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Comedian Patton Oswalt used his early morning MySpace blog post to deftly recount the story of becoming a new father and how it related to his pop-culture habits, and specifically the new sequel, Crank: High Voltage. There are amusing references to how some comedy sites treated the birth of his daughter, …
I zinged Dane Cook recently for being late to the Twitter game, but now that he's put his focus squarely back on his stand-up comedy, he's quickly caught up to the game and one-upped it with the launch of what appears to be the first comprehensive iPhone/iTouch app specifically designed …
Ira Glass is hosting a live edition of his radio program, This American Life, that will happen before a sold-out audience at NYU's Skirball Center and broadcast on 400 movie screens across the country, with stories from Mike Birbiglia, Dan Savage and Starlee Kine, a "special investigation" by Dave Hill …
The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off tonight with Woody Allen's latest, Whatever Works, starring Larry David. There's two great neurotic comedy minds! It also stars Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, and Evan Rachel Wood. After tonight's world premiere, it officially opens June 19 in New York …
And so, the time has come for comedians to weigh in on the fad that is celebrities and everyone else lurching onto the Twitter bandwagon, and changing the fun little thing that few understood into something that millions can now fail to comprehend. So why not rap about it? Here …
If you want to know what to expect from the upcoming Comedy Central sketch show, Michael and Michael Have Issues, then perhaps this preview sketch might help explain things for you. Michael Showalter tries to guide Michael Ian Black through a voiceover session on farting butterflies. No fooling. Or, rather, …
Today is Administrative Professionals Day, so bosses will remember to be extra nice to their administrative assistants, receptionists, secretaries and front desk workers. But will they write a song for them? Zach Galifianakis did. Or rather, his character from the upcoming movie, Visioneers, did. Enjoy? "Administrative Professionals Day" Special Presentation …
Various personal matters have kept me from blogging as much as I'd like the past few days, so please pardon my delay in sharing with you this footage from Dane Cook's most recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The guys compete to see how many marshmallow Peeps they can stuff …
Stand-up comedian Maria Bamford is well aware of her personality quirks, and she has laid them bare for us to enjoy, from the liner notes of Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome that explains her history with unwanted thoughts, and into the 50-minute CD, which is available today from Comedy Central Records. It also …
The inaugural Just For Laughs (Chicago) has added some more names to the lineup, and announced that it will bestow Chicago native Harold Ramis with a Lifetime Achievement Award on June 16 — not-so-coincidentally, Ramis also will screen his newest comedy, Year One, which stars Jack Black and Michael Cera …