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HBO Comedy sees the big pitcher

US network HBO Comedy has begun production on a new six-part series, Eastbound and Down, executive-produced by Will Ferrell. Big-screen star Danny McBride (Tropic Thunder, Pineapple Express) will star in the series as a...

Huff or Die: Funny or Die Teams with The Huffington Post

The comedy video website Funny or Die, humor site 23/6 and The Huffington Post have teamed up to create Huff or Die, accessible at funnyordie.com/huffordie, to showcase their best political humor videos and blog posts. Funny or...

Interview: Patton Oswalt

Interviewed by Jessica Jardine Fans of comedian Patton Oswalt know that the man lives for movies. Through Oct. 16, Oswalt will be guest-curating his own film festival, "Sitting In The Dark," at L.A.'s famed New Beverly Cinema....

What's next for Tina Fey?

Step aside, Oprah, TV's got a new queen. With Winfrey, , not to mention members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences leading the Fey fan club, it's clear that Tina's moment has arrived. Specifically, it arrived at...

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Some spoilers are included. ‘Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby’ is Adam McKay’s comic take on car racing, with Will Ferrell at the wheel (and John C. Reilly and Sacha Baron Cohen fighting for it), and it contains...

The rise of Tina Fey

Step aside, Oprah, TV's got a new queen. With Winfrey, Alec Baldwin, Lorne Michaels and American Express, not to mention members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences leading the Fey fan club, it's clear that...

US comedy website Funny or Die gets Little Britain backing

A popular US comedy website launched by Will Ferrell that hosts a mixture of skits by big name contributors and sketches by aspiring comedians will unveil a UK version today backed by Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and...

FunnyOrDie Opening In UK; Teaming With Hat Trick And HBO

US viewer-voting comedy site FunnyOrDie is launching a UK-facing outpost today, with a London production HQ and a partnership with Have I Got News For You maker Hat Trick. FunnyOrDie.co.uk will carry many of the comedy...

Step Brothers

Rating: * * * Verdict: Ferrell relives his youth in this simple, ridiculously absurd and yet funny film. If you find the idea of Will Ferrell flopping out his hairy genitalia and rubbing it on his step brother's drumkit...

Get a life

Saved! – Sept. 15 at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. Reminding us of the current media trend of teens-gone-preggers, writer-director Brian Dannellyis’ 2004 comedy about a young virgin (not-so-subtly-named Mary, played by Jena Malone)...

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