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Rate Woodbury’s Other Movie Star

Original at Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot external link    Thu, Nov 5

Syosset-Woodbury has had its share of show business success stories in recent years: Natalie Portman, Judd Apatow, Idina Menzel, and Adam Paschal being some names that immediately come to mind. However, long before any of the above made their mark, there was Billy Schulman, a 13-year-o...

Rate Neil Simon Is No Judd Apatow, Times Deduces

Original at Gothamist external link    Mon, Nov 2

As reported over the weekend , the revival of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" ended its run yesterday after only one week due to poor ticket sales. Today, the NY Times asks what went wrong, and came up with several possible answers: Simon's old-fashioned brand of comedy, the lack of s...

Rate Adam Sandler Will Play Both Jack and Jill in a Jack and Jill Movie

Original at First Showing external link    Wed, Oct 28

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By Ethan Anderton We know Sandler has the box office draw, but I'm hoping that he brings some quality comedy with him too. After being friends with Judd Apatow for so long, I gotta believe that there's some better material in Sandler than what has showed up in his recent work like the frustratingly mediocre I N...

Rate John Mayer Serenades Leslie Mann

Original at Extra TV external link    Tue, Oct 27

Hitmaker John Mayer serenaded "Funny People" star Leslie Mann, wife of director Judd Apatow, at this year's Fullfillment Fund Stars 2009 Benefit Gala in Beverly Hills. Mayer took the stage to sing "Your Body is a Wonderland" -- which left Leslie blushing.

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Rate This Thanksgiving Acclaimed Filmmaker Judd Apatow Brings You the Two-Disc DVD & Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def Release of Funny ...

Original at Yahoo! Finance external link    Wed, Oct 21

Critically-acclaimed writer, director and producer Judd Apatow takes audiences on a hilarious and revealing look at the world of stand-up comedy with the story of George Simmons, a famous comedian who is given a second chance at life in Funny People, coming to two-disc Blu-ray Hi-Def,...

Rate Fulfillment Fund to Honor Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann at Annual STARS 2009 Benefit Gala

Original at Yahoo! Finance external link    Tue, Oct 20

Jonah Hill and Jason Segel are set to Emcee; Special Performance by John Mayer LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fulfillment Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to helping promising yet disadvantaged students graduate from high school and complete college, will honor Director/Writer...

Rate Skeet Skeet: Jason Segel

Original at Googly Eyes external link    Sat, Oct 10

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By Emma Sorry, I’m a day late on this one.  So, everyone who has ever met me knows that the way to my heart is through maximum hilarity at all times.  My favorite Hollywood funny-man is none other than Mr. Jason Segel, probably best known for his roles in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and I Love You, Man. [...]

September of 2009

 

Rate Lessons learned from Judd Apatow movies

Original at Western Courier external link    Wed, Sep 30

When it comes to comedy film writing, producing and directing, Judd Apatow keeps us laughing, and we keep his bathtubs full of money. His name is tied to such titles as "Anchorman," "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up," "Pineapple Express," "Talladega Nights," "Forgetting Sarah Mar...

Rate Baby mama drama

Original at New York Post external link    Mon, Sep 21

IF ever a sitcom was slated for my personal "delete" button, for sure it was going to be "Accidentally On Purpose." How could I like a show that was hyped as a knockoff of "Knocked Up," the only Judd Apatow movie that I found vile, sexist, and do...

Rate Funny People: Movie Review

Original at TVNZ external link    Wed, Sep 16

tvnz.co.nz's Darren Bevan checks out Funny People the latest film from Judd Apatow starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen.

Rate Win an 8 DVD Adam Sandler Box-Set with 'Funny People' - Flicks

Original at Contest.co.nz external link    Mon, Sep 14

By fander Funny People is in cinemas from September 17. It's the new film from comedy king Judd Apatow - the man behind The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked up - with a ridiculously good cast including Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann. The story follows a comedian who has a near-death experience....

Rate Win tickets to Funny People - More FM

Original at Contest.co.nz external link    Fri, Sep 4

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By fander In his third time directing a film, Apatow finds humor in one of the biggest struggles of a person’s lifetime. He directs ADAM SANDLER (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Anger Management), SETH ROGEN (Knocked Up, Pineapple Express) and LESLIE MANN (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgi...

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: Culture Warrior: Not-so-Funny People

Original at Film School Rejects external link    Mon, Aug 3

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By Landon Palmer With Funny People, Apatow avoids these criticisms altogether by finally making a movie that doesn’t conform itself to this repeated, and even exhausted, narrative approach, instead choosing to give a rare backstage look into the nature of comedy and what it is like to be a funny person. O...

