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Yesterday | National Post

Finn on the Fly: On a wing, prayer & slapstick

Man's best friend and, uh, man's best friend in Finn on the Fly. Film Review: Finn on the Fly Some films try and answer life's greatest questions: What is the nature of love? Why are we here? Who allowed Uwe Boll near a camera? The only query Mark Jean's Finn on the Fly answers, though, is: Where the hell has Ana Gasteyer been all these years? The ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Ana Gasteyer, Lindsay Lohan, Pop/Rock, Canada, Family, Kids

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Associated Content

Cheri Oteri Gets the Last Laugh in Compelling "Surveillance" Film

Save the cheerleader. If you know the origin of that phrase, you watch television.

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Related Topix: Surveillance, Arts, Cinema, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Cheri Oteri

Web TV Hub

Will Ferrell Crashes CNBC News Video | Funny Interruption Of Live TV

The news has been a bit of a downer lately, so I thought I'd share this more lighthearted clip of Will Ferrell being his goofy self on live news.

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Related Topix: Power Lunch, Entertainment

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Marshall Fine's open letter to Zach Galifianakis: The woes of the funny man

On his Hollywood & Fine blog , Marshall Fine wrote an open letter to The Hangover 's Zach Galifianakis urging him to stay focused and not be lured into starring in scripts that Seth Rogen, Jack Black, and Steve Carell turned down.

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Related Topix: The Hangover, Comedy Movies, Spies Like Us, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Will summer flops doom Universal?

I found an interesting article in this morning's New York Post examining the poor performance of NBC Universal's Universal Studios of late .

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Marketing, Funny People, Sport Movies, Comedy Movies, Happy Gilmore

Hollywood Reporter

Kathryn Hahn lines up two jobs

Comedic actress Kathryn Hahn has landed a role in James Brooks' untitled comedy at Columbia.

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Related Topix: Kathryn Hahn, Ethan Sandler, Media, Television, Paul Rudd, Movies, Entertainment

Sat Jun 27, 2009

24 Hours Vancouer

24 Hours Vancouver

As far as niches go, actor-comedian-singer Dan Finnerty has carved out a pretty specific one.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Old School, Comedy Movies, The Hangover, Dan Finnerty

Thu Jun 25, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

West End girl: Elf in the workshop for Broadway | Carrie Dunn

The Will Ferrell comedy is coming to the New York stage, while packs of nude and suited men head to London Santa's little helper ... Will Ferrell in Elf.

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Related Topix: Elf, Family, Short, Comedy Movies, North Yorkshire County, England, World News, East Riding of Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, Zooey Deschanel, Wedding, Vocal, The Rat Pack

Wed Jun 24, 2009

American Chronicle

"Land of the Lost" Review: Like Matt Lauer, This Movie Can Suck It

First and foremost, I want to get something out of the way, just so you, the reader , can fully understand just how bad Brad Sildeberg s, who made A Series of Unfortunate Events in 2004 new take on a not-so-obscure kids fiction, aptly titled Land of the Lost is.

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Opinion

Tue Jun 23, 2009

San Diego CityBEAT

The to-do list

One of our favorite parts in Old School is when Will Ferrell's character is sharing a dance with his bride to that live band that's doing a rather earnest, expletive-laden version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." The same band showed up in The Hangover , but we had no idea the band was actually a musical comedy group called The Dan ...

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Related Topix: Bonnie Tyler, Pop/Rock, R-N-B, Mary J. Blige, Black Entertainment, Photography, Arts, Life, Food, Dining

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Broadway

Elf Stage Musical, City of Angels Film in the Works

Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye, who formed the production company Unique Features last year after departing executive positions at New Line Cinema, have a trio of theater-related projects in the works, according to Variety : stage musical versions of Elf and Secondhand Lions and a film version of the Tony-winning 1989 Broadway musical City of Angels .

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Related Topix: Media, Theater, Arts, Secondhand Lions, Comedy Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Adventure, The Producers, Musical Movies

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Watertown Daily Times

Top-10 Thursday: Will Ferrell quotes

Usually my top-10 lists are completely my opinion on a genre, actor or director.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Wedding Crashers, Best of 2007

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Kulturblog

Bill Murray or Will Farrell?

I can usually only handle about 20 min of Will Farrell . I can take Steve Zissou all day.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Stranger Than Fiction, Thriller, Bill Murray, Pop/Rock, Wedding Crashers

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Connecticut Post

'Hangover,' "Lost' push MPAA envelope

Two movies that opened last week are notable for the lax ratings they were given by the Motion Picture Association of America.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Motion Picture, Indie, Land of the Lost

Wed Jun 17, 2009

People.com

Meet Land of the Lost's Jorma Taccone

He's one-third of the mastermind behind Saturday Night Live 's popular digital shorts "D--- in a Box," "J--- in My Pants" and "Lazy Sunday." But Jorma Taccone's latest project got him out of the studio and away from his producing partners - and childhood friends - Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer.

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Berkeley, CA

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Clover Herald

How the laughter got Lost'

"Land of the Lost" isn't just a bad movie. It's emblematic of what's wrong with lots of movies, especially comedies.

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Ben Stiller, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Comedy Movies

Weekender

a Losta in translation to the big screen

In the 1970s, things were a bit different. Granted, the turmoil of the late '60s into the early '70s had changed things, but kids had yet to become the jaded mass of technology addicts that brighten our lives - and empty our wallets - today.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Land of the Lost, Children TV, Entertainment, Television, Today, Movies

Mon Jun 15, 2009

NPR

Sure, 'Land of the Lost' tanked. But it's a bit early for the obit.

As you may have heard, the Will Ferrell vehicle Land Of The Lost got spanked at the box office this weekend by both the second weekend of Up and the opening weekend of The Hangover .

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock

Berthoud Recorder

Price of Admission: Ferrell's Talent Goes Missing in Latest Flick

By Jamie Folsom Berthoud Recorder I'm always ready for Will Ferrell's ridiculous comedies.

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost, Children TV, Entertainment, Television

The West Australian

Feral Ferrell fairly funny

FILM Land of the Lost Therea s something pleasingly perverse about a Hollywood studio spending $100 million-plus to capture the look and feel of a cheesy 1970s television fantasy set in an alternative universe.

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Related Topix: Land of the Lost

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