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Maria Bamford and Andy Kindler
Original at Time Out New York
• Tue, Jun 16
NY Andy, is it possible that Dane Cook reached people who were not comedy fans at all, but who then went on to purchase your album? Kindler: Let me check my list of fans. I have them fill out a questionnaire: “How did you hear about me? ...
Jessica Alba Won't Face Vandalism Charges In Oklahoma City
Original at Access Hollywood
• Mon, Jun 15
Access' Tony Potts talks to Jessica Alba about her experience filming her latest film “Good Luck Chuck” co-starring Dane Cook. Thing are really heating up in the 'Fantastic 4' sequel when a helicopter gives new meaning to the term 'wedding crasher'. ...
Man-Witch Seemingly Back on Track
Original at Comingsoon.net
• Sun, Jun 14
Josh Stolberg is an up and coming Hollywood screenwriter whose scripts have been making their way around the desks of studio execs for years with his screenplay for Good Luck Chuck being turned into a vehicle for Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. ...
Gettin' Douchey with Dane Cook on Conan O'Brien
Original at Bostonist
• Fri, Jun 12
MA Which, we suppose, Dane Cook is pretty good at. If only he had something more amusing, and less offensive, to promote. It is, indeed, a vicious circle. At least Conan choked Cook at one point during the episode, but not for reasons you'd expect.
Weekend Culture Compass - Metric, PJ Harvey and cheap shopping
Original at Minnesota Daily
• Fri, Jun 12
MN Some people, including about 65% of this campus, think Dane Cook is funny. A&E is not one of them. However, Mr. Cook is booked tonight at the Target Center and is sure to make some people laugh with his frat-boy (read: kind of lame) humor. Just not us. ...
Top 10 comedians from Boston: 5 Dane Cook
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Jun 11
I should start this by saying I'm not the biggest fan of Dane Cook, but it is impossible to deny his success and popularity, as well as his effect on self-promotion. The Arlington native is widely considered to be the first comic to truly capitalize ...
Q&A: Dane Cook's tough times help expand his comic range
Original at Omaha World-Herald
• Wed, Jun 10
NE 20 years from now I think I can remember the great production value and certainly the amount of laughts that I had with my family and friends at the Dane Cook show.” Q. How much of the material you're doing on this tour is off of the “ISolated ...
Watch Dane Cook - Vicious Circle - B&E Online - VideoSurf ...
Original at videosurf.com
• Wed, Jun 10
See the Dane Cook - Vicious Circle - B&E video for free at VideoSurf! Watch full episodes of your favorite TV Shows, movie clips, funny videos and ... www.videosurf.com
Study: Baboons Love NPR, Hate Dane Cook Movies - Crystal Air Productions
Original at crystalair.com
• Mon, Jun 8
For instance, the Dane Cook movies My Best Friend's Girl and Good Luck Chuck were met with a stony silence by the primates. "A few of them snickered [at Good Luck Chuck] when Dane Cook got shocked by the jumper cables, but that was about it," said Roth ...
"Dane Cook: ISolated INcident" review from a biased "Daniac"
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, May 21
While Cook's "in your face" style is off putting to some, he's always tickled my funny bone. Over the past couple years it seems Cook has taken his eye off of stand up to focus on making awful "cinematic adventures." (that's Dane Cook vernacular for ...
Dane settles for good, not great
Original at The Spokesman Review
• Tue, May 19
WA On a Sunset Strip balcony, sitting beside an azure pool, Dane Cook makes the confession that America has been waiting to hear. “Can I just admit to you, you're right,” the 37-year-old says. “Look … I'm not funny. I'm OK with that. I'm cool with that. ...
New releases in stores for week of May 19
Original at Vero Beach Press-Journal
• Mon, May 18
FL 2”; Ruben Studdard, “Love is”; Parachute, “Losing Sleep”; Kate Voegele, “A Fine Mess”; CKY, “Carver City”; Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, “Live from Madison Square Garden”; Kenny Chesney, “Greatest Hits II”; Iron & Wine, “Around the Well”; Dane Cook, ...
Cook opens up about personal tragedies on comedy tour
Original at standard.net
• Thu, May 14
Utah This is going to be, if I can be so bold, the blend I always hoped to achieve, of observational humor coupled with hard-core truth," said Dane Cook, in a phone interview in advance of an appearance at The E Center in West Valley City on Thursday. ...
Dane Cook: The Isolated Interview
Original at Punchline Magazine
• Mon, May 11
NJ by Dylan P. Gadino Love him or hate him, Dane Cook is one of the biggest stand-up comedians of this generation. And though he's been in a handful of high-profile movies the past few years, 2009 is the year he promises to “replant the flag” of stand-up ...