Rate The Reject Report Hangs Out With Some Funny People

Original at Film School Rejects external link    Fri, Jul 31

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By John Cairns It’s another edition of the Reject Report and we have some big wide releases on tap this weekend. The two widest releases are the family adventure Aliiens in the Attic and the Judd Apatow laughfest Funny People, starring Adam Sandler.and Seth Rogen. And you were beginning to think we might ge...

Rate Opinion: How Dare You Not Be Charmed By Judd Apatow's Publicity Tour?!

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, Jul 30

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By Natasha VC In the waning days of his publicity blitz, Judd Apatow is blogging over at MTV in some kind of meta 'comedians-are- sensitive-beings-who-have-Google-alerts-and-read-them' promotion for Funny People. It's quite enjoyable! Oh Judd! We forgive you for Walk Hard:

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Original at Gawker external link    Sat, Jul 25

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By Foster Kamer Eegh. McCarthy goes on to slam Leslie Mann, and take us away from the Apatow and Sandler we want to see (like, incidentally, the last third of Funny People, apparently). But what'd the other trade in town think? Silly wittle Hollywood Reporter, show us what you've got:

Rate Summer Movie Review

Original at California Chronicle external link    Fri, May 1

 CA - Connie Ogle Funny People: Judd Apatow tries his hand at being a little bit serious with this film about a comedian (Adam Sandler) who, forced to face mortality, takes a young comic (Seth Rogen) under his wing. Apatow's wife Leslie Mann co-stars. ...

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Original at Contest.co.nz external link    Fri, Mar 27

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By sugapop69 Pineapple Express Select Answer Judd Apatow Michael Bay Clint Eastwood Saw V www.ripitup.co.nz *Pineapple Express* Image: http://www.ripitup.co.nz/images/comp/competition_77.jpg SETH ROGEN and EVAN GOLDBERG – the writing team behind...

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Original at First Showing external link    Fri, Feb 20

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By Alex Billington Funny People is both written and directed by comedy mastermind Judd Apatow, of 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, as well as "Freaks and Geeks", previously. The story in the film is inspired by Apatow's own real life experiences. Universal is debuting Funny People in theaters on July 31st th...

Rate Podcast: Episode Forty Eight: MOVIEGOING USA--THIS FACE HAS CHANGED

Original at Better In The Dark external link    Sat, Jan 3

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By Thomas and Derrick Outta Brooklyn In a change of pace episode, The Boys Outta Brooklyn move away from the movies to focus on the places you go to see them, movie theaters! During a freeform conversation, Tom and Derrick reminisce about their own experiences going to the movies, discuss the way the movie theater business ha...

Rate Seth and Evan Make Another Porno

Original at New York Observer external link    Tue, Nov 18

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By Christopher Rosen The pitch for the show sounds... well, like every other Judd Apatow based rip-off we've seen in the last few years. Still, we guess it's about time that the Apatovian comedy style returned to television. And while Mr. Apatow isn't directly involved in this project, we're sure Mr. Rogen will be a ca...

Rate What Judd Apatow Did To Kevin Smith [Stoner Verite]

Original at Gawker external link    Sat, Nov 1

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By Alex Carnevale Kevin Smith wants what Judd Apatow has. Using elements of the New Jersey director's brilliant comedies Clerks and Chasing Amy, Apatow built a foul-mouthed comedy empire where Smith's films always fell short of major box-office success. As the film opens this weekend, does Zack and Miri M...

Rate Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Oct 31

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By Scott Weinberg Although he's been peddling his own brand of potty-mouthed comedy since 1994, Smith seems more or less reinvigorated by the successes of a producer named Judd Apatow. Starting with The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow has written, produced, and/or directed some of the most popular R-rated c...

Rate Review: Pineapple Express

Original at current-movie-reviews.com external link    Wed, Aug 20

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By Staff Pineapple Express is the newest film produced by Judd Apatow and brought to you by the guys who made Superbad. It is co-written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Rogen also stars as Dale Denton, a process server, hated by many (subpoenas don’t tend to make people happy). To cope with his job, Dal...

Rate Opinion: Interview: Pineapple Express Director David Gordon Green

Original at First Showing external link    Sun, Aug 3

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By Alex Billington If you haven't already heard, Pineapple Express is yet another solid comedy in the vein of Apatow's previous hits and definitely will reignite the stoner genre. I'm amazed that David was able to see easily jump from a dark drama to a hilarious comedy and make it seem so easy - which is what I wa...

Rate Smith, Apatow, Snyder and Miller Liven Things Up!

