Daily entertainment news covering Animal House en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/19/taking_you_back_to_year_one_a_spotlight_ Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:10:18 EST Entertainment News 127159@http://www.starpulse.com/news You probably know him best as the deadpan Dr. Egon Spengler, a collector of spores, molds, and fungus, but relatively few know Harold Ramis for what he does best: writing and directing.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/07/25_surprise_celebrity_deaths_that_rocked Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:10:11 EST Entertainment News 117218@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Natasha Richardson's unexpected death in a skiing accident late last month stunned and saddened the public. The usually overzealous media even seemed to tread lightly,

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/24/celebrity_birthdays_february_82 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 109483@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to late comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968; d. 2005), "Titanic" actor Billy Zane (1966), singer Michelle Shocked (1962), musician Sammy Kershaw (1958), "Battlestar Galactica" commander Edward James Olmos (1947),

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/05/is_it_ok_to_dislike_caddyshack_ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:00:06 EST Entertainment News 106979@http://www.starpulse.com/news Caddyshack isn't that good, and it's not very funny. If you're 9 out of 10 red blooded American men, that last sentence just infuriated you like I just made slanderous remarks about your grandmother.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/31/celebrity_birthdays_december_73 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105440@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to New Kid Joey McIntyre (1972), Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian (1963), Wonderland star Val Kilmer (1959), stage and screen actress Bebe Neuwirth (1958), rocker George Thorogood (1951),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/07/broadway_set_for_a_thriller_ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:59:22 EST Entertainment News 103000@http://www.starpulse.com/news Michael Jackson's 14-minute Thriller video is on its way to Broadway - as an ambitious new stageshow.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/25/a_girl_a_guy_aamp_a_knife_the_30th_anniv Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:52:40 EST Entertainment News 101699@http://www.starpulse.com/news It was October 25, 1978. Laverne and Shirley, Charlie's Angels and MASH were in the top ten TV shows. Movie theater prices were about $2.50. John Travolta and Olivia Newton John were star-crossed lovers in Grease,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/26/top_10_things_college_kids_can_t_live_wi Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:42:46 EST Entertainment News 99217@http://www.starpulse.com/news For the majority of college kids, it's all about partying, trying to maintain a budget, finding your niche on campus and procrastinating school work so much

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/02/james_belushi_still_grieves_for_brother Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:00:10 EST Entertainment News 79724@http://www.starpulse.com/news James Belushi is still grieving his brother John, 26 years after he overdosed on drugs. Belushi claims it's impossible for him to get over the zany Animal House star's death, because he meets fans every day who remind him how much his older brother was loved.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/24/celebrity_birthdays_february_52 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 73016@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt (1981), quarterback Jeff Garcia (1970), late comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968; d. 2005), "Titanic" actor Billy Zane (1966), singer Michelle Shocked (1962), musician Sammy Kershaw (1958), "Battlestar Galactica" commander Edward James Olmos (1947),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/20/jack_black_denies_plans_for_john_belushi Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:08:13 EST Entertainment News 78568@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jack Black has vowed never to star in a biopic of late comedian John Belushi - fearing it would tarnish the reputation of his comedy idol.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/13/point_counterpoint_should_there_be_a_sep Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:00:45 EST Entertainment News 77803@http://www.starpulse.com/news Think of your favorite comedies. Whether it be Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Caddyshack, Animal House, or recent films like Dumb and Dumber, Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin or Borat, they all have something in common.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/06/thriller_25th_anniversary_edition_a_piec Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:46 EST Entertainment News 76759@http://www.starpulse.com/news 1982 was an unforgettable year that gave theater lovers a bite of alien encounters in science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and one of the biggest selling albums of all time: "Thriller."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/24/celebrity_birthdays_january_55 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 72948@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "That's So Raven" actor Ricky Ullman (1986), star of "The D.U.I." Mischa Barton (1986), American actress/singer Tatyana Ali (1979), "Scooby Doo" actor Matthew Lillard (1970), American gymnast Mary Lou Retton (1968), Dream Theater bassist John Myung (1963),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/31/celebrity_birthdays_december_42 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69130@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to New Kid Joey McIntyre (1972), Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian (1963), Wonderland star Val Kilmer (1959), stage and screen actress Bebe Neuwirth (1958), rocker George Thorogood (1951), disco queen Donna Summer (1948), Animal House actor Tim Matheson (1947), lead singer of The Guess Who Burton Cummings (1947),

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/09/starpulse_qaamp_a_chit_chat_with_the_tal Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:56:10 EST Entertainment News 67375@http://www.starpulse.com/news Growing up, Spike Feresten's father gave him an education in comedy, fostering in him a craving for all things funny. Feresten sought humor in school, employing it in his assignments and in his reign as a class clown, thinking up ingenious pranks that he instructed his minions to carry out, managing his flock like the head of a Fortune 500 company. Feresten's wit eventually led him to a career as a television writer, where he worked for Letterman, Seinfeld, The Simpsons

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/11/great_escape_stuntman_dead_at_77_ Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:17:21 EST Entertainment News 63310@http://www.starpulse.com/news Bud Ekins, the man behind the most famous motorcycle stunt in movie history, has died aged 77. Ekins was in the saddle for the iconic scene in The Great Escape, when Steve McQueen's character jumps a barbed wire fence on a bike to avoid capture as he escapes a German prisoner-of-war camp.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/maxim_com_s_hilarious_movie_t_shirts Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:00:00 EST Entertainment News 52177@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sometimes a movie's wittiest dialog is on its characters' T-shirts. Check out Maxim.com's feature on those classic catchphrases that began on the cotton crewnecks of countless crazy characters!

