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25 July 2008 12:55 PM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Under normal circumstances an Anaconda sequel made for the Sci-Fi Channel would not elicit any degree of excitement of my part but when the sequel stars David Hasselhoff and the prospect of seeing "The Hoff" fight and possibly get eaten by a huge snake looms on the horizon, yeah, consider me officially interested.

Anaconda 3: The Offspring premieres this Saturday night on the Sci-Fi Channel (9/8 Central with the usual repeat four hours later) starring David Hasselhoff as a mercenary-for-hire who accepts a mission from a billionaire (John Rhys-Davies, a man's gotta eat) to capture a dangerous snake that could possibly help cure a terminal illness. Rounding out the cast are Crystal Allen, Patrick Regis, and Anthony Green in the prerequisite attractive female, token black, and handsome riverboat captain roles.

This installment in the Anaconda franchise is directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy. He knows something about dealing with coldblooded creatures having

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25 July 2008 12:07 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Step Brothers

Starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly

Directed by Adam McKay

Rated R

Is a smart comedy better than a dumb comedy? There are great examples of both, and even Will Ferrell, the star of Step Brothers, shows up on both lists. Stranger Than Fiction is a smart comedy with a complex premise and an almost poetic ending. Talladega Nights is a dumb comedy in which Ferrell, at one point, learns to face his fear of getting behind the wheel again by driving through a neighborhood sitting inches away from a wild cougar.

Each approach has its merits, although dumb comedies almost always produce bigger laughs and higher ticket sales. There’s a reason people still buy Three Stooges memorabilia, after all: Because at the end of the day, most people just want to see a comedy that can make them laugh and help them forget the reasons

Colin Boyd

24 July 2008 3:20 PM, PDT | From blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news

Gene and me in the 1980s. Looking at this photograph by Chicago's Victor Skrebneski, Gene said, "Even our mothers don't think we look that good."

(Photo by Victor Skrebneski)

I was surprised how depressed I felt all day on July 21, when Richard and I announced we were leaving the "Ebert and Roeper" program. To be sure, our departures were voluntary. We hadn't been fired. And because of my health troubles, I hadn't appeared on the show for two years. But I advised on co-hosts, suggested movies, stayed in close communication with Don DuPree, our beloved producer-director. The show remained in my life. Now, after 33 years, it was gone--taken in a "new direction." And I was fully realizing what a large empty space it left behind.

Yes, we're planning to continue the traditional format in a new venue, and taking the thumbs along with us. I'm involved in that, and it will be a great consolation.

Roger Ebert

17 July 2008 9:05 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

The history of Saturday Night Live is filled with African-American performers who failed to make much of an impact on the venerable comedy institution, but subsequently went on to much greater success, from future superstars Damon Wayans and Chris Rock to rock-solid comic character actor Tim Meadows. But few black SNL alumni blossomed as spectacularly or unexpectedly as Tracy Morgan, who morphed into a lunatic comic genius on 30 Rock, playing a hard-living movie-star-turned-sketch-actor who's part Martin Lawrence, part fearless self-parody. In a cast filled with brilliant comic performers, Morgan tends to get the biggest, most consistent laughs, and his eminently quotable bits have become catchphrases, like "Live every week like it's Shark Week," "mind grapes," and "I love cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school and get it pregnant." Morgan's 30 Rock buzz has helped secure him some high-profile film work as well....

Nathan Rabin

17 July 2008 9:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

American Idol host Ryan Seacrest and supermodel Heidi Klum have picked up their first Emmy nominations, after the 2008 Primetime TV Awards introduced the category of top host for a reality competition show.

The presenters will go up against Dancing With the Stars' Tom Bergeron, as well as Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel and Survivor's Jeff Probst to take home the first honour.

Mad Men picked up 16 nods, the most nominations of any drama series, including Best Dramatic Series and Best Actor for its lead, Jon Hamm.

