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Exclusive: Amber Ruffin (The Amber Ruffin Show) and Michael Ian Black (Wet Hot American Summer) are set for the team captain roles on Have I Got News For You, CNN’s forthcoming American adaptation of the long-running BBC comedy panel series.

A British institution produced by Hat Trick Productions since 1990, Have I Got News for You will be hosted in the States by The Daily Show alum Roy Wood Jr., as we were first to report. The series will deliver comic observations, from the satirical to the surreal, through the lens of a news quiz show, serving up a smart and edgy take on the news of the week.

Together with Wood, Ruffin and Black will guide a rotating collection of guests including notable entertainers, political figures and comedians through an array of comic games and quick-witted panel conversations that test their knowledge of current events.

Produced by Hat Trick Productions for CNN Originals,...

IFC Films has released a new trailer for Tesla. The biopic is set to chronicle the life of famed scientist Nikola Tesla, who is responsible for alternating-current, which paved the way for the modern age in many ways. Ethan Hawke is playing the iconic figure in the drama which, per the studio, "like it's subject, defies convention." As we can see from the trailer, that statement seems to be rather accurate.

The trailer kicks off by presenting Ethan Hawke as Nikola Tesla, "the greatest inventor of the age." We then get a feel for the unique way the biopic is being presented. Which is, to say the least, not a straightforward approach. The footage touches on the murky history surrounding the important figure, as well as his relationship to Thomas Edison, which is complicated and contentious. It paints Tesla as a visionary, but a complex one and the nature of...

ABC is developing a comedy series inspired by the real life friendship of Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest.

The multi-camera series is titled “Work Wife” and has received a put pilot commitment at the network. It is described as an ensemble comedy that explores the dynamics surrounding people’s “work spouses,” who have very few boundaries with each other, and how that impacts their relationships with everyone else.

Michael Ian Black will write and executive produce the series. Seacrest will executive produce via Ryan Seacrest Productions along with Rsp’s Nina Wass and Andrea Shay. Ripa will executive produce along with Mark Consuelos and Albert Bianchini under their Milojo banner. ABC Studios will produce.

Ripa and Seacrest currently co-host the syndicated ABC morning show “Live with Kelly and Ryan.” Ripa has been with the show since 2001, with Seacrest joining as her permanent co-host last year. Seacrest also serves as the...

A bachelor party, a wedding and (maybe) Schmidt’s first name, oh my!

When New Girl airs its milestone 100th episode next Tuesday (8/7c), the Fox comedy will kick off a run of very eventful spring episodes, most of them in preparation for Cece and Schmidt’s long-awaited nuptials.

But even before Cece takes that walk down the aisle, there’s other business for the show to attend to, including Jess’ return from jury duty, her first face-to-face interactions with Reagan and bachelor/bachelorette soirees that sound absolutely insane.

TVLine recently caught up with the stars and producers of New Girl...

Writer and author Michael Ian Black will command the dais as host of the New York portion of the 68th annual Writers Guild Awards at the Edison Ballroom on February 13. "As the screenwriter of the straight-to-dvd 2006 release Wedding Daze, I can think of no better person to host the 2016 Writers Guild Awards than myself," Black quipped in a statement. The WGA East also said today that presenters at the NYC event will include Tituss Burgess, Sam Esmail, Tony Goldwyn…...

Writer and author Michael Ian Black will command the dais as host of the New York portion of the 68th annual Writers Guild Awards at the Edison Ballroom on February 13. "As the screenwriter of the straight-to-dvd 2006 release Wedding Daze, I can think of no better person to host the 2016 Writers Guild Awards than myself," Black quipped in a statement. The WGA East also said today that presenters at the NYC event will include Tituss Burgess, Sam Esmail, Tony Goldwyn…...

The overarching theme of this week's 19 Kids and Counting was health and wellness.

Michelle, 49, opened up about her struggle with disordered eating as a teen, and the whole Duggar clan got involved in getting fit. (Even Josie, 5, flexed her tiny muscles!)

