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Former Saturday Night Live writer and Pootie Tang star J.B. Smoove is probably best known for his role on Curb Your Enthusiasm as Leon Black , Larry David 's troublemaking houseguest.

Stand Up for Heroes Town Hall ; 11/4 at 8 p.m.; 123 W. 43rd St., nr. Sixth Ave.; 212-840-2824 It's funny for a good cause when an all-star lineup including Stephen Colbert, Lisa Lampanelli, Louis C.K., and host Brian Williams take the stage of Town Hall, with proceeds to benefit the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

Jennifer Coolidge has revealed that she would like to be more well-known. The Gentlemen Broncos actress explained that she believes that she could get more roles if she was better at networking.

Jennifer Coolidge seems resigned to forever being known as Stifler's sultry mom after her outrageous breakout role in American Pi e. But she's gotten plenty lots of laughs in other hits, ranging from Legally Blonde to Best In Show.

While Chris Rock's new documentary, Good Hair , is certain to get laughs, it's sure to leave the audience talking.

Morgan Spurlock, look lively. Sacha Baron Cohen, watch your back. Chris Rock's bright, wisecracking expose Good Hair is the mane event.

Is Chris Rock the next Michael Moore? That question was on the tip of many critics' tongues when the Rock-fronted documentary Good Hair premiered at last month's Toronto International Film Festival, though the better question may be whether the comedian has any clout left in the film industry at all.

Chris Rock is interviewed during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ont., Monday, Sept.

HuffPost Review: Wanda Sykes's 'I'ma Be Me' When Wanda Sykes is talking, people listen.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. There's no denying the fact that Chris Rock is one of the funniest men in not just America, but also the world.

One of the best "truth-tellers" dkaf;djkaf;jdk a;fjdksal;fjdksa;jf kd;asjf kd;a in standup, Louis CK has never flinched from using his life as fodder -- from the unsettling reality of cleaning poop from your infant's genitals to the non-cliched reality of married sex.

When you ask some of the world's funniest human beings who is their favourite comedian, often the answer is Louis C.K. C.K. appears at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday night as part of his fall tour of Canada and Europe.

Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here, with my Comic-Con 2009 interview with two of the actors lending their vocal treatments to the late-October 3-D animated release ASTRO BOY, based on the Manga comic and Japanese TV series of the 1950s and '60s . Now age 17, Freddie Highmore has been working steadily since 2004's FINDING NEVERLAND, opposite ...

Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12th at Comix! From HBO's "Flight of the Conchords," Comedy Central's "Comedy Central Presents" and the film "The Wrestler" Todd Barry was Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "It Standup" selection on their "It List". He's appeared on Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central's ...

Owing to a shortage of time - or more correctly, editorial staff - I find myself having to tone down my usual level of loquacity this week and offer something in the way of the merely anecdotal.

I am - " Hercules!! Actor-comedian Louis CK has joined the cast of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," playing a Pawnee cop and potential love interest for Amy Poehler's low-level bureaucrat character.

I am - " Hercules!! Actor-comedian Louis CK has joined the cast of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," playing a Pawnee cop and potential love interest for Amy Poehler's low-level bureaucrat character.

'Moon' landing Moon , the psychological sci-fi thriller directed by Duncan Jones , features an electric performance by Sam Rockwell as a lone astronaut on a lunar mission who discovers he is his own worst enemy.

"I'm pasty, pale, overweight and I have red hair. I see that Coldstone Creamery and I want to crawl inside and hide," Louis C.K. responded when I asked if he recalled just how disgustingly hot and muggy Rhode Island could be during his 4th of July headlining set at the Newport Yachting Center.

Last night while rewatching the Bing commercial mentioned in my last article, I noticed something that I hadn't before.