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COCO is No Longer Looking For Work

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:08:14 +0000

Woohoo! TBS, in an attempt to prove to us that they are in fact “Very Funny”, has officially added Conan O’Brien to its roster. The comedian will once again join the late night fold with a nightly hour-long program, set to air at 11PM, beginning this November. Currently, George Lopez has the time slot on [...]

For Your Health: John C. Reilly Doing Full Time on Adult Swim

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:31:48 +0000

Great Job! Adult Swim has managed to score Academy Award nominated John C. Reilly full-time. Well, as much full time as a 10 minute comedy program dictates. The skilled contributor to the acid heavy “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” will finally get his own spin-off, “Check it Out with Dr. Steve Brule”. Not [...]

Stop, TRAILER TIME: “Dinner For Schmucks”

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:22:25 +0000

Weather like today’s, a balmy 80 degrees here in NYC, reminds us that Summer is just around the corner (as is death by global warming, but lets not go there). And that means a mindless comedy and action explosion at the box office. Each Summer, I find myself searching for the perfect addition to my [...]

Hollywood, Are You Trying to Kill Goldie Hawn?

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:04:14 +0000

Seriously, Hollywood why are you trying to remake all of Goldie Hawn’s classic movies? Last week, it was announced that J.Lo will stink up star in an updated version of the 1980′s classic Overboard. And now it seems that wasn’t enough, as today it was announced that NewLine/Warner Bros. are set to remake of Private [...]

UPDATED: Jamie Foxx Does “Laverne & Shirley”

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:29:56 +0000

Oh lordy. When will this remake madness, i.e. we’ve run out of ideas, Hollywood is going through end? The latest remake/revisit/murdering is a return to the classic sitcom “Laverne & Shirley“, by Gary Marshall and JAMIE FOXX??? Yep, your eyes are not deceiving you. Marshall, who created the sitcom back in the 1970′s, [...]