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Zach Galifianakis Helps Nick Offerman Discuss His New Film Somebody Up There Likes Me at Cinefamily

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best City in America *10 Best Standup Comedy Shows in L.A. Last night Zach Galifianakis helped close an opening weekend of showings and conversations about Nick Offerman's film and 2012 SXSW darling Somebody Up There Likes Me ... More >>

Middle-Earth and the Iranian New Year: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, March 15 The New Beverly Cinema is presenting a David O. Russell double feature starting at 7:30 p.m. Russell, whose Silver Linings Playbook recently won an Oscar for Jennifer Lawrence, first gained attention back in 1994 for his controversial fil ... More >>

Jon Glaser Prepares for Series Finale of Adult Swim's Delocated With Live Event at Largo

"Jon" took to Largo's stage last night in a ski mask and with his voice altered. He's a fictional character under an assumed identity, a man whose hunger for fame cannot be quelled by a pesky thing like the Witness Protection Program. No mask or vocal manipulation device can keep his bravado in chec ... More >>

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The Book of Mormon

3-D Film Fest, The Exorcist and Cinerruption: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event movies to check out this week: Thursday, Sept. 20 Our holographic ambitions may have hit a little bump on the road when the company behind Tupac's resurrection at Coachella filed for bankruptcy. But if Baz Luhrmann is right, at least 3-D is here to stay. Don those ... More >>

The Book of Mormon Review: Yes, It Has Cursing, But It Also Has Heart

That Broadway might have found its salvation in a religious satire written by some of the raunchiest theater creators of the past 15 years is ironic. But for all the sly winks and outright punches thrown, The Book of Mormon -- written by Robert Lopez of Avenue Q and Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Sou ... More >>

The Campaign Review: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis in an Amusing but Toothless Satire

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Post-Oscar Bitching, a Chance to Prove How Young and Hip We All Are

Ew, old people. They're so old! Especially that Billy Crystal. What is he, 105? Get off the stage! In your electric walker! If you buy into the prevailing narrative of the post-Oscars Twitterverse, all Academy voters are elderly, with a quirky fondness for nostalgic moving pictures about moving pic ... More >>

Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie Stars Dish on Their New Film and What's Not Funny

Tim and Eric's new movie​Watch any 11-minute episode of Adult Swim's warped, experimental sketch series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and then try to explain what Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim -- the show's stars and creative engine -- do for a living. "'Comedians' never seems the ... More >>

10 Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012

Eric AndrèThey've got the talent, the credits and the buzz, and all are poised to make the leap to the comedic Big Leagues in 2012. Here are the individuals, groups and projects that will have Los Angeles talking -- and more important, laughing -- next year. Some are our picks, but some are selecti ... More >>

Marijuana Stories That Burned The Hottest in 2011: LA Weekly's Top 5

Smokin' hot, right off the digital presses, here are our Top 5 marijuana stories of 2011. You've got an L.A. City Council that's probably going to consider putting all of our pot shops out of business, a federal government that's cracking down on medical marijuana in California, and a new renaissan ... More >>

Marc Maron on KCRW: LA Weekly's Ultimate Guide to the Top 10 Comedy Podcasts

Doug SadlerHost Howard Kremer, guest Zach Galifianakis and co-host Kulap Vilaysack fart up, err chart up the room on the podcast Who Charted?​ As the Buggles once forecasted in their 1980s pop single: "Video Killed the Radio Star." Today, it's more accurate to say that the podcast resurrecte ... More >>

Listen to Zach Galifianakis & Fiona Apple's Lesser-Known NSFW Song "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)"

Jena ArdellApple and Galifianakis, BFFs 4eva.​ In 2006, Zach Galifianakis and pal Fiona Apple teamed up to record a catchy, NSFW rap song titled "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)". The track wasn't released until 2008 on a 7" vinyl to commemorate Chunklet magazine's 20th issue. We've nev ... More >>

The Hangover Part II: Been There, Drunk That

Retard Equated With N-Word in 'Glee' Public Service Announcement That Just Says No to 'R-Word'

Fox​Is it okay to use "retard" to refer to someone who just acted stupidly? No, says a public service announcement set to air tonight on Fox's Glee. (Not even if you pronounced it like Zach Galifianakis' character in The Hangover -- re-tard, with a short "re" and long "aaard," apparently). W ... More >>

MARTIN MULL SHOULD SUE!

