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“Definition Please” director-writer Sujata Day will develop and write the next installment of the “American Pie” franchise for Universal 1440 Entertainment.

Based on Day’s original pitch, the upcoming “American Pie” film will feature a new take on the sex comedy franchise, which originally starred Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan and Chris Klein, among others.

Day made her directorial debut with 2020’s “Definition Please,” which won several accolades including for narrative feature film at Next Generation Indie Film Awards. She is also known for her role as CeCe in Issa Rae’s “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” and had a recurring role in HBO’s “Insecure.”

Day is repped by WME, Mosaic and Myman Greenspan. Plot details of the upcoming “American Pie” film are currently under wraps.

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The Napa Valley Film Festival is returning to an...

Peacock has dropped the official trailer for “Angelyne,” the new drama miniseries starring Emmy Rossum. “Angelyne” tells the story of the titular D-list celebrity, who garnered attention in the 1980s through a series of provocative billboards throughout Los Angeles. Rossum portrays Angelyne, with the series set to cover her rise to local prominence.

“Since I was a girl, I’ve known that fame is my destiny,” Rossum-as-Angelyne narrates in the trailer. “Huge, gigantic fame. So I said, ‘I’m going to get the love of the world!'”

In addition to Rossum, the series also stars Alex Karpovsky, Lukas Gage, Martin Freeman, Hamish Linklater, David Krumholtz and Michael Angarano. The series is created by Nancy Oliver, and executive produced by Rossum, Sam Esmail, Lucy Tcherniak, Chad Hamilton and Angelyne herself.

All eight episodes of “Angelyne” will premiere May 19. Watch the full trailer below.

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Omari Hardwick, Kelly Rowland and Rome Flynn will star opposite Marsai Martin in the new movie “Fantasy Football.”

“Fantasy Football” follows 16-year-old Callie A. Coleman (Martin; “Little”) who discovers she can control her professional football player dad, Bobby Coleman’s prowess on the field through the EA Sports Madden NFL game. Grammy winner Rowland (“American Soul”) plays Keisha Coleman, Callie’s mom, while Emmy winner Flynn is Anderson Fisher, Bobby’s rookie arch rival.

NFL Films and EA Sports have also boarded the project, signing on to provide expertise on various aspects related to the production. The Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films project begins shooting this month in Atlanta, Ga., with the live-action movie planned to premiere on Paramount+ later this year.

Directed by NAACP Image Award winner and Emmy nominee Anton Cropper (“Black-ish”) and written by Emmy winners Dan Gurewitch and David Young, the film is based on an original screenplay by Richard T. Jones,...

Omari Hardwick (Army of the Dead), Kelly Rowland (American Soul) and Rome Flynn (How to Get Away with Murder) have signed on to star alongside Marsai Martin in Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films’ upcoming feature Fantasy Football. The film directed by NAACP Image Award winner Anton Cropper (Black-ish) has entered production in Atlanta and will debut exclusively on Paramount+ later this year.

Fantasy Football follows 16-year-old Callie Coleman (Martin), who discovers that she can control her professional football player dad Bobby Coleman’s (Hardwick) prowess on the field through EA Sports’ Madden NFL. Rowland is playing Callie’s mother, Keisha Coleman, with Flynn portraying Bobby’s rookie archival, Anderson Fisher. Elijah Richardson, Hanani Taylor, Abigail Killmeier, Tyla Harris, Isac Ivan and Tony Gonzalez will round out the cast.

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Fantasy Football is the third film to enter production under Awesomeness and...

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver continued its dominance in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category.

The HBO comedy show beat TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert to win the award for the fifth year in a row.

The British comedian accepted the award on behalf of his team using one of his son’s “creepy” toys in lieu of an actual Emmy.

“I’d like to thank my writers, obviously, who work incredibly hard all year round and this year has been particularly challenging,” he said. “I’d like to thank the Emmys for not holding the Emmys in person this year because of the, you know, thing. Thank you, we will cherish it forever.”

This comes after the show, produced by Avalon, was renewed for three more seasons. The deal will see Last...

