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'Daily Show' Invades Iraq

Fake news program sends comedy correspondent to
real combat zone

Aug 21, 07 1:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The scene might not be quite so funny this week on spoof news program "The Daily Show" as  comedy correspondent Rob Riggle returns with actual on-the-scene reports from an actual week in Iraq.  Beginning last night the show aired footage shot by Riggle's crew with hand-held cameras while... More »

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Iraq • television • comedy • Comedy Central • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Rob Riggle • USO

'Superbad' Scores
Super Big

Low-budget teen comedy rakes in $31.2M at box office despite R rating

Aug 20, 07 12:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ribald teen romp "Superbad" triumphed at the box office this weekend, raking in $31.2 million despite an R rating and a modest budget under $20 million, reports Variety. It marks the seventh biggest opening for an R-rated comedy, edging out Judd Apatow's other summer hit, "Knocked Up,... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • comedy • The Simpsons Movie • box office • Rush Hour 3 • Superbad • Michael Cera • Judd Apatow • movies

Joan Rivers
Gets Ready for Her Close-Up

Comic puts on her game face for new theatrical piece

Aug 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having been relieved of red-carpet duty, Joan Rivers is busy workshopping an autobiographical comedy in San Francisco. It's the 74-year-old Barnard grad's third play, and she's planning to take it off-Broadway once she figures out "what's funny and poignant and what isn't." The LA Times pays a call... More »

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plastic surgery • theater • comedy • Joan Rivers • red carpet • autobiography

'Superbad' More Super Than Bad

Dirty but adorable teen romp looks like a non-sleeper sleeper hit

Aug 17, 07 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Superbad, the tale of two high school seniors' attempts to get laid in a single day and night, is an honest teen comedy in the mold of recent movies that are foul-mouthed and raunchy but actually kind of sweet, critics say. Says Carina Chocano of the LA Times, "... More »

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comedy • movie review • Superbad • Michael Cera • Judd Apatow • movies

Rush Hour 3 Runs Out of Gas

Recycled gags fall flat in tired buddy comedy

Aug 10, 07 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary martial artist Jackie Chan teams up with peppy funnyman Chris Tucker for the third time since 1998 in Rush Hour 3, but critics are panning the film, opening today, as a flat-tire addition to the buddy-comedy franchise. "It’s a generically crummy action flick. It’s ugly. It’... More »

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Hollywood • film • comedy • movie review • Rush Hour 3 • Chris Tucker • Jackie Chan • movies

Hollywood Prays for Laughs from the Faithful

With 'Evan Almighty,' Universal skews pious
in comedy division

Jun 20, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - God is returning to the big screen this Friday in Universal's Evan Almighty, a big-budget comedy aimed at the churchgoing. The LA TImes recalls that Hollywood used to balk at religiously-inflected films, but saw the light when Mel Gibson's spiritual blockbuster The Passion of the Christ raked in $370M in... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • religion • God • Evan Almighty • comedy • church • Noah's Ark • spirituality • Universal Studios • Steve Carell • movies

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