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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Film Independent co-presidents Sean Mc Manus and Josh Welsh jointly announced that Andy Samberg will serve as host for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The nonprofit, which also produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA film series, will hold the 28(th) annual awards ceremony as a daytime luncheon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica on Saturday, February 23, with the premiere broadcast airing later...
PLANO, Texas, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doritos brand and The Lonely Island today announced a donation of $250,000 to the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) as a part of their collaboration on the annual Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest. One of the hottest entertainment teams in the industry today, the award-winning trio of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone that make up The Lonely Island, designated BUSD as the donation recipient because of the group's...
CULVER CITY, Calif., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of reaching 30,000,000 friends on Facebook Adam Sandler will chat with 30 lucky "one in a million" fans and show them his new movie, That's My Boy, at Sony Pictures Studios today April 25. The event will be streamed live over the web at facebook.com/Sandler at 2pm PDT. The lucky fans, who have been recruited from Facebook, will participate in an intimate chat with Sandler and Andy Samberg, Sandler's co-star in That's...
LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Andy Samberg, celebrity co-founder of the innovative travel website, CanaryHop.com, debuts his comedic thrill seeking viral video showcasing his worldwide adventures and travel experiences (http://www.canaryhop.com/andy-samberg-video/). This hilarious video gives viewers a sneak peek of the vast range of potential experiences and activities that CanaryHop.com has to offer. CanaryHop.com is the newest international marketplace that...
PLANO, Texas, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Doritos brand today kicked off the groundbreaking Crash the Super Bowl program with the most life-changing contest grand prize to date: a guaranteed opportunity to work on a future Doritos project with one of the hottest entertainment teams in the industry today - the award-winning trio of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone that make up The Lonely Island. As in previous years, consumers are invited to create homemade ads for...
NEW YORK, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- "The Comedy Awards," the first-ever multi-network, multi-platform, annual event dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy, has announced that, Eddie Murphy will be honored as the recipient of the inaugural "Comedy Icon Award." This distinguished award will be presented annually to a modern icon, an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to comedy and whose impact and innovations have changed the landscape and inspired...
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and subject of the Oscar-nominated film "Social Network" helped poke fun at himself on NBC's "Saturday Night Live", AFP reports. The film - which paints an unflattering portrait of Zuckerberg - apparently isn't holding a grudge and came face-to-face during a guest appearance on the popular NBC comedy show with Jesse Eisenberg, who received a "Best Actor" nomination for his portrayal of the Facebook creator. Eisenberg was delivering the opening monologue...
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- COMEDY CENTRAL brakes for funny! Viewers should park themselves on the couch and tune in to the Network Television Premiere of "Hot Rod," debuting Saturday, February 27 at 9:00 p.m. Written by Pam Brady ("South Park") and directed by Akiva Schaffer ("Saturday Night Live"), "Hot Rod" aims to "smack destiny in the face." Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live") stars as Rod Kimble, the son of a successful stuntman, who tries to follow in his father's footsteps...
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) announced today that Dane Cook, Andy Samberg, Artie Lange, Mike Epps, Bill Burr, Patton Oswalt, and Mike Birbiglia have been added to the already stellar line-up for this year's New York Comedy Festival. They will join Ricky Gervais, Bill Maher, and Tracy Morgan and over 150 other comedians performing at more than 10 venues throughout New York City over the course of five days, November 4 - 8, 2009. Tickets for all...
NBC has announced plans to air a new prime-time U.S. special Saturday Night Live Just Shorts this month. SNL cast member Andy Samberg is to serve as host of the program, which will feature some of the sketch comedy show's most popular short films. The special is slated to air May 17 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET on NBC. It's great to be able to show all these great (shorts) from the past to a generation that is not familiar with them, Samberg said in a statement. For me to do hosting segments...