Bill Clinton Replaces Mel Gibson As Celeb Cameo Of Choice In 'The Hangover 2'

Psycho Hollywood bad boy out, vintage White House bad boy in​Zach Galifianakis threw a tantrum last month when "Hangover" director Todd Philips so much as considered giving the world's biggest arse a few minutes of screentime in the July 2011 sequel to the No. 1 bromantic comedy of the ots. W ... More >>

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(Video) Zach Galifianakis Smokes A Joint On Bill Maher's Show In Support Of Prop. 19

HBOSpark 'em if you got 'em.​Comedian Zach Galifianakis pulled out a spliff and sparked it up as his appearance on Real Time With Bill Maher on HBO over the weekend turned to California's marijuana legalization effort. (Video after the jump). The big question is, was it real? Co-guest Margar ... More >>

Mel Gibson Scores Cameo In 'Hangover' Sequel -- But Will A Bit Part In A Stoner Comedy Be Enough To Rehab His Reputation As World's Biggest Asshole?

​[Updated after the jump: As it turns out, not even the "Hangover" franchise is ballsy enough to associate with Gibson. Director Todd Phillips cancels the cameo. Originally posted on Monday, Oct. 18 at 9 a.m.] After an R-rated summer of racial slurring and baby-mama beating, Mel Gibson is hop ... More >>

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Watch: OK Go's New Video Goes to the Dogs

OK Go's Tim Nordwind takes a canine pal for a spin on the set of "White Knuckles."​When last we heard from OK Go, things weren't looking so hot. As the result of a bad bet officiated by Zach Galifianakis (never a good sign), drummer Dan Konopka had become property of a Muppet. Thankfully, it ... More >>

Security Guard Goes UFC On Deaf Guy At Hollywood & Highland Center

YouTube​The latest in what seems like a string of videos capturing security guards behaving badly hit the internet this week: This edition (after the jump) has a guard pretending to be a UFC fighter and choking out a deaf man as his also-deaf friend tries desperately to alert the meathead that ... More >>

Movie reviews: Get Low, Life During Wartime

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DOUG BENSON: MAKE US LAUGH FUNNY BOY!

What Do 'Bud Bundy' and the Streamy Awards Have in Common? Everything!

​Hi, I'm David Faustino, and this is what happens when I drink (so drunk right now): You may remember me from a little show STILL ON TELEVISION called Married... with Children. It's generated over a biiiiiiiillion dollars for... Well, I don't really know who gets all the money... But anywa ... More >>

"BENINCASA" IS A FUNNY NAME FOR AN AGORAPHOBIC

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Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Tim & Eric, No Age to Headline Festival Formerly Known as F Yeah Fest

Lightning Bolt at WFMU​ It's been a crazy past few months for F Yeah Fest principals Sean Carlson, Keith Morris and Phil Hoelting. The annual summer music festival, which changed its name from the Fuck Yeah Fest two years ago for obvious reasons, has been the sturdy little engine of the punk/ ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Adam, Aliens in the Attic, The Collector

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YEP, WORKING FOR A CORPORATION CAN BE A DRAG. A GIANT, SOUL-CRUSHING DRAG

Scott Baio, Nanci Griffith, Secret Policeman’s Ball and Other Signs of Aging

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The Hangover: Vegas, Babies

Peter Pans head for the Strip in Old School director's latest

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Interview: Margaret Cho Talks "Fingerbang" at Largo

Austin YoungL.A. Weekly got a chance to talk with Margaret Cho about "Fingerbang," her upcoming March 24 musical show at Largo, before she headed over to South by Southwest last week. With an album of comedic songs in the works, Cho has been learning the guitar and working with an eclectic collectio ... More >>

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