Opinion: Cook's fans, foes find some things to laugh about
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Tue, May 5
By William Loeffler, TRIBUNE-REVIEW If you think Dane Cook is more of a virtual comedian than the real McCoy, then you're probably not one of those who bought a ticket for Thursday's show at Mellon Arena. Ticketholders know Cook as a phenomenon who ...
Dane Cook stops in Albany on his world comedy tour
Original at Albany Times Union
• Thu, Apr 30
NY Dane Cook is about to find out. "When I was first doing standup in Massachusetts and got my first out-of-state gig in Michigan, I wondered if I was funny in Michigan," Cook said in a recent phone interview. "And you don't think people down South have ...
Unwanted Sequel to Bad ‘Good Luck Chuck'
Original at in Film
• Tue, Apr 28
TX I even wrote in my review “not only is the movie not funny, but it doesn't even entertain its target audience.” Alba is unsexy in the movie, and Dane Cook isn't able to do his style of humor, which consists mostly of rephrasing the same joke. ... Good Luck Chuck 2', a Possibility AceShowbiz
Premiere.com's Short Take
Original at Premiere Magazine
• Mon, Apr 27
NY The dozens of people who enjoyed the first Good Luck Chuck will be delighted to know that Dane Cook will be back for another go. Sigh. Do you like gladiator movies? Well you're in luck because Troy 2 is happening. They have an Odysseus, ...
Half brother of Dane Cook ordered held on $1M bail
Original at google.com
• Thu, Mar 26
AP) — The half brother of Dane Cook has been ordered held on $1 million bail on charges alleging he stole millions of dollars from the comedian. Darryl McCauley pleaded not guilty to eight counts of larceny over $250, forgery and larceny by continuous ... Boston Herald
DVD Review: Still Waiting Is Still Wanting
Original at Film.com
• Wed, Mar 4
WA Ryan Reynolds, Dane Cook, Justin Long, and Anna Faris teamed together to elevate what could have been a terrible comedy into something worth watching. So what happens when you remove those actors and leave only the supporting cast to make another film? ...
DVD Review: My Best Friend's Girl (Unrated)
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Jan 19
Monsters and Critics.com OH - Jan 19, 2009 My Best Friend’s Girl is a romantic comedy starring Dane Cook, Jason Biggs, and Kate Hudson. Dane Cook is Tank, a “professional asshole” as he refers to ... My Best Friend’s Girl (Unrated) – DVD Review Monsters and Critics.com all 2 news articles
'Love Guru,' Stallone, Paris Lead Razzie Nominees
Original at Get The Big Picture
• Wed, Jan 7
By Colin Boyd The Day the Earth Stood Still High School Musical 3 The Hottie & The Nottie Dungeon Siege The Love Guru Postal Rambo The happening Meet Dave Witless Protection Worst Actress: Paris Hilton Jessica Alba The cast of The Women Camilla Belle Cameron Diaz Kate Hudson
Razzie Nominations Serve A Shocking Snub To 'The Spirit'
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Jan 6
By Kyle Buchanan Worst Picture: Speed Racer, Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans, The Day the Earth Stood Still, High School Musical 3, The Hottie & The Nottie, Dungeon Siege, The Love Guru, Postal, Rambo, The Happening, Meet Dave, Witless Protection
BoMag: Did Sushi Phenom Swipe his Recipes?
Original at Bostonist
• Wed, Oct 15
By Ryan Weaver It appears that the Boston culinary community has a bone to pick with Tim Cushman, chef of the highly praised Leather District sushi restaurant O Ya, who was recently named one of Food & Wine's Best New Chefs of 2008. The issue? According to Boston Magazine, Cushman may have been pullin...
Opinion: Alec Baldwin Also Not a Fan of Dane Cook's Vagina-Like Face [Admissions]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Oct 10
By Kyle Buchanan Back in August, comedian Dane Cook assailed the marketing job for his upcoming movie My Best Friend's Girl, claiming that it was the "best / funniest film" he'd ever made but that its quality was overshadowed by a photoshopped poster that left his face looking like "Brittany Spears' [sic...
