Daily entertainment news covering Bill Maher en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/05/wanda_sykes_on_her_new_talk_show_nothing Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:40:15 EST Entertainment News 142894@http://www.starpulse.com/news With Jay Leno doing his 10:00 show, other talk show hosts are sweating. That doesn't scare Wanda Sykes though. She's launching The Wanda Sykes Show on Saturday, and she plans to make her weekly show the final word

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/20/celebrity_birthdays_january_83 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105720@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon (1979), Sepultura lead singer Derrick Green (1971), actor Skeet Ulrich (1969), gossip reporter Melissa Rivers (1968), country singer John Michael Montgomery (1965),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/26/tv_year_in_review_the_best_the_worst_aam Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:31:17 EST Entertainment News 106113@http://www.starpulse.com/news In a year that saw the writers strike bring forth more reality TV than we ever thought possible and reduce quality drama to a war of attrition, the boob tube still managed to deliver quality drama series at an impressive clip.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/28/john_mccain_getting_hammered_on_late_nig Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:57:44 EST Entertainment News 102013@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - As if sinking poll numbers and political attacks weren't enough, the McCain-Palin ticket has been taking it on the chin from late-night comics.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/16/check_out_richard_branson_on_iconoclasts Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:32:42 EST Entertainment News 101016@http://www.starpulse.com/news A groundbreaking, celeb-filled new season of "ICONOCLASTS" premieres tonight, Oct. 16 at 10 PM ET/PT on Sundance Channel. The premiere episode features Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/14/review_don_t_misunderestimate_stone_s_w_ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:51:00 EST Entertainment News 100684@http://www.starpulse.com/news All he wanted to do was watch baseball and drink beer all day. Sounds like a reasonable request. Instead, George W. Bush ended up being chosen as leader of the free world. Twice.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/30/bill_maher_vs_god_religulous_flays_organ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:44:54 EST Entertainment News 99488@http://www.starpulse.com/news TORONTO (AP) - Bill Maher has taken his crusade against religion to the big screen. Maher, who has been picking on organized religion for years on his TV shows

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/30/swing_vote_flip_flops_on_fun Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:19:05 EST Entertainment News 94201@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Swing Vote" is guilty of being the same thing that so many political candidates accuse each other of being: a flip-flopper.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/29/lewis_black_s_root_of_all_evil_returns_f Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:26:03 EST Entertainment News 94131@http://www.starpulse.com/news There is a plethora of evil wreaking havoc in the world. It's up to Honorable Judge Lewis Black, the ultimate evaluator of evil, to hear each case and give his official verdict.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/30/maher_and_shandling_honor_george_carlin_ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:57:35 EST Entertainment News 91396@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - He was the comedian who actually said the seven words you can never say on television, but close friends and family members

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/18/the_most_overrated_aamp_underrated_talk_ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:22:22 EST Entertainment News 84777@http://www.starpulse.com/news In recent years, the late night talk show has given way to an avalanche of reruns and trash TV dotting the midnight landscape, making the late night chatfest in itself underrated.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/20/celebrity_birthdays_january_51 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 72940@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon (1979), Sepultura lead singer Derrick Green (1971), actor Skeet Ulrich (1969), gossip reporter Melissa Rivers (1968), country singer John Michael Montgomery (1965),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/25/starpulse_qaamp_a_sklar_brothers_talk_me Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:46:22 EST Entertainment News 65324@http://www.starpulse.com/news Less than a year after they taped the final episode of ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats, which did for sports what Mystery Science Theater 3000 did for bad movies, The Sklar Brothers have released a comedy album and filmed a web series about a web series called Layers , where they play publicists for an agent (Nick Kroll) who represents other agents. In this Starpulse Q and A

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/20/bill_maher_helps_security_guards_kick_ro Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:07:40 EST Entertainment News 64648@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Maher can add ''security guard'' to his job description alongside comedian and political commentator.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/17/pink_dreams_of_animal_sanctuary Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:07:33 EST Entertainment News 64135@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pink threw animal activist Ingrid Newkirk a party at her Hollywood home at the weekend - and announced dreams of turning the place into a rescue shelter for stray animals.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/02/bill_maher_to_star_in_documentary_about_ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:30:00 EST Entertainment News 62150@http://www.starpulse.com/news Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, announced today that it has acquired distribution rights to an untitled documentary about world religion, directed by Larry Charles

