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Sarah Palin Resigns as Alaska Governor

3 July 2009 1:35 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will resign as Alaska governor later this month. She made no mention of pursuing another office, but her sudden move sparked speculation she is considering a run for the U.S. Senate or for the presidency. "It hurts to make this choice but I'm doing what's best for Alaska," she said in a speech from the backyard of her home in Wasilla, with her husband Todd and children, Piper, Bristol and Willow, at her side. "You can effect change from the outside, and I can too." She also said that her year-old son Trig,

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Review: ‘The Cleveland Show’

3 July 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news

Well, we all knew this day would come. When something pure and excellent in the world of animated comedy would eventually get tapped in an attempt to make more money and multiply. It happens with the best of things: Macaroni and Cheese becomes Spider-Man Shaped Mac and Cheese, iPhone brought on the Gphone, and Family Guy brought on American Dad (which isn’t all that bad) and now The Cleveland Show. One of these things are still great (looking at you, web-shaped macaroni), but sadly the rest come across as poor knockoffs, and truly miss the point, especially the spin-off about Peter Griffin’s affable-yet-slow neighbor, Cleveland Brown.

Mike Henry, who writes for Family Guy and voices Cleveland, is now leaving the show, and taking his voice with him. With Seth McFarlane as one of the hottest and highest paid TV writers in Hollywood today, Fox was easily talked into

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Exclusive Judd Apatow Blog: ‘Funny People’ Director Answers Questions You Haven’t Asked

2 July 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news

by Judd Apatow

As arguably the biggest comedy director working in Hollywood today, Judd Apatow is a funny guy and almost as importantly, he’s been a longtime friend to the MTV Movies Blog, acting as one of our first guest contributors way back when “Knocked Up” was coming out. Well, the big guy is back. Apatow’s next project, of course, is “Funny People.” And lucky for us Judd’s re-joining the MTV Movies Blog gang with a series of exclusive columns hitting every single Thursday between now and the film’s release. So without further ado, here’s Judd…

Judd Apatow’s Answers to Questions You Haven’t Asked About “Funny People”

Will I like “Funny People” more than any other movie I see this summer including the kick ass Star Trek?

You definitely will. You will like it way more than every movie that comes out this summer,

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NBC’s Fall Premiere Dates

1 July 2009 4:29 PM, PDT | From IMDb Television Blog | See recent IMDb Television Blog news

Jay Leno hosts "The Jay Leno Show."

Welcome to NBC’s fall lineup, or as some may come to call it, LenoLand.

Yes, with Jay Leno’s show occupying the 10 o’clock slot every weeknight, He of the Mighty Meaty Chin is now more of a mascot to NBC than that old peacock.

Beyond that, we’ve got “Heroes” returning on Sept. 21, “The Office” premiering on Sept. 17, and “30 Rock” back on Oct. 15. Keep reading for the full schedule.

Sunday, September 13

7-8:15 p.m. - “Football Night in America”

8:15-11 p.m. - “NBC Sunday Night Football”

Monday, September 14

10-11 p.m. - “The Jay Leno Show” (Series Premiere)

Tuesday, September 15

8-10 p.m. - “The Biggest Loser”

10-11 p.m. - “The Jay Leno Show”

Thursday, September 17

8-8:30 p.m. - “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday”

8:30-9 p.m. -…

Melanie McFarland

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Al Franken Wins Minnesota Senate Race

1 July 2009 2:25 PM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news

After a protracted recount, comedian-turned-politician Al Franken has won the Minnesota Senate race to give Democrats a 60-seat majority in the U.S. Senate.

The state's Supreme Court declared Franken, a Saturday Night Live alum, the winner on Tuesday by 312 votes out of 2.9 million cast. Republican incumbent Norm Coleman then conceded the drawn-out fight.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at SNL's political sketches

Coleman led Franken on ...

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What If the Entire Senate Were Composed of Saturday Night Live Alumni?

1 July 2009 12:52 PM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news

By Henry Alford and David Kamp July 2009 Caucus on crucial bank-rescue package falls apart because Sen. Jimmy Fallon (D-ny) can’t stop giggling. September 2009 Sen. Robert Smigel (D-il) provokes international crisis by prodding buttocks of Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with rubber dog puppet; protestations of “I keeed!” fail to allay the outrage. November 2009 Fellow Senators critique the Basketball Reform Bill of Sen. Will Ferrell (D-ca), saying it is merely a warmed-over version of his earlier Ice-Skating Reform Bill, which was in turn a warmed-over version of his earlier Nascar Reform Bill. January 2010 Majority leader asks producer/talent-wrangler Marci Klein to find him “the next Barbara Mikulski.” March 2010 Sen. Victoria Jackson (R-fl) leaves meeting with Small Farmers Conference confused by absence of tiny farmers. April 2010 Congressional Quarterly offers lighthearted profile of slovenly Capitol Hill rowhouse shared by Sens. David Spade (R-az), Adam Sandler (D-nh), Rob Schneider (R-ca), and Chris Rock (D-ny). June 2010 Sen.