Opinion: 'My Best Friend's Girl' fails to find the funny
Original at USA Today
• Mon, Sep 22
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY My Best Friend's Girl is no friend to anyone — not Dane Cook, not Kate Hudson and not really to Jason Biggs, though he's probably ... Review: 'My Best Friend's Girl' Los Angeles Times My Best Friend's Girl': Q&A with Dane Cook, Kate Hudson and Jason ... New York Post
Movie Review: My Best Friend's Girl
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Sep 21
New York Times OH - What does this have to do with My Best Friend's Girl? Simple, this might just as well be Good Luck Chuck Part II. In this film Dane Cook is Tank, ... My Best Friend's Girl (2008) New York Times “My Best Friend’s Girl” Is Tasteless And Uninspired eFluxMedia
Review: My Best Friend's Girl
Original at Cinematical
• Sat, Sep 20
By Eric D. Snider And just last fall there was Dane Cook as Good Luck Chuck, whom women would sleep with because they knew it would lead them to their soulmates. These movies aren't all bad, but their cutesy premises have created a new cliché in a genre ...
WEEKEND ESTIMATES: 'Lakeview' Sees Green w/$15.6M; Dane Cook's 'Best Friend's Girl' and 'Igor' at Nos. 3 and 4; 'Ghost Town' Haunts Empty Theaters at No. 8; Knightley's 'Duchess' Rules Crowded PTA Field!
Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content
• Fri, Sep 19
By Steve Mason The new Dane Cook R-rated comedy My Best Friend's Girl (Lionsgate) will slow down the stand-up-comic-turned-actor's film careera little. With an opening of $8.3 million and a third-place finish, the movie is only the comic's fifth-best opening as a lead, behind Good Luck Chuck ($13.6 mil...
Opinion: Hudson, Cook team up in 'My Best Friend's Girl'
Original at USA Today
• Thu, Sep 18
By Claire Folger, Lionsgate Films By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY Tank (Dane Cook) is a rebound specialist, a womanizer hired by freshly dumped guys to take ... Dane Cook's 'My Best Friend's Girl' proves that nice guys finish last UConn Daily Campus (subscription)
Jessica Simpson Abused by in Past Relationship
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Thu, Jul 31
By Karen Jessica married Nick Lachey in 2002 when she was 22 and they divorced in 2006. Jessica cited irreconcilable differences. After the divorce she dated Dane Cook who was in Employee of the Month. The frontman for Maroon 5 Adam Levine was also a BF. Don’t forget singer John Mayer who Jessica dated f...
Opinion: I Know Who Killed MeOriginal at canadiancinephile.com
• Tue, Jun 17
By Canadian Cinephile With all apologies to Dane Cook and everyone else behind Good Luck Chuck, there’s a new candidate for Worst Movie of 2007 rising like a phoenix from the crappy ashes. Lindsay Lohan is culpable in I Know Who Killed Me, a steaming turd of a movie that earns every bit of awful it manages to drum up. W...
How To Handle Hecklers
Original at gawker.com
• Thu, Jun 5
By Hamilton Nolan This is the simplest rule of all, which Dane Cook flagrantly ignores. A rude comment on MySpace? Were any entertainer to take the time to personally respond to all of their online hate, they would have little time to do anything else (unless they were Dane Cook, who would just be chilling, re...
Has Dane Cook's Standup Record Been Broken?
Original at Comedy Central Insider
• Wed, Apr 2
By matt tobey Comedy has suddenly become an endurance sport. First Dave Chappelle did a six-hour and 12-minute set. Then Dane Cook bested him, staying onstage for seven hours. And now two lesser-known comics are apparently battling to claim the title.
Blu-ray Review: Good Luck Chuck (Blogcritics.org)
Original at blogcritics.org
• Thu, Mar 6
An inconsistent but funny romantic comedy for those not easily offended. Dane Cook and Jessica Alba make up your standard romantic comedy couple. Their misadventures in Good Luck Chuck are predictable and rather bland. It’s everyone that surrounds them, including Dan Folger, that make t...
DVD Review: Dane Cook’s ‘Rough Around the Edges’ - Flyer News
Original at Flyer News
• Fri, Feb 8
DVD Review: Dane Cook’s ‘Rough Around the Edges’ OH - The $30 million grossing romantic comedy “Employee of the Month” starring Jessica Simpson, 2007’s “Good Luck Chuck” with Jessica Alba and the psychological ...
The 6 Glorious Heist Movies of 2008
Original at First Showing
• Thu, Feb 7
By Alex Billington Director: Michael Radford | Starring: Michael Caine, Demi Moore Release Date: March 28th The Con: Set in 1960 London, where a soon-to-retire janitor convinces an American executive to help him steal a handful of diamonds from their employer, the London Diamond Corporation.
