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Kate Micucci said Monday that she is cancer-free after having surgery a week ago following a lung cancer diagnosis.

The Big Bang Theory alum took to TikTok over the weekend to thank well-wishers “for of the good wishes and all the love” after revealing her diagnosis.

“I have great news which is that I am cancer-free,” she said Saturday. “The surgery last week went great, all the reports I got back are that it worked out and I don’t need to do any more treatment.”

She also thanked her nurses and doctors for the care and for “figuring [the diagnosis] out early, because I am very very lucky and I know that.”

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Thank you to everyone who sent good wishes this week. It meant so much to me! ❤️ #cancerfree #solucky #update #goodnews #goodnewsontiktok #lungcancer

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Last Tuesday, Micucci, 43, shared on TikTok that she underwent lung cancer surgery December 11. She said the diagnosis was a surprise because she’s never smoked. “But I guess it happens, and so the greatest news is they caught it early, they got it out — I’m all good,” she said at the time.

Mucci most recently was cast in a voice role for the upcoming animated Angry Birds Mystery Island TV series. Her other credits include NBC’s Four Kings, Scrubs, Till Death, Raising Hope, Steven Universe, How I Met Your Mother and Malcolm in the Middle, among others. Film credits include The Last Hurrah, Bart Got a Room and When in Rome.

Also an artist and a musician, she and Riki Lindhome comprise the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates.

Kate Micucci, who portrayed Lucy on The Big Bang Theory, has revealed she was diagnosed with lung cancer.

“This is not a TikTok, it’s a SickTok”, the 43-year-old actress and comedian said in a video she shared on TikTok after undergoing surgery for the disease.

“I had lung cancer surgery yesterday,” Micucci said from the hospital. “It’s really weird because I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life so uh, you know, it was a surprise. But I guess it happens and so the greatest news is they caught it early, they got it out — I’m all good.”

“It’s been a little bit of a trip,” she added, “I’ll probably be moving slow for a few weeks, but then I’ll be back at it.”

“Why am I still talking? … ‘cause I’m on drugs!” she quipped as she gave a thumbs up.

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Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company have announced the DVD release of the “hilarious” (Ariana Anderson, Bust) comedy, Dirty Girl, from first time writer-director Abe Sylvia. Dirty Girl, which won the HBO Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2011 Provincetown International Film Festival, features a top-notch cast that includes Juno Temple (Atonement) in the title role, Milla Jovovich (Stone), William H. Macy (Bart Got A Room), Mary Steenburgen (The Proposal), Dwight Yoakam (Panic Room), and newcomer Jeremy Dozier. In the same vein as such audience favorites as Juno and Little Miss Sunshine, Dirty Girl heads to retail on January 17, 2012 for an Srp of $29.98 for the DVD.

We are delighted to announce that we have one copy of the DVD and one copy of the Soundtrack to give away.

In his review for The Hollywood Reporter, film critic Michael Rechtshaffen called Dirty Girl “a genuine crowd-pleaser.” Hellin Kay of...

George Clooney and his Smokehouse producing partner Grant Heslov have optioned Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli's account of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Additionally, they have hired Brian Hecker (Bart Got a Room) and Craig Sherman (New Suit) to write the adaptation. I always prefer a biopic that focuses on a specific period of time rather than try to arc out an entire lifetime. So I am encouraged that the book appears to focus on the three years the show was on the air (1967-69), which will be plenty for the movie. Created by Tom and Dick Smothers, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour featured skits, the brothers' folk songs, and popular music acts like George Harrison, Ray Charles, and in an infamous appearance, The Who. It quickly evolved into the go-to show for edgy, incisive comedy at the height of the Vietnam War era, especially for young audiences. The writing...

Cheryl Hines arrives for the 2011 Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Hines has appeared in a number of television series, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Brothers & Sisters, and Father of the Pride. Her film work includes Herbie Fully Loaded, Good Night Vagina, Bart Got a Room, and Space Chimps. Photo: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

by Perri Nemiroff

The cast of “The Oranges” is growing a whole lot juicier. Just after word got out that "House" star Hugh Laurie could make the dark comedy his much-anticipated first lead role in a film, The Hollywood Reporter announces that a slew of top-notch actors are interested in joining him. Adam Brody, Alia Shawkat, Catherine Keener and Allison Janney are all in negotiations to sign onto TV director Julian Farino’s debut in the features department.

The script by Ian Helfer and Jay Reiss, which you may remember as the piece holding the #2 spot on the 2008 black list, has Laurie starring as man who gets romantic with the daughter of a family friend. That young lady was speculated to be played by either Leighton Meester or Mila Kunis, but according to the THR report, Meester has won out.