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Franken Wins Epic Senate Race

30 June 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Comedian-turned-politician Al Franken has been declared the winner of an eight-month long U.S. senate race.

Franken ran for the Minnesota Senate on 4 November - the same night Barack Obama was named the new President - but a recount was needed to separate him from Republican rival Norm Coleman.

Franken won after the recount, but a series of appeals delayed the result for a staggering eight months.

On Tuesday the former Saturday Night Live star was declared the victor by the Minnesota Senate.

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"Saturday Night Live" Veteran Al Franken Pronounced Winner Of Minnesota Senatorial Seat

30 June 2009 1:32 PM, PDT | From Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news

Franken in character as Stuart Smalley.

By Lee Pfeiffer

When comedian Al Franken announced he was running to gain the Democratic nomination for senator in his home state of Minnesota, many political pundits scoffed. Franken first came to fame as a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live - and the notion of the straight guy who immortalized the over-the-top gay character of Stuart Smalley becoming a United States senator seemed preposterous. Now, after one of the most contentious political battles in recent American history, Franken has been declared the legal winner of the race, which he ran against Republican Norm Coleman last November. The margin of error was paper-thin and Coleman used every legal remedy available to him to challenge repeated counts that showed Franken winning by only a few hundred votes. Today, the Supreme Court of Minnesota pronounced Franken the legal winner and  Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty

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Mr. Franken Going to Washington

30 June 2009 11:40 AM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Al Franken was good enough and smart enough, but doggone it, he wasn't a senator—until now. Nearly eight months after voters cast their ballots, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that the Saturday Night Live veteran turned Democratic politician is the winner of his extremely close U.S. Senate race against incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman. The state's highest legal authority reaffirmed a lower court decision that the 58-year-old Franken beat the incumbent by a razor-thin margin of 312 votes despite numerous challenges by Coleman's camp. "Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled...to receive the certificate of election as United States...

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Chris Kattan joins ABC's 'The Middle'

30 June 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Chris Kattan has been added to the cast of ABC's new comedy The Middle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor/comedian - best known for his work on Saturday Night Live - has joined the cast as a series regular. Kattan, who guest-starred in the pilot, will play Bob, a good friend of Patricia Heaton's character Frankie Heck. The Middle will join Courteney (more)

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Chris Kattan is stuck in 'The Middle' with ABC

29 June 2009 11:46 PM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news

Chris Kattan will be a co-star on ABC's new fall sitcom "The Middle." "The Middle" features Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn as parents raising a middle-class family in the Midwest. Kattan will play Bob, a car salesman buddy of Heaton's Frankie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kattan guest starred in the pilot for "The Middle" and will be upped to regular status on the comedy, which will air on Wednesday nights at 8:30 on ABC starting on September 30. Kattan spent roughly a decade on "Saturday Night Live" creating characters both wildly annoying and merely slightly annoying, following up his "SNL"...

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Chris Kattan Gets in The Middle

29 June 2009 7:17 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

Ten-year Saturday Night Live veteran Chris Kattan has landed his first post-SNL gig as a regular: ABC's new comedy The Middle.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kattan guest-starred in the pilot and will play Bob, a good friend of fellow car salesman Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton).

The Wbtv-produced Middle is a single-camera comedy about a middle-class Midwestern family seen through the eyes of the mother (Heaton). It is slated to premiere Sept. 30, airing in the 8:30 p.m. Wednesday slot.

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Ten/Four Pictures to Deliver Order of Chaos and Lucky

29 June 2009 12:45 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Gil Cates, Jr. and Caitlin Murney of the newly formed Ten/Four Pictures are getting ready to serve us up two films sure to whet our genre loving whistles later this year!

According to Variety the first film out of the gate will be Order of Chaos (trailer below) directed by Vince Vieluf and starring Milo Ventimiglia, Rhys Coiro, Mimi Rogers, and Samantha Mathis.

Synopsis

"John Pulliti is the new all American apple pie. Almost rich, almost thirty, he never lies or cheats. When his beautiful fianceé orders him around and his ball-busting boss uses threats as motivation, John never makes a sound. Eager to do right, he is a perpetual “yes man”.

Rick Carlson is not. A smooth talking, coercive “no man”, Rick turns John’s life upside-down when he not only moves into his building, but starts working at his competitive law firm. Here, every new guy represents

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Civic Theatre School Screens Away We Go, Samantha Pryor To Lead Talk-Back 6/27

27 June 2009 2:53 PM, PDT | From BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news

One of the most talked-about films of the summer features a 14-year old Lehigh Valley resident, and she's coming to Civic Theatre of Allentown to talk about her experiences on set. Samantha Pryor of Slatington plays Ashley in Away We Go, the latest offering from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes starring John Krasinski (The Office) and Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live).