Let's Get Physical, Physical

Michelle was visited by her childhood best friend Cindy, whom she's known since the first grade. The two went to the gym together, and Michelle opened up about her "[struggle] with self-worth" as a teen, "before I came into the Lord."

"I ended up starting up a bad habit of making myself get sick after I would eat,...

While much of the focus of this season of 19 Kids & Counting has so far been placed on Jessa and Ben Seewald's wedding planning, this week paid some more attention to Josh, Anna and even Jim Bob and John David.

Of course, nothing in the Duggar family is more exciting than a wedding – save for perhaps a birth – and so we still got plenty of behind-the-scenes looks at Jessa and Ben's eventual 1,000-person wedding extravaganza.

John David Spends Some Qt with His ParentsAs well as being a police officer, John David, 25, works construction – and he decided to show Michelle, 48, how to use an excavator.

Lightning Entertainment, the Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company, has acquired international rights to the hit South by Southwest Film Festival comedy, Gus, starring Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Gone Baby Gone) Radha Mitchell (Olympus Has Fallen, Silent Hill) and Michael Weston (Fox’s “House,” HBO’s “Six Feet Under”), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning.

The film, which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival to rave reviews in March, marks the feature film debut of Jessie McCormack, who directed from her own script.

McCormack is also a producer alongside Kathryn Himoff, Kevin Fitzmaurice Comer and Erik Van Wyck. The film is executive produced by Richard N. Gladstein (Finding Neverland, The Cider House Rules, The Bourne Identity). The deal was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment’s Joseph Dickstein and ICM Partners on behalf of the filmmakers. ICM Partners represents Monaghan and Mitchell and is also...

Sneak Peek actress Isla Fisher ("The Great Gatsby") photographed by Chris Nicholls and styled by Zeina Esmail, in the May 2013 issue of "Fashion" magazine.

Fisher started her career playing the role of 'Shannon Reed' in the Australian soap opera "Home and Away" (1994 -1997). 

In 2002 she appeared in the film version of "Scooby-Doo" as 'Mary Jane'.

A role in "Wedding Crashers" (2005), won her the 'Breakthrough Performance Award' at the MTV Movie Awards followed by a part in "Wedding Daze" (2006). 

In 2007, Fisher appeared in "The Lookout" and "Hot Rod", followed by "Definitely, Maybe" (2008), a voice role in "Horton Hears a Who!" and a starring role in "Confessions of a Shopaholic"(2009). 

In 2010 she starred in "Burke and Hare", followed by a voice role in "Rango (2011) and another voice role in "Rise of the Guardians" (2012).

In 2013 Fisher co-stars as 'Myrtle Wilson" in "The Great Gatsby."

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The American Pie boys on growing up and making the third sequel to their smash-hit gross-out comedy

"I don't know that we'll necessarily top the first movie," says Thomas Ian Nicholas, a star of the American Pie teen-film series, which started in 1999 and will next month expand to a fourth instalment, American Pie: Reunion. "But I feel this is the best sequel."

It must be tricky territory for the franchise's five leads; bittersweet. On the one hand, the thirtysomethings clearly delight in one another's company, tirelessly joking and jostling in a London hotel. On the other hand, none would have thought, back when American Pie kickstarted five careers, they'd be 13 years in the same roles: sensitive Jim (Jason Biggs), insensitive Stifler (Seann William Scott), brawny Oz (Chris Klein), brainy Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and Nicholas's straight man, Kevin. These names, Thomas says, "will forever be stamped on our foreheads."

"It...

Slowly but surely, the cast of cult MTV comedy sketch show "The State" have been taking over Hollywood. Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant have made millions as screenwriters of films like "The Pacifier" and "Night at the Museum," while Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black have both moved into writing and directing as well, with "The Baxter" and "Wedding Daze," respectively. 

