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Clint Black, Living Proof That Dying Is Easier Than Comedy

7:30AM Mark Graham | If you were to conduct a poll of the 276 million people living in these here United States asking what they’d REALLY like to know about their favourite celebrities, we’re pretty sure you’d be hard pressed to find even one person who’s wondering whether or not country music star Clint Black is any good at stand-up comedy. Still, that didn’t stop CBS from devoting close to 6 minutes of airtime last night to answering that very question as part of their brand new show, Secret Talents Of The Stars. Sandwiched between segments of other equally perplexing talents of Z-listers (Can George Takei sing country music? Can Mya dance? Does a bear shit in the woods?), Clint Black spent some time prepping his stand-up routine with old friend Garry Shandling at the preeminent comedy hotspot for people born in the 1950s, The Comedy Store. Unfortunately for all of us, when a clearly concerned Shandling asked the yukless Black if “he had any OTHER secret talents” besides comedy, Black’s answer was no. Shandling’s advice and Black’s so-bad-it’s-bad performance follow after the jump. More »

Brad Grey Insists Under Oath That He Didn’t Want To Know How The Pellicano Sausage Was Made

8:08AM Seth | There was little that could have come from Brad Grey’s testimony at the Anthony Pellicano trial today that would have matched the sensationalism of the last bombshell to emerge from this ongoing saga of backdoor Hollywood intrigue–i.e., the Chris Rock: Accused Rapist tapes. Still, there was plenty of opportunity for another Moment, the diminutive studio emperor having a sizable axe to grind with Garry Shandling, who pulled no punches on the stand in a brutally frank testimony against his former manager. (It would surely have included some waterworks had the Larry Sanders Show star not years ago had his face pulled tighter than a conga drum, effectively sealing every one of his above-the-neck mucus membranes tighter than Tutankhamen’s tomb.) As it turns out, Grey did not use the opportunity to take some public jabs at his nemesis, instead delivering straightforward statements relieving himself of all knowledge of Pellicano’s shadowy surveillance methods: More »