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Canadian comic Howie Mandel, ICM buy Just for Laughs comedy festival

CanadiancomedianHowieMandelandLosAngeles-basedtalentagencyICMPartnersonWednesdayboughtthecompanybehindMontreal'sJustforLaughscomedyfestival,whichisthelargestint

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Hollywood hits red carpet for SAG awards

StarsdescendedontheredcarpetSundayfortheScreenActorsGuildAwards,withBlackcomedycrimestory"ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbing,Missouri"expectedtodominateaceremonythatw

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Politics takes center stage at TV's Emmy Awards

Hollywood'selitegatheredSundayastelevision'sglitteringEmmysplacedpoliticsfrontandcenter,inaraceseenbycriticsasthemostsuspensefulinadecade.Theglitzyceremonyindow

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Hollywood royalty and British monarchy to rub shoulders in Venice

Hollywoodroyalty,intheshapeofGeorgeClooney,RobertRedfordandJaneFonda,willsharethelimelightwitha19th-centuryBritishmonarchatthisyear'sVenicefilmfestival,whichkic

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Chinese comedian wins top award for joke about pound coin

ABritish-bornChinesecomedianhasscoopedtheprizeforthefunniestjokeatthisyear'sEdinburghFringeFestival.28-year-oldKenCheng'sone-linerabouttheUK'srecentcurrencyupgr

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Mark Wahlberg named world's top paid actor

Rapper-turned-actorMarkWahlbergwasnamedtheworld'shighestpaidactoronTuesday,earninganestimated$68millionbeforetaxesoverthepast12months.The46-year-oldstarwonhispl

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Chinese joker's coin gag wins top award

ABritish-bornChinesecomedianhasscoopedtheprizeforthebestjokeonthecomedycircuitatthisyear'sEdinburghFringeFestival.KenCheng'sone-linerabouttheUK'srecentcurrencyu

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Can big-screen comedy survive the superhero era?

Days before the opening of the Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler comedy “The House,” producer Adam McKay could see the writing on the wall. The box-office forecast for the film wasn’t looking good.

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Can big-screen comedy survive the superhero era?

DaysbeforetheopeningoftheWillFerrell-AmyPoehlercomedy“TheHouse,”producerAdamMcKaycouldseethewritingonthewall.Thebox-officeforecastforthefilmwasn’tlookinggood.In

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Stars brave a hot red carpet at the Emmys

Television's biggest stars braved the red carpet heat ahead of the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday (Sept 18), where the dramatisation of O.J. Simpson's sensational 1995 double murder trial looked set to sweep to victory after an extraordinarily colourful year for American television.

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Oscar-nominated actress Eileen Brennan dies at 80

The Academy Award nominee Eileen Brennan, the actress who was best remembered for playing a tough drill captain in comedy "Private Benjamin" , died in California, Sunday morning at the age of 80.

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“Lincoln“,“Big Bang Theory“ top contenders for 70th Golden Globes

Steven Spielberg's bio-pic " Lincoln" and the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" finished among the top contenders for the 70th Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced in Los Angeles Thursday morning.