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NEWS ABOUT: Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld stories: 34 news summaries

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 'Pathetic' Seinfeld 
 Reunion Invades Curb 

HBO show resuscitates Larry David's other brainchild 10 years later

Oct 4, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tonight's episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm will go farther than usual to satisfy your Seinfeld craving, but it's hardly the real thing—nor is it meant to be. The eagerly awaited reunion arc kicks off with Jerry Seinfeld himself deeming the very idea "desperate" and "pathetic,"... More »

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entertainment • television • cable TV • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • network television • sitcoms • Jason Alexander • improvisation

REVIEW ROUND-UP

 New Leno Show 
 Numbingly 
 (or Pleasantly) 
 Familiar 

It's pretty much the Tonight Show in a new time slot

Sep 15, 09 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show won't disappoint Leno fans looking for more of the same, say critics, but the only thing new or ground-breaking about it is the 10pm time slot.
  • James Poniewozik, Time: Leno and NBC aren't "out to win over critics who liked Letterman better. Instead, they're
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NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Kanye West • Jay Leno • talk show • Tonight Show • prime time • The Jay Leno Show

Jessica Seinfeld Wins Cookbook Copycat Case

Deceptively Delicious wasn't plagiarized,
federal judge rules

Sep 11, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge in New York has tossed out a suit claiming that a cookbook by Jerry  Seinfeld's wife plagiarized a rival's book. Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious, like Missy Chase Lapine's The Sneaky Chef, shows parents how to sneak vegetables into their kids' food—an idea nobody can copyright, the... More »

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entertainment • plagiarism • New York • federal courts • Jerry Seinfeld • publishing • feud • book • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks • Missy Chase Lapine • books

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld wasn’t worried that reuniting with George, Elaine, and Kramer might be considered double-dipping, Entertainment Weekly reports. “There was a little part of me that said, ‘Do we really want to tamper?’” he says, emphasizing that the Seinfeld cast's upcoming appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm... More »

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entertainment • television • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • reunion • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld will be the lone guest on Jay Leno’s maiden primetime outing, the LA Times reports. That’s fitting, considering Leno has said he consulted Seinfeld when contemplating NBC’s offer for the 10pm show. More »

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NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • The Jay Leno Show

 Top-Earning 
 Celebs  
 Over 50 

Successful franchises pay out for their creators in 2008

Aug 13, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes ranks the entertainment industry’s top earners age 50 and older in the last year:
  1. Oprah, 55, $275 million. Viewership for her show may be waning, but Winfrey’s diverse enterprises, from a magazine to satellite radio to her Harpo production company, remain wildly profitable.
  2. George Lucas,
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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Jerry Seinfeld • Oprah Winfrey • George Lucas • Star Wars • Madonna • Jerry Bruckheimer

(Newser) - So what are Kramer, George, Jerry, and Elaine up to 11 years after Seinfeld went off the air? Larry David says fans can get an idea of how the characters turned out on the seventh season of his Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, reports the Star-Ledger. He shed more details... More »

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HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom • Michael Richards • Jason Alexander

 Seinfeld Curse? Don't Be Absurd: Larry David 

Whatever Works star gets prickly

Jun 4, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you ever run into Larry David, don't bring up the Seinfeld curse. Scott Raab, who interviewed David for Esquire, learned the hard way. "It was the most absurd, silliest, stupidest thing to say that there was a curse," said the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody... More »

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entertainment • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Michael Richards • Woody Allen • Whatever Works • Jason Alexander

 Seinfeld Cast Together Again  


Mar 5, 09 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - It's not quite a reunion of the Beatles, but maybe the TV equivalent. The Seinfeld stars—Jerry, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Michael Richards—will appear together in a series of episodes of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm this fall, reports Entertainment Weekly'. If you're rusty on Seinfeld trivia, remember... More »

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television • HBO • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld

 Seinfeld Returns 
 to NBC With 
 'Marriage Ref' 
 Reality Show 

Comedian sees something funny about marriage

Feb 26, 09 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld is returning to network TV after an 11-year-break with a show mining marriages for comedy gold, Variety reports. The comedian is the creator and executive producer of the upcoming NBC reality series The Marriage Ref, which will feature opinionated celebs giving lighthearted marriage advice to couples going through... More »

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reality TV • NBC • Jerry Seinfeld • Seinfeld • comedian

 Seth Rogen: 
 Playboy 
 Cover 
 Model 

Comedy star joins exclusive list of males to grace cover of men's mag

Feb 19, 09 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Seth Rogen is about to join a very selective club: Playboy is putting him on the cover of its April issue, the Daily News reports. That's an honor shared by fewer than 10 men, including Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin. Readers who don’t buy Playboy for the articles will... More »

