By Emma Kat Richardson | February 18, 2010 at 8:00 pm | One comment
More troubles for Jay Leno continue to abound. It was announced in the Hollywood Reporter that Leno's longtime bandleader, Kevin Eubanks, would be making an exit from the new, revamped version of the Tonight show when Leno's incarnation returns on March 1.
Also parting ways...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | February 11, 2010 at 12:44 pm | No comments
At least 186,256 loyal Facebookers think Betty White should host an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. In an unexpected surge of online support, fans are beginning to demand that Betty White, the venerable actress and former star of The Golden Girls, be given hosting...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | February 10, 2010 at 10:17 am | No comments
Rooftop Comedy, everybody's favorite comedy juggernaut (well, next to Punchline Magazine, of course), announced that it would be teaming up with Country Music TV to search for America's next comic superstar. Through the website comic.cmt.com, the two media powerhouses have...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | February 4, 2010 at 5:39 pm | No comments
Not too long ago, Robin Williams filed suit against Gold Circle Films, over what he contended was a breached contract for the Kevin Smith-directed Cop Out, in theaters later this month and starring Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis.
Today, however, TMZ reports that the powers that...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | February 2, 2010 at 3:31 pm | No comments
James Bobin, co-creator of HBO's much-missed hit series, Flight of the Conchords, is attached to direct Disney's next Muppet movie, according to one source. The film, written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller (of Forgetting Sarah Marshall fame) was Bobin's choice over...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | February 1, 2010 at 3:04 pm | 1,216 comments
[caption id="attachment_6630" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="Comedian Renee Perrault organized a comedy benefit for convicted murderer Amanda Knox, whom many people feel was not given a fair trial."][/caption]
Last week, Punchline Magazine posted a news post on about...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | January 28, 2010 at 12:51 pm | 64 comments
All over the US, vigils and rallies of support continue to be held in honor of Amanda Knox, the 22-year-old Seattle student who was, on Dec. 4, convicted of the first degree murder of her British flatmate, Meredith Kercher, while the two were studying abroad in Perugia,...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | January 26, 2010 at 5:09 pm | No comments
Here's a most unusual matching for you: Patton Oswalt, Tim (Heidecker) and Eric (Wareheim), Bob Odenkirk, and... Maynard James Keenan?! Yes, you read that right: four of this generation's biggests comedy stars (and Gen X, in Odenkirk's case) will appear alongside each other in a...
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By Emma Kat Richardson | January 25, 2010 at 11:44 am | 4 comments
While some members of Team Coco are undoubtedly going to be out for the blood of Black, comedian/professional pitchman Michael Ian Black does raise some pretty decent (and certainly thought-provoking) questions with his blog post on the whole late night debacle. Taking a...
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