Nicole Campos

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Simon Pegg's New Autobiography: Well Done, Nerd!

Nicole Campos
Since he and Edgar Wright unleashed their horror-comedy masterpiece Shaun of the Dead on audiences in 2004, Simon Pegg has become as in-demand a performer here as in his native Britain, not to mention something of an alpha geek amongst genre fans. His deeply-rooted boyhood love of the Star Wars......
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See Jeff Riff

Nicole Campos
While he is best known to audiences as Larry David's long-suffering manager on Curb Your Enthusiasm (among many other projects, including his rather excelle...
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Tim Burton's Been Busy

Nicole Campos
In recent years, as he has transitioned from auteur of cult-favorite fantasies to helmer of major blockbusters, L.A. native son Tim Burton has polarized some film fans while simultaneously gaining a whole new generation of followers. (For our part, we're seriously considering our willingness to finally forgive him for Planet......
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Chris Hardwick: Funny, You Don't Look Nerdist

Nicole Campos
At 39, Chris Hardwick doesn't look all that different from when we first met nearly two decades ago, in his first television gig as host of MTV's short-lived game show Trashed (I was a contestant). When he laughs, his face still explodes into the same boyish grin as it did......
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Patton Oswalt: Geekdom's Pundit

Nicole Campos
Through his stand-up comedy act, Patton Oswalt has become known for his passion at the mic. When he goes off on a tear, with his modest stature and booming rhetoric, he's not unlike the id in all of us. Yet in person, he is soft-spoken and often quite pensive. "If......
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Fringe-Worthy

Nicole Campos
As we are on the cusp of the major television networks finalizing their fall schedules, no renewal has resulted in quite so many fervently relieved fans as that...
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Brit Pix

Nicole Campos
The British writing team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais has been a prolific force since the mid-'60s debut of their U.K. sitcom The Likely Lads, in addi...