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Tenacious D Cancels Tour After Trump Shooting Comment
Jack Black:
Tenacious D
Will Return
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Aug 8, 2024 7:23 AM CDT

Jack Black: Tenacious D Will Return

Duo's tour was canceled after Kyle Gass joked about Trump assassination attempt

(Newser) - Comedy rock duo Tenacious D's tour came to an abrupt end last month after Kyle Gass joked about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but they will return, Jack Black says. "We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime," he told Variety at the...

Ice Cube Makes Choice on Vaccination for Film Role


Ice Cube
Quits Film
Over Vaccine
Oct 29, 2021 5:00 PM CDT

Ice Cube Quits Film Over Vaccine

Production co-starring Jack Black was to shoot in Hawaii this winter

(Newser) - Ice Cube is leaving a film project, and a $9 million salary, rather than be vaccinated for the coronavirus. He had signed on in June to partner and co-star with Jack Black on Oh Hell No, a comedy that was to film in Hawaii over the winter, per the Hollywood ...

Jack Black 'Heartbroken' by Death of School of Rock Co-Star

Drummer Kevin Clark was hit by car in Chicago

(Newser) - Jack Black says he is heartbroken by the death of School of Rock co-star Kevin Clark, who was hit and killed by a driver while biking in Chicago early Wednesday. The 32-year-old, who was 12 when he was cast as drummer Freddy "Spazzy McGee" Jones, stuck with drumming, not...

Stars Light Up 3rd Night of DNC


 Stars Light Up 
 3rd Night of DNC 
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Jul 27, 2016 7:33 PM CDT

Stars Light Up 3rd Night of DNC

Angela Bassett, Sigourney Weaver, Lenny Kravitz, most of Broadway, among those who turn out

(Newser) - Angela Bassett and Sigourney Weaver, Empire producer Lee Daniels, and rocker Lenny Kravitz are providing the celebrity power Wednesday on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention. Weaver introduced a climate-change film by director James Cameron, "Not Reality TV," featuring Jack Black, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, and the...

Here Are Your Oscar Winners
 Here Are Your 
 Oscar Winners 
Feb 23, 2015 12:09 AM CST

Here Are Your Oscar Winners

'Birdman' wins big at Academy Awards

(Newser) - Host Neil Patrick Harris opened tonight's Academy Awards with—what else?—a musical number about the glory of movies, joined by special guest appearances by Anna Kendrick, Jack Black, and a bunch of dancers in impressive costumes. After a short, snark-free monologue, the awards began. Stay with us throughout...

Killer Played by Jack Black Set Free

Bernie Tiede will live with filmmaker who made movie about him

(Newser) - Bernie Tiede, the Texas mortician-slash-murderer made famous when Jack Black portrayed him in Bernie, was released yesterday—to go live in the garage apartment of Richard Linklater, who co-wrote and directed the 2011 movie. Tiede, who in 1996 killed his longtime companion, wealthy 81-year-old widow Marjorie Nugent, was originally sentenced...

Shocking Celeb Hookups
 Shocking Celeb Hookups 
Feb 10, 2013 2:15 PM CST

Shocking Celeb Hookups

'Really? They dated?'

(Newser) - Chances are you were not shocked when Rihanna and Chris Brown got back together . But you may be surprised to hear that Marlee Matlin dated John Stamos back in the '80s. Such is the nature of the 161 (yes, really) surprising celebrity hookups rounded up by ET Online :
  • Before
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Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actor Is...
 Hollywood's Most 
 Overpaid Actor Is... 
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Dec 8, 2012 2:30 PM CST

Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actor Is...

Eddie Murphy, Katherine Heigl, Reese Witherspoon top the list

(Newser) - Classics like Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop made Eddie Murphy a star. But he's been starring in flops lately, and now he lands atop Forbes' list of the most overpaid actors. The mag ranks them based on their last three movies, looking at the return studios received for...

Will Ferrell Awarded Twain Humor Prize

...before dropping it on the floor

(Newser) - Last year, it was Tina Fey ; this year, Will Ferrell rocked the Kennedy Center as he won the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor last night. The star-studded gala saw speeches from celebrities as diverse as Ben Stiller, Ed Asner, Molly Shannon, and Gwen Ifill, the Washington Post reports....

Year One Offers Unevolved Laughs
 Year One Offers 
 Unevolved Laughs 
movie review
Jun 19, 2009 6:59 AM CDT

Year One Offers Unevolved Laughs

Prehistoric comedy aims low and hits the target

(Newser) - The jokes in caveman comedy Year One with Jack Black and Michael Cera are prehistoric, say critics, but it's still passable fun for anybody not expecting a comic masterpiece.
  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: "More or less indefensible, but I'll gladly defend parts of it." It won't rank up
...

