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'This Is 40' – Not 'Knocked Up' But A Step Closer
12/26/2012
This Is 40 is not Knocked Up, the 2007 Judd Apatow-directed hit movie it has been loosely connected to as a “sort-of-sequel.” Where Knocked Up struck a fine balance between raunchy humor and serious subject matter (an unexpected pregnancy) by starting out hilarious and slowly drifting into a more dramatic film, This Is 40 jumps back and forth between comedy and drama as if the two genres were playing a heated game of ping pong.
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Keira Knightley Caught Kissing Mark Ruffalo
07/20/2012
James Righton, look away now! That's your fiancée, Keira Knightley, smooching with co-star Mark Ruffalo on the New York City set of their new movie, Can A Song Save Your Life? The film, produced by Judd Apatow, also stars Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine as Knightley's musician boyfriend, who leaves her when he decides to embark on a solo career without her.
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Adam Levine Gives A Clark Kent Stare On 'Can A Song Save Your Life?' Set
07/13/2012
Maroon 5 frontman and The Voice judge Adam Levine already has a firm grip on both the music and television industries, and now he's setting his sights on movies. Levine was recently spotted on the Manhattan set of his new film Can A Song Save Your Life?, produced by Judd Apatow and co-starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo.
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Girls
04/16/2012
For the brilliantly observed Girls, HBO’s latest foray into the realm of half-hour comedy, the network has paired writer/star Lena Dunham, current darling of the indie scene, with exec producer Judd Apatow, king of the thirty-something life crisis comedy, in what appears to be a match made in heaven.
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VIDEO: 'Girls' Premiere: Brutally Honest Look At 20-Something Brooklynites
04/16/2012
After constant hype and a massive advertising push by HBO, the offbeat Girls, co-produced by Judd Apatow and relative newcomer, Tiny Furniture's Lena Dunham, premiered on Sunday night. The brutally honest Girls, about 20-somethings navigating through romance and career woes in Brooklyn (as opposed to the glitzy Manhattan, which the ladies of Sex and the City, with which Girls has been compared, called home) stars Allison Williams (daughter of NBC's Brian Williams), Zosia Mamet (daughter of David Mamet), and Jemima Kirke.
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SPOILERS: Is 'Girls' A Grittier 'Sex And The City'
04/12/2012
In the spirit of the Judd Apatow frenzy that has colored the last decade in comedic filmmaking comes HBO's new show, Girls, starring relative newcomer, Tiny Furniture's Lena Dunham (pictured), who also created, executive produced, wrote, and directed the series.
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Wanderlust
03/03/2012
Whether you choose to interpret Wanderlust as just another David Wain (Role Models, Children’s Hospital) comedy profuse with quirky characters and jubilant silliness, or as the next in an endless litany of mediocre Jennifer Aniston rom-coms, is entirely up to you.
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Heather Locklear Engaged To 'Melrose Place' Co-star Jack Wagner
08/15/2011
Amanda Woodward and Dr. Peter Burns are together again — this time in real life. Actress Heather Locklear and her former Melrose Place co-star Jack Wagner are now engaged, People reports. Locklear, 50, and Wagner, 51, who portrayed Woodward and Burns on Fox's primetime soap in the '90s, have been dating since 2007.
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Judd Apatow Ready For 'Knocked Up' Spinoff
01/07/2011
Have you recovered from the memorably graphic birth scene in Knocked Up? Let's hope so, because Judd Apatow is ready to deliver his next project. The director confirmed he will write and produce a new movie starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann based off their characters in the 2007 hit comedy.
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VIDEO: Daniel Radcliffe: 'I Am Harry Potter'
11/24/2010
He's not an actor playing a wizard, he's a wizard playing an actor. Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has come out to the world about the truth: he is Harry Potter. In a video for the Web site Funny or Die, Radcliffe was interviewed by Judd Apatow about his role in the popular franchise when he revealed a startling fact.
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Funny People
08/05/2009
The popular definition of comedy is a culmination of jokes, satire and sarcasm that aim to explore reality, shed light on everyday occurrences and bring happiness to the public. On the contrary, humor is also often used as a mechanism to escape the challenges of life and cushion the retrieval of bad news.