The unconventional relationship causes family drama, particularly with Laurie’s...

Baked goods have a shelf life for good reason. I don't care how good the original pie was, after ten fucking years, it's going to be shitty and nauseating. Now on its Seventh incarnation, I'm praying to the god Flickus, god of direct-to-dvd, and Frattus, god of collegiate antics, that the lame American Pie series be taken out back and given the ol' double-barrel buh-bye. Bury the remains in hallowed earth, and then salt it so nothing may grow from it again. American Pie is now prepackaged like dollar store cake-mix boxes molded from a warehouse flood. The jokes stopped being funny four movies ago, they've run out of things to stick it in or have stuck in themselves, and they're recycling hit-on/burn lines that were old when the Pie was still fresh. The first film might have been my generation's Breakfast Club, igniting a few careers with a...

If there's one thing we love to do, it's giving stuff away. Seriously, we've been doing it for so many years, we can't even recall why we ever started. Everything from CDs and DVDs to jewelry and perfumes to movie tickets and clothing. Sure, it costs us quite a lot every single month; prizes are often donated but we also purchase them ourselves, and we have always burdened the shipping costs, which can be quite high when you consider they are mailed all over the world. We average one prize for every day of the year, or thirty in any given month. That amounts to thousands of prizes in just the past three years alone. With a focus on celebrities, we've always had Jonas Brothers and Twilight merchandise, Miley Cyrus for the kids, and much more, always more. So what are you waiting for? Find out what you've been missing.

If there's one thing we like to do, it's giving stuff away. Seriously, we've been doing it for so many years, we can't even recall why we ever started. Everything from CDs and DVDs to jewelry and perfumes to movie tickets and clothing. Sure, it costs us quite a lot every single month; prizes are often donated but we also purchase them ourselves, and we have always burdened the shipping costs, which can be quite high when you consider they are mailed all over the world. We average one prize for every day of the year, or thirty in any given month. That amounts to thousands of prizes in just the past three years alone. With a focus on celebrities, we've always had Jonas Brothers and Twilight merchandise, Miley Cyrus for the kids, and much more, always more. So what are you waiting for? Find out what you've been missing.

Nerdy high school senior Danny (newcomer Steven Kaplan) has spent six hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tux for his prom. He's only missing one thing: The girl. Hampered by well-intentioned but clueless advice from his newly-divorced parents (William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines) and unsympathetic mocking from his best friends (Brandon Hardesty, Alia Shawkat), Danny battles peer pressure, teen angst and his own raging hormones as he desperately searches for a prom date. Bart Got a Room was written and directed by South Florida native, Brian Hecker. To celebrate Anchor Bay's release of the film on DVD, we sat down to chat with Hecker about making this hilarious coming-of-age comedy. To watch our interview, click the video clip below.

Bart Got a Room is in stores now.

Year: 2009

Directors: Brian Hecker

Writers: Brian Hecker

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Tommy

Rating: 7 out of 10

“Sing, Sing, Sing, With A Swing” by Benny Goodman is the first song that you hear as this great film starts up; it takes you back to the fifties with the soundtrack and, then thwarts you into the life of poor Danny and his struggle to get a date for the prom. He’s got the essentials: the tuxedo, the limousine and the hotel room, no thanks to his newly divorced parents, played by William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines, who’s advice gives poor Danny even more trouble to deal with most of the time.

Having watched this poignant film twice, I picked up a lot more of the subtleties, such as: as Danny passes the Ems team he sees them lifting a body into the back of an ambulance, and that...

Chicago – The Round-Up is back with a quintet of standard DVDs that may have gone unnoticed in your latest Best Buy circular. There’s at least one very good movie in here and a few unique independent offerings that you might want to take a peek at. We wish we had time to cover these titles in more depth, but here are the details - synopsis, cast, features - that you really need to know.

“Horsemen” was released on July 14th, 2009.

“Bad Lieutenant,” “Bart Got a Room,” “Big Man Japan,” and “The Great Buck Howard” will be released on July 28th, 2009.

“Bad Lieutenant: Special Edition”

Photo credit: Lionsgate Synopsis: “Harvey Keitel is a nameless New York cop, hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling, and sex. As he makes his way to various crime scenes, he is concerned only with taking bets from his fellow cops on the outcome of the ongoing National League playoffs.

Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing the comic gem, "Bart Got a Room," the 2008 film festival favorite, on DVD July 28, 2009. Written and directed by South Florida native, Brian Hecker, the coming-of-age film is set in the pastel pink suburbs of Miami and stars William H. Macy ("The Cooler"), Cheryl Hines (.Curb Your Enthusiasm.), Jennifer Tilly (.Bullets Over Broadway"), Alia Shawkat (the upcoming Whip It!), and newcomer Steven Kaplan as the film.s centerpiece character, Danny Stein. Hecker is currently co-writing the screenplay for the upcoming bio-pic, "Atari." The film also features YouTube star, Brandon Hardesty, and debuted at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival to sold-out shows and critical acclaim. Most recently, the film received the...