Jack Black Lands Office Gig
 Jack Black Lands Office Gig 
Dec 16, 2008 10:22 AM CST

Jack Black Lands Office Gig

Comedian will star as himself

(Newser) - Not only did The Office score the sought-after post-Super Bowl slot, it will also feature Jack Black as a guest star. The comedian will play himself in a bootlegged movie the Dunder Mifflin workers try to watch, Entertainment Weekly reports. Black, who rarely appears in guest spots, is not the...

Snarky Stars Wage Protest in Prop 8 Musical

Jack Black is Jesus in 3-min. online rip on gay-marriage ban

(Newser) - Hollywood found a new way to protest California’s passage of anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8: song and dance, the AP reports. Prop 8: The Musical, posted on FunnyOrDie, features Jack Black as Jesus reminding the religious right that shrimp cocktail is also a Biblical “abomination.” The hero of the...

Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot
 Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot 
Aug 24, 2008 6:41 PM CDT

Thunder Holds Onto Top Spot

The House Bunny hops to second place

(Newser) - Tropic Thunder banked $16.1 million to become the third flick this summer to win two straight weekend box office crowns, Variety reports. Sorority laffer The House Bunny earned $15.1 million to debut in second, followed by Universal’s remake of Death Race ($12.3 million), The Dark Knight ...

Rocker Sinks Like a Stone
 Rocker Sinks Like a Stone
MOVIE REVIEW
Aug 20, 2008 12:11 PM CDT

Rocker Sinks Like a Stone

Comedy recycles ideas from funnier films

(Newser) - We’ve seen The Rocker before: It was called School of Rock, and it was funnier, critics agree. “The only brazen thing about the film is how shamelessly it rips off School of Rock, recycling its flaky-educator loser-of-the-gods premise, only this time in high school,” writes Owen Gleiberman...

Thunder Rolls at Box Office
Thunder Rolls at Box Office
Aug 17, 2008 6:44 PM CDT

Thunder Rolls at Box Office

(Newser) - Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder bombarded the box office this weekend by banking $26 million in top spot, Variety reports. Batman flick The Dark Knight fell to second but raked in $16.8 million and became the second-highest grossing domestic pic ever. Filling out the top five were Star Wars: The ...

Tropic Thunder Declares Comedy War
 Tropic Thunder
 Declares Comedy War
MOVIE REVIEW
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Tropic Thunder Declares Comedy War

No targets are safe in Ben Stiller's gross-out war comedy

(Newser) - The action comedy Tropic Thunder, a send-up of Vietnam War movies, crosses some lines—intentionally. In fact, Peter Hartlaub writes in the San Francisco Chronicle, "if you're not offended by at least one aspect of this film, then you're probably not getting out enough." But it has a...

The 'Summer of Downey'
 The 'Summer of Downey'
Glossies
Aug 11, 2008 8:53 AM CDT

The 'Summer of Downey'

For the first time, he's a genuine superstar

(Newser) - After "many long, cold, hard winters," it's finally the "summer of Downey," writes Erik Hedegaard in Rolling Stone. The success of Iron Man has turned the 43-year-old mercurial actor into a certified mega-star, raising the question of how he will deal with it all. "I'm...

Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

Risqué humor draws smaller crowds, but stars can cut loose

(Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City, Wedding Crashers, and...

Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt
 Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt 
movie review
Jun 6, 2008 9:10 AM CDT

Kung Fu Panda Kicks Butt

Old story becomes a fun journey in fast-paced martial arts animation

(Newser) - Dreamworks' animal extravaganza Kung Fu Panda isn't packed full of surprises, the critics say, but top-notch visual and voice acting lift it above the standard animal adventure fare. Jack Black gives the lead character, a pudgy panda who dreams of becoming a martial arts master, a "slightly abashed suburban-couch-potato...

Angelina: It's Twins!
 Angelina: It's Twins! 
May 15, 2008 9:02 AM CDT

Angelina: It's Twins!

Angelina confirms there's two on the way after Jack Black spills the beans

(Newser) - The rumors are true: it's going to be a double bundle of joy for Brangelina, AP reports. Angelina Jolie confirmed she was expecting twins after Jack Black let the news slip while the Kung Fu Panda co-stars were being interviewed for the Today show. The new twosome will be the...

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