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10 Gamechanging Directors of the 2000s

Mike Miley | Posted 01.05.2010 | Entertainment

Read More: Steven Soderbergh, Ratatouille, Lars-Von-Trier, Best-of-Decade, Angelina Jolie, Gus Van Sant, Judd Apatow, Richard Linklater, Harry Potter, Film, Christopher Nolan, Entertainment News
Mike Miley

Only a handful of directors put out work that was not only consistently interesting but also urged us (sometimes against our will) to think about cinema differently.

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An Open Letter From One of Your 51 Percent

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 12.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Kathryn Bigelow, 51 Percent, Cathy Konrad, Nora Ephron, Michael Mann, When Harry Met Sally, Film, The Sweetest Thing, The Hangover, Movies, Silence of the Lambs, Nancy Pimental, Michael Cunningham, Meryl Streep, The Hours, Jezebel.com, New York Times, Manohla Dargis, Thelma and Louise, Rob Reiner, Entertainment News
Ashley Van Buren

I am one of your 51 percent. And, I am also your colleague. I want to see a reflection of myself on a screen just as much as I want to see my name in the credits.

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Kevin Smith Talks Judd Apatow, Weed, And His Post-'Zack And Miri' Depression

Katla McGlynn | Posted 10.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Clerks II, Clerks, Kevin Smith, Hit Somebody, Kevin Smith Interview, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, A Couple of Dicks, Smodcast, Judd Apatow, Comedy News
Katla McGlynn

"It's sad when you realize you can't be the angry young man anymore. The angry young man is barely ever interesting, and tolerable in his 20s. But his late 20s? Early 30s? God forbid late 30s? You can't anymore."

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Back to the Classics, for Grown-ups

Sarah Schmelling | Posted 09.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Social Networking, Jane Austen, Books, Classic Literature, Charles Dickens, Judd Apatow, Facebook, Mark Twain, The Great Gatsby, Back to School, Books News
Sarah Schmelling

I recommend this assignment to those with the crisp copies of Moby-Dick and Brave New World on display probably just to impress people.

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The End of Comedy (The Ass-End, Really)

Gwen Davis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Movies, Comedy, Funny People, Entertainment News
Gwen Davis

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.

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'Funny People' Wins Weekend

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Film, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Box Office, Funny People, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Adam Sandler's serious side has caught on with audiences. Universal Pictures' "Funny People," with Sandler trading adolescent hum...

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Funny People: Once Again, We Learn that Sometimes Clowns Cry

Alex Remington | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Judd Apatow, Adam Sandler, Entertainment, Seth Rogen, Funny People, Mr. Staurday Night, The Comedian, The Aristocrats, Billy Crystal, Stand Up Comedy, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

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.

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Judd Apatow Lobbies For Time Magazine Cover

TIME | Joel Stein Thursday, Jul. 30, 2009 | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Joel Stein, Judd Apatow, Judd Apatow Time Magazine, Judd Apatow Joel Stein, Time Magazine, Media News

Judd Apatow is working much harder on this article than I am. He wants to meet at 8 a.m., suggests six different events I can accompany him to and sen...

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Seth Rogen And Judd Apatow Hit Back At Katherine Heigl

usmagazine.com | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Funny People, Entertainment News

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...

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Movie review: Funny People

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Enemies, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Seth Rogen, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express, Transformers, Funny People, Adventureland, Drillbit Taylor, Judd Apatow, Harry Potter, Superbad, Adam Sandler, Year One, Knocked Up, Marshallfine, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I never would have predicted that, at the end of Funny People, I'd have more kind things to say about Sandler than Apatow.

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Jason Schwartzman Makes Music, Causes Hilarity In 'Funny People'

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jason Schwartzman, Video, Aziz Ansari, Funny People, Judd Apatow, Mark-Taylor-Jackson, Film, Adam Sandler, Yo-Teach, Entertainment News

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...

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Judd Apatow Talks Breastfeeding, Wife's Sex Scenes With Adam Sandler

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Leslie Mann, Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, Funny-People, Conan O'Brien, Video, Entertainment News

Judd Apatow visited 'The Tonight Show' Monday night and Conan crowned him 'Moron King' after hearing one of his worst 'moron stories.' "One terrible ...

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'Funny People's' Aziz Ansari Is RAAAAAAAANDY

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Video, Film, Aziz Ansari, Funny People, Raaaaaaaandy, Entertainment News

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...

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Women & Misogyny: The Ugly Truth

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Misogyny, Judd Apatow, Women, Katherine Heigl, Karen McCullah Lutz, Diablo Cody, Juno, Kirsten Smith, Nicole Eastman, The Hangover, Spring Breakdown, The Ugly Truth, Entertainment News
Melissa Silverstein

It's no shock that women can be as sexist and misogynistic as men. But it's much more depressing when women get kicked in the teeth by other women on a great big movie screen.