But probably the purest 'State' movie to date was "Role Models," the 2008 comedy written by David Wain and Ken Marino, with A-list buddy Paul Rudd, which went on to be something of a sleeper hit. Unfortunately, when the trio returned a few weeks ago with the Judd Apatow-produced "Wanderlust," the film tanked, but it's unlikely that means we're done seeing films from the show's alumni. Indeed, Marino, along with fellow "The State" cast-member Joe LoTruglio, who stole the show in both "Role Models" and "Wanderlust," are already working on future projects.

The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…

(Please support Fred by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)

If you’re impatient and simply can’t wait for the full season set to come out sometime early next year, you can re-watch Doctor Who: Series 6 Part 1 (BBC, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$29.98 Srp), which contains all 7 episodes comprising the first half of this split season. Since it’s not the full season set, there’s a dearth of extras - just two featurettes looking at the...

La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack release for the 1994 western Bad Girls. The album includes the expanded and remastered score fro the film composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The release is limited to 3000 copies and features more than 20 minutes of previously unreleased music. To listen to audio clips and to order the CD, visit La-La Land Records’ online store. Bad Girls is directed by Jonathan Kaplan and stars Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore.

Here’s the track list of the album:

1. The John (2:19)

2. The Hanging (2:06)

3. Which Way?* (:42)

4. The Snake (1:20)

5. The Saw Mill* (1:56)

6. Keep Moving* (:57)

7. Bank Job** (5:16)

8. The Gang/The Posse* (:56)

9. Return to the Fold* (4:06)

10. Don’t Hurt Me* (1:45)

11. Jail Break (3:27)

12. No Money (2:09)

13. The Guests* (:36)

14. Welcome to My Home* (1:20)

15. The Pleasure of Your Company* (:48)

16. Ambush (5:45)

17. What’s Your Name?...

Production has begun on Daryl Wein's Lola Versus. The film is from Groundswell Production's and Fox Searchlight Pictures and stars Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Debra Winger and Bill Pullman. Kinnaman (AMC's The Killing) replaces Orlando Bloom, who was initially cast in the role. Keep reading for the full press release for more details.

Official Press Release:

Groundswell Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures announced today that principal photography for Lola Versus began today in New York City starring Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), Zoe Lister-Jones (Breaking Upwards), Joel Kinnaman (AMC’s "The Killing"), Hamish Linklater (The Future), three time Academy Award® nominee Debra Winger (Rachel Getting Married) and Bill Pullman (Igby Goes Down). Acclaimed New York-based filmmaker Daryl Wein (Breaking Upwards) is directing from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Lister-Jones. The film has been acquired and will be released in North America, UK, France and other major...

Groundswell Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures announced today that principal photography for Lola Versus began today in New York City starring Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), Zoe Lister Jones (Breaking Upwards), Joel Kinnaman (AMC's The Killing), Hamish Linklater (The Future), three time Academy Award nominee Debra Winger (Rachel Getting Married) and Bill Pullman (Igby Goes Down). Acclaimed New York-based filmmaker Daryl Wein (Breaking Upwards) is directing from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Lister Jones. The film has been acquired and will be released in North America, UK, France and other major international territories by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Groundswell Productions is financing with Michael London and Jocelyn Hayes producing and Janice Williams executive producing. Lola Versus will be shot entirely on location in New York City.

With Lola Versus, Daryl Wein and Lister Jones, a unique couple both professionally and personally, have crafted a comedic take on modern relationships told from the female perspective.

hollywoodnews.com: Groundswell Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures announced today that principal photography for Lola Versus began today in New York City starring Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), Zoe Lister-Jones (Breaking Upwards), Joel Kinnaman (AMC?s “The Killing”), Hamish Linklater (The Future), three time Academy Award® nominee Debra Winger (Rachel Getting Married) and Bill Pullman (Igby Goes Down). Acclaimed New York-based filmmaker Daryl Wein (Breaking Upwards) is directing from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Lister-Jones. The film has been acquired and will be released in North America, UK, France and other major international territories by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Groundswell Productions is financing with Michael London and Jocelyn Hayes Simpson producing and Janice Williams executive producing. Lola Versus will be shot entirely on location in New York City.

