Dani Pudi (inset, second from left) and Alison Brie (on far right) from Community.
For a holiday about being grateful for all the good things we have in life, Thanksgiving sure can be full of drama, domestic squabbles and your drunk Uncle Phil knocking over the gravy tureen and scaring the children. At least that's how it was in our house.
As Community celebrates Thanksgiving this week - a delayed start to this season means the show's holiday-themed episodes are airing way out of sync from the real-world- there seems to be a lot of tension in the family.
Community creator and showrunner Dan Harmon is gone this season after being dumped by NBC. Also gone is Chevy Chase, whose well-documented disdain for the show culminated in November when he quit with a couple episodes left to shoot, as though he was channeling his crabby, clueless Pierce Hawthorne character.
Once Mel Brooks began to "make a noise," thankfully he never shut up There’s an apt evaluation in the first minute of the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. "Mel was not interested in the little laugh," observes writer/director Barry Levinson. "He literally wanted you to collapse and fall on the ground and can’t ... Read more
'SNL' season finale full of goodbyes As Stefon would say: This Saturday Night Live had everything. Kanye West, Jennifer Garner, Anderson Cooper, a musical super group, a surprise guest appearance from Amy Poehler and what looks like the departure of not one, but three cast members. Bill ... Read more
Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe In what could be one of the biggest live celebrity interview fails of all time, a Fox sports reporter congratulated Matthew Perry on the cancellation of his show “Go On” (which lasted one season) during an NHL game. The impromptu interview ... Read more
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