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/10/mos_def_hits_out_at_us_involvement_in_ir Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:56:56 EST Entertainment News 59209@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rapper Mos Def has blasted President George W. Bush for his administration's "murderously meddlesome" involvement in the war in Iraq.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/07/bill_o_reilly_attacks_robbins_over_iraqi Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:45:00 EST Entertainment News 59004@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bill O'Reilly has attacked movie star Tim Robbins for "misleading the public" about the Iraqi dead. The O'Reilly Factor host did his homework after activist Robbins appeared on political talk show Real Time With Bill Maher last month,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/27/tim_robbins_blasts_iraq_war_experts_in_t Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:57:21 EST Entertainment News 57468@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actor/activist Tim Robbins lost his cool on TV during an appearance on "Real Time With Bill Maher" on Friday night when he attacked the "experts" who took America to war with Iraq.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/28/cnn_to_celebrate_larry_king_s_50th_anniv Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:46:30 EST Entertainment News 35780@http://www.starpulse.com/news Award-winning broadcaster Larry King marks his 50th anniversary in broadcasting with a week-long celebration on Larry King Live and on CNN across all of its platforms, including on air, online and on radio. King kicks off the anniversary week with Oprah Winfrey, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher and a two-hour special presentation, CNN Presents: Larry King 50 Years of Pop Culture.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/15/real_time_with_bill_maher_kicks_off_fift_16 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:25:34 EST Entertainment News 29947@http://www.starpulse.com/news HBO’s politically incorrect muse, Bill Maher, hosts an all-new season of his cutting-edge live HBO talk show, "Real Time with Bill Maher," which kicks off on Friday, Feb. 16 (11:00 p.m.-midnight ET/PT) exclusively on HBO.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/22/little_miss_sunshine_grey_s_anatomy_win_ Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:23:10 EST Entertainment News 26706@http://www.starpulse.com/news Low-budget movie Little Miss Sunshine has beaten Babel, Dreamgirls and The Departed to be named Best Film at the Producers Guild Of America (PGA) awards Saturday night. The film is now a favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Picture next month - 11 movies voted for by the PGA in the last 17 years have gone on to win the Oscar.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/20/celebrity_birthdays_january_20 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 25799@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon (1979), Sepultura lead singer Derrick Green (1971), actor Skeet Ulrich (1969), gossip reporter Melissa Rivers (1968), country singer John Michael Montgomery (1965), actor Jamie Denton (1963), actor Lorenzo Lamas (1958), political comedian Bill Maher (1956), comedic actor Arte Johnson (1929), storied actress Patricia Neal (1926), country singer Slim Whitman (1924), "Star Trek" doctor DeForest Kelley (1920; d. 1999), and comedic actor George Burns (1896; d. 1996).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/05/grey_s_anatomy_lost_earl_aamp_office_lea Tue, 05 Dec 2006 09:37:28 EST Entertainment News 23009@http://www.starpulse.com/news Grey's Anatomy, Lost, My Name Is Earl and The Office lead the nominations for the Producers Guild of America Awards in the television categories announced yesterday. "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost" face competition from House, The Sopranos and 24 in the Drama category, while "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" will battle it out with Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development and Weeds in the Comedy category at the awards gala in Los Angeles on January 20.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/14/dave_chappelle_backs_out_of_las_vegas_pe Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:23:18 EST Entertainment News 21446@http://www.starpulse.com/news Comedian Dave Chappelle has canceled his performance at Las Vegas' Comedy Festival on Thursday. The funnyman has given no reason for pulling out of the show, and his non-appearance will be compensated for by Bill Maher, who will perform an extended routine.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/07/bill_maher_defends_halloween_costume Tue, 07 Nov 2006 08:20:54 EST Entertainment News 20694@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bill Maher has lashed out at critics who have slammed him for dressing up as Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin for Halloween. Irwin died in September when a stingray barb pierced his chest while he was filming a documentary in Australia. Pictures of Maher were widely circulated on the Internet and sparked outrage, with critics labeling the outfit inappropriate and insensitive.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/31/fans_are_offended_by_bill_maher_s_crocod Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:48:48 EST Entertainment News 20093@http://www.starpulse.com/news Talk show host Bill Maher has sparked outrage after appearing at numerous Halloween parties over the weekend dressed as Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, complete with a bloody stingray barb attached to a khaki shirt.

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