Campaign Comedy: Wednesday's late-night TV wrap-up Kansas City Star Jeff Roberson Workers continue to prepare for the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, at Washington University in St. Louis. Democrat Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware and Republican Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor, square off in St. Louis on Thursday. | Shooting a donkey, debating a tree stum...
Ang Lee filming comedy on 1969 Woodstock concert Canada Dot Com | TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan-born film director Ang Lee, known for such box office hits as "Lust, Caution" and "Brokeback Mountain," is filming a comedy about Woodstock ahead of the landmark countercultural event's 40th anniversary, his spokesman said. | "Taking Woodstock" is based on a book by the m...
Is Herc In Love The CW’s New CUPID-y Comedy VALENTINE?? The Examiner Ain't It Cool News - 1 hr 39 mins ago | PRINT STORY | EMAIL STORY | COMMENTS Ain't It Cool News | More news from Ain't It Cool News | “It’s Not Easy For Anyone, Pete!!” The Inheritance...
Cult comedy brings campiness to QC The Charlotte Observer | “Die Mommie Die!” is playwright Charles Busch's homage to the melodramatic films that swept Hollywood in the 1960s. It combines the hyper-sincerity of a soap opera with the inevitable tragedy of Homer. | The female lead character is Ang...
Comedy in liberty's name The Guardian A song about bin Laden and two sensitive Nazis top the bill at a packed Secret Policeman's Ball | An Osama bin Laden ditty sung in the style of George Formby and stars of TV's Gavin and Stacey pirouetting to the strains of 'Orinoco Flow' were just tw...
The Kansas City Ballet is dancing into new season with a program of comedy and Americana Kansas City Star Allison Long Joel Prouty does the lifting as Stefani Schrimpf stretches it out at the rehearsal. | At the Kansas City Ballet this fall "KC" could stand for "kinesthetic comedy." | In a risky move that may be a historic first, the Ballet's artistic di...
Blair finds comedy show hard going The Independent | Tony Blair was tickled when Jon Stewart, the host of America's Daily Show, asked if George Bush would forget the cross-pond time difference and call him at four in the morning, l...
Then She Found Me: Helen Hunt's heavy hand kills the comedy The Daily Mail Then She Found Me (15) | Actress Helen Hunt's debut as a director tries, and fails, to be a sophisticated romantic comedy for adults. | Hunt plays a 39-year-old teacher yearning fo...
Trio of films delve into why Asian-Americans have such a low political profile San Diego Three brief documentaries by San Diego filmmakers - Michael Chen's "Absent Voices," Cheryl Kanekar's "Banana Republic," Ron Tuatagaloa's "The Greater Good: The Political Journey of Tom Hom" - consider this provocative dilemma: Why Asian-Americans don...
B.C. federal candidate says sex charge ``unfounded and unsubstantiated'' Canada Dot Com | VANCOUVER- An independent federal candidate in British Columbia has been charged with sexually assaulting and exploiting a youth. | James Miller, who is campaigning under the name James W. Miller-Cousineau, was charged with sexual assault, interfer...
Harper rests as rivals take campaigns across country Canada Dot Com | Stephane Dion was touring the north, Elizabeth May was in the east and Jack Layton was headed west Sunday - while Stephen Harper kicked off the last full week of the election campaign by putting his feet up for a day of rest. | Dion planned a day o...
Paramount and DreamWorks Principals Finalize Separation, Outline Terms for Future Projects Together The Examiner Distributed by Press Release EMAIL ARTICLE PRINT ARTICLE | HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Map) - HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks principals today announced the formalization of their transition agreements as Mr. Spielberg and Ms. Snider depart to form their previously announced new motion pictures company in partners...
Mini reviews of movies currently in theaters Denver Post | Now showing | Here are selected minireviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically. | Some reviews originate at other newspapers that do not award star ratings. | "Burn After Reading" | Dark lark. ***1/2. R. Brad Pitt and George Clooney star and one could fear too much chuminess from Joel and Ethan Coen's zippy comedy about secrets, lies and...