Here are the main Winners from the 2020 "Writers Guild of America Awards", honoring the best writers in film/TV in 2019:

Film

"Parasite", screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, story by Bong Joon Ho (Neon)

Adapted Screenplay

"Jojo Rabbit", screenplay by Taika Waititi, based on the book "“Caging Skies"” by Christine Leunens (Fox Searchlight)

Documentary screenplay

"The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley", written by Alex Gibney (HBO Documentary Films)

Television

Drama series

"Succession", written by Jesse Armstrong, Alice Birch, Jon Brown, Jonathan Glatzer, Cord Jefferson, Mary Laws, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Gary Shteyngart, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy (HBO)

Comedy series

"Barry", written by Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Jason Kim, Taofik Kolade, Elizabeth Sarnoff (HBO)

New Series

"Watchmen", written by Lila Byock, Nick Cuse, Christal Henry, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Cord Jefferson, Jeff Jensen, Claire Kiechel, Damon Lindelof, Janine Nabers,...

The WGA Awards boosted a pair of movie screenplays into Oscar frontrunner status on Saturday night, handing its marquee Original Screenplay award to Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won for Neon’s Parasite, and its Adapted Screenplay award to Taika Wiatiti for Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit. Both of the winning scripts are nominated for Oscars on February 9.

This year the guild wasted no time in its 72nd edition, awarding its marquee prizes early in the night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Many of the film-side nominees gathered in the Edison Ballroom in NYC, so as to make the shorter jump to the BAFTAs which are Sunday in London.

Last year, the guild did not line up with Oscar’s screenwriting prizes, awarding Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade in original screenplay and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? in adapted. Green...

The future of CollegeHumor, the pioneering comedy website that rose to prominence before the rise of YouTube, was thrown into question Wednesday after the brand’s sale resulted in more than 100 layoffs.

InterActive Corp., the New York company that owned CollegeHumor parent Ch Media, sold its brands to CollegeHumor’s chief creative officer Sam Reich. Terms of the deal were undisclosed but Deadline reported that “all but a handful” of employees were notified of their layoffs Wednesday.

Reich, who joined CollegeHumor in 2006 was not available for comment, but shared the news on Twitter and said he aimed to continue operating the leading CollegeHumor brands, including Dropout, its comedy Svod streaming service. “I hope to be able to save Dropout, CollegeHumor, Drawfee, Dorkly, and many of our shows,” Reich said on Twitter. “Some will need to take on bold new creative directions in order to survive. You may not agree with all of them.

Exclusive: NBC has put in development Private Dickersons, a single-camera couples comedy from writer David Young (Carpool Karaoke); Late Late Show with James Corden and Carpool Karaoke producer Fulwell 73; and CBS Television Studios, where Fulwell 73 is under a deal.

In Private Dickersons, written by Young, in order to inject some excitement and spontaneity back into their marriage, a bored couple who spends every night watching true-crime shows such as Dateline NBC and 48 Hours decide to take matters into their own hands and try solving local unsolved crimes.

Young executive produces with James Corden, Ben Winston and Jeff Grosvenor for Fulwell 73, which is producing. CBS Television Studios is the studio.

Young is the head writer and co-executive producer of the Emmy-winning series Carpool Karaoke for Apple, which is also produced by Fulwell 73. Young also was previously nominated for an Emmy for his work as a writer on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

It was the Primetime Emmy Awards, and it was a night of surprises—like Fleabag‘s win for Best Comedy Series, and the total shutout for perennial favorite Veep—and expected wins, like Game of Thrones taking Best Drama Series, and love for Saturday Night Live resulting in two trophies. John Oliver also doubled up, winning Variety Talk Series as well as Writing. In the Limited Series race, Chernobyl prevailed, taking three trophies including the top prize.

Perhaps the most drama, of course, came from the ever-evolving battle between the vanguard of prestige cable, HBO, and the upstart streamer fast becoming the new establishment, Netflix. Coming into tonight, the two were nearly neck-a-neck with Creative Arts wins, but HBO, which had a narrow advantage, cemented its lead with 34 wins to Netflix’s 27. It seemed like a two-horse race at the start of the evening, but the wins by Fleabag put...

Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz have signed on to produce and star in the comedy Crime After Crime for Stx Films. With a script from Dan Gurewitch and David Young.

The movie “is about a millennial podcast host who agrees to help the convict she’s devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.”

This sounds really funny and like a perfect match for Awkwafina and Barinholtz! Can you imagine if Steven Avery or Adnan Syed broke out of prison and turned up on the steps of their podcaster’s doors? I bet it would be less funny than this movie will be. Somethings are funnier when they aren’t happening in real life.

We will let you know when we get a release date. Does this sound like a movie that you’d enjoy?...

Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz will produce and star in STXfilms’ comedy caper “Crime After Crime.”

Awkwafina will portray a millennial podcast host who agrees to help a convict that she has devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.

