Comedy today is at a ‘golden age’ and Louis CK is one of the greatest beneficiaries of this new age in comedy. And Louis doesn’t shy away from acknowledging his good fortune: “The amount I get paid by these promoters is crazy…I could make $100,000 in a night,” he said about two years ago to…
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Charlie Sheen Sues Warner Bros. “Big” Time: Who’s Winning Yet?
Last month, the Charlie Sheen saga entered a brand new phase when the Hollywood studio Warner Bros. fired him from the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. At the time he was fired, Sheen was yet to complete about eight episodes in the 24- episode schedule of his latest contract signed in May…
Standoff at the Golden Globes: The Big Rumble in the Backroom
On January 16, celebrity British comedian Ricky Gervais will host the 68th Annual Golden Globes ceremony with all its usual fanfare and more. Only this time there are such dark clouds gathering on the horizon that the awards ceremony of January 2011 may well be the last time that we’ll see the Globes the way…