Hamm will face actors Hugh Laurie, for House; Michael C. Hall, for Dexter; Gabriel Byrne, for In Treatment; Bryan Cranston, for Breaking Bad; and James Spader, for Boston Legal.

Meanwhile, 30 Rock was the frontrunner in the comedy category, with 17 nominations, including best series - a gong the show took home last year - and leading actor, Alec Baldwin, and actress for Tina Fey, the show's creator.

The winners for the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be unveiled on 21 September at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

A list of nominees is as follows:

Best Series, Drama:

Boston Legal

Damages

Dexter

House

Lost

Mad Men

Best Series, Comedy:

30 Rock

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Entourage

The Office

Two And A Half Men

Best Actor, Drama:

James Spader - Boston Legal

Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Hugh Laurie - House

Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Best Actor, Comedy:

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Lee Pace - Pushing Daisies

Steve Carell - The Office

Charlie Sheen - Two And A Half Men

Best Actress, Drama:

Sally Field - Brothers + Sisters

Glenn Close - Damages

Mariska Hargitay - Law + Order: Special Victims Unit

Holly Hunter - Saving Grace

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best Actress, Comedy:

Tina Fey - 30 Rock

Christina Applegate - Samantha Who?

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - The New Adventures Of Old Christine

America Ferrera - Ugly Betty

Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds

Best Supporting Actor, Drama Series:

William Shatner - Boston Legal

Ted Danson - Damages

Zeljko Ivanek - Damages

Michael Emerson - Lost

John Slattery - Mad Men

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy Series:

Jeremy Piven - Entourage

Kevin Dillon - Entourage

Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother

Rainn Wilson - The Office

Jon Cryer - Two And A Half Men

Best Supporting Actress, Drama Series:

Candice Bergen - Boston Legal

Rachel Griffiths - Brothers + Sisters

Chandra Wilson - Grey's Anatomy

Sandra Oh - Grey's Anatomy

Dianne Wiest - In Treatment

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy Series:

Kristin Chenoweth, Pushing Daisies

Jean Smart, Samantha Who?

Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live

Holland Taylor, Two And A Half Men

Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

Outstanding Reality Competition Program:

American Idol

Dancing With The Stars

Project Runway

The Amazing Race

Top Chef

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality Competition Program:

Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Tom Bergeron, Dancing With The Stars

Howie Mandel, Deal Or No Deal

Heidi Klum, Project Runway

Jeff Probst, Survivor.

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17 July 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

While they gear up for their prospective acceptance speeches for when the Emmy Awards air Sept. 21, the freshly announced nominees for TV's highest honor are already sharing their reactions to the distinctions bestowed upon them. Among what they have to say: . "I am incredibly grateful and honored. But I am over the moon for Jean Smart, who is such a sublime talent." – Christina Applegate, nominated as lead actress in a comedy series for Samantha Who?. "I'm flattered to be nominated. Congratulations to Tina [Fey] and everyone at 30 Rock. The writers do a wonderful job, and I hope we have some success in September.

Brian Orloff

16 July 2008 11:35 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

With a baby on the way, Amy Poehler says she and husband Will Arnett will celebrate her Emmy nomination with prenatal care in mind. "Ice-cream shots!" Poehler tells People after she was nominated for outstanding actress in a comedy series on Saturday Night Live."It's super hot," adds Arnett. "So it'll be a lot of staying indoors, getting ice cream, and keeping cool." The comedy couple don't know the sex of their child, and haven't prepared a nursery yet, but they say they've still got some time yet to get ready. "I think it drops in October," Arnett, 38, says. "We're very excited.

16 July 2008 6:05 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Though Minnie Driver has expressed her wish not to know the gender of her child, a doctor revealed that very info during a recent medical exam. Still, the expectant actress, 38, insisted to her TV host on Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, "I don't know whether he said 'he' or 'she.' " How come? She was simply too busy concentrating on the doctor's comments about her cervix. The two friends who accompanied Driver to the examination did hear the doctor, however – and one pal is allegedly blackmailing Driver to buy him things so he won't spill the beans, she said. Though

Stephen M. Silverman

15 July 2008 4:59 PM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week finds the U.S. Army bringing war games to a whole other level, a '60s sex icon getting an exposé, Ron Perlman returning as the defender of small fluffy kittens everywhere and Eddie Murphy taking cinema egotism to new heights.