Dan Gurewitch and David Young are writing the screenplay, with Nick Stoller and Conor Welch producing under their Stoller Global Solutions banner alongside Awkwafina, Barinholtz and David Stassen.

Stx’s Kate Vorhoff and Catherine Hagedorn will oversee the film’s production on behalf of the studio.

“Awkwafina and Ike are comedy powerhouses who make a supremely funny duo, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to this sharp and fun material,” said Adam Fogelson, chairman of STXfilms.

Welch joked, “Nick and I are huge fans of Awkwafina. Ike, not so much. But he was already attached.”

Awkwafina, a rapper-turned-actress,...

Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz have signed to star in Crime After Crime, a caper comedy that they also will produce for STXfilms. Nick Stoller and Conor Welch also producing under their Stoller Global Solutions banner, along with David Stassen.

Dan Gurewitch and David Young are writing the script, which is about a millennial podcast host who agrees to help the convict she’s devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.

Stx’s Kate Vorhoff and Catherine Hagedorn will oversee the film’s production on behalf of the studio.

Awkwafina next will appear in Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel as well as The Farewell, the Sundance film that was picked up by A24 for a July release. Barinholtz’s upcoming slate includes Amazon’s Late Night, which also premiered at Sundance this year,...

Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz are teaming up to commit some crimes.

STXFilms announced on Monday that the two will produce and star in the studio’s upcoming crime caper comedy, “Crime After Crime.”

The film will follow a millennial podcast host who agrees to help the convict she’s devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.

“Awkwafina and Ike are comedy powerhouses who make a supremely funny duo, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to this sharp and fun material,” STXfilms Chairman Adam Fogelson said in a statement.

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Dan Gurewitch and David Young will write the screenplay, with Nick Stoller and Conor Welch producing under their Stoller Global Solutions banner alongside Awkwafina,...

Awkwafina, who stars in Sundance hit The Farewell and was in the cast of Crazy Rich Asians, and Ike Barinholtz will play the leads and produce the crime caper Crime After Crime for STXfilms.

Awkwafina, who stars in Sundance hit The Farewell and was in the cast of Crazy Rich Asians, and Ike Barinholtz will play the leads and produce the crime caper Crime After Crime for STXfilms.

The film will follow a Millennial true-crime podcast host faced with a challenge when a convict, whose innocence she has campaigned to prove, breaks out of prison and turns up at her house.

Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz are set to produce and star in the crime-caper comedy Crime After Crime for STXfilms.

The indie follows a millennial podcast host who agrees to help the convict to whom she’s devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.

"Awkwafina and Ike are comedy powerhouses who make a supremely funny duo, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to this sharp and fun material,” STXfilms chairman Adam Fogelson said Monday in a statement.

Dan Gurewitch and David Young are penning the ...

Awkwafina and Ike Barinholtz are set to produce and star in the crime-caper comedy Crime After Crime for STXfilms.

The indie follows a millennial podcast host who agrees to help the convict to whom she’s devoted her true-crime podcast to prove his innocence after he escapes jail and turns up at her house.

"Awkwafina and Ike are comedy powerhouses who make a supremely funny duo, and we can’t wait to see what they bring to this sharp and fun material,” STXfilms chairman Adam Fogelson said Monday in a statement.

Dan Gurewitch and David Young are penning the ...

Updated with Vice statement: More than 75 current and former writers for HBO have signed a petition calling on Vice Media “to sign a strong union contract” with the WGA. The list includes several high-profile scribes including John Oliver, David Simon, Warren Leight, Tom Fontana, Eric Overmyer and Jesse Armstrong.

Read the petition and its signatories below.

Editorial staffers at Vice overwhelmingly ratified their first contract with WGA East in April 2016, a three-year deal that was retroactive to January 1 that year.

“This petition shows what WGA East solidarity looks like,” the guild said in a statement. “Just as our members who craft shows for HBO are expressing support for their brothers and sisters at Vice, the Wgae-represented employees in all parts of Vice are supporting each other in the quest for a good contract. That solidarity has already brought real gains in a number...

Updated with full list of winners: Anthony Bourdain’s CNN series and Craig Zadan’s final live musical Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert led an emotional Night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, with the shows scoring six and five wins respectively, including taking the top prizes in their fields. The night marked a fitting and final tribute to Bourdain and Zadan, who both passed away over the summer still in the primes of their TV-making lives.

