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Remember the scene in the movie "Broadcast News" when Albert Brooks plays a nervous newscaster with a sweating problem? It's played for laughs in the movie, but in real life, not cool.

James Brooks directs William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks in this satirical comedy about three ambitious newscasters.

Remember when mockumentaries made sense? Images The classics - Albert Brooks' 1979 series "Real Life," the genre's "Birth of a Nation"; the 1984 rock mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap," its "Citizen Kane"; and "The Office," which one supposes would be the "Battleship Potemkin" of mockumentaries - are all comedies with the conceit of an ever-present ...

The title of Mike Sacks' new book on comedy, And Here's the Kicker: Conversations With 21 Top Humor Writers on Their Craft , sounds straightforward enough, but it really only hints at what happened when Sacks started talking with comedy greats from past and present, including Buck Henry, Harold Ramis, Mad magazine 's Al Jaffee, and The Simpsons ' ...

In "Defending Your Life," a 1991 film starring Meryl Streep and Albert Brooks, the protagonists died and went to Judgment City, a kind of way station where it was decided if they would go on to the next level or go back for another life on Earth.

Most conversations about memorable movie dads tend to be brief. Why? Because they usually begin and end with Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.

In 1979, writer-director Albert Brooks made his feature debut with a very funny comedy about reality television.

There's nothing remotely humorous about 228 persons perishing aboard an Air France Rio-To-Paris flight that went missing earlier this week, even if it did recall a fantastic scene from Albert Brooks' "Real Life". A And while I have great respect for Michael Pietrus acknowledging his countrymen A and others with the Nikes shown above last night, ...

With her big brown eyes, flawless skin and a quirky smile that would make any dyke weak in the knees, actor Sheetal Sheth launched onto the lesbian cinema scene as Layla in the hit romantic comedy I Can't Think Straight.

A There's a particular scene in Albert Brooks' "Real Life" that comes to mind, and I certainly hope Pat Bowlen wasn't told they'd "lost" Thunder I. Thunder, known as Thunder, Sr., retired after the 2003 football season, according to Denver Broncos.com. He was an Arabian stallion and served for 10 seasons until he turned 21.

Did you ever see Broadcast News - and the scene where Albert Brooks is giving info to Holly Hunter for the nightly newscast over the phone? He's bitter because he's not the anchor; William Hurt is.

The host of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon answers his critics and talks about adjusting to late-night pressures By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/6/2009 12:00:00 AM MT Jimmy Fallon and everyone else in television knew the early episodes of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon were going to be pored over by critics everywhere.

Jimmy Fallon has nothing to sweat about. The latest host of NBC's "Late Night" may have begun his new gig last week looking not unlike the anchor wannabe Albert Brooks played in "Broadcast News," but we know - ...

I am - " Hercules!! Bob Einstein is Albert Brooks' brother, and was central to perhaps the funniest scene in one of the funniest comedies of all time, Brooks' "Modern Romance." He won an Emmy while working as ...

Satirists Albert Brooks and Harry Shearer foretold the future of reality TV in a 1979 movie that gets more relevant with every passing year.

As every menopausal woman knows, there is nothing quite like the hot flash, that sudden is-it-me-or-is-it-hot-in-here moment that takes your breath away.