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Yesterday | Dallas Observer

Pirate Radio Gets A Tame U.S. Release But We Still Love Its Rock 'N' Roll

The best of Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance in Pirate Radio was left on the cutting-room floor.

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Related Topix: Pirate Radio, The Boat That Rocked, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Pop/Rock, The Beatles, Movies

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Miami New Times

Sinking Ship

Pirate Radio Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Darby, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, and Jack Davenport Written and directed by Richard Curtis 115 minutes Rated R Seven months after its theatrical release in the United Kingdom and two months after its DVD debut there, Pirate Radio washes ashore in U.S. theaters with a different title ...

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Related Topix: Pirate Radio, The Boat That Rocked, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Pop/Rock, The Beatles, Movies

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Daily Star

Parents' outrage over sexy Gossip Girl

SHIRLEY BASSEY credits GARY BARLOW, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT and PET SHOP BOYS with bringing her out of retirement - because she was committed to spending the rest of her life away from the studio until she was presented with a new batch of songs.

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Related Topix: Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Personal Finance, Retirement, Comedy, Slumdog Millionaire, Family, Teenagers

Sat Nov 07, 2009

NPR

'Gentlemen Broncos': A Psychedelic Sci-Fi Comedy

Gentlemen Broncos centers on a sci-fi geek and the famous writer who steals his story.

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Related Topix: Gentlemen Broncos, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Napoleon Dynamite, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The New Zealand Herald

Fatherhood keeps 'Conchords' stars busy

Bret McKenzie isn't expecting to take a call from his homeland. His American record company has had him on the phone to journalists from as far as Finland before TimeOut rings through.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

No more Conchords? Jemaine Clement signals the popular Flight Of The...

Flight Of The Conchords, starring Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement, is largely autobiographical.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Tvnz.co.nz

Jemaine Clement takes to the big screen in US movie

New Zealand comedian Jemaine Clement is best known as one-half of musical duo Flight of the Conchords, but in the movie Gentlemen Broncos he takes wing on his own playing an ego-driven science fiction author.

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Related Topix: Gentlemen Broncos, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards

Mon Nov 02, 2009

USA Today

'Gentlemen Broncos': Too many hitches in its giddyap

If you didn't know otherwise, you'd swear that Gentlemen Broncos was made by a disaffected high school student - and not a particularly talented one.

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Related Topix: Gentlemen Broncos, Napoleon Dynamite, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Movies

Sat Oct 31, 2009

ABC News

'Flight of Conchords' Star Unlikely Sex Symbol?

Jemaine Clement of the popular HBO series "Flight of the Conchords" has become one of those guys.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Fri Oct 30, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Flight of the Conchords - Clement's Award Confusion

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS star JEMAINE CLEMENT wasn't impressed with his Emmy nomination earlier this year - because he had never heard of the prestigious TV awards.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin

LA Weekly

Of Ukeleles, Tolkien, Garfunkel and Bond: A Chat With Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords

October is Folktober for fans of New Zealand's fourth most popular digi-folk parodists, the mighty Flight of the Conchords; following the second season of their acclaimed eponymous HBO show, which bagged several Emmy nominations including one for Best Comedy Series, Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement last week unleashed I Told You I Was Freaky , a ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, Gentlemen Broncos

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Wired News

Movies: Sci-Fi Spoof Gentlemen Broncos Follows King of Pop Pic

Michael Jackson makes one final comeback starting Wednesday when This Is It hits theaters for a limited two-week run.

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Related Topix: Gentlemen Broncos, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Moon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

New Vibrations: The Flight of the Conchords

Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand's so-called fourth-most popular parody/folk duo, return with their second full-length album I Told You I Was Freaky .

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Related Topix: Comedy

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Pop and Rock

When Edmonton pop-rock band Stereos played the West End Cultural Centre earlier this year they had a crew member along specifically to control the auto tuner.

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Related Topix: Stereo 's, Pop/Rock, New Kids on the Block, Entertainment, The Block, Television, Comedy, Travel

Fri Oct 23, 2009

NZ Herald

Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky

Rating: * * * * Their first long-player suffered a freshness problem. Many of the songs had predated their first HBO series and while many got a second wind all spruced-up in the studio, it still didn't offer many surprises - other than how high it went in the American charts and how many Tuis the NZ music industry gave them for doing that.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Stuff

I Told You I Was Out Of Ideas

Essentially it is the soundtrack to season two, arriving well after season two has been played, twice , and been released on DVD.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Tue Oct 20, 2009

411mania.com

Battle of the Bands 10.20.09: Bowling for Soup vs. Flight of the Conchords

Battle of the Bands 10.20.09: Bowling for Soup vs. Flight of the Conchords Posted by Adam Battagello on 10.20.2009 Escape from the depressing pull of Emo music, with two groups ready and willing to make you laugh.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Bowling for Soup, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Music

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Southland Times On Line.

Accent, you ain't a negative

Brits, bless, have rated the New Zealand accent the most socially attractive English spoken outside their own shores.

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Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Opinion

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Canada.com

Conchords are back in New York

Jemaine and Bret are back! If those names mean anything, you're already familiar with Flight of the Conchords , a wry, droll take on the rock 'n' roll life.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Digital Spy

Phill Jupitus for Dave's 'Comedy Exchange'

Dave has commissioned a new comedy pilot fronted by Phill Jupitus. The hour-long project, a stand-up format titled Comedy Exchange , is being eyed for an early 2010 broadcast.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Television, Phill Jupitus, Comedy

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