Saturday Night Live, which comes into this year with 21 nominations overall, picked up seven wins Sunday to lead all shows, including multiple wins for the episode hosted by Donald Glover. In addition to the six wins by Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown (including a writing nod for Bourdain and Outstanding Informational Series or Special for the show) and Jcs (including snagging the marquee Outstanding Live Variety Special win), RuPaul’s Drag Race scored four nods,...

Let's hear it for the writers!

The Writer's Guild of America held their annual awards show on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, where Barry Jenkins' Moonlight, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Donald Glover's breakout series, Atlanta were among those recognized for their achievement of the written word.

Read on below to see the full list of winners.

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Film Winners

Original Screenplay

Moonlight, Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney; A24

Adapted Screenplay

Arrival, Screenplay by Eric Heisserer; Based on the Story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang; Paramount Pictures

Documentary Screenplay

Command and Control, Telescript by Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser, Story by Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts; Based on the book Command and Control by Eric Schlosser; American Experience Films

Television And New Media Winners

Drama Series

The Americans, Written...

The Writers Guild Awards and the Academy writing nominees always don’t line up; many films are ineligible. This year, those included Oscar-writing nominees “Lion” and “The Lobster.”

This year, the WGA and the Academy differed dramatically. While the WGA deemed “Moonlight” and “Loving” as Original Screenplays, the Academy considered both as Adapted; only “Moonlight” landed a nomination.

At the WGA, as at the BAFTAs, Barry Jenkins’ script for “Moonlight” competed for the Original Screenplay Award against both Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea” and Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land.” Unlike the BAFTAs, Jenkins emerged the winner over Lonergan, a sign of strength for “Moonlight,” which is nominated for eight Oscars.

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However, in the Oscars’ Original Screenplay contest, lauded playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lonergan (“You Can Count On Me,...

SpectreVision partners actor Elijah Wood, directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller and CEO Lisa Whalen have formed a new production entity, Company X, which will produce a diverse array of projects with no limitations on genre or budget. SpectreVision will remain intact, with Company X to become its parent company.

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“Expansion has always been our goal, but we waited until we had a slate of projects we couldn’t pass up,” states Whalen. “SpectreVision exists in a very specific and unique area in the indie genre space. We’re often approached with projects that we love, that aren’t right for SpectreVision’s indie, genre space. Now we can engage with those projects, without stretching the SpectreVision brand. Company X is any genre, at any budget, and allows us to connect with wider and more diverse audiences.”

Under this new arrangement, the...

Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" won the Original Screenplay honor at the recently concluded Writers Guild Awards while Morten Tyldum's "The Imitation Game" took home the Adapted Screenplay trophy. "The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swarts" written by Brian Knappenberger won Documentary Screenplay award. The film is not nominated for an Academy award.

In TV land, HBO's "True Detective" won the Drama Series award and FX's "Louie" received the Comedy Series trophy.

Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards:

Feature Film

Original Screenplay

Boyhood, Written by Richard Linklater; IFC Films

Foxcatcher, Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman; Sony Pictures Classics

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight Winner

Nightcrawler, Written by Dan Gilroy; Open Road Films

Whiplash, Written by Damien Chazelle; Sony Pictures Classics

Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper,...

2015 Writers Guild Awards – Winners Announced The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) tonight announced the winners of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories at simultaneous ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. Film Winners Original Screenplay The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight Adapted Screenplay The Imitation Game, Written by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges; The Weinstein Company Documentary Screenplay The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Written by Brian Knappenberger; FilmBuff Television And New Media Winners Drama Series True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO Comedy Series Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.; FX New Series True Detective,...

The Writers Guild of America announced the TV nominees for the 2015 WGA Awards on Thursday (December 4) morning and several new shows broke into the fields in a big way. And, of course, there were a number of big WGA Award nomination head-scratchers. Specifically, where the heck was FX's "Fargo"? The answer is below. Making perhaps the biggest splash was "Transparent," which earned three nominations and, since "Orange Is The New Black" earned two nods and "House of Cards" pick up one, that meant that Amazon Prime and Netflix are, at least for one award-giving organization, on equal footing as creators of original programming. The Jill Soloway-created "Transparent" is nominated for New Series, where it will go against "The Affair," "The Knick," "Silicon Valley" and "True Detective." "Transparent" and "Silicon Valley" are also up for Comedy Series, going against "Louie," "Veep" and "Orange Is The New Black." Lest you panic...

