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Tag: Stephen Merchant

The Art of the Surprise Release: Behind the Funny or Die Trump movie with screenwriter Joe Randazzo
Movies

The Art of the Surprise Release: Behind the Funny or Die Trump movie with screenwriter Joe Randazzo

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 18, 2016

Surprise, surprise, surprise! BeyoncĂ© blew our minds when she released a full album in 2013 without advance warning, press or promotion. The release itself served …

Spike TV spins off “Lip Sync Battle” from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Spike TV spins off “Lip Sync Battle” from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 22, 2014November 24, 20141

Can you imagine a whole half-hour of Jay Leno’s JayWalking? How about a weekly half-hour of the late Johnny Carson’s Carnac the Magnificent? This is …

HBO will wrap up Stephen Merchant’s “Hello Ladies” with “Hello Ladies: The Movie”
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HBO will wrap up Stephen Merchant’s “Hello Ladies” with “Hello Ladies: The Movie”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 30, 20141

If you thought that Stephen Merchant’s Hello Ladies said goodbye already back in 2013, then you’ve got a second coming coming. HBO will wrap up the …

Watch Stephen Merchant challenge Jimmy Fallon, Joseph Gordon Levitt to a lip sync-off
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Watch Stephen Merchant challenge Jimmy Fallon, Joseph Gordon Levitt to a lip sync-off

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 25, 2013

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon includes so many buzzworthy segments that take place away from the late-night TV panel desk and chairs, that it’d almost …

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Comedy Headlines for 11/6/12

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 6, 2012November 6, 2012

What’s happening in the comedy world right now… It’s ELECTION DAY. Have you voted yet? In related news, Roseanne Barr — yes, Roseanne — is …

Revisiting “The Office,” 10 years later, with this special edition DVD
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Revisiting “The Office,” 10 years later, with this special edition DVD

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 23, 2011December 23, 2011

No matter your feelings about the American version of The Office on NBC — love it, loathe it, or used to love it but have …

Ticket giveaway: See Stephen Merchant on his first stand-up tour to NYC
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Ticket giveaway: See Stephen Merchant on his first stand-up tour to NYC

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 16, 2011December 21, 201121

Stephen Merchant, whom you may well know as the co-creator with Ricky Gervais of both The Office and Extras, (as well as The Ricky Gervais …

Johnny Depp confronts Ricky Gervais on “Life’s Too Short”
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Johnny Depp confronts Ricky Gervais on “Life’s Too Short”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 26, 2011October 28, 2011

Remember when Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globes and made all those silly jokes about all of these silly celebrities and their horrible movies and …

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