Funny People is not quite Dickensian, the best of comedies and the worst of comedies, but there are elements of almost genuine humor and indisputably the pits.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Adam Sandler's serious side has caught on with audiences. Universal Pictures' "Funny People," with Sandler trading adolescent hum...
Alex Remington | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
Funny People is a sort of message movie, a take on the classic story about a dying man trying to get his life right, told from stand-up comedy's backstage.
usmagazine.com | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment
Rogen says he doesn't see how Heigl's new comedy, The Ugly Truth, makes women look even better. "That [movie] looks like it really puts women on a pe...
Posted 08.30.2009 | Comedy
Jonah Hill was on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last night to promote his upcoming film "Funny People." Hill discussed the group of people he often works with (...
Marshall Fine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment
I never would have predicted that, at the end of Funny People, I'd have more kind things to say about Sandler than Apatow.
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment
His 'Funny People' alter-ego Mark Taylor Jackson might be the proudest actor to ever star in a campy high school sitcom, but the real-life Jason Schwa...
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment
Judd Apatow visited 'The Tonight Show' Monday night and Conan crowned him 'Moron King' after hearing one of his worst 'moron stories.' "One terrible ...
Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment
In Judd Apatow's upcoming 'Funny People,' Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen do a pretty good job making terminal illness hilarious. And Aziz Ansari is RAAAA...
Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy
This year, Apatow is holding a red-carpet premiere of his new movie about comedians, Funny People, at the fest. Will it live up to its often-brilliant online promotional campaign?
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment
Judd Apatow's upcoming film "Funny People" had its Los Angeles premiere Monday night. Almost the whole cast (sadly no Jason Schwartzman) turned out...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | Entertainment
Jonah Hill was on Letterman Monday night - and if you're one of the thousands following what you think is Hill on Twitter, you've been duped. "I ha...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy
First Judd Apatow launched an NBC.com page to promote his fake sitcom "Yo Teach!" that was itself a promotion for his upcoming film "Funny People." No...
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy
Judd Apatow launched a fake sitcom on NBC.com this week to help promote his upcoming film "Funny People." The show "Yo Teach!" stars Jason Schwartzman...
nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment
ASSUMING Judd Apatow doesn't change his mind, and he often does, his new movie, "Funny People," will begin with a scene of Adam Sandler as no paying a...
Decider | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago
Comedian Aziz Ansari isn't exactly a household name, but he's about to be....
Gwen Davis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment