Hall to Direct Docu on Black Comedy Circuit
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Arsenio Hall is adding the title documentary filmmaker to his resume.
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Little Britain star David Walliams is to portray Up Pompeii comedian Frankie Howerd in a BBC biopic.
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A fly-on-the-wall documentary revealing the last 12 months of JK Rowling's life is to be shown on ITV1.
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Infamous adult film Deep Throat is set for release in the US to coincide with a documentary about the risque movie.
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'Warm, intimate and often funny' autobiography will be released in October next year, publisher says.
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Michael Richards is doing damage control. In the aftermath of his racist tirade against two black hecklers during a standup comedy routine, Richards on Wednesday hired a publicist with strong ties to the black community who set up calls to the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
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Despite its recycled  title, HBO's new late-night series feels reasonably fresh.  "Bono and the Edge: Off the Record" is a preview of the  interview show hosted by producer and Eurythmics mainstay Dave  Stewart.
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"Saturday Night Live"  veteran Tim Meadows is in final negotiations to join "Walk  Hard," a comedy that pokes fun at the musician biopic genre.
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In a pre-emptive purchase, New Line Cinema has scored with "Heckled," picking up the comedy script from the writing team of Jeremy Haft and Ed Gonzalez.
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Former Talking Heads frontman David  Byrne has unveiled the lineup for his Perspectives series,  which will he curate at New York's Carnegie Hall next February.
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JACK BLACK is set to star in the remake of legendary 1933 HOLLYWOOD film âKING KONGâ. The Tenacious D star and comedian will play the character of Carl Denham, who sets off to Skull Island to investigate legends of a giant gorilla named Kong.
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The film version of 1980s TV hit Dallas could be turned into a comedy after talks with a new director.
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TBS has given a pilot  script order to a half-hour family comedy starring Bill  Engvall, one of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour comedians.
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TheDailyShow.com, which launches in the fourth quarter, will archive the entire video history of the show including headlines, interviews and the âBack in Blackâ feature.
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Playbill - Langston in Harlem, a new musical biography of the African-American writer Langston Hughes, using his own words and boasting music by Broadway's Walter Marks, is getting two private industry presentations in Manhattan Feb. 7-8.
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By Greg Connors  There's more to the world of online video than catching Michael Richards dropping verbal bombs in a comedy club.
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LOS ANGELES  - Despite its recycled title, HBO's new late-night series feels reasonably fresh. "Bono and the Edge: Off the Record" is a preview of the interview show hosted by producer and Eurythmics mainstay Dave Stewart, who has heard every question a musician could get and uses that experience to get U2's famous duo talking about the studio, the songs, the road and the road to stardom.