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TV Tonight: Amy Sedaris Takes on The Closer

BuzzSugar — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:30:54 -0800

I can't quite explain it, but there's something just completely adorable to me about imagining Kyra Sedgwick and Amy Sedaris in a room together. I think the two would have hilarious conversations. And tonight, we get to find out what it's like when they're acting side-by-side, as Sedaris shows up on the first of two episodes of The Closer.

Just from these brief video clips, it looks like she's perfectly suited to the role: Sedaris plays Fritz's sister, Claire, who shows up to help Brenda prepare for her wedding. And to say she's quirky is a bit of an understatement: She's a vegan home cook (it's hard to watch Sedaris present trays of carrot casserole and not think about her cheeseballs!) who also fancies herself a psychic - er, rather, an intuitionist. She ends up tagging along for one of Brenda's investigations, which should be a sight to behold.

Want to get an early look at Sedaris on the show? Just read more.

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TV Tonight: PBS Will Make 'Em Laugh

BuzzSugar — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:45:20 -0800

Tonight PBS will begin airing the first episode of a six-part documentary called Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, which explores all things comedic in America. The show features Amy Sedaris as narrator, and is hosted by comedy veteran Billy Crystal.

Comedian interviews to look out for in the series include Judd Apatow, Roseanne Barr, Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, George Carlin, Larry David, Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, and Chris Rock. Pretty awesome lineup, right?

Tonight's episode is titled "Would Ya Hit a Guy with Glasses?: Nerds, Jerks, & Oddballs" and takes a look at how American outsiders have spun their exclusion from mainstream society into comedic gold. So, it's the Judd Apatow episode. You can check out the entire schedule here.

PBS also created an entire episode about humor on the World Wide Web titled, "Teh Internets" (yes, "Teh") that includes hilarious little sketches from Amy Sedaris. You can watch it right now (though it is long) if you read more.

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TV News Tidbits: Amy Sedaris, Jada Pinkett Smith, and More

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:29:18 -0800

It's that time again! The twice-yearly Television Critics Association press tour kicked off in Los Angeles this week, which means the TV news is going to flow fast and furious for the next week or so. PBS and cable take the stage this week, and then the network portion kicks in early next week, when Molly and I will be flying down to LA to blog and Twitter this tour ourselves!

Until then, I'm keeping an eye on some of the TV news coming out, both from the networks that are presenting and the others that are just making announcements. Some of the highlights so far:

TNT has picked up two new drama series, including Jada Pinkett Smith's project, Time Heals. The other series is The Line, a cop drama starring Dylan McDermott.
Unsurprisingly, Amy Sedaris had the crowd in stitches at the PBS panel yesterday. She's narrating a new PBS miniseries called Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, which airs starting Jan. 14. Oh, and apparently Amy does not like the internet very much, but the internet still loves her.
If you like Discovery Channel shows, then get a load of this: The network has at least seven new shows coming soon, including Out of the Wild, in which suburbanites are dropped into the Alaskan wilderness and have to find their way back to civilization. (I'm not kidding - I'd totally watch that.)
Ian McKellen will not be nude for the PBS version of King Lear. So uh, you can cross that off your calendar, I guess.

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Buzz News Roundup, 10/15

BuzzSugar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:30:55 -0700

Don Cheadle is replacing Terrence Howard in the role of Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes for Iron Man 2. - ComingSoon
The sequel to Wall Street is actually happening and will "center on Gordon Gekko, who has recently been sprung from prison and re-emerges into a much more tumultuous financial world than the one he once lorded over." - Variety
Amy Sedaris has signed a deal to create, write, and star in a new comedy series. - Hollywood Reporter
Amy Adams is in negotiations to star in the comedy Leap Year, the story of a woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on Feb. 29, a day when he has to say yes, according to tradition. - ComingSoon
Comedian D.L. Hughley is getting his own comedy/news show on CNN. - Broadcasting and Cable
Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, and Malin Akerman are joining the cast of Jon Favreau's comedy Couples Retreat. - Hollywood Reporter
Best Week Ever is changing its format, with just one host: Paul F. Tompkins. - New York Times
Marilynne Robinson and Aleksandar Hemon are among the finalists for the National Book Award. - AP
Starz has picked up a series called Party Down co-created by Rob Thomas and Paul Rudd. - Hollywood Reporter

