May 25, 2013

Edition: U.S.

The State

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An Interview With Michael Showalter

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 02.17.2013 | Comedy

Read More: The State, Cats, Stand-Up, Michael Ian Black, Stella, Michael Showalter, David Wain, Mr. Funny Pants, Wet Hot American Summer, Mtv, Comedy, Screenwriting, Video, Comedy News

Michael Showalter is perhaps best known for co-writing and starring in Wet Hot American Summer, but Showalter has been finding new ways to make people laugh since he was a member of the sketch comedy troupe The State, on MTV.

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Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever

Sarah Thyre | Posted 05.16.2012 | Comedy

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"Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next. I'm not sure what it would mean to have 'made it.'"

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Cult Movie Performed By Original Cast Live

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.25.2012 | Comedy

On Saturday, Jan. 21, lucky attendees of SF Sketchfest got to witness an event a decade in the making: A staged recreation of the cult classic "Wet Ho...

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HuffPost Pop Quiz: Michael Ian Black

HuffingtonPost.com | Erin Clements | Posted 10.09.2011 | Home

Funnyman Michael Ian Black wants you to know that he’s “Very Famous,” as suggested by the title of his new Comedy Central special and CD, which ...

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WATCH: Comic & Potential Taco Bell Spokesman Talks Twitter And Obama At SXSW

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.11.2012 | Comedy

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Michael Ian Black is a very famous celebrity, and all he wants is for Taco Bell to acknowledge that by hiring him as their spokesman. The comedian'...

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SXSW 2011 Dispatch One: Too Many People Having Too Much Fun

Farihah Zaman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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Congestion is not so unusual for any number of film festivals and undoubtedly indicates a certain level of success, but it is a new development for this one, which seems to be in danger of losing just a little of its scrappy outsider status.

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Did Mark Sanford And Maria Belen Chapur Fall Victim To The Dance?

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?

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Political Reporters Absent For Nikki Haley, Rand Paul Races

Politics Daily | Walter Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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What we are witnessing in this election cycle is the slow death of traditional statewide campaign journalism. I noticed the same pattern (and the same...

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Tribeca Film Festival Interview: Monogamous with Zak Orth

Caitlin Colford | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Michael Showalter, The State, Monogamy, Tribeca Film Festival, Zak Orth, Rashida Jones, Michael Ian Black, New York News

Here in New York, we all have voyeuristic tendencies.

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Mark Sanford is the Luckiest Politician on the Planet

Elizabeth Rigby | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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It has been merely twelve days since Mark Sanford's disastrously-rambling press conference in which he admits to an on-going affair, not to mention le...

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South Carolina's The State Newspaper See Record Traffic On Sanford Scoop

Editor & Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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The State of Columbia, S.C., scored its highest Web traffic day ever on Wednesday after getting the first interview with Gov. Mark Sanford about his b...

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