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Put yourself in this situation.
You're a Nobel Prize winning chemist who, after a series of unfortunate events, has become a high-school chemistry teacher. Your family is barely scraping by. You take a job at a local car wash to help add some extra money.
Shortly thereafter, you're diagnosed with terminal lung cancer with 6 months (at most) left to live.
Interview: Director Jorma Taccone on his upcoming action-comedy MacGruber
Posted by: Paul Little • April 23, 2010 @ 3:09am
If you're a regular viewer of Saturday Night Live, you're likely well aware of the recurring MacGruber sketches, which feature Will Forte as a ridiculous MacGyver-esque hero who always ends up getting blown up.
Derek Seguin, Steve Patterson, Hot Thespian Action, and other highlights from the 2010 Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Posted by: Paul Little • April 12, 2010 @ 6:08am
Last April, I was gearing up for the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. As a giant comedy nerd, any chance to see some of my favourites perform without me having to leave my hometown is a great thing.
Interview: Jay Baruchel of How to Train Your Dragon and the upcoming The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Posted by: Mark McLeod • April 9, 2010 @ 3:13am
Jay Baruchel, like many young Canadian actors, got an early taste of showbiz on the 90s Nickelodeon/YTV series Are You Afraid of the Dark?, which partially filmed in his hometown of Montreal.
Interview: Breaking Upwards' Daryl Wein & Zoe Lister-Jones
Posted by: Elizabeth Hughes Belzil • April 2, 2010 @ 2:16am
It had been ages since I had experienced true agitation: hands slick with perspiration, hollowed-out insides, shortness of breath, compulsive pacing. But this was the state I found myself in last Tuesday afternoon as I waited by the phone, reading and rereading my notes. I felt like I was about to perform a play with an unfinished script.
Interview: Multi-talented Toronto singer/songwriter Emm Gryner
Posted by: Paul Little • March 30, 2010 @ 12:47pm
Emm Gryner has a career that most people who choose a life in the arts would dream of.
It's finally time for my first article in a continuing series. In this article I'll be showcasing some of the best shows that aren't necessarily part of the mainstream.Some of these shows are juggernauts overseas, and some are just on cable.
Interview: Psych creator Steve Franks on the season four finale, next season, and putting the show together
Posted by: Paul Little • March 10, 2010 @ 6:47am
A little over a week ago, I posted some Psych scoop on the heels of speaking with Steve Franks, the show's creator, writer, and executive producer. Well, that interview with Mr.
Academy Awards Coverage: The Hurt Locker takes down the mighty Avatar; our own Douglas Maynard asks the tough questions
Posted by: Paul Little • March 7, 2010 @ 9:03pm
As the Academy Awards draw to a close, I'm reminded of something said at Friday's press conference in Hollywood with Oscar co-producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic and Academy president Tom Sherak.
Tonight the film world came together to celebrate the best in motion pictures with the 82nd Academy Awards. We love the Oscars here at ShowbizMonkeys.com -- the movie stars, the spectacle, the whole thing -- but we also like picking our own favourites in movies. Since this site began under our old name in 2001, we've been choosing our own top movies of the year.
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