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/24/national_lampoon_picks_up_les_claypool_s Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:57:27 EST Entertainment News 39421@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Primus frontman Les Claypool's moviemaking ambitions have been given a huge boost - his new film comedy has been bought by the National Lampoon Company. Claypool will make his directorial debut with Electric Apricot - a film about a jam band's efforts to perform at a fictitious rock festival, modeled on the Lollapalooza shows.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/24/celebrity_birthdays_february_24 Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 28738@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt (1981), quarterback Jeff Garcia (1970), late comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968; d. 2005), "Titanic" actor Billy Zane (1966), singer Michelle Shocked (1962), musician Sammy Kershaw (1958), "Battlestar Galactica" commander Edward James Olmos (1947), English musician Rupert Holmes (1947), "Spin City" actor Barry Bostwick (1945), "Uncle" Junior Soprano Dominic Chianese (1931), "Animal House" dean John Vernon (1932; d. 2005), "Law & Order" actor Steven Hill (1922), 'living' actor Abe Vigoda (1921), screen actor Zachary Scott (1914; d. 1965), 'Ma Kettle' actress Marjorie Main (1890; d. 1975), and baseball legend Honus Wagner (1874; d. 1955).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/24/celebrity_birthdays_january_24 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 25809@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "That's So Raven" actor Ricky Ullman (1986), star of "The O.C." Mischa Barton (1986), American actress/singer Tatyana Ali (1979), "Scooby Doo" actor Matthew Lillard (1970), American gymnast Mary Lou Retton (1968), Dream Theater bassist John Myung (1963), German actress Nastassja Kinski (1959), British musician Jools Holland (1958), "Animal House" actor/comedian John Belushi (1949; d. 1982), singer/songwriter Warren Zevon (1947; d. 2003), American actress Sharon Tate (1943; d. 1969), American singers Aaron Neville and Neil Diamond (1941), parody singer Ray Stevens (1939), "BASEketball" actor Ernest Borgnine, American painter Robert Motherwell (1915; d. 1991), and Roman Emperor Hadrian (76; d. 138).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/31/celebrity_birthdays_december_31 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 23582@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to New Kid Joey McIntyre (1972), Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian (1963), Wonderland star Val Kilmer (1959), stage and screen actress Bebe Neuwirth (1958), rocker George Thorogood (1951), disco queen Donna Summer (1948), Animal House actor Tim Matheson (1947), lead singer of The Guess Who Burton Cummings (1947), Ray director Taylor Hackford (1944), "Gandhi" actor Ben Kingsley (1943), country/folk musician John Denver (1943; d. 1997), Hannibal Lecter actor Anthony Hopkins (1937), and French Fauve painter Henri Matisse (1869; d. 1954).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/17/paris_hilton_stars_in_national_lampoon_s Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:00:00 EST Entertainment News 23828@http://www.starpulse.com/news School's starting and the boys are hot and ready for a new crop of girls. At South Beach University, Gloria (Paula Garces, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle) and her naive freshman friends join a whirlwind tour where anything goes - free love, girl on girl action and much more. Life becomes a series of hilarious adventures from condom roundups to naked parties. But when Victoria (Paris Hilton, The Simple Life), the queen of mean, declares war on the freshman, things really get hot.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/22/magazine_lists_top_movie_dicks_of_all_ti Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:45:27 EST Entertainment News 13686@http://www.starpulse.com/news Karate Kid bully Billy Zabka has topped a poll of 'movie dicks' in a new GQ magazine survey. The champion wrestler played blond Johnny Lawrence in the cult 1984 martial arts movie, and has beaten out Wedding Crashers' jock Zachary Lodge and National Lampoon's Animal House character Greg Marmalade to top the GQ poll.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/15/the_top_10_sweatshirt_movies_of_all_time Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:57:27 EST Entertainment News 13185@http://www.starpulse.com/news Standing triumphantly at the top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a sweatshirt, Rocky Balboa makes Rocky the number-one sweatshirt movie of all-time. The top 10 list was announced as part of the 80th birthday celebration of the invention of the sweatshirt.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/24/today_s_celebrity_birthdays_feb_25 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:00:30 EST Entertainment News 2473@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt (1981), quarterback Jeff Garcia (1970), late comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968; d. 2005), "Titanic" actor Billy Zane (1966), singer Michelle Shocked (1962), musician Sammy Kershaw (1958), "Battlestar Galactica" commander Edward James Olmos (1947), English musician Rupert Holmes (1947), "Spin City" actor Barry Bostwick (1945), "Uncle" Junior Soprano Dominic Chianese (1931), "Animal House" dean John Vernon (1932; d. 2005), "Law & Order" actor Steven Hill (1922), 'living' actor Abe Vigoda (1921), screen actor Zachary Scott (1914; d. 1965), 'Ma Kettle' actress Marjorie Main (1890; d. 1975), and baseball legend Honus Wagner (1874; d. 1955).

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