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George Wendt joins 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' team
Former "Cheers" star George Wendt is heading to the other side of the bar — he'll play a bartender when "Breakfast at Tiffany's" hits Broadway next ...
Michael Strahan makes his Broadway debut in 'Elf'
Michael Strahan has tackled something few football stars have attempted — Broadway. The gap-toothed co-host of "Live with Kelly and Michael" made ...
Wayne Knight stays jolly in 'Elf'
A visit backstage at "Elf" finds Santa in a festive mood — he's decorating a Christmas tree. To be more specific, Wayne Knight, who has donned the red ...
Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell offer custom recordings
Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the ...
Ellen DeGeneres receives top humor prize in DC
Some of the nation's top comedians hailed Ellen DeGeneres as a trailblazer Monday night as she received the nation's highest humor prize. The Kennedy ...
Rock, bridge, bay: San Francisco's movie landmarks
The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in "Vertigo" is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. A few miles down the bay ...
'Seinfeld' star Wayne Knight plays Santa in 'Elf'
Wayne Knight, who played Newman on "Seinfeld," is heading back to Broadway — as Santa. Producers of "Elf" said Knight will join a cast that includes ...
Paul Rudd, looking for change, returns to Broadway
For the past few years, something's been slowly gnawing at Paul Rudd — the lure of live theater. The 43-year-old star, who has been on a goofy comedic ...
Movie audiences find anti-Obama doc '2016'
It wasn't backed by any Hollywood movie studio. Reviews were mostly negative. It premiered in Houston, not Los Angeles or New York. And yet despite ...
'Bourne,' 'Campaign' bump Batman from No. 1 spot
"The Dark Knight Rises" has finally fallen out of first-place at the weekend box office. Jeremy Renner's action tale "The Bourne Legacy" took over as ...
Review: 'The Campaign' is flimsy political satire
Considering he struck comedy gold with "Meet the Parents"/"Meet the Fockers" before successfully entering the cable political arena with "Recount" and ...
In election year, a Ferrell-Galifianakis ticket
"The Campaign" is a broad comedy made from broad intentions: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis simply wanted to make a movie together. In the film, ...
Ferrell 'saddened' by Stewart-Pattinson breakup
Kristen Stewart is a "trampire." So says comedian Will Ferrell, who broke down in (crocodile) tears over the breakup between Stewart and her ...
AP Photos: Ferrell, Brand in Disney campaign
Will Ferrell, Jack Black and Jason Segel are hitchhiking ghosts and Russell Brand is Captain Hook in two new portraits by Annie Leibovitz.