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Comedian, actor and director Albert Brooks usually steers away from politics on his Twitter account where he posts jokes about current events but he made the perfect commentary on Obama’s press conference...

With just over 500,000 followers, the comedian and actor Albert Brooks is a popular presence on Twitter. Most of his tweets are mild, 140-character jokes about events in the news. (Examples: "Neiman Marcus to be Sold for 6 billion. That is, of course, retail," and "Diana Nyad's going to be so pissed when she finds out there was a flight," and "Happy New Year to my Jewish friends, or as I like to call them, my friends.") But Brooks, judging by Twitter at least, has taken the crisis in Syria seriously. Between jokes about Miley Cyrus and Johnny Manziel, on...

We know we’re not famous actors who earn a living playing make-believe, but would it be OK if just for today we pretended all of this righteous outrage was inspired by the Kermit Gosnell trial?

After sternly warning college students to stop harassing his wife or they would face consequences, former Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., now finds himself the target of a complaint.

having been a blues DJ since 1988 (and a DJ overall since '81), I figured I'd make a list of some of the blues tunes I can remember that fall into the novelty category. --Can Blue Men Sing the Whites, Bonzo Dog Band. Perhaps inspired by the times when Cream and they appeared on the same concert bill? --Generic Blues, Weird Al Yankovic. From the UHF soundtrack album. "Oh, son, make it talk, make it talk!...Allright, now make it shut up..." --Louis Jordan--the jump blues pioneer who inspired the likes of B.B. King and Chuck Berry did "There Ain't Nobody...

I laughed myself silly last weekend while watching the trailer for the new Albert Brooks movie, "Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World." I saw that it was playing in a theater in my area, and decided it would be worth the $10 per ticket to watch it. My plan was to go see it this past weekend. However, those plans changed. Why? After searching Fandango and Yahoo! Movies, all I got was: Sorry, this movie is not currently playing in or near the location you have selected. Please enter a different location. or Sorry, showtimes are not currently available...