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Strangers with Candy Crew Reunites . . . For Kids

BuzzSugar — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:37:00 -0700

I wouldn't exactly name Strangers with Candy, the 1999 Comedy Central series, as an example of child-friendly fare. And if I were looking to make an actual after-school special - not a Strangers-style spoof - I don't think creator Paul Dinello and star Amy Sedaris would be the first people I'd call.

But Nickelodeon is apparently way, way cooler than I am: The network has hired Dinello to direct Gym Teacher: The Movie, which will air on Nick in September. The movie stars Christopher Meloni as an ex-gymnast who's up for a PE Teacher of the Year award. According to Entertainment Weekly, Dinello personally ordered Sedaris to "pack up her wig" and join him on set; she'll play the principal.

And this won't be the only time they collaborate with the kids' network: EW reports that Nickelodeon also has its eye on Tanner Hall, the Dinello-written, Sedaris-starring movie that got its start as a failed UPN pilot back in the day and features Sedaris and Chris Kattan as dysfunctional parents. Hmm . . . could the awesome Nickelodeon of my childhood be making a comeback?

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Music Video: Dolly Parton, "Better Get to Livin'" (With Amy Sedaris!)

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:31:11 -0800

This is officially the most sunshiney moment of my day! Not only is Dolly Parton's video for her song "Better Get to Livin'" funny, adorable and full of fantastic outfits, but it features the hilarious Amy Sedaris as the circus lady telling the sad masses to "step right up!" This character also appears to be Dolly's friend. Who would have thought to put these two gals together?

While the unrelentingly Pollyanna-ish message of the song is slightly grating, I can't ever be truly annoyed with Dolly. She's just tryin' to spread a lil' joy! And Amy Sedaris is so cute all the time. I also like the old-timey movie and circus aspects to the video's story. It's all so entertaining and full of Dolly's particular brand of good cheer.

To check out "Better Get to Livin'" and tell me what you think, read more

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First Look: Mandy Moore, Billy Crudup in Dedication

BuzzSugar — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:20:00 -0700

There hasn't been much of a publicity push for Dedication, a strange little indie romantic dramedy starring Mandy Moore and Billy Crudup, which can sometimes be a very good sign. After all, the last two movies I saw with Moore in them (Because I Said So, License to Wed) enjoyed major marketing pushes and then turned out to be some of the year's most embarrassing disappointments. For Moore's sake, I hope Dedication is a quality movie so we can see that it's not the actress that was the problem - it was the material.

Crudup plays Henry Roth, a peculiar, misanthropic and slightly unstable man who requires certain things (like sleeping with heavy objects resting on his body) to feel safe. Henry writes children's books that inform children of Santa Claus' nonexistence. When his best friend and book illustrator dies, Henry is paired with a new illustrator, the young, pretty Lucy (Moore), who possesses a quirkiness of her own. The two struggle to get along, and surely a kind of love starts to bloom between them. Amy Sedaris and Martin Freeman (the original Tim from the BBC "Office"!) also star. Dedication opens in limited release August 24, so to watch the trailer, read more

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Amy Sedaris Meets "Andy Barker" Online

BuzzSugar — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:30:33 -0700

The new Andy Richter comedy, "Andy Barker, P.I." starts its five-episode run on NBC this Thursday. But there's actually a sixth episode of the show that guest-stars one of my favorite funny ladies, Amy Sedaris. The online-only episode, called "The Lady Varnishes," has Sedaris playing a former starlet who claims to have been framed for murder. In case that isn't intriguing enough, it also includes a dose of sexual innuendo and a prosthetic leg.

NBC seems to be really into the deleted-episode thing right now (the special "Black Donnellys" episode is still online too), and while I think it makes more sense for a comedy like "Andy Barker" than for a serial drama, I hope the network keeps them coming.

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