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A few things to mention before we get back to our regularly scheduled blogging: — Demetri Martin will co-star with Brad Pitt in the movie adaptation of Moneyball, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Martin will play the stats guy who teams up with Oakland A's GM Billy Beane (Pitt) to change …
Mark your calendars for May 16, 2009, because that's the date FOX plans to air the final episode of MADtv. Arden Myrin, who just launched her own blog, included a couple of pics from the finale. Here she is looking lovely with the finale's dapper guest star, Fred Willard. Wishing …
Charlyne Yi's "documentary" about finding love, that turns into a romantic comedy, or something else entirely, depending upon how much you know about the situation between Yi and Michael Cera, made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival and won a screenwriting award. You've heard about it. You've read about …
If you want to attain a more natural high, just go back in time and remember when you and your favorite comedians were younger, back before they were famous. First up, Sarah Silverman shares with us this photo that shows her and her pals, circa 1993: Todd Barry, Janeane Garofalo, …
Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman have done it again, crafting a witty ditty for the stoners holiday (4/20). It's called "Super F—ing High." As Hardwick notes: "BIG HEADS UP: This song may not be suitable for work (unless you work in a dispensary). It unleashes a volcano of swears. In …
The kids who spawned Reno 911!, Stella, Viva Variety and the upcoming Michael and Michael Have Issues are all grown up now, and they're finally bringing their original 1990s MTV sketch showcase, The State, to DVD. Five discs full of extras, coming July 14, 2009. Here's the trailer!
So here it is, my friends. Pilot Season is back where audiences can actually relive the magic of the mockumentary that looked at how various relationships unfolded in show business during the actual "pilot season," starring Sam Seder, Sarah Silverman, H. Jon Benjamin, Isla Fisher, David Cross and Andy Dick, …
Ron White has always been the least "Blue Collar" of the Blue Collar comedy crew, preferring to stand on stage in a suit with a cigar in one hand, a glass of scotch on the rocks in the other. And in Behavioral Problems, his new special that debuted on Comedy …
Here's something you don't see everyday. Dave Coulier joined the folks from Boston's sketch/improv troupe Improv Asylum for some late-night fun on Friday night. I bet the guy in the background is texting all of his friends something clever about Full House. TGIF, indeed. BTW, Coulier said he was hanging …
Jerm Pollet had a successful multi-year run making fun of movies before a live audience in Austin, Texas, and now that he's spending more time in New York City, he has recruited and launched a new group of comedians here called Raspberry Brothers. This is their debut weekend at the …