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Seinfeld tops richest comedians list

17 July 2009 7:14 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Jerry Seinfeld has been named the richest comedian over the last twelve months in a Forbes magazine poll. The 55-year-old star, whose hit Us sitcom has been off the air for 10 years, netted $$85 million (£52 million) from syndication deals, stand-up jobs and commercial appearances. Chris Rock came in at number two with $$42 million (£25 million), partly thanks to film work on Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and his worldwide (more)

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Comedy series lead acting races: By the numbers

16 July 2009 2:07 PM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

While the women contending for lead performer in a drama series far outshine their male counterparts when it comes to award hardware, the comedy contenders are more evenly matched. Before today's nominations, the six men up for lead actor in a comedy series counted 17 performance Emmy nominations among them with 4 wins (albeit three of those by Tony Shalhoub, who now has seven successive nods for "Monk"). Alec Baldwin, the sole Oscar nominee of the bunch, picked up his third consecutive nod for "30 Rock" today. His win last year came on his fifth overall performance nod. Baldwin was also a 2001 producing nominee for the miniseries "Nuremberg." Both Steve Carell ("The Office") and Charlie Sheen ("Two and a Half Men") reaped their fourth consecutive lead nominations today. Carell also shared in the 2008 series nod for "The Office." While Jemaine Clement earned his first acting nom for the second season of "Flight of the Conchords,

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Spielberg, Lucas Are Hollywood's Richest Men

16 July 2009 9:35 AM, PDT | From TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide.com - Breaking News news

Hollywood's richest men have Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to thank.

George Lucas, who earned $170 million in 2008, and his Indy co-producer Steven Spielberg ($150 million), top Forbes' first list of the 15 highest-earning men in entertainment. Their Crystal Skull star Harrison Ford, who reportedly negotiated for a healthy chunk of the film's back-end profits, earned $65 million, which was enough to land him at No. 11 on the list.

TV and movie producers occupied many prominent spots on the list, including Jerry Bruckheimer (No. 3, $100 million), Tyler Perry (No. 6, $75 million), Dick Wolf (No. 7, $75 million) and Simon Cowell (No. 8, $75 million).  Musicians Bruce Springsteen (No. 9, $70 million) and Kenny Chesney (No. 12, $65 million), buoyed by tour revenues, made the cut. Seinfeld co-creators Jerry Seinfeld (No. 4, $85 million) and Larry David (No. 15, $55 million) prove that syndication is forever, and that they are still the masters of their financial domain.

Rounding out the list are Oprah protégée Dr. Phil McGraw (No.

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Lucas & Spielberg Are Hollywood's Biggest Earners

16 July 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Legendary filmmakers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are the biggest male earners in Hollywood, according to a new study by Forbes magazine.

The pair, who worked together on last year's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, proved that the real money in Tinseltown was to be made from behind the camera.

Star Wars mastermind Lucas was the highest paid man in the industry, pulling in $170 million (£113 million) in the last year, while Spielberg fell just behind in second place with $150 million (£100 million).

Producer Jerry Bruckheimer was in third with an estimated yearly wage of $100 million (£66 million).

Meanwhile, TV comic Jerry Seinfeld is still garnering big bucks from his beloved Seinfeld sitcom - despite the show finishing in 1998, he made $85 million (£56 million) in syndication rights and TV ads.

Oprah Winfrey proved she had the Midas touch once again - her male protegee Dr. Phil McGraw took home $80 million (£53 million) in the last year.

Other big earners include American Idol judge Simon Cowell, TV producer Dick Wolf and filmmaker Tyler Perry.

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Toxic Soup for You! 10 Movie Sequels We'd Like to See with Seinfeld Characters

15 July 2009 4:42 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news

It's been 20 years this month since Seinfeld first hit the airwaves, and we still miss seeing our favorite characters in new predicaments. Given the number of movie remakes and sequels Hollywood's been cranking out as of late, it got us to thinking: What movies would we like to see recast with Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, or another member of their motley social circle? Here are 10 movie-reboot ideas we offer up to the remake gods.

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Mel Gibson | Larry David | Jerry Seinfeld | Jason Alexander | Michael Richards | Wayne Knight | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | A Few Good Men | My Best Friend's Wedding | Julie & Julia | Grumpy Old Men | The Godfather | Love Story | A League of Their Own | Braveheart | The English Patient | The Silence of the Lambs

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Video: Jerry Seinfeld's Lame New Commercials

10 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

Jerry Seinfeld is one of the wealthiest comedians out there, but even he may be feeling the credit crunch, since he has now signed on to do commercials for Greater Building Society, an Australian bank. He has previously participated in two other ad campaigns for corporate giants Microsoft (with Bill Gates) and American Express (with Superman). And even the bank can't explain how it was able to sign Seinfeld. "We didn't want any old celebrity and Seinfeld was on top of our list - but we never, ever expected him to say yes," explained spokesman Craig Eardley. "We emailed a proposal to his manager and followed it up with a call - and they said, 'Yes' And while his Microsoft deal was rumored to be worth $10 million, we spent nowhere near that amount." Seinfeld co-wrote the scripts, which see him standing outside of a branch doing his stand-up routine previously seen on the "Seinfeld" sitcom.

