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19 hrs ago | Daily Campus

Stale Popcorn: Director Profile, Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest doesn't do funny. At least, he doesn't do it often. His directing filmography is sparse - he's only racked up nine projects in the past two decades.

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Related Topix: Best in Show, Comedy Movies, Waiting for Guffman, Music!, Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Phoenix

Vegas and Jungleland

Paul Shaffer is a happenin' cat. Pick an It Moment from pop culture over the past 30 years and Shaffer was there.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Music!, Paul Shaffer, Comedy, Canada, Barry White, Soul

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Washington Times

GREEN & GLOVER: It goes to 11

Perhaps it has something to do with the owners' previous lives, but we've heard that the wine-and-dessert bar Room 11 is quite popular among the city's musician set.

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Related Topix: Punk, Fugazi, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Music!, Comedy, Entourage

Fri Nov 20, 2009

CBC News

Paul Shaffer's new memoir traces his musical trek from Thunder Bay to Broadway

Canadian musician Paul Shaffer has just published a memoir, We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Showbiz Saga.

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Related Topix: Canada, Comedy Movies, Music!, Paul Shaffer, Dolphin, Alternative, Wedding, The Blues Brothers, Action Movies, Musical Movies, Music, Entertainment

Richmond.com

Harry Shearer Speaks at the Byrd

The guy behind Seymour Skinner, Spinal Tap and the Folksmen is coming to Richmond.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Harry Shearer, Richmond, VA, Christopher Guest

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Fredericksburg.com

'Laverne and Shirley,' 'Spinal Tap' actor takes his act to Broadway

Michael McKean has had more good hair days than most actors. He shot to stardom as greaser doofus Lenny on the '70s TV favorite "Laverne and Shirley." In the '80s, he donned a blond shag wig and became a cult hero as a stoned rockers in "This Is Spinal Tap." Now he's sporting a ponytail and a beard to play Arthur, the withdrawn owner of a Chicago ...

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Related Topix: Laverne and Shirley, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Music!, Michael McKean

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Hollywood flips over Callan

''I didn't expect it'' budding star Callan McAuliffe with his mother Claudia Keech in Clontarf.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, A Few Good Men, Rob Reiner

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Talking Moviezzz

Joyce Hyser

Sometimes it is just one movie that makes an actor or actress memorable. Heck, sometimes it is just one scene.

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Related Topix: They All Laughed, Comedy Movies, Music!, Greedy, Valley Girl, Joyce Hyser, Robert Wuhl

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Modern Drummer

More

Since coming out of the North Texas State University One O'Clock Lab Band, Bissonette has worked steadily across a number of genres, from jazz with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson to rock with David Lee Roth.

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Related Topix: University of North Texas, Jazz, Maynard Ferguson, Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, Music!, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Ann Arbor News

Think Michael Moore is edgy? Then you haven't seen Matt Dunstone's...

Picture an unlikely hybrid of the mockumentary goofiness popularized by Christopher Guest with works like "This Is Spinal Tap" and "Best in Show" and the call-to-action imperative of a Discovery Channel documentary.

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Related Topix: Best in Show, Comedy Movies, Music!, Christopher Guest, Kalamazoo?, Kalamazoo, MI, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

Video installation | Footage captures preening public figures

Images of TV talking heads in candid and sometimes-awkward silence form the basis of a new video installation at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Animated TV, The Simpsons, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Music!, Harry Shearer, Ridgefield, CT, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, John McCain

Sat Oct 10, 2009

OnMilwaukee

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Recipes, A Mighty Wind, Laverne and Shirley, Comedy Movies, Comedy, Music!, Entertainment, Television, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean

Thu Oct 08, 2009

DVD Verdict

Anvil! The Story Of Anvil

At fourteen, they made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it. Anvil! is a documentary about a long-running heavy metal band struggling to earn recognition and respect while still slaving away at grueling day jobs and dud concerts.

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Related Topix: Metal, Anvil, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Comedy Movies, Music!, Rob Reiner

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

DVD Reviews | Band documentary strikes right chord

'Anvil: The Story of Anvil' NOT RATED, $24.98 The riveting documentary, about a couple of old Canadian headbangers still chasing the heavy-metal dream, resembles a reality-based version of the Rob Reiner "mockumentary" This Is Spinal Tap .

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Rob Reiner, My Life in Ruins, Year One

Sun Oct 04, 2009

Miami New Times

Broward Folk Club Rings in New Membership Year with Folk Spoof A Mighty Wind

The Broward Folk Club will ring in another year of membership Sunday at Cinema Paradiso.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara

Fri Oct 02, 2009

New York City's Hometown Newspaper - ...

'Superior Donuts' is full of sweet truth

Jon Michael Hill & Michael McKean in 'Superior Donuts'. Overview You can view doughnuts simply as sweet treats, but look closer and you'll see they resemble little life preservers.

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Related Topix: Laverne and Shirley, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Best in Show, Comedy Movies, Music!, Michael McKean, Drink, Coffee, Drama, Music

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Newsday.com

TV Zone

Yup, Paul will be a guest on next week's "Late Show." On Oct. 6 to be exact. Reason: His new book's out.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Paul Shaffer, Entertainment

Mon Sep 14, 2009

New York Magazine

This Is Michael McKean

'm 61. I'm not a guy who's waiting for his big break,' Michael McKean says with a laugh.

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Related Topix: A Mighty Wind, Comedy Movies, Music!, Laverne and Shirley, Best in Show, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Short, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Jack, Michael McKean

Fri Sep 04, 2009

DVD Times

This Is Spinal Tap: Up to 11, 25th Anniversary Edition

Subtitles: Danish, French, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish French, German Special Features: Brand new 25th Anniversary Documentary Audio & menu commentaries by the band The Return of Spinal Tap -Royal Albert Hall concert 2007 Live Earth footage & Live Earth reunion short film National Geographic Stonehenge interviews with Nigel Sprinkle some ...

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock, The Troggs

Thu Sep 03, 2009

IndieLondon

This Is Spinal Tap: 25th Anniversary Edition - Preview

Along for the ride is film-maker and fan Marti DiBergi , there to make a behind-the-scenes tribute to his favourite heavy metal band.

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Related Topix: Spinal Tap, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, Music!, Rob Reiner

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