Original at RopeofSilicon.com external link    Fri, Jul 25

By Brad Brevet More questions popped up. Someone asked about test audiences to which Judd Apatow answered, “I use test audiences to determine how much penis you can show in a movie and not clear a room,” referring to tests for Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Rate Opinion: Manohla Dargis Is Over Judd Apatow And His Merry Band Of Man-Children

Original at Jezebel external link    Fri, Jul 25

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By Jessica Writer/Producer/Director/Hollywood sweetheart Judd Apatow's alleged sexism has been oft-discussed 'round these parts, and in her review of the new Apatow production Step Brothers, the NY Times' Manohla Dargis explores Judd's comedic man-child meme and rips it a new asshole. Quick...

Rate Stalking 'Funny People': A Defamer Chat With Judd Apatow

Original at Defamer external link    Fri, Jul 25

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By Seth DEFAMER: So Funny People is going to be like Punchline, only with Seth Rogen in the Sally Field role? APATOW: Sherlock Holmes is being written by Etan Cohen, one of the writers of Tropic Thunder. DEFAMER: Hmm. Mysterious. Thanks, Judd!

Rate MoviesOnline Pineapple Express Interview

Original at Adoring Amber Heard external link    Wed, Jul 23

By Mycah Here’s what the director, writers and cast had to tell us about Pineapple Express: Rogen: Yes. Rogen: It’s true. Rogen: No. It’s true. Rogen: Good times. Rogen: He stayed in character. Rogen: …riffing. Rogen: Cock. Pineapple Express opens in theaters on August 6th.

Rate Podcast: Raising the Barr

Original at mevio.com external link    Wed, Apr 9

The last time we heard from Roseanne Barr was before she signed to do a run at the New York-New York. That gig came and went and now Barr is playing through May at the Sahara. She spoke to Steve about the differences between working at opposite ends of the Strip, about giving Judd Apatow and Joss W...

Rate Podcast #172: Jason Segel Interview

Original at The Frat Pack Tribute external link    Sat, Apr 5

Jason Segel is the latest Freaks and Geeks alum given the chance to headline his own film, under the watchful eye of producer Judd Apatow.  Audiences are most familiar with Segel from his role as Seth Rogen’s roommate in Knocked Up, and his weekly role on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. This time, S...

Rate Podcast #171: Kristen Bell Interview

Original at The Frat Pack Tribute external link    Thu, Apr 3

Kristen Bell is one of the fastest rising female stars in Hollywood. From her critically acclaimed former show Veronica Mars to a wildly popular guest stint on NBC’s Heroes, Bell is now moving on to the film world as the title character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the latest R-Rated romp...

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Original at deadbeatjones (WordPress) external link    Thu, Mar 27

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By deadbeatjones Saw a special premiere of the latest Judd Apatow-produced comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (opening April 18) last night. And, even though I have not seen Drillbit Taylor, I confidently state that this film makes up for that reel of celluloid dreck.

Rate Drillbit Taylor Review

Original at The Movie Blog external link    Mon, Mar 24

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By john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) Thanks for checkout out our Drillbit Taylor review. Let me say this right up front. Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow ought to be ASHAMED of themselves for this pathetic, boring, laughless and shameless Superbad carbon copy movie they’ve put out. Shame on them. My respect level for each of them has [...]

Rate Podcast #170: The World of the Frat Pack

Original at The Frat Pack Tribute external link    Mon, Mar 17

Rick Duran joins Kevin Crossman for a discussion of the Frat Pack universe. We discuss the poor box office reception of Semi-Pro and the prospects for Owen Wilson's Drillbit Taylor. Next, we discuss the upcoming Judd Apatow film starring Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler, as well as Ben Stiller'...

Rate Opinion: Walk Hard OST - Win copies

Original at IndieLondon external link    Fri, Jan 18

By Rob FROM the comedic minds of Judd Apatow (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby; Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) and director Jake Kasdan, a new music legend in Dewey Cox is born and now, for the first time ever, the songs of Cox’s fabled career are brought together on one album: W...

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Rate Podcast: Round 3: Holiday Spectacular - Five Movie Fight

Original at FightCast external link    Mon, Dec 24

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By fightcast@filmfightcast.com (Peter Sciretta / Alex Billington) Movies Mentioned: I Am Legend, Van Helsing, The Mist, Cast Away, Superbad, Walk Hard, Ghost Rider, Next, National Treasure, Beetlejuice, Batman, Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, Hairspray, Sweeney Todd, There Will Be Blood, Juno, Knocked Up In this week’s FightCast, we fight a...

