On a Roll: Two-film blitz pushes comedian into the limelight
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Jamie Foxx wants to escape. A recent stop in Houston is a good example why. He has spent the morning promoting Ray, the new film in which he portrays singer Ray Charles.
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Judah Friedlander, a stand-up comic and actor, recently performed a set for a small audience that included the talk show legend Joe Franklin.
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Two stand-up comics accused of making  light of the Holocaust at the Edinburgh Fringe festival hit  back at their critics on Tuesday, igniting a debate about  where, if anywhere, to draw the line in comedy.
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Technology that acquires films instantaneously gives theater operators unprecedented flexibility in selecting what they screen. Now, a box-office bomb can be ditched for an old favorite. By the Associated Press.
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The family audience is in high demand on the final weekend before Thanksgiving as two new films and two holdovers clamor for its attention.
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A Finn with a funny idea -- taking vintage concert footage and dubbing fumbling fretwork over six-string stars' actual solos -- cranks the laugh knob to 11.
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âEagle vs Sharkâ is one of those movies that invite you to laugh at its misfit characters and empathize with them at the same time.
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The chasm grows even wider between the filmmaking duo who gained worldwide success with movies about the connections among disparate locations and characters &#151; and people are taking sides.
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Indie distributor Magnolia  Pictures is looking to make some quick cash on two indie  comedies, releasing them nearly simultaneously on cable and in  theaters and DVD stores.
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The season of laughter is upon us again. And this time thereÂs no holding back the outpouring of humour even if the comedies get a raw deal at the boxoffice.
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Broadway has two terrific  new comedies on the boards to chase away the winter blues.
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Reader Vinod Makkar spots the two stars at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Devout comedians are getting on stage and telling jokes that even a pastor would like.
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It&#39;s a shame that two of the funniest films of the year, &quot;A Dirty Shame&quot; and &quot;Team America: World Police,&quot; came out so close together.
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A Bollywood comedy about a gangster's  tryst with Indian freedom movement leader Mahatma Gandhi is  proving a hit across the country, inspiring people to emulate  his pacifist ideals, often with humorous results.
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Comedies dominated the top ten films this weekend.
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NBC really is probing the perils      of late-night sketch-comedy shows--twice