Amy Poehler will produce new comedy series ‘Welcome to Sweden’

Amy Poehler will produce new comedy series ‘Welcome to Sweden’

By | May 9, 2013 at 2:38 pm | 3 comments

It turns out Amy Poehler is huge in Sweden. She and her brother Greg just sold a comedy series called Welcome to Sweden, which will air on TV4 in the Nordic nation. The show is part of the sibling’s newly launched production company Syskon, who’s mission is to develop...

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Fox orders 13 episodes of Andy Samberg’s detective series, three other comedies

Fox orders 13 episodes of Andy Samberg’s detective series, three other comedies

By | May 9, 2013 at 1:46 pm | No comments

Since leaving Saturday Night Live last summer after seven years, Andy Samberg has taken great advantage of his freedom, starring opposite Adam Sandler in That’s My Boy, creating new tunes with his longtime musical comedy group The Lonely Island and headlining the...

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Jon Stewart blasts CNN anchors Nancy Grace, Ashleigh Banfield on Jodi Arias coverage (Video)

Jon Stewart blasts CNN anchors Nancy Grace, Ashleigh Banfield on Jodi Arias coverage (Video)

By | May 9, 2013 at 12:50 pm | No comments

Okay, CNN. You really have to get your shit together. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart addressed a harrowing and hilarious video released by CNN in which two reporters Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield were corresponding from the same parking lot. How can you tell? Well, the cars...

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The Hangover Part III will be released one day early

The Hangover Part III will be released one day early

By | May 8, 2013 at 4:42 pm | One comment

In an effort presumably to squeeze out every last box office dollar during its opening weekend, Warner Bros. has decided The Hangover Part III will be released Thursday, May 23, one day before originally planned. Although the studio didn’t give an official reason for the move,...

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Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand from Arrested Development will tour the world (Photo)

Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand from Arrested Development will tour the world (Photo)

By | May 8, 2013 at 12:58 pm | No comments

In the weeks leading up to the May 26 season four release of Arrested Development on Netflix, Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand – where so many memorable scenes of the cult fave took place -- will come to life, popping up in cities around the world, starting today in...

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New episode of Between Two Ferns really not an episode of Between Two Ferns (Video)

New episode of Between Two Ferns really not an episode of Between Two Ferns (Video)

By | May 8, 2013 at 11:46 am | One comment

Spoiler alert: The newest episode of Between Two Ferns isn’t so much a new episode of Between Two Ferns as it is a premiere for The Lonely Island’s new video—which is fucking hilarious. Sure, Zach Galifianakis welcomes actor James Franco as a guest to his show and is able...

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Fifteen years after his death, Phil Hartman animated project in the works

Fifteen years after his death, Phil Hartman animated project in the works

By | May 7, 2013 at 4:19 pm | No comments

This month marks the 15 anniversary of comedy legend Phil Hartman’s death. And while we’ll always remember the tragic circumstances surrounding his passing, it would be impossible to forget the nine years he spent on Saturday Night Live delivering one of the best Bill...

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Denver comedy collective The Grawlix thrives without fleeing to the coasts

Denver comedy collective The Grawlix thrives without fleeing to the coasts

By | May 7, 2013 at 12:16 pm | 4 comments

Whether it’s Austin, Seattle or Detroit, every non-coast comedy scene deals with the same conundrum: You build a community of talented standups, and just when things are looking good, the scene’s most prominent comics ditch their home-town for the sink-or-swim world of L.A....

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Laughspin Podcast, episode 53: Jim Gaffigan interview

Laughspin Podcast, episode 53: Jim Gaffigan interview

By | May 6, 2013 at 10:40 am | No comments

Jim Gaffigan has added yet another hyphen to his already multi-hyphenate life. The comedian, actor of television, film and yes, even Broadway, will officially become an author, as his parenting-themed book Dad is Fat becomes available in stores and online May 7. To be clear,...

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