See the trailer as well as new clips and interviews from Anchor Bay Entertainment's comedy "Bart Got a Room," starring Starring Steven Kaplan, Alia Shawkat, Brandon Hardesty, Jennifer Tilly, Cheryl Hines and William H. Macy. Brian Hecker makes his feature-length debut on the project, helming from his own screenplay. The film which made its debut at last year's Tribeca Film Festival and later saw a limited theatrical release. This comes out on DVD on July 28th. Nerdy high school senior Danny (newcomer Steven Kaplan) has spent six hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tux for his prom. He’s only missing one thing—the girl. Hampered by well-intentioned but clueless advice from his newly-divorced parents (William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines) and unsympathetic mocking from his best friends...

Latino Review is reporting that Alia Shawkat – better known as the acerbic teenager, Maeby, on the godlike and gone-too-soon sitcom, Arrested Development – has joined the cast of the Kristen Stewart-starring Joan Jett biopic, The Runaways.According to them, Shawkat will play Robin, a fictional character who may or may not be an amalgam of several of the teen girl group’s bass players (they went through them like Spinal Tap goes through drummers), including Micki Steele, Peggy Foster, Jackie Fox, Flea, Mike Mills and Jim Tavare.If the rumour is true, then it represents a decided upturn in fortunes for Shawkat, who’s been possibly the only Arrested Development alum to have fared less than well since the show ended in 2006.While the likes of Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Michael Cera have been carving out movie careers, she’s cropped up in the likes of Prom Wars and Bart Got A Room.

By: Erik Davis (reposted from our Tribeca Film Festival review - Bart Got A Room opened this weekend in New York, Los Angeles and South Florida)

I'm happy to say one of the films I was most looking forward to this year actually lived up to my expectations -- and though it's still very early in the festival, Bart Got a Room is easily my personal favorite so far. It's not complex, it's not much different from other nerdy-teen-needs-date-for-prom flicks, but it sure as hell packs a ton of heart and has a lot of fun. It's alive, it's colorful, it's got well-written characters and more than a handful of memorable scenes; if I had to describe this film in one sentence, my pitch would go something like: Picture a contemporary version of Brighton Beach Memoirs if it featured an only child and was set in South Florida. That's Bart Got a Room.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for Universal’s “Fast & Furious,” the actioner unspools into 3, 462 venues across America. Justin Lin returns to the helm of the Neal H. Moritz, Michael Fottrell and Vin Diesel production, directing from the screenplay by his “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift” writer Chris Morgan. The record of previous films in the franchise: · “The Fast and the Furious” – Opened on June 22nd, 2001 in the top spot with $40.7 million from 2,899 theatres before ending off with $144.5 million in the U.S. and $62.7 million overseas. Budget was $38 million. · “2 Fast 2 Furious” – The sequel opened on June 6th of 2003 with $50.4 million and finished with $127.1 million. International gross was over $109.1 million. · “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” – The lowest grossing of the three without Paul Walker or Vin Diesel in the lead. Lucas Black starred and the film managed $62.5 million domestically and $95.9 million overseas. The pairing up of the...

This week finds us lampooning the '50s, waxing nostalgic about the '80s and lamenting the fact that Vin Diesel ever made it out of the early '00s. There are also high school kids trying to get off, Brian Cox trying to get out and the finest nomadic goat herder rom-com you'll ever see.

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Having played no small part in shepherding in the current bromance boom, "Superbad" director Greg Mottola reverts back to the more traditional boy-meets-girl formula for this '80s comedy based on his own experience working amidst the disheveled and dispirited at a Long Island theme park. Perennially awkward Jesse Eisenberg stars as James Brennan, who, having realized a tad too late that a degree in renaissance literature was not the fastest track to six figures, resigns himself to minimum wage eternity while making...

In Bart Got a Room, nerdy high school senior Danny (newcomer Steven Kaplan) has spent six hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tux for his prom. He's only missing one thing-the girl. Hampered by well-intentioned but clueless advice from his newly-divorced parents (William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines) and unsympathetic mocking from his best friends (Brandon Hardesty, Alia Shawkat), Danny battles peer pressure, teen angst and his own raging hormones as he desperately searches for a prom date. "What other evening in your life is as big? Maybe your wedding night, but odds are that's gonna end in divorce anyway," muses Danny's friend Craig as the two pals lounge poolside in the decidedly unhip retirement community town they call home. Danny's luckless quest turns to panic when he learns that even Bart-the school's biggest dweeb-has secured not only a date, but also a hotel room for the...

Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from Bart Got A Room, featuring William H. Macy (complete with awesome Jewfro) and newcomer Steven J. Kaplan. One of my favorite films from last year's Tribeca Film Festival, Bart Got A Room follows one skinny, nerd-ish dude on his quest to find a prom date and secure a hotel room for himself and said prom date, all while navigating his way around two embarrassing parents (played by Macy and Cheryl Hines) and a host of potential female lovers.

Back when I reviewed Bart Got A Room, I called it "a contemporary version of Brighton Beach Memoirs if it featured an only child and was set in South Florida." The film itself is pretty damn funny, and Macy steals the show as a sex-starved divorced dad who has no problem sharing his thoughts with whoever may be in the room. Check him out in the scene below,...

Nerdy high school senior Danny Stein has spent hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tuxedo for his prom, but he has one thing missing, his date, as seen in the first trailer of "Bart Got a Room". Though in desperate need of finding a date for the upcoming prom, the video footage first points out that Danny thinks he is not the biggest loser in the school.

As the trailer continues with his search for a prom date, it is revealed that the school's biggest dweeb, Bart, has not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well. As if battling peer pressure is not enough, Danny has to deal with his parents' independent search for love and their well-intentioned but clueless advice.

Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 2008, "Bart Got a Room" is a comedy movie from writer/director Brian Hecker.

There is nothing like indie comedies that aren't afraid to approach the topic of high school dating or, even more racy, high school sex. Bring in prom and it's impossible to avoid the topic. Director/writer Brian Hecker gives us Bart Got a Room, what looks to be a terrific comedy starring William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines and Steven Kaplan.

Bart Got a Room Trailer & Poster

Nerdy high school senior Danny (newcomer Steven Kaplan) has spent six hundred bucks on the hotel room, the limo and the tux for his prom. He.s only missing one thing.the girl. Hampered by well-intentioned but clueless advice from his newly-divorced parents (William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines) and unsympathetic mocking from his best friends (Brandon Hardesty, Alia Shawkat), Danny battles peer pressure, teen angst and his own raging hormones as he desperately searches for a prom date.

I have been waiting for a trailer for this flick since it premiered at Last Years Tribeca, man I really hate when it takes this long. It stars William H. Macy sporting a globetrotters style afro, slammin'! Bgar will finally be getting a limited theatrical release, courtesy of Anchor Bay, on April 3rd.

While Danny's father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny's search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school's biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.

Trailer after the break.

NEW YORK -- On the heels of deals for films starring John Cusack, Julia Stiles and Leonardo DiCaprio, Plum Pictures is beefing up its staff with new heads of production, development and postproduction.

Pamela Hirsch will head physical production and serve as executive producer on Plum films. Joy Goodwin will head development, and Riva Marker will head postproduction. In addition, Plum has promoted Carina Alves to director of creative affairs.

Hirsch has co-produced Plum projects for two years, including Dedication and Watching the Detectives. She also executive-produced Plum's forthcoming Laws of Motion, starring Matthew Perry and Hilary Swank; Diminished Capacity, starring Matthew Broderick and Virginia Madsen; Trucker; and Bart Got a Room. Before working with the company, Hirsch co-produced Shortbus and worked on several New York-based indie features.

Goodwin is an Emmy-winning television producer who has worked on projects for ABC, A&E, the History Channel, NBC and Lifetime. She helped develop Plum's Capacity and Trucker and has written about theater for the New York Times and the New Yorker.

NEW YORK -- William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat and Steven Kaplan will star in Brian Hecker's coming-of-age comedy Bart Got a Room for Plum Pictures.

Kaplan plays Bart, a high school senior living in a Florida retirement community with bickering parents (Macy and Hines). The nerdy teen struggles to find a date to his prom with the help of his best friend (Shawkat).

Plum is producing Bart in association with Hart-Lunsford Pictures, Shrink Media Inc., Basra Entertainment, and Benedek Films. Principal photography begins this month in Florida.

Plum's Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray, and Daniela Taplin Lundberg will produce with Shrink's Jai Stefan and Basra's Tony Shawkat. Ed Hart, Bruce Lunsford, Pam Hirsch, Dina Burke, Stephen Benedek, Mario Fallone, Randy Simon, and Michael LeFetra will executive produce.

Macy's many feature credits include Fargo and Wild Hogs. Hines, who recently appeared in Waitress, co-starred with Shawkat on Fox's Arrested Development. The film marks Kaplan's feature debut.