Larry David

Early on in 2007's comedy hit "Knocked Up," Seth Rogen and a bunch of buddies, nearly all of them Jewish, are hanging at a nightclub when Rogen announces that he's just seen "Munich," the Steven Spielberg film about an Israeli assassination squad....

In early November Frankly Forum relayed the story about the 57-year old entrepreneur who was working on a long shot; that is to appear on a new reality TV pilot which postures inventor types against notable investors titled, "The Shark Tank," a joint-...

Comedian David Steinberg continues in his role as “ear”—that is, a sounding board—to some of the funniest people working today. David Steinberg: Thank you for doing this. Jerry Seinfeld: This is one of my favorite things. The greatest thing about being a...

Elitism got a bum rap this year. When he was still just presidential candidate Barack Obama, the president-elect was tagged an elitist for his mockery of gun owners, familiarity with polysyllabic words, perfect posture and ineptitude with a bowling ball....

Brad Pitt came to Chicago last week and taped his first interview with Oprah Winfrey in four years to promote his new movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Audience members described the interview as "awkward" at times, due to the fact that Pitt...

The Farrelly Brothers have been talking about their "Three Stooges" movie for a long time now, but MGM has actually set a release date for the retro comedy. The studio announced Monday (Nov. 3) that casting is underway on the untitled Stooges project,...

Stand-up comedians need someone to bounce their stuff off of. It’s usually a close friend, because you have to say what’s funny out loud to someone you trust before you perform in front of an audience. Any comic with a brain has an Ear or two he...

In entertainment journalism, the purpose of the lunch interview is twofold: to help the reporter feel like a normal, social being, and to have an excuse to talk with food in one's mouth. Interviews are done in any number of ways: over the phone, at a...

Anyone who doubts, or resents, Hollywood's importance to American politics these days simply needs to watch where the candidates and their surrogates go when the going gets tough. The fact of the matter is that Hollywood is to both parties -- but...

After the very first airing of the very first episode of the British version of " The Office," Ricky Gervais, the series' star and co-creator, was offered leads in a slew of movies. "It was ridiculous," Gervais said. "They were premature," he added,...

Set on a sandy island where scantily clad castaways compete against each other for power, Shakespeare's "The Tempest" could qualify as the proto-"Survivor." If that sounds like literary heresy, consider the fact that the Bard himself was seldom above...

WHEN|WHERE Premieres tomorrow at 10 p.m. on VH1 GENRE Reality competition THE DEAL A search for the next great celebrity hair/fashion/make-up stylist. Each week the contestants will be asked to compete in challenges that will test their knowledge of...