"August"

After the warm reception his first feature "Xx/Xy" received at Sundance in 2002, director Austin Chick returned to the snowy slopes of Park City to debut his sophomore effort, which seemed to impress our own Matt Singer when he saw it in January. Assembling an noteworthy ensemble that includes the likes of Robin Tunney, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn and David Bowie, Chick follows Tom and Josh Sterling (Josh Hartnett and Adam Scott, respectively), two brothers desperately trying to right the sinking ship of their failing dot-com company in the weeks leading up to the devastating September 11th attacks.

Opens in New York.

"Days

Neil Pedley

8 July 2008 6:44 PM, PDT | From Digital Media Law | See recent Digital Media Law news

AFTRA has ratified the primetime contract, but SAG’s assault had great effect. The margin – the percent of yes votes – was only 62.4%. The percentage of no votes was 37.6%. Turnout was not released.

In contrast, the margin on the somewhat similar daytime pact (the AFTRA Network Code), ratified April 30, was 93%. In other words, SAG drove the margin down by 30 points – well over what I (I had predicted 20 points) and other expected when SAG’s anti-aftra campaign began.

Thus, although the deal passed, this has to be counted as a partial victory for SAG. A strike authorization vote still seems unlikely, because a 75% yes vote is required for passage and the fact that the AFTRA deal passed makes a successful strike authorization vote questionable. Nonetheless, SAG will be emboldened by the low yes vote achieved by AFTRA, and is likely to resist compromise with the AMPTP for some time to come, absent

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30 June 2008 8:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Saturday Night Live's roster of veteran "Weekend Update" anchors – Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Dennis Miller, Tina Fey – is about to get younger. "When [Amy Poehler] has her baby, her baby is going to host 'Update,' " SNL star and "Weekend Update" co-anchor Seth Meyers cracked to People at Sunday's Journey to the Center of the Earth premiere, in L.A. Meyers's "Update" partner Poehler, is pregnant with her first child, due later this year. Fear not, SNLfans – it won't affect the "Update" lineup ... much. "That's the newest change. But other than that, it's pretty much the same," Meyers, 34, says,

Nicholas White

29 June 2008 3:53 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Comedian Chris Kattan has married his model girlfriend Sunshine Tutt.

The pair wed during an intimate ceremony in Yosemite Valley, California on Saturday, reports People.com.

The former Saturday Night Live star began dating Tutt in 2005 after meeting at a birthday party.

Kattan proposed on Christmas Eve 2006 at her grandparents' home in Gainsville, Texas.

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29 June 2008 3:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck met up with Matt Damon and his heavily pregnant wife, Luciana Barroso, at Nobu Malibu on Saturday night for a two-hour dinner on the patio that included cooked fish and sushi rolls. "Ben and Matt were entertaining the girls with stories, and they were all laughing a lot," says an observer of the couples. When dessert came, the celebratory group toasted – after all, Garner and Affleck's third wedding anniversary was the following day. "Jen and Ben were in a great mood, and they left Nobu hand in hand," says the observer. Also spotted at Nobu Saturday night: Kate Hudson,

28 June 2008 4:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Chris Kattan married model Sunshine Tutt in Yosemite Valley, Calif., on Saturday, People has confirmed. The former Saturday Night Live cast member, 37, started dating Tutt, 31, in the spring of 2005 after meeting her at a birthday party. He proposed on Christmas Eve 2006 at her grandparents' home in Gainsville, Texas. "Originally I was going to do something very special," Kattan told People about the engagement. "I tried to get Bono of U2 to serenade her. That didn't happen. Then I asked Justin Timberlake. No answer. After hundreds of phone calls and text messages, I finally ended up asking one of the members of the Hanson group.