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Jerry Seinfeld Brings The Laughs To San Diego Civic Theater 12/5

2 July 2009 6:34 PM, PDT | From BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news

Due to popular demand, America's premier comedian is hitting the road in a return to his first love - stand-up comedy. Recently hailed as "the master stand-up comic of his generation" and "the best comedian of our time" in a Washington Post article by Tom Shales, Seinfeld has an uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere.

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New IE8 Ad Campaign Is Sick (and Not in a Good Way)

1 July 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | From Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news

A lot has been said about Microsoft's advertising over the past year, both good and bad. But a new batch of ads for Internet Explorer 8 has elicited a response unvoiced up to this point: Blechh! The ads, created by agency Bradley and Montgomery and starring former TV Superman Dean Cain, are based upon the notion that making silly acronyms out of various Web surfing behaviors is both funny and a good way to promote a Web browser.

For instance, take this humorous swipe at those who dispense unwanted Web arcana:

Mildly entertaining, even if "lolcats" ceased being funny around the time I Can Has Cheezburger? was published in print. Most people can relate, at least, and relating seems to be the gist of the campaign, as evidenced by two other ads in the same series poking fun at Internet addicts and old people.

But Microsoft literally made us gag with this one,

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Clay Dillow

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Gervais Attacks British Comedy

30 June 2009 5:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ricky Gervais has launched a scathing attack on British comedy - insisting it's so bad he can't stand watching TV in his native country anymore.

The funnyman, who has co-written hit comedies The Office and Extras, has blasted British television shows as unoriginal, and slammed writers for lacking ambition.

He says, "I don't watch TV comedy in the U.K. anymore. We've got some poor copies of Curb Your Enthusiasm, some poor copies of Entourage, and some poor copies of Seinfeld. With a few exceptions the Americans seem to be ahead of the game... In Britain it's like you shouldn't put your head too high above the other poppies.

"I think it's the way we're brought up. Americans are told they can become the next president. English people are told, 'It won't happen to you'."

Gervais also credits his writing partner Stephen Merchant with forcing him to finish penning The Office in 1999.

He adds, "In the early days he'd have to say to me, 'Rick, don't have three sausages, you'll fall asleep after lunch.' But now, unbelievably, I'm the workaholic.

"I think it's because I don't want to die before I get all my ideas out. I started so late. And it takes me ages to get the ideas out because we write and produce and act and we worry about the font on the end of the DVD. But I wouldn't have it any other way."

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Babelgum Pays Up Front For ‘Horrible People’, ‘Turbo Dates’

29 June 2009 4:55 PM, PDT | From Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news

Babelgum has been stepping further into the web television waters lately, adding two notable comedy web series to its catalog in a distribution deal for A.D. Miles' comedy Horrible People and Fun Little Movies' dating comedy Turbo Dates. This comes fresh off the heels of the site's recent signing of Hayden Black's Goodnight Burbank for a fresh 20-episode run. Either way, Babelgum and Fun Little Movies sound like they are going to be teamed up for a while. Turbo Dates has already shot a second season, Chindamo tells us, with guest stars including Elisa Donovan of Clueless, Len Lesser of Seinfeld, Todd Grinnell of Desperate Housewives amongst others. Babelgum is said to be "very interested in licensing those new episodes." Flm also has a 22-episode series called Mr. Wrong that it is planning on releasing via Bablegum as well. Possibly Related News:‘Turbo Dates’ Just Flirting With Us

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Seinfeld Star Seeks Peace Between Israel and Palestine

26 June 2009 7:45 AM, PDT | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news

Laughter is the best medicine, they say. And according to Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, it may also be the best tool for building peace. Alexander created a project with OneVoice, a non-profit organization which aims to increase the voices of moderates in Israel and Palestine, called "Imagine: 2018." For the project, he asked high school students in the two nations to imagine what the world would like in 10 years if there was an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement signed in 2008.

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'Seinfeld' Vet Talks About "Writing" 'Bruno'

22 June 2009 6:15 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

A common enough discussion among those who saw Borat in 2006 was regarding just how much of Sacha Baron Cohen's guerrilla mayhem was actually staged. Now, between Bruno's trailer and Cohen's Eminem-assisted publicity stunt last month at the MTV Movie Awards, people are already trying to determine how much of this stuff is scripted.

After all, both films have been credited to multiple screenwriters, one of whom was EuroTrip director (and former Seinfeld writer) Jeff Schaffer. He explained to his hometown Tribune Chronicle how the more recent shenanigans were engineered (well, to an extent). ''Do you know how much planning and work went into this? We want credit for this.''

After helping re-develop Borat's climax, he was brought on board from day one to collaborate on establishing a narrative groundwork for Bruno's flamboyant fashion reporter persona to follow: ''There's a script that looks like a movie script with some lines and some basic structure.

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When Larry Met Sally!

21 June 2009 7:05 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Meg Ryan is to join the cast of funnyman Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm comedy show.

The actress will guest star in an upcoming episode of the cult show, according to EW.com.

