By Laughspin Staff | March 6, 2013 at 11:20 am | One comment
As if the casting for Anchorman: The Legend Continues wasn’t already stellar – the entire original cast is back as well as Kristen Wiig! – Harrison Ford has now officially joined the shenanigans. Ford, who joins Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner,...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 5, 2013 at 1:12 pm | 6 comments
UPDATE (3/6/13): 9:32 pm EST -- Tina Fey told Entertainment Tonight the following: "If anyone was going to get mad at us, I thought it would be James Cameron. I did not see that one coming. It was a joke. It was a lighthearted joke."
UPDATE: 4:52 pm EST -- Amy Poehler had...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 5, 2013 at 10:52 am | No comments
Fox has thrown its support behind all three of its Tuesday night comedies. The network renewed freshman series The Mindy Project, starring former Office writer, star and producer Mindy Kaling as well as New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel and Raising Hope. New Girl will enter its...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 4, 2013 at 11:07 pm | No comments
In this just-released video, Community star Joel McHale, who plays former lawyer-turned-smarmy-college-student, opines about the evolution of his character Jeff Winger, what a huge comedic force co-star Gillian Jacobs has become and why veteran actor James Brolin is the perfect...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 4, 2013 at 7:34 pm | No comments
If you haven’t seen 21 & Over as it opened in theaters nationwide this past weekend, might we suggest you treat yourself – and your favorite drinking buddies – to some quality laughs? You can find tickets here. From the writers of The Hangover, this younger-skewing flick...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 2, 2013 at 1:07 pm | 11 comments
NBC will announce in May its plans to replace current Tonight Show host Jay Leno with the increasingly popular Jimmy Fallon. This, according to the Hollywood Reporter, who cite "two high-level industry insiders," despite NBC's denial and a rep for Leno who said, "we don't...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 1, 2013 at 5:15 pm | One comment
While Chris Rock has proven himself a competent actor, having mastered comedic and dramatic roles on screen – as well as on the Broadway stage – it seems that for his next gig, a movie titled Finally Famous, he won’t hurt himself stretching. The iconic comedian will...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 1, 2013 at 12:42 pm | 4 comments
Long before Marc Maron made the Internet his bitch by launching one of the most successful podcasts of all time, he was a wirey, long-haired, blazer-wearing comic talking about booze and drugs onstage. The folks at Official Comedy unearthed this vintage clip from the late 1980s...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 28, 2013 at 6:21 pm | No comments
Our friends over at WE tv and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? have put together an impressive contest, wherein comedians can win a first-class, three-day round trip to either New York City or Los Angeles that includes seeing Joan Rivers perform as well as a one-hour comedy...
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