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'SNL' Shaking Up Its Cast
Zap2It.comNBC's "Saturday Night Live" will return for its 32nd season next month minus several familiar faces. Longtime cast members Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Kenan Thompson will likely exit the late-night comedy staple, according to a source close to the...Tags: Donald Trump, Horatio Sanz, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Amy Poehler, Television
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News and Notes from the L.A. Film Festival
Zap2It.comHollywood, the site of so many blockbusters, is also the home of the annual Los Angeles Film Festival, which champions cinema's more independent cousins. Zap2it will be on hand for all 11 days to chat with stars and celebrities, consume lobster and...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Television Industry, David Mamet, Michael Mann, Social Issues
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'Epic Movie'
Special to The TimesAccording to Webster's, a "spoof is "a light humorous parody." By that definition, writers-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer's latest stab at the genre, "Epic Movie," is anything but. While "Epic Movie" portends to skewer blockbusters such as...Tags: Poetry, Faune A. Chambers, Blockbuster, Superman (fictional character), Adam Campbell
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'Scary Movie 3'
Times Staff Writer"Scary Movie 3" is, fortunately, a sequel in title only. The first entry was an amusing sendup of Dimension Films' "Scream" movies, but the second was a gross-out comedy that was more gross than funny. For this one, Dimension brought in spoof-master David...Tags: Barbie (fictional character), Jeremy Piven, Anthony Anderson, Kevin Hart, Anna Faris
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It's Back to Old School at the 55th Emmy Awards
Times Staff WritersOverpowering a night that was intended as a showcase for young, hip and edgy comedy, an old-fashioned network sitcom, CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond," a much-honored network drama, NBC's "The West Wing," and a heartwarming made-for-TV movie, TNT's "Door to...Tags: Blindness (movie), Doris Roberts, Tyne Daly, William H. Macy, Television Industry
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Off the laugh track
Times Staff WriterYou had a sense it was going to be one of those lo-o-ong nights at the Emmys when Garry Shandling stumbled out of the gate, then made a joke of it. Sort of. "Was I just delivered on a Lazy Susan?" Shandling ad-libbed after slipping as he took the stage...Tags: Doris Roberts, Television Industry, Awards and Prizes, Comedy (genre), Britney Spears
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Serious note added to show
Times Staff WriterSunday night's Emmy Awards show was conceived as a laugh fest, spotlighting a gaggle of comics ranging from Bernie Mac to Jon Stewart. But in the days leading up to the broadcast, it's tragedy that has moved to center stage, upsetting the celebratory tone...Tags: Gregory Peck, David Brinkley, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Awards and Prizes, Comedy (genre)
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The King and I
FOR THE TIMESFriday March 19, 1999 The Disney juggernaut for feature animation must, for its competitors, seem like one of those stains on the rug that just won't come off, no matter how much industrial-strength chemistry is applied. So why shouldn't...Tags: Oscar Hammerstein, Ian Richardson, Broadway Theater, Theater, Animation (genre)
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TV review, season debut of 'Saturday Night Live'
Tribune television criticSo Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer are gone, but, surprise of surprises, "Saturday Night Live" came out of the seasonal gate Saturday looking exactly the same as it has for most of the past half-dozen years or so: like a tired, bloated icon of the...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Gilda Radner, Anna Nicole Smith, Lifestyle and Leisure, United Nations
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Comedic riches lie in Trump's willingness to fire on himself
Tribune television criticDonald Trump hosted NBC's "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, and while he didn't make anybody forget about Phil Hartman, or even Jon Lovitz, the developer-turned-reality-TV star acquitted himself well enough to avoid a trip to the comedy boardroom....Tags: Donald Trump, Maya Rudolph, Career and Workplace, Saturday Night Live (tv program), The Apprentice (tv program)
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Movie review: 'New York Minute'
Chicago Tribune Reporter2 stars (out of 4) Product placement has been a constant fixture of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's direct-to-video movies, whether the twins are cavorting around some prominently named resort or sporting designer wear. But the main product they've...Tags: University of Oxford, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Andrea Martin, Television
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Movie review: 'The Hunting of the President'
Tribune Staff Reporter2½ stars (out of 4) With his killer performance at the Democratic National Convention, his ratings-boosting appearance on David Letterman and his best-selling two-lives psychobabble, life has been pretty good lately for William Jefferson Clinton. He's...Tags: Ann Coulter, David Letterman, George W. Bush, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Morgan Freeman
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