michaelianblack & @adamfelber The Brits include: @TonyCowards @suddain @kellyoxford @mattkirshen & @cmb If you miss it today, they’ll regroup for two more sessions this summer: Airline Joke-Off Saturday, July 16, 2011 6PM PT | 9PM ET (2AM BST on July 17th) Frequently funny frequent flying comedians will wax on tweeting about airline food, annoying passengers, crap conditions and more. Oy! and Oi! Saturday, July 30, 2011 6PM PT | 9PM ET (2AM BST on July 31st)                     From Mazel tov to Marmite – comedians from both traditions mix it up, tweeting about their own hilarious takes on food and...