25 June 2008 6:55 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The producers of cult U.S. comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live will pay tribute to late comedian George Carlin this coming weekend by re-airing the programme's 1975 debut, which the funnyman hosted.

Carlin died after suffering a heart attack on Sunday. He was 71.

In a tribute to the comic, SNL creator Lorne Michaels says, "He was gracious, fearless, and most of all, funny."

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23 June 2008 4:20 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

With Mike Myers' career as a box office superstar mining comedy gold with each new film sputtering if not beginning to nose dive into terra firma, Ryan Zeinert at Film Wad has put together an excellent study on the moment in time when 15 famous comedians "lost their funny."

I was immediately drawn to this for several reasons, chief among them that I use funny as a noun, as in "bring the funny," "lost their funny," etc. In fact, when saying pretty much the same thing we're discussing here back on May 20th, I said Myers was "fresh out of funny."

Also, many years ago, one of my friends theorized that musicians tend to go downhill after their first greatest hits album. There are a couple of exceptions, like The Eagles and Elton John, both of whom had some of their best songs pop up on later albums.

Likewise, another

Colin Boyd

23 June 2008 12:35 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

George Carlin – who once wryly wondered, "Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?" – is being mourned by fellow comedians such as Ben Stiller and Jay Leno, not only for being a groundbreaker in entertainment but an individual of great honor. "George Carlin was a hugely influential force in stand-up comedy," Stiller, 42, said in a statement. "He had an amazing mind, and his humor was brave, and always challenging us to look at ourselves and question our belief systems, while being incredibly entertaining. He was one of the greats and he will be missed.

Stephen M. Silverman

23 June 2008 12:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Controversial comedian George Carlin has died. He was 71.

The star, known for his edgy and provocative stand up routines, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday.

Carlin, who had a long history of heart problems and drug dependency, was admitted to the Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California earlier that day and passed away in the evening.

Carlin rose to fame in the 1960s with appearances on TV programmes including The Ed Sullivan Show. He went on to become a regular on U.S. TV and became the first ever host of NBC's famed Saturday Night Live show in 1975. Carlin also appeared in a variety of movie roles, including Rufus from 1989's Bill + Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Carlin leaves a daughter, Kelly, 45.

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16 June 2008 7:56 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

While Steve Carell and Mike Myers face off at the multiplexes this week, indie theaters fight back with a wide range of quirk, including a meter maid romance, a doc on balloon animals and a horror flick about killer hair extensions.

"Brick Lane"

"Brick Lane" in London's East End might be just a relatively short jaunt down the M1 from Salford, but it's still a million miles (and a decade) away from the careful multi-ethnic empathy of another film that dealt with south Asian refugees in England, the 1970s-set "East is East." This story follows 18-year-old Nazneem (Tannishtha Chatterjee), who steps off a plane from Bangladesh and into an arranged marriage with middle-aged Chanu (Satish Kaushik). Bored and lonely, she's forced to question her beliefs when the charismatic and secular Karim (Christopher Simpson) knocks on her door. Director Sarah Gavron landed herself a Bafta nomination for this

Neil Pedley

2 June 2008 7:35 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

Among this week's offerings: The pregnancy comedy goes pre-natal, the fate of all the jungle rests in the hands of the world's most lethargic endangered species, and Dario Argento has a new film, rendering the rest of this list mostly unnecessary.

"Dreams With Sharp Teeth"

Author Harlan Ellison is widely regarded as one of the finest writers of the 20th century. He is also, as this documentary readily highlights, abrasive, petulant, egotistical and prone to fits of belligerent rage. Collecting together more than two decades worth of footage and interviews, "Grizzly Man" producer Erik Nelson lifts the dust jacket off one of literature's genuinely larger than life characters and a man who has filed more lawsuits than the Aclu, proving that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction, even Ellison's sci-fi tales.

Opens in New York.

"The Go-Getter"

On paper, it sounds like the dictionary definition of

Neil Pedley

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