Rate Walk Hard: An Early Review

Original at That's What She Said external link    Sun, Dec 16

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With Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, filmmakers Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow have created one of the most unique movie experiences in years. The film works equally as a musical parody for fans in the know, but also as standard farce for less-knowledgable moviegoers. Plus, it's an outstandin...

Rate THIS ONE TIME AT BAND CAMP

Original at ohnotheydidnt (Livejournal) external link    Thu, Sep 6

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Set Visit CS: So you would say you're more like your character on "Veronica Mars" then? CS: Judd Apatow is producing the film right? CS: What's it like working with Kristen Bell? Forgetting Sarah Marshall hits theaters on May 30, 2008.

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Original at ohnotheydidnt (Livejournal) external link    Sun, Aug 19

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During the interim, Rogen would move to Los Angeles and be discovered by Apatow when the latter was casting his high school–set TV show, Freaks and Geeks. Although Freaks was cancelled, Rogen would remain on Apatow's crew list, serving as a writer and cast member on the TV show Undeclared a...

Rate Writing a wrong

Original at GetReligion external link    Fri, Jun 15

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By Mollie My husband is a huge Judd Apatow fan, which means we saw the crassly-named film Knocked Up on the night it came out. The film is not religious, save a few mentions of the protagonist’s Judaism. But coverage of the film has touched quite a bit on religious themes.

Rate Hit Movie “Knocked Up” With a Lawsuit

Original at Wall Street Journal external link    Wed, Jun 6

By Peter Lattman The Law Blog has yet to see “Knocked Up,” but we will. Not only is it among the best-reviewed movies of the year, but we also like to think we were early on the Judd Apatow bandwagon. We’re huge fans of his cancelled TV series “Freaks and Geeks.” Why are we bothering you with this? [...]

Rate Opinion: Canadian Author Suing Judd Apatow for Ripping Off 'Knocked Up'

Original at Cinematical external link    Mon, Jun 4

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By Scott Weinberg Filed under: Comedy, Universal, Celebrities and ControversyYou might think Judd Apatow's Knocked Up is a pretty "universal" story, right? (And I don't mean just the production companty.) A booze-fueled one-night stand leads to an unexpected pregnancy, which in turn leads to an uncom...

Rate Movie Review: Knocked Up

Original at Blogcritics external link    Mon, Jun 4

By Chris Holmes Apatow, for those not familiar with him, has produced some of the biggest hit comedies of the last five years, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The 40 Year-Old Virgin. But while those movies were essentially really long sketches that relied on star power (Will Ferrell a...

Rate Movie Review: Knocked Up

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sun, Jun 3

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By Chris Beaumont Judd Apatow, serving as writer and director, once again delivers a great comedy that puts the vast majority of other Hollywood comedies to shame. He is a talent that cannot be ignored. He has delivered a movie that is easy to get into, easy to identify with, and really digs to the heart of the ma...

Rate Box Office Prediction: And Baby Makes Box Office

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Jun 1

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By Patricia Chui Knocked Up Why It Might Do Well: Judd Apatow, who directed, is a genius. There, I said it. I could go on and on about his brilliant, prematurely canceled TV show Freaks and Geeks, but many more people know about The 40-Year-Old Virgin, a sweet, smart, hilarious movie that was the runaway comed...

Rate Review: Knocked Up

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Jun 1

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By Erik Davis Once Monday morning rolls around, two things will be certain: 1) Everyone who did see Knocked Up over the weekend will find it to be the funniest film of the year so far, and 2) Judd Apatow will officially become the proud father of an instant classic. Both will happen fast -- almost instantan...

Rate Movie Review: Knocked Up

Original at /FILM external link    Thu, May 31

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) I first became aware of Apatow’s comedy with the short lived cult television show Freaks & Geeks. I later realized that Apatow was behind The Cable Guy, a very underrated dark comedy starring Jim Carrey. But enough about Apatow, let’s talk about Knocked Up.

Rate Music Review: Strange Weirdos: Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Apr 11

By writnkitten Strange Weirdos releases May 22 on Concord Records, and is the soundtrack to writer/director Judd Apatow’s follow-up to the box-office smash The 40-Year-Old Virgin. It is also a showpiece for Loudon Wainwright III and his collaborator, singer/songwriter, and producer Joe Henry who w...

Rate Gibson Goes Ape at 'Apocalypto' Talk -- Could He Learn from Apatow?

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Mar 23

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By Monika Bartyzel Filed under: Comedy, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, WarWriting about these two directors is like grabbing both ends of the spectrum. On one hand, you have Judd Apatow and his upward trajectory. Over the years, he's slowly built critical cred for himself, moving from panned p...

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