Celeb News Aggregate
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Viacom Inc.'s Comedy Central will begin offering full episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Colbert Report on Hulu.com on Tuesday as part of a test, reversing an earlier position that it would mainly focus on offering its shows on its own sites.
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Comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres has beaten Oprah Winfrey to be named America's favorite TV personality in a new poll.
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart will make a return to TV next month--but without its team of writers.
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Dave Chappelle nets a cool $50 million from Comedy Central, Al Franken takes radio show to cable TV, Arnold Schwarzenegger settles bobblehead lawsuit, more…
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Superman may change directors, Dennis Quaid has a July 4th wedding, John McEnroe hits the talk show circuit. Plus Tori Spelling gets hitched, David Crosby gets fined and David Hasselhoff gets into Chicago.
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John 'J.J.' Jackson, one of the first MTV on-air personalities, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack while driving home from dinner in Los Angeles. Also: Catherine Zeta-Jones Donald Trump Janet Jackson Ben Affleck Jon Stewart Morgan Freeman Djimon Hounsou Alicia Silverstone Beauty Shop
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Comedian, actor and writer Chris Rock has been named the funniest man in America by Entertainment Weekly in the magazine's March 19 issue. Also: Jon Stewart Will Ferrell Larry David Dave Chappelle Ellen DeGeneres Bill Murray Jim Carrey Jack Black Cinderella Man Michael Jackson R Kelly Rodney Dangerfield David Crosby Rosalind Morganfield Amber Tamblyn Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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CBS' 60 Minutes will air an interview with Michael Jackson Sunday, marking the 45-year-old singer's first public comments since his Nov. 20 arrest on suspicion of child molestation. Also: Oprah Winfrey David Letterman Bill O'Reilly Ray Romano Jay Leno The Writers Guild of America Scarlett Johansson Jennifer Aniston Jesse Ventura Trailer Park Boys
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News, Aug. 8: Maria Shriver Takes Job Leave to Help Hubby, Jessica Lange on Goodwill Tour Angelina Jolie Garry Shandling Ellen Degeneres Conan O'Brien Brad Garrett Jon Stewart Martin Short Pierce Brosnan Salma Hayek Woody Harrelson Brett Ratner Omar Sharif
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Fox's talent competition series American Idol and NBC's freshman police drama Boomtown won the highest honors at the 19th annual Television Critics Association Awards, which were presented Saturday at the Hollywood Renaissance hotel.
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Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are not building a nursery in their house--yet. Pitt, who has been shooting the Trojan War epic Troy in Malta, told ccess Hollywoodthat while the nursery rumor is a good story, it isn't happening at the moment.
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Angelina Jolie is sporting a new tattoo these days, but this one isn't the name of her latest love. Also: Roger Ebert Overlooked Film Festival Queen Latifah Tom Green Jon Stewart Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion O.J. Simpson Victoria Beckham Sinhead O'Conner Chi McBride I, Robot
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Madonna Robert Wagner Michelle Williams Sam Raimi Rob Tapert 30 Days of Night Jim Carrey Gary Shandling Over the Hedge Tim Johnson Joe Black School of Rock Mike White Scott Rudin Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jon Stewart CNN International
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David Letterman has decided to remain at CBS and hopes to finish his career there, despite ABC's ardent wooing of the late-night talk-show host.
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Jon Stewart, host of the The Daily Show, said on his cable program that the Headline News Network's new slogan should be "Dude, Where's My News?"
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Spoof metal band, Spinal Tap, and its main players Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, will take the stage at Montreal's 19th Just for Laughs Festival. Joining them as headliners will be Will & Grace's Megan Mullally, Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Jeff Foxworthy, organizers of the event said Tuesday. Other performers slated to appear are Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live), Joy Behar (The View), Marla Sokoloff (The Practice) and Scott Thompson (The Kids in the Hall). The festival, running July 12 through July 22, will showcase 49 stand-up shows, as well as theater, film and dance.
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NBC Today anchor Katie Couric received a Peabody Award on Monday for a very personal report on colon cancer, which included footage of Couric undergoing a colonscopy. At the awards show, Couric read a letter from a fan who said she was encouraged to get tested after seeing the report and learned that she had cancer, The Associated Press reports. "Now that's the kind of fan mail that makes you realize that what you do matters and you can make a difference." The HBO mafia series The Sopranos and NBC's presidential drama The West Wing also received Peabodys. Also honored were two CBS news reports, 60 Minutes II: Death by Denial, about AIDS in Africa, and 48 Hours: Heroes Under Fire, about the death of six Massachusetts firefighters. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2000 also received an award for its comic coverage of the aftermath of the presidential election. Malcolm in the Middle, a Fox family sitcom, also won a Peabody.
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 7, 2000 -- It's time for some old school fun.
Seasoned comedian Eddie Murphy and seasoned tough guy turned sometime funny guy Robert De Niro might star in "Showtime," Daily Variety says.
The project is about a no-nonsense cop who is forced to partner up with a rookie as the star of a new reality-based TV show in the vein of "Cop."
DOING GOOD 'DEEDS': Variety also says that Adam Sandler and "Little Nicky" director Steve Brill will team up again in the pic "Deeds," an homage to the 1936 Frank Capra classic "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."
KISS ME, STUPID: Here's another comedy item: Jon Stewart will join Edward Norton, Robin Williams and Catherine Keener in the comedy "Death to Smoochie."
Directed by Danny DeVito, the film follows a Barney-like kid-show host who gets canned. Stewart will play the network exec that gives the show the ax.