Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest Shopping TV Comedy?

Vulture | Posted 05.23.2012

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It's been six years since we last had us some Christopher Guest, and that's way too long. Since "For Your Consideration," all the director has produce...

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An End to "Found Footage" Films -- Please!

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.06.2012

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Marshall Fine

I'm declaring a moratorium on the "found footage" mock documentary. And, while we're at it, how about the same thing for movies shot to look like they're hand-held documentaries, even when they're just fiction films?

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David Moye

'Spinal Tap Fans' Celebrating Nov. 11 (11/11/11) As 'Nigel Tufnel Day'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 01.10.2012

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The year 1984 gave the world popular movies like "Ghostbusters," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Beverly Hills Cop." It also introduced...

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Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.08.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Hugh Laurie has a new album, Let Them Talk, which is New Orleans blues based. Here he discusses how he came up with that idea.

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The Irrationality of Love and Art

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

In 1964, when the United States Supreme Court ruled on Jacobellis v. Ohio, Associate Justice Potter Stewart gained fame for his description of obscen...

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Which Famous Director Created The Controversial Groupon Ad?

Posted 05.25.2011

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Well, they got the social faux pas they paid for... Groupon, the social network-powered group discount buying site, aired a controversial ad during t...

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Jamie Lee Curtis: Halloween Queen Makes the Scene

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gregory Weinkauf

Elegant, astute and ticklishly real, Jamie Lee Curtis recently spent an October day signing her children's books at the grand opening of the new gallery location of Every Picture Tells a Story.

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Jamie Lee Curtis' New Children's Book

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

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That explains her career choices. She chooses to write children's books. (Her latest, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story, is in stores.) She opts fo...

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Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, This Week's New Album Releases, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.

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Big Brother 11: May the Dork Be With You

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tallulah Morehead

Let's start right off with the flying pink elephant in the Big Brother House: Voldedork's imaginary wife.

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Spinal Tap On the Road, But Without The Wigs

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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The purpose of their costume- and character-free tour, which the trio has called "Unwigged & Unplugged" and which comes to the Beacon Theater in Manha...

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Spinal Tap To Reunite For Tour

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Spinal Tap, Music, Unwigged, Entertainment News

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The amps won't be turned up to 11 for Spinal Tap's reunion tour. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer _...

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Pedigree Pooches Hit NYC To Strut Their Stuff!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wendy Diamond

Once a year the pace of the city changes. There is an animal energy that's easy to sniff out. I'm talking about the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

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