Chris Rock News

FINANCES must be a little tight for Kerry Washington . The actress, who starred with Chris Rock in "I Think I Love My Wife," is coming to New York to do David Mamet 's play "Race" on Broadway -- and needs a cheap apartment.

Whatever you say, Joe. The idea of the tony Ravinia celebrating old hippies is a tripped-out case of incongruity, like Chris Rock playing the Catskills.

As dusk fell on Brooklyn on Thursday evening the car windows stayed open so that Michael Jackson could provide the A soundtrack to the end of a rare sunny day.

Last night while rewatching the Bing commercial mentioned in my last article, I noticed something that I hadn't before.

As this DreamWorks cartoon begins, you're thinking, Hey--Ben Stiller must've finally put some pressure on his agent, 'cause he's not playing the usual role of Wimpy, Mild-Mannered Guy Who's Afraid of Change, Germs, and/or the Dark.

Four escapees from the Central Park Zoo -- a lion, a zebra, a hippo, and a giraffe -- are packed up and, in fulfillment of the tenth-birthday wish of the zebra, shipped back to the wild: "the live-in-a-mudhut-wipe-yourself-with-a-leaf wild," in the less sanguine view of the lion.

Directed by one man who made Antz and another who used to work on Ren & Stimpy , this movie is virtually plot-free -- a scene or two from The Great Escape cut and pasted into an episode of Survivor .

Enter to win a pair of tickets for Patrice Oneal! You can hear him voicing the animated shows "Shorties Watchin' Shorties" on Comedy Central and "O'Grady High" on Noggin.

THE MOVIE Joel Schumacher is viewed in the eyes of many as villain. His filmography sports a few truly infamous bombs, notably the bizarre buddy-spy film "Bad Company" pairing Anthony Hopkins with Chris Rock; however, his most infamous turkey is undoubtedly, "Batman and Robin." That film needs no introduction or explanation, as it is a standard in ...

Time to whip out the tubes and floaties. An inside source says that Adam Sandler's currently-in-production buddy flick, " Grown Ups ," will splish-splash its way to Water Wizz of Cape Cod, a family-themed fun park located at 3031 Cranberry Hwy.

Spend days watching the messy, venal, illogical process that produces network TV's fall season - as I did this week - and you will catch a tiny thought irritating the back of your mind like a mosquito bite.

I attended the Society for News Design meetup this weekend at Tribune Tower, and contra the Chicago Journalism Town Hall , I left feeling mostly encouraged.

"Everybody Hates Chris" executive producer/ co-creator/ narrator Chris Rock with Tyler James Williams, who plays young Chris Rock.

Posted April 15, 2009, 10:18 a.m. Years ago, someone at the Reader let me borrow the coffee table book on Saturday Night Live.

The cast is growing for the upcoming Adam Sandler film to be shot at Centennial Grove this summer, though movie representatives say there aren't yet auditions planned for local extras.

The animated movie Madagascar was a default movie for us to watch on television this afternoon.

John Micklethwait, editor of The Economist and an avowed fan of The Simpsons, was delighted when Homer gave the highbrow news and opinion magazine props in one episode.

Maybe Salma Hayek 's using 30 Rock to hone her comedy chops for the silver screen.

Photos of comedian Louis C.K. C.K. performs at the State Theatre in Easton on March 21, 2009.

Adam Sandler's untitled comedy appears to have completed its major casting with Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Colin Quinn joining up.