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NBC aired two ads during the Super Bowl for Saturday Night Live’s upcoming SNL40 40th anniversary special, and in doing so, revealed a lengthy list of former hosts, musical guests and cast members confirmed for the reunion party. Of course, Lorne Michaels always loves to keep some celebrity cameos a …
Bill Murray Stories are so crazy and bountiful that of course there’s a website catering to them. He’s such an eccentric icon, that Bill Murray. So funny. So fun. So lovable. But what if you told those same stories at night around a campfire, in hushed tones? Downright spooky! Just …
Christmas is coming early this year, and it hasn’t even arrived just yet. We learned today, first via Variety, that Bill Murray — who has sung on Saturday Night Live and in various movie and TV appearances over the past few decades (including his newest film, St. Vincent, wherein he …
The 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters brought with it a re-release over Labor Day weekend that earned $1.76 million at the box office. And with it, more talk of a potential Ghostbusters 3. Well, forget that, and think about this reality instead: Paul Feig re-teaming with Katie Dippold — he directed …
Bill Murray is back in a leading role with the titular role in St. Vincent, a new coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Theodore Melfi. In it, Murray plays a curmudgeonly war veteran enlisted by his new neighbor (Melissa McCarthy) to babysit her young son. Lessons are learned all …
Bill Murray says you have to remain available. Not just for work, but also for life: “We’re living this life, we’re in this life, and if you’re not available, a sort of ordinary amount of time goes past and you didn’t live it. The day passes and you didn’t live …
In Case You Missed It! Comedic icon Bill Murray — famously without an online presence or an offline management/representation system to deal with all of us, and infamously famous for showing up in the most likely and unlikely of places — combined both of these traits to do the most …
Each year’s return to award season reminds us how comedy and comedians all too often are overlooked, marginalized or otherwise different enough from other performing artists such that, heck, how can anyone win, really? For every victory or nomination at the Academy Awards for individual achievement — screenplays are often …
Mark Malkoff still hopes to have Bill Murray over for dinner at Malkoff’s apartment in Queens. All is not lost as his My Damn Channel series, “The Bill Murray Show,” hits episode #9 this week. In fact — not only did Malkoff see an advance screening of Murray’s new movie, …
Nothing up his Web sleeves… For his next trick, online daredevil — non-life-threatening division — Mark Malkoff has a simple request. He has invited Bill Murray over to his Queens apartment for dinner. Yes. That Bill Murray. Comedy superstar Bill Murray. All-around beloved-by-all-around Bill Murray. Ludicrous? No. Expecting Chris Bridges …