Hey there, aspiring writers, directors, actors, musicians, actor-directors, musicians turned actors, poets, musicians turned poets, poets turned directors, and for sure bloggers (because blogging is supes art) – here’s just another quick reminder of a dilemma you’re already well aware of, but it always helps to have a graphical reminder / hope-dasher. Dan Gurewitch posted this following graphic from Rotten Tomatoes, noting that “it sums up the predicament faced by anyone who creates anything”: Yyyyup. If this graphic doesn’t spell out the age-old ‘artistic aspirations’-vs-$$$$ dilemma clearly enough, you can always just check out the Neilsen ratings on CBS shows versus Breaking Bad and Mad Men. (Actually, I’m pretty sure CBS technically owns me, so maybe I should delete that sentence? Ehh, whoever pays my salary would probably read it and at least be like ‘yep’ before firing me.) (Pic via Dangurewitch.com)...

CollegeHumor knows the art of the prank. The online destination (and soon to be major motion picture studio) for individuals craving online video comedy is responsible for the most entertaining tricks of an amusing, playful, and sometimes malicious nature found on any type of entertainment medium. First there was Amir Blumenfeld and Streeter Seidell’s Prank War, an epic, escalating battle of sado-one-upmanship involving, but not limited to, a $500,000 half court basketball shot, a non-working parachute, and a nonexistent television cameo. Next came the Midnight Talk Show Prank, conceived by a slightly masochistic Dan Gurewitch, who gave a two-week window and copy of his house keys to fellow CollegeHumorer Josh Ruben with instructions to sneak into his apartment way after bedtime and wake him up to host an impromptu, short-form talk show dubbed The Late Late Late Show. And then there was the MTV clipshow series Pranked, hosted by the...

The last CollegeHumor prank war was an epic, escalating battle of sado-one-upmanship between Amir Blumenfeld and Streeter Seidell involving, but not limited to, a $500,000 half court basketball shot, a non-working parachute, and a nonexistent television cameo. One of the best CollegeHumor original web series is a talk show comprised of improved conversations between an irreverent Michael Showalter and a rotating cast of well-known comedians. The above programs are very good and display CollegeHumor’s prowess with things both prank and talk. That’s probably why the humor website decided to combine the two entertainment genres for one of its latest online originals. Midnight Talk Show Prank was conceived by a slightly masochistic Dan Gurewitch. He gave a two-week window and copy of his house keys to fellow CollegeHumorer Josh Ruben with instructions to sneak into his apartment way after bedtime and wake him up to host an impromptu, short-form talk...

The Chiller channel has just unleashed three more clips from their pre- New Year's special highlighting the scariest horror movies of the past decade- "Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments". This time around listen to the makeup artist of Hostel discuss the making of the film's effects.

On Friday, December 17 at 8pm, ring in the New Year early with Chiller's look back at the scariest films of the past 10 years! Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments features a diverse group of pop culture mavens and horror movie experts looking back at 13 frightening films with the most memorably spine-tingling moments. 

Featured participants include Kyle Massey (Dancing With The Stars finalist), renowned special makeup effects supervisor Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), comedians Dan Gurewitch & David Young (collegehumor.com), actress Betsy Russell (the Saw anthology), writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), actor Tony Todd (Final Destination) and horror film director Lucky McKee (May), among others.

On Friday, December 17 @ 8pm, ring in the New Year early with Chiller's look back at the scariest films of the past 10 years! Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments features a diverse group of pop culture mavens and horror movie experts looking back at thirteen frightening films with the most memorably spine tingling moments.

Featured participants include Kyle Massey (Dancing With The Stars finalist), renowned special makeup effects supervisor Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), comedians Dan Gurewitch and David Young (collegehumor.com), actress Betsy Russell (the Saw anthology), writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), actor Tony Todd (Final Destination) and horror film director Lucky McKee (May), among others.

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On the heels of a rebrand and all-new on-air look, Chiller has announced the premiere of its very first original special. Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments will premiere on December 17 @ 8 Pm.

Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments, produced by Emmy Award-winning company Associated Television International, features a diverse group of horror movie experts and pop culture mavens looking back on the top 13 scary movie moments of the past 10 years. Featured participants include renowned special makeup effects supervisor Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), comedians Dan Gurewitch & David Young (collegehumor.com), actress Betsy Russell (the Saw anthology), writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), actor Tony Todd (Final Destination) and horror film director Lucky McKee (May,...

