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 Dylan P. Gadino | March 5, 2013 at 11:20 pm | 6 comments
If you've been following the new season of WEtv's reality show Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, you'll know that Joan Rivers has had plans to launch her own Web series. Well, tonight we see that come to fruition with the first episode of In Bed with Joan, which features the...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 5, 2013 at 3:41 pm | No comments
Jon Stewart will take a 12-week sabbatical from The Daily Show this summer in order to direct a movie about a journalist who was captured and imprisoned by Iranian forces. Longtime Daily Show correspondent John Oliver will take Stewart's place during that time.
The movie, a...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | March 5, 2013 at 2:16 pm | One comment
Here’s a little piece of exciting comedy news: comedian Ted Alexandro and longtime creative partner Hollis James have created a series called Teachers Lounge, wherein Ted and Hollis play best friends, a music teacher and janitor, respectively. In order to survive the...
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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 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 Michael Q. Bullerdick | March 2, 2013 at 9:43 am | No comments
Two minutes into a conversation with legendary stand up comedian George Wallace and it’s clear that even after thirty-six years the man still loves his job. Lucky for us he does. Not just because we still get to enjoy his rapid-fire brand of observational humor, but because...
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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 Dylan P. Gadino | March 1, 2013 at 2:04 pm | 7 comments
Update: 4:40 pm ET -- Aisha Tyler has confirmed to Laughspin that Whose Line is it Anyway? will return to television and she will, indeed, be the host of the revamped show. The CW will premiere 10 episodes this summer with former castmembers Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne...
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