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HuffPost Review: The Ugly Truth

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gerard Butler, Marshall Fine, Judd Apatow, Farrelly Brothers, Katherine Heigl, The Ugly Truth, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

The script itself might as well be the product of random thoughts collected at an open-mike night at a Sacramento comedy club; it has that level of coherence and humor.

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14 Reasons I'm Looking Forward To Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival

Sean L. McCarthy | Posted 08.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, 23/6: Comedy News, Comedians, Louis CK, Stand-Up Comedy, Just for Laughs, Funny People, Bill Cosby, Sketch Comedy, Judd Apatow, John Cleese, Broken Lizard, Upright Citizens Brigade, Comedy News, Amy Poehler, Andy Kindler, Comedy News
Sean L. McCarthy

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?

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"Funny People" Premiere: Comedy's A-List And The Apatow Girls

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Iris Apatow, Jason Schwartzman, Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann, Funny People, Rza, Judd Apatow, Slideshow, Adam Sandler, Celebrity Kids, Maude Apatow, Funny People Premiere, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Rock, Entertainment News

Judd Apatow's upcoming film "Funny People" had its Los Angeles premiere Monday night. Almost the whole cast (sadly no Jason Schwartzman) turned out...

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Aziz Ansari Is RAAAAAAAANDY: Judd Apatow Creates ANOTHER Fake Website To Promote "Funny People" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Judd Apatow, Aziz Ansari, Advertising, Funny People Ads, Funny People, Comedy News

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...

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Releasing my Inner Ramis: Buddhist Subtext of Year One

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jack Black, Year One, Judd Apatow, Michael Cera, Film, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Harold Ramis, Life of Brian, Superbad, Entertainment News
Perry Garfinkel

Year One: a whole new opportunity for Harold Ramis to do what he does so well -- under the guise of slapstick guffaws, subversively preach goodness over badness.

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Yo Teach! Judd Apatow Makes Fake Sitcom To Promote New Film (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jason Schwartzman, Video, Judd Aptow Sitcom, Funny Videos, Funny People, Yo Teach Nbc, Judd Apatow, Mark Taylor Jackson, Yo Teach Judd Apatow, Judd Apatow Yo Teach, Yo Teach, Fake Sitcom, Mark Taylor Jackson Yo Teach, Comedy News

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...

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Judd Apatow And Adam Sandler's Movie About Morality

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Film, Adam Sandler, Funny People, Pranks, Entertainment News

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...

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Video Review of Observe & Report

Jenna Busch | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Roush, Observe and Report, Jody Hill, Seth Rogan, Jenna Busch, Video Review, Anna Farris, Movie Review, Video, Film Review, Observe-and-Report, Judd Apatow, Entertainment News
Jenna Busch

I got a chance to screen Seth Rogan's new film, Observe & Report in Santa Monica the other night and it's certainly not your average comedy.

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'17 Again' Premiere Pics: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Judd Apatow And More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Matthew Perry, Michelle Trachtenberg, Judd Apatow, Slideshow, 17 Again, The Jonas Brothers, Entertainment News

The 'Freaky Friday'-esque '17 Again' premiered in LA Tuesday night. In addition to leading man Zac Efron were his on-screen family Matthew Perry (...

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Post Passover Ponderings

Sam Greenfield | Posted 05.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Lists, Vermont Gay Marriage, Gm, Lewis J. Carrol, Yankee Stadium, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow, Obama, Drugs, Pirates of the Carribean, Nra, Alice in Wonderland, Rush Limbaugh, National Rifle Association, Frank Sinatra Jr., Ecstasy, General Motors, Mel Gibson, Tiger Woods, Don't Mess With ZOhan, Lewis Carrol, Adam Sandler, William Kristol, Somalia Pirates, E-Drug, Comedy News
Sam Greenfield

Two thousand six hundred dollars for a seat in Yankee Stadium? For that money, do i get a lap dance during the seventh inning stretch?

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Movie Review: Observe & Report

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Kevin James, Napoleon Dynamite, Danny McBride, Patton Oswalt, Judd Apatow, Travis Bickle, Anna Faris, Azia Ansari, Observe and Report, Evan Goldberg, Michael Pena, Adam Sandler, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, James Franco, Entertainment News
Zorianna Kit

Rogen, often a writer and producer on his comedies, is just a gun for hire in Observe and Report. This darker, often violent, bizarre and mostly unfunny movie is not the best choice for him.

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