April 5, 2016 Cruise line cancels Joan Rivers gig because of joke Joan Rivers has been thrown overboard by Norwegian Cruise Line for an off-color joke. Rivers got into hot water last week for a punch line about three women who were held captive in Cleveland by evil Ariel Castro reports The New York Post.
April 5, 2016 Netflix postpones premiere of Bill Cosby comedy special amid sex assault allegations Netflix said it is postponing Bill Cosby's upcoming standup comedy special, a decision that followed a growing number of allegations that the famed entertainer sexually assaulted women.
April 5, 2016 Michigan OKs $13.5 million for 4th installment of Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop franchise The state of Michigan has approved $13.5 million in incentives for the fourth installment of Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop franchise, which will be filmed in and around Detroit, officials ann...
April 5, 2016 Mick Jagger serves as inspiration for Monty Python live concerts The members of Monty Python are aiming to move like Jagger in their live farewell shows. The five surviving Pythons have reunited for 10 dates at London's 15,000-seat O2 Arena starting Tuesday. It's a fast-paced comic revue that requires the septuagenarian comedians to act, sing, dance and pull off rapid-fire costume changes.
April 5, 2016 Dickie Smothers is 'not dead yet,' looking for TV spots It’s a small booth on the far corner of the NATPE exhibition floor, but baby boomers and TV connisuers are beating a path to space No. 108 this year to shake hands with a Smothers brother.
April 5, 2016 ‘Sex Tape’ movie could never actually happen, Apple says Cameron Diaz and Jason Segal take their clothes off for the recently released “Sex Tape” flick, but it turns out the film they stripped down for is based on a false premise, GQ reports.
April 5, 2016 Tracy Morgan talks about Baldwin and being a crack dealer Even Tracy Morgan thinks Alec Baldwin is behaving erratically. When the comedian was asked to comment on his “30 Rock” co-stars recent behavior Morgan told Rob Shuter of VH-1’s “The Gossip Table,” “I don’t want to respond to that mess. I don’t want to even talk about that stuff.”
April 5, 2016 Monty Python reunite for first concert in nearly 35 years Everybody expects the Spanish Inquisition. And as with all things Monty Python, fans need to expect the unexpected, too. Next month the surviving Monty Python members reunite onstage for the first time in almost 35 years — and, they say, the last time ever. Fans understandably want to see the anarchic comedy troupe's classic skits. They're hoping for Spam, lumberjacks, dead parrots and of course the red-robed cardinals who burst in to proclaim: "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
April 5, 2016 Seth Rogen says Kim and Kanye spoofs are in good fun Attention Hollywood casting agents: Seth Rogen is looking for someone to play the part of baby North in the next Kim Kardashian-Kanye West spoof with pal James Franco.
April 5, 2016 Charlie Sheen wants to return to 'Two and a Half Men' "Two and a Half Men" is about to end and Charlie Sheen would like to be a part of that send-off.