With Lola Versus, Wein and Lister-Jones, a unique couple both professionally and personally, have crafted a comedic take on modern relationships told from the female perspective.

There’s another nun for the upcoming comedy “The Three Stooges.” Deadline has reported Jennifer Hudson joined the cast as Sister Rosemary. She will be a nun along with actress Jane Lynch (“Glee”), who will play Mother Superior, and Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), who is playing Mother Mengele. Hudson hasn’t appeared in anything since 2008. In that year, her films included “The Secret Life of Bees,” “Fragments,” and “Sex and the City.” She won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2006’s “Dreamgirls.” The film also stars Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace,” “Bucket List”), Will Sasso (“MADtv,” “Less than Perfect”), Chris Diamantopoulos (“Under New Management,” “Wedding Daze”), Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family,” “Four Brothers”) and Stephen Collins (“7th Heaven,” “Blood Diamond”). Bobby and Peter Farrelly will direct their own screenplay. The film is currently under production.Source: Deadline...

Isla Fisher isn't exactly known for her dramatic chops. She made her splash in Hollywood as the unhinged Gloria in "Wedding Crashers" and since then has mostly done stuff like "The Pleasure of Your Company," "Definitely, Maybe" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic." That said, she did impress in the underseen thriller "The Lookout" and it looks like she's ready to make a big step away from the gigs that typically earn her payday. THR reports that Fisher is in negotiations to join Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby." The bound-to-be-epic adaptation already has Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan set…...

Robert Englund's highly anticipated return to the screen as a demonic killer in "Inkubus" wrapped filming today. Check the synopsis and teaser poster after the break...

From the Press Release:

Chad A. Verdi, producer of the film stated, "Vcp has provided all funding for the development and filming of 'Inkubus.' We have an excellent script written by Carl Dupré ('Detroit Rock City,' 'Hellraiser: Hell World') and Glenn Ciano ('Homie Spumoni'), and we are excited to get started on the first installment of this budding franchise."

Producer Michael Corrente ("Outside Providence," "American Buffalo," "Brooklyn Rules," "A Door in the Floor") stated, "I was pleasantly surprised at how the project came to fruition: This film comes out of a screenwriting competition I started two years ago in Providence. To watch this project evolve into a film with this cast and story is amazing."

The cast includes...

And it's a wrap on the new thriller starring Robert Englund. Of course we are referring to Verdi Corrente Productions' Inkubus, and now that it's in the can, we have a couple of more details for you including a website and a synopsis.

From the Press Release:

Chad A. Verdi, producer of the film stated, "Vcp has provided all funding for the development and filming of 'Inkubus.' We have an excellent script written by Carl Dupré ('Detroit Rock City,' 'Hellraiser: Hell World') and Glenn Ciano ('Homie Spumoni'), and we are excited to get started on the first installment of this budding franchise."

Producer Michael Corrente ("Outside Providence," "American Buffalo," "Brooklyn Rules," "A Door in the Floor") stated, "I was pleasantly surprised at how the project came to fruition: This film comes out of a screenwriting competition I started two years ago in Providence. To watch...

Like we needed to tell you Robert Englund was the original "Freddy". I suppose from now on we will have to do that, just to make sure Robert isn't forgotten. We just got word that Englund joins the already impressive cast of 'Inkubu'...

Englund will play the monster and the cast so far includes William Forsythe ("Halloween," "The Devil's Rejects," "The Rock," "Raising Arizona"), Joey Fatone ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "The Cooler," "Homie Spumoni"), Jonathan Silverman ("Weekend at Bernie's," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Death Becomes Her"), Mike Cerrone ("Me Myself and Irene," "Stuck on You," "Outside Providence") and Michelle Ray Smith ("Wedding Daze") will complete this exciting ensemble cast with Glenn Ciano sitting in the directors seat.

