Depending on your tastes, the release of another Will Ferrell comedy ("Step Brothers") may be cause for celebration or indifference. ...more

July 22, 2008

TAMPA - Comedian Chris Rock was all jokes when he performed his latest stand-up routine, "No Apologies World Tour," on Wednesday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center's Carol Morsani Hall. ...more

July 3, 2008

Will Smith's soon-to-open private school is not a Scientology facility, as some reports have suggested, the academy's director said. ...more

July 1, 2008

The walls of "The Colbert Report" studio are plastered with letters and artwork of the show's fearless leader submitted by loyal fans. In one painted portrait, Stephen Colbert, astride a horse, is substituted for George Washington. ...more

June 9, 2008

Former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken saved his best material for Saturday afternoon at the state Democratic convention, where he beat back worries from some party leaders about his U.S. Senate candidacy and earned a resounding endorsement from party activists. ...more

June 8, 2008

SEBRING — The laughs start just after the curtain goes up when "Daddy Bud" kicks the bucket in "Dearly Departed," Highlands Little Theatre's newest comedy. But this show is a little different from other Little Theatre plays – non-actor guests will grace the stage. Opening night is Friday, June 6, with 12 notable residents taking their turn – for different performances – to die as Daddy Bud. Mayor George Hensley and Carl Cool, former county administrator, will both perish beneath the footlights. ...more

June 4, 2008

The wife of entertainer Bill Murray has filed for divorce after nearly 11 years of marriage, alleging that he abused her and is addicted to marijuana and alcohol. ...more

May 30, 2008

There is a brief scene in the HBO docudrama "Recount" in which Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris is alone in her Tallahassee office looking out the window. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA - Say you're a woman significantly older than Paris Hilton but not yet as ancient as Grandma Moses. You may believe the only heat in this stage of life arrives via a hot flash. Not so, according to ''How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe'' (Scribner, $25). ...more

May 11, 2008

"Saturday Night Live" has been gone for so long that you'll never know who its Mitt Romney impersonator was going to be. ...more

February 21, 2008