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Bernie Brillstein Dies
The TV ZoneBoy, here's a huge departure in the show business world: Bernie Brillstein has died. The Associated Press announced this earlier today in a brief dispatch saying "that Brillstein died of heart disease at a Los Angeles hospital at about 9......Tags: Gilda Radner, Jimmy Durante, Paramount, Public Employees, Michael Apted
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High-Profile Wiretapping Trial Wrapping Up
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- A federal prosecutor has started wrapping up his case against Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and a high-powered lawyer. In his closing argument Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Saunders claims the defendants' taped phone...Tags: Justice System, Sylvester Stallone, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Organized Crime, Trials
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'Ghostbusters,' 'Sopranos' Producer Bernie Brillstein Dies
Zap2It.comBernie Brillstein, the Hollywood power broker who helped produce shows like "The Sopranos" and managed the careers of "Saturday Night Live" comedians, has died. He was 77. The studio head, manager, producer and talent agent died of chronic pulmonary...Tags: Gilda Radner, William Morris, Manhattan (New York City), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), New York
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Hollywood 'father figure' nurtured careers, shows
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES — Bernie Brillstein, a legendary show-business talent manager and producer who guided the careers of performers John Belushi, Gilda Radner and "Muppets" creator Jim Henson and helped bring "Saturday Night Live" and other shows to...Tags: Gilda Radner, William Morris, Paramount, Culture, Public Employees
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Comedian testifies in wiretapping trial
Comedian Garry Shandling injected the first dose of star power into Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano's wiretapping trial Thursday, testifying that he was troubled to find his name on an unauthorized background check. Shandling was shown...Tags: Prosecution, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Trials, Los Angeles
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Ex-private eye is cordial from the defendant's chair
Time Staff WriterEditor's note: Rachel Abramowitz will be periodically checking in on the trial of Anthony Pellicano -- former private eye to the stars, who faces 110 counts of racketeering, wiretapping, conspiracy and other federal charges -- and writing about what the...Tags: Law Enforcement, Paramount, Police, Justice System, Public Employees
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Mike Myers and Adam Sandler return to film comedy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterARE YOU ready for "Zohan" vs. "Guru"? Next month, Adam Sandler ("You Don't Mess With the Zohan") and Mike Myers ("The Love Guru") will put out new movies -- pieces of funny business that will open with much fanfare and then fade away, before returning on...Tags: Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Rob Lowe, Rob Schneider, National Basketball Association
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Comedy's critic Andy Kindler hopes to fit in on Comedy Central
Special to The TimesANDY KINDLER has spent his life onstage attempting to ward off the lowest common denominator in entertainment -- and what thanks has it got him? While fellow stand-up comics appreciate his meta-take on their business, audiences may recognize him from his...Tags: Jay Leno, MySpace, Simon Cowell, Michael Richards, David Letterman
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Hollywood case like a B movie
Jury selection was completed Wednesday in the long-anticipated wiretapping trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano, and federal prosecutors released a list of potential witnesses that included Hollywood stars and executives. The 127-name...Tags: Police, Michelle Johnson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, News Media, Trials
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'Freaks' catapults Apatow into big-screen collaborations
Tribune Newspapers: The Baltimore SunGrab-bag movie parodies have been bonanzas ever since that slapstick disaster epic "Airplane!" in 1980. Yet few have matched that film's non-stop hilarity until "Walk Hard," starring John C. Reilly as fictional rock 'n' roller Dewey Cox in an unbuttoned...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Air and Space Accidents, Gang Activity, Ben Stiller, Crimes
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Gervais Says Farewell to 'Extras'
Zap2It.comEvery so often, the unassuming Ricky Gervais erupts with his trademark laugh, which sounds as one might imagine a hyena on a bender would. Wearing well-worn jeans and a black T-shirt, Gervais, 46, uses his day off from his first star turn in a film,...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Salman Rushdie, Philosophy, New York, David Bowie
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What makes Brooks and Apatow laugh?
Funny people would rather be funny than talk about how to be funny.
As a result, the promise by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that writers Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks and Larry Gelbart would “crack the code of contemporary screen...Tags: Cameron Diaz, Ernst Lubitsch, Larry Gelbart, Adam Sandler, Academy Awards
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