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Comedy Impact Report 2011: Comedy Impact Report 2011: Alumni — Find out how the 30 names on last year’s list spent 2011.

Top News: House Minority Leader against anti-piracy legislation — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has surprised showbizzers by coming out against anti-piracy legislation aimed at rooting out so-called rogue websites that sell illegal copies of movies, TV shows and music as well as other goods.

Film News: Artist Stanley Whitney honored — Artist Stanley Whitney has been selected to receive the inaugural Robert De Niro Sr. Prize.

The specifics of the story don’t make a lick of sense– they never have in the Twilight saga– but Condon and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg do a good job countering that with spikes of humor and a full indulgence of the movie’s many huge emotions. Not all of the actors are up to the challenges of [...]

Pamela Rolfe The center-right Popular Party expected to win by a wide margin as Spain looks to bolster confidence at home and abroad. read more

The movie’s theme song is “Life’s A Happy Song”, a brilliant musical number performed by Segel, Adams, and others whose cameos I wouldn’t dream of spoiling. It’s more than just a song and dance sequence though, it’s an anthem for everything that’s beautiful and wonderful about the Muppets and their resurrection, here, in this movie [...]

Tonight’s episode of The Office was reminiscent of “Booze Cruise” in some ways as Andy attempted to inspire the staff by taking them on a day-trip in the hopes of squeezing a lot of work-related metaphors into a setting that didn’t really fit. Meanwhile, Kevin managed to do the opposite… sort of.

ABC has hooked a big name to guest star on its top rated hit Modern Family this season. Greg Kinnear will be joining the cast of the popular sitcom in his first guest appearance on television since 2003, when he visited the set of another major comedy hit, Friends. It’s not like Modern Family needs [...]

TV News: Couric, Harvey, Lake pass clearance milestones — The 2012-13 daytime syndication season has begun to firm up, thanks to major clearances for talkers featuring such faces as Katie Couric, Steve Harvey and Ricki Lake.

It’s getting worse and worse for Mariah Yeater by the day. Like every Republican that has emerged as a challenger to Romney, the twenty year old single mother has been subjected to the full investigatory powers of the media, and she has not held up well. Last week, she took her claims outside the court [...]