Chiller has been newly re-branded and with the face-lift, the network has announced the premiere of its very first original special. Chiller 13: The Decade's Scariest Movie Moments will premiere on December 17 at 8pm. The special features a diverse group of horror movie experts and pop culture mavens looking back on the top 13 scary movie moments of the past 10 years. Featured participants include renowned special makeup effects supervisor Greg Nicotero ( The Walking Dead ), comedians Dan Gurewitch and David Young (collegehumor.com), actress Betsy Russell (the Saw series), writer Steve Niles ( 30 Days of Night ), actor Tony Todd ( Candyman ) and horror film director Lucky McKee ( May ), among others. Set those DVRs!

Courtesy Comedy CentralNEW York, New York (X17online) - The creators of South Park apologized to the Web site CollegeHumor.com on Friday for using dialogue from a video on their site satirizing the summer blockbuster Inception. "It’s just because we do the show in six days, and we’re stupid and we just threw it together, But in the end, there are some lines that we had to call and apologize for." Matt Stone, who created "South Park" with Trey Parker, told The New York Times Friday in a telephone interview. Dan Gurewitch and David Young wrote the video Inception Characters Don’t Understand Inception, which was posted on CollegeHumor on Aug. 2. Coincidentally the South Park episode shown on Wednesday had a scene that contained dialogue similar or identical to the web-site's skit. Apparently Matt Stone and Trey Parker could not find a movie theater showing "Inception," or...

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'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have apologized for accidentally plagiarizing the website CollegeHumor.

As we reported last week, CollegeHumor writer Dan Gurewitch blogged about the similarities between an Oct. 20 'South Park' spoof of 'Inception' and one that he co-created with David Young. Gurewitch included a line-by-line comparison.

Parker and Stone then confessed to lifting the material, though unconsciously, CNN reports.

"We thought their joke was that a lot of those lines were actually in the movie, showing that the 'Inception' characters didn't even know 'Inception.' That was a mistake, and it was an honest mistake," said Stone. "We're stupid and we just threw it together."

 

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Matt Stone and Trey Parker have apologised to the bosses of a comedy website for lifting dialogue from an online short for an episode of South Park.

The episode titled Insheeption, which aired in the U.S. on Wednesday, poked fun at summer blockbuster Inception and featured similar wording to a CollegeHumor.com video, Inception Characters Don't Understand Inception.

Both featured the identical line: "Sometimes my thoughts of my dead wife manifest themselves as trains."

Stone claims he and co-creator Parker turned to the parody clip because they couldn't get hold of the Leonardo DiCaprio film and mistakenly assumed the line was actually featured in Inception.

He tells the New York Times, "It's just because we do the show in six days, and we're stupid and we just threw it together. But in the end, there are some lines that we had to call and apologise for."

The clip's co-writer Dan Gurewitch insists Stone was "extremely nice and apologetic" over the matter.

"South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker admitted to similarity between their recent "Inception" spoof and an episode done by web comedy video CollegeHumor. "It's just because we do the show in six days, and we're stupid and we just threw it together," Stone said in the confession. "But in the end, there are some lines that we had to call and apologize for."

On October 20, "South Park" aired an episode called "Insheeption" where many dialogues are noticably too similar to the web video called "Inception Characters Don't Understand Inception" which was written by Dan Gurewitch and David Young, and posted on CollegeHumor on August 2. While CollegeHumor said, "Shared unconstructed dream space" to explain what Limbo is, the Comedy Central cartoon said "Empty scary dream space."

Another example is when an 'expert' in "South Park" said, "We need to move them all to the next dream level before the projections kill them.

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Is it us or does it seem like comedy has run out of ideas? 'SNL' was accused of ripping off 'Tim and Eric, Awesome Show, Great Job!', '30 Rock' was accused of ripping off 'The Sarah Silverman Program.' And now 'South Park' is accused of lifting a concept from College Humor.

On Wednesday night's episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone spoofed the summer blockbuster 'Inception.' The characters tried to explain the dream level plot, yet only seem to further confuse things. It may seem familiar because we've seen dozens of 'Inception' spoofs and jokes since its release.

However, senior sketch writer at College Humor Dan Gurewitch argues the bit seems familiar because it was copied nearly line for line from his video.

 

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Not only has Eminem spent half the summer at the top of the charts, but also in proving he's "Not Afraid" with his single. Well, CollegeHumor has a different take on the hit. Under the subhead of "Won't the real Slim Shady please calm down?", the site has posted a parody video and song "I Am Afraid," featuring frequent phobias including, but not limited to: clowns, aliens, needles, heights, thunderstorms, volcanos, planes, rats, being buried alive, land sharks, ghost snakes and loud noises. Loveable Ch senior writer and Upright Citizens Brigade alum Dan Gurewitch stars, turning Em's "meh" line into an...