By Nate Billy | June 22, 2010 at 7:44 am | One comment
It’s now official: Russell Brand is an international superstar.
The UK’s Sun reported in March of last year that Al Jean - one of the executive producers of The Simpsons stated that Brand was “very funny,” and, “I would definitely be interested in writing an episode...
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By Nate Billy | June 4, 2010 at 12:50 pm | No comments
It’s Friday! Time for Hollywood to unleash new high-budget summer movies, and this week it's Get Him To The Greek. If you didn’t know already, the film is a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, manufactured by the unstoppable Apatow comedy factory. This time around...
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By Becca Scheuer | June 3, 2010 at 11:59 am | No comments
We all remember Russell Brand from his role as rock star and girlfriend-stealer Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marhsall. Well, Brand (as well as comedians Aziz Ansari and Nick Kroll) and Snow are back again in the comedy Get Him to the Greek, which opens this Friday.
In a...
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By Nate Billy | May 14, 2010 at 3:00 pm | 2 comments
Russell Brand sure is busy. On the verge of the release of his new movie, Get Him To The Greek, he managed to squeeze in time to record vocals for a reworking of “3 Lions,” the official anthem of England’s football (soccer) team. The song was originally written in 1996...
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By Brendan McLaughlin | February 11, 2010 at 2:02 pm | No comments
It looks like U.S. audiences are about to see a whole lot more of Russell Brand. The nothing-to-hide British comic and Forgetting Sarah Marshall supporting player has several high profile projects in the works with Warner Bros.
In addition to starring in a remake of the 1981...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | September 17, 2009 at 12:37 pm | No comments
On a day's notice, and after hosting the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, comedian Russell Brand decided he wanted to work out some new material in front of a live audience at the Green Room in New York City. Just days before, he stood in the same room rehearsing his MTV bits...
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By Daniel Perlman | July 15, 2009 at 11:00 am | No comments
Russell Brand will return as host of the MTV Video Music Awards. The British comedian hosted the ceremony last year with Britney Spears, bringing in a record number of over 23 million viewers for the network. He also made headlines for mocking the Jonas Brothers.
“This year...
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