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Medical comedy Scrubs is renewed for a ninth series, despite low ratings and the loss of star Zach Braff.

Variety reports that Lindsay Lohan will topline indie fantasy comedy The Other Side alongside Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews and Alanis Morissette.

"Used Guys," the Ben Stiller/Jim Carrey project that famously died on the vine at Fox a few years ago, appears to be finding new life -- with Reese Witherspoon joining Stiller.

Freelance writers send in jokes, hoping to hear them on TV. The pay? $75 to $100. It may violate the WGA's contract, but enforcement is tough.

"Beautiful day in New York City," David Letterman mused on the "Late Show" recently. "Am I right about that? A gorgeous day.

Vanina Marsot's first novel, "Foreign Tongue," is a rare and canny creature: a brainy, sexy, romantic comedy of letters -- albeit one whose plot is set in motion too predictably by a humiliating breakup with a cheating boyfriend.

Christine Spines on the perfect promo one-sheet for Sacha Baron Cohen's summer comedy

There has never been a Tom Robbins book where you didn't get the impression he was winking at you, but this one doesn't even let you get past the cover. B is for Beer is truly a lark even for...

Marlon Wayans will star in THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY, a comedy about a dude who spends a year trying to strictly obey the rules of the Old and New Testaments, with both funny and enlightening results. Julian Fariano ("Entourage") will direct. Of course, great news that he is out making a comedy that isn't being produced, written, directed, catered, promoted, and edited by family members. And since this...

MGM and the Farrelly brothers are closing in on their cast for “The Three Stooges.” Studio has set Sean Penn to play Larry, and negotiations are underway with Jim Carrey to play Curly, with the actor already making plans to gain 40 pounds to approximate the physical dimensions of Jerome “Curly” Howard.

To back his upcoming interview antics in “Bruno”, Sacha Baron Cohen created 30 or more fake companies, complete with detailed artificial websites, several of which have just vanished from the internet.