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Jerry Seinfeld • magazine • Steve Martin • Playboy • Seth Rogen • Knocked Up

(Newser) - Literary agent Dan Strone oversaw two multimillion-dollar celebrity book deals last week, stunning the publishing industry, the New York Observer reports. He scored $2.5 million for a Sarah Silverman book and drew bids topping $7 million for a Jerry Seinfeld title. Both were auctioned without a proposal. “I... More »

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Jerry Seinfeld • literature • publishing • Sarah Silverman • book • celebrity tell-alls • Dan Strone

Seinfeld Helps Madge with Secret A-Rod Reunion

Kabbalah 'friends' take separate copters to funnyman's Hamptons manse

Oct 31, 08 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Less than a week after she split with her husband, Madonna arranged for a clandestine meeting with her Kabbalah "soul mate," Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez. They each flew from Manhattan to East Hampton in separate helicopters where Jerry Seinfeld and his wife picked them up and squired them... More »

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Jerry Seinfeld • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • Madonna • Hamptons • celebrity divorces

OPINION

 Microsoft 
 Yanks Crazy 
 Seinfeld Ads 

Cryptic ads left some 'scratching their heads'

Sep 18, 08 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Microsoft has axed the cryptic Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates ads that left some viewers "scratching their heads," Michelle Quinn writes in the Los Angeles Times. Though a Microsoft spokesman claims it was the plan all along to stop here, the blogosphere is abuzz about Microsoft's "strained... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • Jerry Seinfeld • Apple • tv ads

Geek World Rants, Raves Over Microsoft Ad

Some find Seinfeld/ Gates routine unfunny; others, 'hilarious'

Sep 5, 08 7:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new Microsoft ad is sparking praise and putdowns in roughly equal measure around the Web today. Paul McDougall calls the spot "outdated and not very funny" in InformationWeek, but says it's revealing—of a tech company totally out of touch with Generation Y.  The choice of “... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • Jerry Seinfeld • Apple • Microsoft Vista • television advertising

 Seinfeld
 Defense:
 Lawsuits
 are Funny

Sez silly suits are fodder for routine

Aug 28, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld insisted yesterday that he didn’t slander a woman suing his wife for cookbook plagiarism because silly lawsuits are fodder for good comedy. The comic cited episodes from Seinfeld as well as his kid-friendly Bee Movie in a court filing as examples of the First Amendment-protected comedic license... More »

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New York City • free speech • plagiarism • Jerry Seinfeld • First Amendment • celebrity • stand up comedy • slander • frivolous lawsuits • civil lawsuits • Jessica Seinfeld • cookbooks

Microsoft's Answer to Apple Ads: Seinfeld

Comedian to front $300M campaign to counter stodgy image

Aug 21, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - So what's the deal with Microsoft ads? The company has enlisted Jerry Seinfeld to spearhead a new $300-million campaign, the Wall Street Journal reports, to try to shake the negative buzz about Vista, and the nerdy, feckless image projected by John Hodgeman in Apple's popular "Mac vs PC" ads.... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • advertising • marketing • Jerry Seinfeld • Apple • Microsoft Vista • advertising campaign

 Batman or Spidey?
 McCain, Obama Weigh In

Candidates reveal pop-culture picks

Aug 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Closet ABBA fan: Obama or McCain? The two presidential hopefuls recently bared all to Entertainment Weekly, revealing their pop-culture preferences:
  • Favorite superhero: Obama: Spiderman, McCain: Batman
  • iPod playlist: Obama: Frank Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan; McCain: Roy Orbison, Linda Rhonstadt, Usher, and yes, ABBA
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Barack Obama • John McCain • Indiana Jones • Spider-Man • Jerry Seinfeld • pop culture • Bambi • Batman • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • ABBA

Appreciation

Seinfeld: Death Was a Laughing Matter for Carlin

Even when he dies, Jerry'll still wrestle with 'Carlin already did it'

Jun 24, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine days ago death was just another thing to joke about for George Carlin, writes Jerry Seinfeld in the New York Times. The comics were talking about the deaths of Tim Russert and Bo Diddley, and Carlin said, “I feel safe for a while. There will probably be a... More »

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Jerry Seinfeld • obituary • comedy • death • George Carlin

 Seinfeld: Still a Classic? 

Two critics battle over the show about nothing

May 4, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Does the sitcom "about nothing” still evoke something—like laughs? Two TV critics revisited Seinfeld and emerged with different takes on the nutty New Yorkers. David Noonan argues that great actors—including an awesome string of small-part oddballs—still make the comedy sparkle. "They add a deep and... More »

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television • Jerry Seinfeld • Seinfeld • comedy • stand up comedy • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • sitcom

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