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"I'm glad Heath Ledger died, and I'll tell you why." Artie Lange begins his new CD/DVD, "Jack and Coke," with this startling line, letting those who are easily offended know they should stay away from the rest of it.

Snoop Dogg wants to step into Oprah Winfrey's shoes. The rapper claims he is the ideal candidate to take over from the legendary talk show host when she stops making her self-titled programme in 2010.

What I'm Seeing This Week 2012 , The Fantastic Mr. Fox , and Youth in Revolt . I'm oddly excited for all three of these films, though for wildly divergent reasons.

When the mayor of a city is forced to resign after a corruption investigation, citizens would not likely be ready to support a recovering alcoholic and heroin addict to be his replacement, but one grassroots web campaign is seeking to accomplish just that result.

"The Daily Show" alum Rob Corddry has sealed a rich, multiplatform overall deal with Warner Bros.

Who: Snoop Dogg , Method Man, Redman, Devin the Dude and The Hustle Boys. What: Rap/hip-hop. When: 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham For those unlucky souls who weren't able to behold the wonder as it scrolled down your monitors, I conducted a two-hour chat Friday that bordered on rapturous .

Former " Daily Show " comic Rob Corddry has inked a new Internet and TV deal with Warner Bros.

Film fans like Vince Vaughn because, well, he's likable. Especially when he slips into the fast-talking, misguided yet well-meaning, man-boy mentor persona many moviegoers know and love.

Vince Vaughn's latest film, 'Couples Retreat,' opens Friday. The relationship comedy co-stars Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and longtime Vaughn buddy Jon Favreau.

Our roundup of Vince Vaughn's "money" and not-so-money movies from sci-fi mind trips to old-school bromedies... Christine Champ , Oct 07, 2009 Film fans like Vince Vaughn because, well, he's likable.

Vegas, martinis, and the words "baby" and "money" helped launch Vince Vaughn 's film career -- and helped established him as an extraordinarily compelling cinematic scoundrel, a role he's played repeatedly over the last decade and change.

Win tickets to see The Dan Band -- Saturday night, October 17th at The Family Arena! You've seen Dan Finnerty, leader of The Dan Band, in Old School, Starsky & Hutch, on the Bravo network, and most recently in The Hangover, and now he's bringing The Dan Band to the Family Arena.

Juliette Lewis, 'Terra Incognita' Is this noted actress actually a natural born rocker? Join Metromix for a night with an unlikely superstar Brother Ali Inspired by golden-era hip-hop legends like KRS-One and... Woe betide anyone who asks budding rockstar Juliette Lewis just how serious she can be about this whole "indie musician" thing after ...

You can bring home the record-breaking comedy hit of the summer on DVD and Blu-ray this December.

When The Hangover became such an enormous hit this summer, its director Todd Phillips finally moved on from being just the director of 2003's Old School , and started making plans right and left to capitalize on that movie's success.

Producers of "Due Date," a new comedy starting Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis , are looking for 100 extras and their cars to appear in the movie that is being filmed in Las Cruces and southern New Mexico in October.

Michelle Monaghan has been cast in the upcoming Todd Phillips comedy, Due Date .

On the premiere episode of The Jay Leno Show , the Tonight Show vet's new prime-time talk show/variety show/comedy hybrid, Kanye West did some time in the chair to complete an act of contrition for bullying tender flower Taylor Swift at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.

The Besnard Lakes have been tapped to score actor Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut, Sympathy For Delicious .