Plot Synopsis: "Inkubus" tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift at a soon to be demolished police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when the demon, Inkubus (Robert Englund...

Actor-comedian Rob Corddry will host The Hollywood Reporter's 36th annual Key Art Awards on June 15 at the Beverly Hilton.

The Key Art Awards is the only competition in which working professionals honor their peers for designing and creating movie marketing materials. The awards cover 29 categories, including posters, trailers, TV spots and standees as well as print, outdoor, Internet, home entertainment and co-branded advertising. Nominations will be announced Wednesday.

Corddry, on the big screen with Will Ferrell and Jon Heder in Blades of Glory, appears in the upcoming comedies The Pleasure of Your Company, starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher; The Seven Day Itch, with Ben Stiller; and The Ten, with Jessica Alba, Famke Janssen and Amanda Peet. Corddry recently starred in his own Fox series The Winner from writers-producers Seth MacFarlane and Ricky Blitt. He also was a senior correspondent for four years on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

"Rob Corddry's unique personality and creative comedic style makes him the perfect host for this year's Key Art Awards," THR publisher John Kilcullen said.

NEW YORK -- In something of a coup for producer-financier GreeneStreet Films and fellow producers Fugitive Films, MGM has nabbed all North American rights to the romantic comedy The Pleasure of Your Company. Writer-director Michael Ian Black's feature, which had its world premiere this month at the Toronto International Film Festival, centers on an unlucky guy (Jason Biggs) who dresses up like cupid to propose to his girlfriend and ends up scaring her to death. With some goading from a friend, he gives romance another try by spontaneously proposing to a waitress (Isla Fisher), only to experience more misadventures on the road to love. Edward Herrmann, Joe Pantoliano, Joanna Gleason, Margo Martindale and Rob Corddry round out the cast. Black created the TV series Stella and starred in The Baxter and Wet Hot American Summer. Pleasure and the Vietnam war thriller Rescue Dawn are the only two films in this month's Toronto fest to be picked up by a major distributor -- in both cases, MGM. After serving as a distribution arm for companies such as the Weinstein Co. and Bauer Martinez, MGM in its latest moves is acquiring more features of its own like Pleasure.

New York-based GreeneStreet Films announced plans to expand its operations next month to a new Los Angeles office. The production company, which has the romantic comedy The Pleasure of Your Company at the Toronto International Film Festival, will send its head of production, Tim Williams, to the West Coast to oversee all aspects of the new office and increase his duties to creating a slate of films. He will be joined by new West Coast director of development Melanie Shanley, who most recently served as a story editor at Dimension Films. Additional L.A. employees will be announced.

TORONTO -- For the first time in its 31-year history, the Toronto International Film Festival will this year offer Sales Premiere screenings, a program shown exclusively to buyers, along with a new marketing initiative allowing sales agents to promote their films via transit system posters and 3-D displays. The trial program, available to a limited selection of buyers who purchase a premium pass, will feature 10 films. They include The Bubble, El Cantante, The Dog Problem, The Fall, Hula Girls, The Magic Flute, Penelope, The Pleasure of Your Company, Rescue Dawn and a film still in negotiations at press time. Each screening will take place after a film has its first festival showing, and some will be concurrent with press and industry screenings. They will use venues offering 70-1,400 seats in early mornings and late evenings.

TORONTO -- For the first time in its 31-year history, the Toronto International Film Festival will this year offer Sales Premiere screenings, a program shown exclusively to buyers, along with a new marketing initiative allowing sales agents to promote their films via transit system posters and 3-D displays. The trial program, available to a limited selection of buyers who purchase a premium pass, will feature 10 films. They include The Bubble, El Cantante, The Dog Problem, The Fall, Hula Girls, The Magic Flute, Penelope, The Pleasure of Your Company, Rescue Dawn and a film still in negotiations at press time. Each screening will take place after a film has its first festival showing, and some will be concurrent with press and industry screenings. They will use venues offering 70-1,400 seats in early mornings and late evenings.