Steve Martin News

What will you rent this Thanksgiving when the tryptophan kicks in and no one wants to move from the sofa? Vote on your holiday favorites and let us know what we missed in the comments.

Reading an announcement made today from the U.S. Department of Transportation on expanding the role of the Federal Transit Administration in ensuring public rail and bus safety, I chuckled at a veiled reference, likely unintended, to the 1987 cult movie classic starring Steve Martin and John Candy.

" Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin has announced that an environmental assessment for the construction of a new Science and Resource Management Facility in the park is now available for public review and comment.

The new codes book is here, the new codes book is here! The laws are something big again! Township Assistant Manager Alyson Elliott shows the new codes book to members of Lower Pottsgrove's Board of Commissioners.

TV chef Guy Fieri has admitted that his dream is to star on Saturday Night Live .

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:50 p.m. In a community theater scene usually filled with popular old musicals, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" at the Venice Theatre is a comically jaunty change.

"This is so exciting!" exclaims Steve Martin at the close of tonight's first number, "Hoedown at Alice's", a brief, bright bluegrass tune.

It was revealed last week that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host next year's Oscar Academy Awards Ceremony.

When Newburyport High School's theater department players take to the stage tonight to enact the musical, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," they will be only the second theater company in America to bring the acclaimed show to the amateur stage.

He's the comic genius behind Hollywood classics like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels or Trains, Planes and Automobiles.

The Hollywood actor Steve Martin is famous for films including Roxanne and Father of the Bride, but the legendary funny-man has another talent up his sleeve.

There are many different styles of comedy that range from improvisation to satire.

L.A. Times food writer Betty Hallock Tweeted on Saturday night: "Don Johnson is in attendance at friends & family tonight at Bouchon." tablehopper reader Frances walked past Tartine and saw Kristen Schaal sitting outside with a couple friends.

Serious musician a Steve Martin in concert at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Photograph: Brian Rasic/Rex Music and comedy can make a fine combination, as Ronnie Scott would have agreed, but when the musician in question is Steve Martin a ' far better known as an actor and comedian a ' matters get more complex.

Never mind that it stars Meryl Streep and soon-to-be Oscars hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin; would you watch a movie named after a Facebook relationship status? A natural set of candidates came to mind last week when people started talking about possible Oscars hosts.

Article by Brian Holcomb : 2009-11-09 10:56:16 Chicago ad executive Neal Page just wants to get home to his family for Thanksgiving, and it suddenly seems as though the entire universe is standing in the way of his one simple goal.

Alec Baldwin is the perfect choice to co-host next year's Oscars, according to the man who will share presenting duties with him.

Unrecognizable update of the 1950 film of the same name, set originally around the turn of the century, now a sort of Fox-TV sitcom quadrupled.

The Seattle Times reports: Today, at age 64, Martin has long been done with his stage act, having channeled his creative life into acting , books , playwriting and even op-ed contributions to The New York Times.

Roger Corman's funny, fucked-up horror film was made years later into a Steve Martin-Rick Moranis vehicle.