By Laughspin Staff | October 18, 2012 at 12:23 pm | 7 comments
After years of chatter, false starts and dashed hopes, it is now official: Ghostbusters 3 will start shooting. That’s right, folks: Starting next summer, Ivan Reitman will begin directing the likes of Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver. Noticeably absent, of...
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By Lucas Gardner | August 2, 2012 at 6:14 pm | 3 comments
Although there have been talks of a new Ghostbusters movie, the progress reports haven't left fans feeling optimistic. Dan Aykroyd has had plans for Ghostbusters III for years, but with Bill Murray's lack of interest it hasn't looked good. Now, Dan Aykroyd tells Metro magazine...
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By Samantha Simon | July 3, 2012 at 2:26 pm | No comments
In what can be described as a brilliant marketing and publicity charge cloaked in original, editorial video content, Internet comedian Mark Malkoff is starting yet another quirky challenge for My Damn Channel. You may remember when he lived in Ikea for a week, or when he visited...
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By Lucas Gardner | June 28, 2012 at 6:07 pm | No comments
Attention, hip children who love Bill Murray and comedy nerd grown-ups who just love to color: You might be interested in this coloring book from Belly Kids, which is 100% Bill Murray-themed. Thrill Murray is a collaboration from over 20 different artists, including...
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By Lucas Gardner | June 21, 2012 at 1:04 pm | One comment
Among “legendary comic performer” and “Oscar-nominated actor,” Bill Murray can now add “Hall-of-Famer” to his list of achievements. This week, Murray, who has plenty of connections to the baseball world (he is part-owner of several minor league teams, including the...
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By Samantha Simon | June 8, 2012 at 12:27 pm | No comments
Two Bill Murrays made an appearance on Late Show with David Letterman last night: Murray in the flesh and Murray as a hologram. I have no idea how holograms work, except for those shiny "holographic" Pokemon trading cards I got as a kid, but I gotta say, this was way more...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | October 12, 2011 at 4:12 pm | One comment
I think we can all agree that Bill Murray is a weird dude. And that's why we love him. Also, he's funny. We love him because he's funny. And because he's weird. Really weird. Remember that time he showed up to a total stranger's party and sang Karaoke with a bunch of strangers?...
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By Jeffrey Gurian | May 10, 2010 at 10:13 am | 2 comments
Comic Strip Documentary Blows Up
We were excited enough when Chris Rock agreed to exec. produce the documentary film for the 35th anniversary of The Comic Strip. Now Abby Russell and Brent Sterling-Nemetz of Letterbox Pictures, who are actually shooting the film have really...
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By Mike Blejer | April 6, 2010 at 2:12 pm | 2 comments
It's common wisdom that some of the best comedians are outsiders, standing at the fringe of society lobbing critiques inward. But it's also common wisdom that white, tall, blond, Catholics are not outsiders, at least not in America, at least for another year or two. In fact...
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