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Seth MacFarlane isn’t just hosting this year’s Academy Awards; he’s also a first-time nominee! MacFarlane earned an Oscar nomination this morning in the Best Original Song for writing the lyrics to “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from his live-action talking teddy bear buddy movie, Ted. That category historically has been …
What’s happening in the comedy world now… Lucille Bliss, the original voice of Elroy on The Jetsons and Smurfette on The Smurfs, died Nov. 8. She was 96. A memorial for Bliss will be held Tuesday at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland will go …
Seth MacFarlane’s foul-mouthed teddy bear of a movie, Ted, has earned more than $500 million in box-office receipts around the world since hitting your nearby cineplex in June, despite its R rating by the MPAA. Remarkable? Certainly. But tops in the business? Not quite. Not yet. Top 10 Rated-R comedy …
As Saturday Night Live began its 38th consecutive season of broadcasting on the NBC television network, let’s regain our bearings. Yes, the show still airs live on Saturday nights. Three cast members left over the summer (Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Abby Elliott), three newbies joined the cast — all …
Seth MacFarlane is up for two Grammy Awards, but only one of them is for something funny. Steve Martin’s banjo found honors. And the South Park fellas are getting closer to EGOT status. What else is new? How about these comedians among the nominees for the 54th Grammy Awards, to …
Comedy Central really wants you to interact with its Roast of Charlie Sheen tonight, so much so that it has constructed a customized online dashboard encouraging you to Tweet and encouraging a competition among the roasters to see who’s the most popular of them all. They’ve also posted several video …
Wouldn't say I'm a regular viewer of Family Guy, but it's worth noting that creator Seth MacFarlane managed to get the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation to reunite for tonight's episode, in which Stewie kidnaps the crew (in their real-life civilian roles as actors, not in Trek …
Only a few days before Seth MacFarlane’s latest animated venture, his Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, debuts online Sept. 10 in Google Ads with an assist by Burger King. Two teasers went up on Seth’s YouTube channel. There also promises to be a Seth blog and Cavalcade newsletter. Judging from this …
In the coming year, you’ll see three of Seth MacFarlane’s animated projects on the TV (Family Guy, American Dad, Cleveland!) and an additional series online — "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy." But not just anywhere online. It’ll be on Google’s AdSense! Really. Which means it’ll be on my site? …
Here is a video, thanks to Nick Kroll and the writing of Seth MacFarlane, to explain why the writers and the studios remain at an impasse. Let’s hope the Directors Guild’s agreement provides a roadmap to compromise. Also featuring Kat Foster (Til Death) and strike-bearded Josh Radnor (How I Met …
