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After sending up the traditions of zombie movies in Shaun of the Dead and cop movies in Hot Fuzz , Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are about to make use of all their sci-fi movie knowledge in Paul , an alien satire they wrote and star in.

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Michael McKean will re-create his starring role in the forthcoming Broadway production of Tracy Lettsa Superior Donuts .

Jane Lynch is one of the most talented people working in TV and films these days.

They say having a baby changes your life forever. But the unanswerable question is how.

Submitted by FunnyFixx.com on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 09:37. Doctor J. Marcus will treat you with good old-fashioned common sense - and nothing else.

Crank it up to eleven with the revolutionary U.K. rock band as "This is Spinal Tap" screams its way to Blu-ray disc July 28 from MGM Home Entertainment .

Personnel from the Loma Linda University Children's Hospital rubbed shoulders with TV insiders and Melrose fashionistas Monday in a Los Angeles theater.

Our review of Spring Breakdown , published June 3rd, 2009, is also available. Payback's a Beach! I always knew Spring Break was like a bad comedy filled with lame people that you don't care about and probably will never remember again, reenacting the tired cliches that MTV Spring Break made famous, and engaging in pointless acts of stupidity ...

Despite appearing in three of the funniest movie roles in movie history Fred Willard's recent career has largely consisted of showing up in tv pilots as an omen that the show's gonna get canceled instantly, as well as one really awkward episode of Rachael Ray's Food Network show, so it's nice to see him doing, for lack of a better term, anything ...

Robert Redford had lunch yesterday at Sprucea 'he dined with two others and enjoyed a panino from the café. It was overheard that he would like to come back for dinner.

Every once in a while, a TV show comes along that is a true gamechanger. Fox 'Glee,' the new comedy musical series about a group of aspiring underdogs has a special preview tonight.

For Your Consideration2.40pm, Sky Movies Indie Another spoof from Guest and writer Eugene Levy, creators of the inspired dogumentary Best In Show.

Nobody can talk dirty like Jane Lynch. She played the folk singer with a proud porn star past in "A Mighty Wind." In "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," she taught Steve Carell's character the term "f--- buddy." Most of her characters have one thing in common: a carnal overconfidence that thrusts her to the front of whatever ensemble she's in.

Jane Lynch fled her first acting opportunity. In her freshman year at Thornridge High School in south suburban Dolton, Lynch was cast in a one-act play.

Superior Donuts , a small-scale 2008 workplace play by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, is expected to open for business on Broadway in fall 2009, the Chicago Tribune reported.

NOT SINCE Kiss wiped off its makeup and Elvis loosened his cinch belt has the world witnessed an event like "Unwigged and Unplugged," the touring show starring Michael McKean , Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer .

May 6, 2009 - Just over a month from now, one of England's loudest bands, Spinal Tap , will release Back From The Dead , their first album since 1992's Break Like The Wind .

It's fun to celebrate 'a rich tapestry of material,' says Michael McKean. "Unwigged & Unplugged," a 30-city acoustic tour starring McKean, Guest and Shearer, merges heavy metal with folk, placing emphasis on the songs from Spinal Tap and Wind as well as the real men behind them.

Comfort films - admit it, we all have them. Those movies you've seen so many times you can whisper the lines along with the actors, the images nearly as familiar as the faces of your friends.