Dane Cook: Action Star! - Cinematical
Original at Cinematical
• Tue, Jan 15
Dane Cook: Action Star! CA - Ah, Dane Cook. He's the guy many have been loving to hate recently -- or just love, I guess, if Waiting..., Employee of the Month, and Good Luck Chuck are ... Good Luck Chuck DVD Review NewsBlaze Good Luck Chuck (Chucked Up! Unrated Edition IGN WFIE-TV
We sit down with the comedian for a brief interview! - IGN
Original at IGN
• Tue, Jan 15
Film Stew We sit down with the comedian for a brief interview! CA - 2008 - Comedian and actor Dane Cook recently took some time to chat about the upcoming DVD release of his Jessica Alba rom-com Good Luck Chuck. ... Two-Buck Chuck Film Stew all 2 news articles
Good Luck Chuck - DVD Review - UGO
Original at Untitled
• Tue, Jan 15
Good Luck Chuck - DVD Review UGO, NY - Watch Good Luck Chuck. Well, guess that's the end of the review you motherf*%ker. For the rest of you, here's the plot: A witch puts a hex on Dane Cook ...
Good Luck Chuck DVD Review - NewsBlaze
Original at NewsBlaze
• Fri, Jan 11
Good Luck Chuck DVD Review CA - Good Luck Chuck takes off with the potentially promising premise that dedicated dentist Charlie (Employee Of The Month's Dane Cook) is doing his best to ...
REVIEW: Dane Cook’s Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison ...
Original at Punchline Magazine
• Tue, Nov 13
By Dylan P. Gadino Since Dane Cook began enjoying the success of his sophomore album, 2005’s double platinum-selling Retaliation, comedy fans have hit many a message board with anti-Dane sentiments while more than a few critics have filled many column ...
Review: 'Good Luck Chuck' pairs Dane Cook with Jessica Alba (San Francisco Chronicle)
Original at sfgate.com
• Thu, Sep 20
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Good Luck Chuck: Comedy. Starring Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler and Lonny Ross. Directed by Mark Helfrich. (R. 96 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Pity the poor moviegoer who watches the commercials for "Good Luck Chuck,"...
DVD REVIEW: DANE COOK - THE LOST PILOTS - Cinematic Happenings Under Development
Original at Cinematic Happenings Under Development
• Tue, Aug 14
DVD REVIEW: DANE COOK - THE LOST PILOTS NY - It’s telling that these were both released at roughly the same time as Retaliation blew up on the charts, becoming one of the best-selling comedy CD’s of ...
Gawker Underminer: Dane Cook, You've Got Great Gay Buzz!
Original at Gawker
• Thu, Jul 19
By mike You're right though. Being called gay is like a rite of passage in Hollywood. Just think: Steve Martin, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle—there's no buzz about THEM being gay but there is about you! Your career ROCKS! Just something to think about, on your next Tourgasm.
'Good Luck Chuck' Trailer -- The Unrated Version
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Jul 5
By Erik Davis So lately, a lot of these R-rated comedies have been sneaking in red band trailers to accompany your run-of-the-mill "no nudity or foul language included within" trailers. I'm not exactly sure where they come from, but they're available to watch online and contain some of the more raunch...
Good Luck Chuck Movie Poster Steals From Famous Rolling Stone Cover
Original at /FILM
• Tue, Jun 19
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Lionsgate has sent us the official poster for Good Luck Chuck, the new comedy starring the very unfunny Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. The movie has an interesting premiese, but the trailer didn’t contain one laugh (not a good sign for a romantic comedy). The poster seems to be inspired (or copi...
Dane Jokes, No One Laughs; Dirty Mouths Everywhere
Original at LAist
• Sun, Jun 3
By Elina Shatkin 5:58 - Dane Cook jokes, "This just in, apparently Paris Hilton was so offended by Sarah's joke, she checked herself into jail early." NO ONE LAUGHS. Oh Dane... it's awesome being you.
Fun With Myspace: Tyler Clippard, Dane Cook Fan
Original at Deadspin
• Tue, May 22
Yankees fans rejoiced -- well, maybe rejoiced was the wrong word -- when rookie Tyler Clippard avoided a sweep at the hands of the Mets on Sunday night. And, as Newsday pointed out yesterday, it brought all kinds of new friends to Clippard's MySpace page. So we're happy to send a few more over.
MY YEAR END WRAP UP (UPDATED)
Original at Dane Cook
• Sun, Dec 31
Lived in Rhode Island and filmed Dan in Real Life with Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche. Lived in Louisiana and filmed the thriller Mr. Brooks with Kevin Costner, William Hurt and Demi Moore. RETALIATION goes double platinum and HARMFUL IF SWALLOWED goes GOLD!