By Drew Grant 3/07 1:23pm

ARE WE HAVING FUN YET?

Main: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay/ Insert: Bob Odenkirk and Ben Stiller (Getty Images/The Ben Stiller Show

Will Ferrell, Bob Odenkirk and Ben Stiller All Get New IFC Shows (Video)

IFC clearly knows what it is doing. The network that brought you Portlandia (and also Comedy Bang Bang!, if that is your sort of thing), has just announced its green-lighting of two new shows; Spoils of Babylon and The Birthday Boys. The former will be written by and star Will Ferrell alongside long-time writing partner and former head SNL writer Adam McKay, while the latter will be executive produced by The Ben Stiller Show buddies Ben Stiller and Bob Odenkirk. Er, we mean, Saul.

And whoa my gosh, do they look great. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/06/12 1:27pm

Academy Awards

Keep it classy, Oscars

No Joke: Funny or Die Presents the Academy Awards (Video)

It’s been a rocky year for the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Not only did Brett Ratner resign from producing the show, but the ballots were so confusing! Plus, no more appealing to the youngsters with hotties James Franco and Anne Hathaway; this year the Academy is going with their old hosting standby, Billy Crystal. (That’s after Eddie Murphy and a bunch of others turned down the duty.)

So how will the awards show get that critical 18-35 demo to tune in? By marketing “funny” commercials for the most venerable and respected film event of the year, obviously. And having said commercials directed by a viral comedy site. Your parents are not going to understand this Oscar commercial (or why there is a commercial for the Oscars this year), so get ready to explain the Internet to them again. Read More

By Christopher Rosen 10/17/08 7:53pm

Will Ferrell, Original Dubya, Brings Bush to Broadway

Not to be outdone by Josh Brolin and his ridiculously dead-on George W. Bush impersonation, Will Ferrell would like to remind everyone that he was the original Dubya. Mr. Ferrell and his partner-in-comedy, director Adam McKay (Step Brothers, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and "The Landlord"), will produce the Broadway show You’re Welcome America: A Final Night Read More