The star-studded new season of the show also features a multi-episode storyline which reunites the Seinfeld cast.

David was a co-creator of Seinfeld.

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Week in Review: Pattinson Bumped! Speidi Bounced? Brangelina Gives Back! Jon & Kate Giving Up?

20 June 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

So it's the weekend already! Although, really, it couldn't have come fast enough for us. Robert Pattinson can only have so many brushes with death, David Letterman can apologize only so many times and Brangelina can donate only so much money before we declare it a day and retire to our caves with the first season of True Blood and a case of Mike's Hard Lemonade. Here's what else haunted our dreams last week... 1. We might stop talking about Heidi and Spencer. Seinfeld pulled off being about nothing, but the hourglass has about run out on the Pratts' vacuous run. Al Roker votes yea, but sometimes Speidi are fun for all the wrong reasons, so you still have plenty of time to state your case before a...

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Larry David 'tried to quit Woody Allen film'

20 June 2009 5:16 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Larry David has admitted that he tried to quit upcoming comedy Whatever Works. The Seinfeld co-creator told The Tonight Show's Conan O'Brien that he had to be persuaded by director Woody Allen to take on the lead role of Boris Yellnikoff. "I didn't want to do [the movie]. I talked to [Allen] on the phone, I said, 'You're making a big mistake, a terrible mistake, I'm gonna ruin your movie'. He said, 'No, I think you will do well in it', and I said, 'Okay'," explained David. "So I did it, and I got to the set on the first day of shooting, and all of my fears were realised... I was gassy, (more)

By Adam Silverstein

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New To Theatres This Weekend: Year One, The Proposal, Whatever Works

19 June 2009 8:39 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

The major new releases for this weekend are the biblical comedy Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera, and the romantic comedy The Proposal starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. I suspect the latter will bring in more people, although I doubt either of them will be able to touch The Hangover or Up. Also in select theatres we have Woody Allen's new movie Whatever Works starring Larry David of Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm fame, and in just one theatre we have the Norwegian nazi zombie flick Dead Snow. What will you be checking out? Year One [1] The Proposal [2] Dead Snow [3] (limited) Whatever Works [4] (limited) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs [5] (sneak previews) Away We Go [6] (expanding) [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045778/ [2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1041829/ [3] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278340/ [4] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178663/ [5] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1080016/ [6] http://www.

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Film: Review: Whatever Works

18 June 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Of the many Woody Allen surrogates past—some skilled, others considerably less so—Larry David, the professional curmudgeon behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, may be the most philosophically harmonious. Allen and David express their obsessions and neuroses differently—Allen is more nervous and retiring, while David tramples brazenly over social norms—but their misanthropy forms a heavenly chorus during the best moments of Whatever Works, an otherwise wobbly odd-couple comedy. Dusting off an ancient script intended for Zero Mostel three decades ago, Allen tweaks the material enough to supply David with bilious rants about the stupidity and meaninglessness of ...

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David: 'Richards Is A New Man After Race Row'

18 June 2009 9:25 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

TV legend Larry David has expressed his support for his embattled former co-star Michael Richards - insisting the comic is a changed man since he was accused of racial abuse.

The Seinfeld co-creator will star alongside the hit show's original cast, including Richards, when a new season of his hugely popular Curb Your Enthusiasm hits U.S. TV later this year.

And David loved working with Richards again - insisting he is back to his best after the actor was caught up in a race row following a hate-filled rant against black people in a 2006 stand-up routine.

David explains, "(Richards) is like a new man. He really went through something. He used to be very angry and bitter. He's completely different now. You can see it, and he can feel it. I'm very happy for him."

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Larry David Grilled on Woody Allen

17 June 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | From The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news

On not screwing it up with Woody, overcoming cold feet and being a real-life George ... Costanza.

By Jordan Riefe

He started as a stand-up comic, but Larry David didn’t even give himself a chance to die, famously surveying the audience one night and exclaiming, “This isn’t gonna work” … then exiting without telling a single joke. Next came a coveted spot on “Saturday Night Live,” where only one of his sketches ever made it on air. Despondent but not defeated, he came up with a sitcom about him and his friends doing nothing. The show, of course, was “Seinfeld,” and it earned David over $200 million. His current HBO series, “Curb Your ...

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A Terse Interview With Larry David

17 June 2009 7:53 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

Jewish-American funnymen Larry David and Woody Allen, the "last of the schlemiels" as a recent New York magazine cover story dubbed them, have technically collaborated three times now. David -- the co-creator of "Seinfeld" and HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (its seventh season will premiere this fall) -- had bit roles in Allen's "Radio Days" (as a Communist neighbor) and his segment of the "New York Stories" omnibus (as a theater manager). But in the new comedy "Whatever Works," the Woodster's long-awaited return to NYC filmmaking, David slouches front and center as Boris Yellnikoff, a misanthropic former physicist who takes an impressionable Southern runaway (Evan Rachel Wood) under his wing. My ears hadn't yet popped as I landed in Oklahoma City for the deadCENTER Film Festival a mere 15 minutes before talking to David by phone. Much like his other interviews, the guy certainly doesn't give journalists much to work with, which I soon called him on.

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