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"Away We Go" review (3 ½ / 5). May be too eccentric for some tastes.

26 June 2009 | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

“Away We Go” is a quirky film that is sometimes too quirky for its own good. It is still worth seeing because there are many funny moments and touching scenes. This movie could have been better though with more believable characters. “Away We Go” stars Maya Rudolph (“Saturday Night Live”) and John Krasinski (“The Office”) as Verona and Burt, a couple expecting their first child. This awakens them from the rut in their lives and forces them to examine what they hold dearly. They expected to raise their child in Colorado near Burt’s parents (played by old pros Jeff Daniels and Catherine O’Hara), but his parents surprise them with an announcement that they are moving to Europe for a couple of years. This throws them for a bit of a loop. Both of them are in their 30s and are unfulfilled with their lives. Burt sells insurance, but

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NBC 2009 Fall Premiere Dates Announced

26 June 2009 4:13 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

NBC has released the schedule of dates for their fall 2009 / 2010 season.

A pair of new dramas lined up for us are Parenthood & Trauma and some returning shows are Heroes, Law & Order: Svu and Law & Order.  Southland survived it’s first season and is returning for a second.

 

NBC is “proud” to announce that they now have more comedy than any other network.  However, they count The Jay Leno Show as part of that comedy lineup.

The following is the important excerpt of the new programming lineup announcement from NBC:

NBC’s Fall 2009-10 premiere schedule (all times Et):

*Denotes new program

Sunday, September 13

7-8:15 p.m. – Football Night in America

8:15-11 p.m. – NBC Sunday Night Football

Monday, September 14

10-11 p.m. – The Jay Leno Show* (Series Premiere)

Tuesday, September 15

8-10 p.m. – The Biggest Loser

10-11 p.m. – The Jay Leno Show*

Thursday, September 17

8-8:30 p.

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Paul Production Blog Goes Live

25 June 2009 11:19 PM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

What is Paul?Well, Paul is Greg Mottola’s new sci-fi comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, about two British slackers travelling across America who bump into a fugitive alien, voiced by Seth Rogen. It’s currently being shot on location in New Mexico – or Mexico Zero – as we speak.What is whatisPaul?Well, whatisPaul? is the new production blog for the movie that’s just gone live on the internets, featuring a whole lot of video content – shot by Lance Bangs, who directed R.E.M.’s excellent tour film, Road Movie – photos taken by Simon, and much, much more.Here are ten things we’ve learned from whatisPaul? thus far…1. Nick has grown his hair long for his role as Clive Gollings. Shoulder-length long.2. Saturday Night Live standout Kristen Wiig, who plays a girl who comes along for the ride, is as lovely in real life as we had hoped.

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Civic Theatre School Screens Away We Go, Samantha Pryor To Lead Talk-back 6/27

25 June 2009 5:36 PM, PDT | From BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news

One of the most talked-about films of the summer features a 14-year old Lehigh Valley resident, and she's coming to Civic Theatre of Allentown to talk about her experiences on set. Samantha Pryor of Slatington plays Ashley in Away We Go, the latest offering from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes starring John Krasinski (The Office) and Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live).

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NBC announces Fall premiere dates

25 June 2009 1:26 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

NBC has announced the premiere dates for its slate of returning shows and new series this Fall. The Fall 2009 season kicks off on Monday, September 14 with the primetime debut of The Jay Leno Show, followed by the premiere of the network's night of comedy on Thursday, September 17, as Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and new series Community join Parks and Recreation and The Office. NBC's dramas will start with a two-hour Heroes on Monday, September (more)

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NBC Announced 2009-2010 Fall Premiere Dates

25 June 2009 11:55 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

NBC kicks off the Fall 2009 season on Monday, September 14 with the highly anticipated primetime debut of The Jay Leno Show (10-11 p.m. Et/9-10 p.m. Ct), followed by the premiere of the network's marquee night of comedy on Thursday, September 17, as Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday and new series Community join Parks and Recreation and Emmy winner The Office.

NBC's dramas will premiere with a two-hour Heroes on Monday, September 21 (8-10 p.m. Et), the compelling family drama Parenthood premieres on Wednesday, September 23 (8-9 p.m. Et) leading into Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9-10 p.m. Et). The new high-octane Trauma will premiere the following Monday, September 28 (9-10 p.m. Et).

Emmy winner 30 Rock returns to the Thursday comedy line-up on October 15 (9:30-10 p.m. Et).

In addition, Saturday Night Live returns for its 35th season on September 26 (11:30 p.m.-1:00 a.m.

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