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Watch Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm and Friends Shtick Up for Health Care Reform

Will Ferrell and his fellow funny somebodies are playing their part in the ongoing health care debate with a new video released via Ferrell's comedy website Funny or Die and MoveOn.org....  read more

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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to Produce Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

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Will Ferrell is keeping busy these days. Along with Step Brothers director Adam McKay, Ferrell is producing the forthcoming Tim and Eric movie, and now, he and McKay have joined Dead Snow's Tommy Wirkola to produce Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, a sort-of sequel to the original children story, according to The Hollywood Reporter....  read more

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Tim and Eric movie to be produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay

Meanwhile, the pair has upcoming collaborations with John C. Reilly, Zach Galifianakis, Bob Odernkirk and Frank Black...  read more

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Will Ferrell's George W. Bush a hit on Broadway, too

A flagship on Saturday Night Live for years, Will Ferrell’s droll impersonation of George W. Bush proved to be an honored commodity, much as Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin would be later on. So to coincide with his beleaguered subject’s departure from office, Ferrell rolled the dice and took it to Broadway for another go-around....  read more

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Three Christmas Songs That Don't Suck

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Yeah, yeah, I know —that title is a bit much. Call me a scrooge, but I just don't get very excited about holiday songs and movies. I actually love this time of year, but do I really have to experience it through my speakers and my television screen? I think not. But while watching Elf (a movie I will make an exception for, along with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation) the other day with some friends, I realized there are a handful of Christmas songs that will always be truly awesome to me. Here are three of them:...  read more

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Tappa Kegga Bru - The 5 Best College Comedies Ever

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Some of the funniest films ever made pay tribute to that special time of transition in life between youth and adulthood. Yes, I'm talking about college—those carefree days of waking up hungover in a pile of your own vomit, only to realize you've missed your philosophy mid-term. Just thinking about it, I'm instantly transported back to my College of Charleston dorm room, with its painted-blue concrete walls and window that didn't open. I'm hitting snooze because I don't want to get up for my 2 p.m. thursday class. "Might as well skip it," I think to myself as I roll...  read more

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Maya Rudolph returning to SNL, Barack Obama next?

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Hillary Clinton's done it. So has John McCain. Sarah Palin, too, just last week. Now it seems it might be Barack Obama's turn on Saturday Night Live, if rumors are to be believed. The junior senator from Illinois will supposedly appear on the show on Nov. 1, just in time, before the election (finally) comes to a close on Nov. 4....  read more

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Will Ferrell is bringing George W. Bush to Broadway

George W. Bush is on his way out of the White House. To honor, or perhaps dishonor, our soon-to-be past president and his eight years of service, Will Ferrell is bringing his impersonation of Bush to Broadway. Titled You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush, Ferrell's production is a one-man show written by the SNL alum and directed by his writing partner Adam McKay. It opens for previews on Jan. 20, the day Bush steps out of office, and will be available to the public from Feb. 1-Mar. 15. at the Cort Theater in New York....  read more

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Step Brothers

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Ever since he left his starring role on Saturday Night Live for superstardom in...  read more

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Will Ferrell plans to show split personality in 2-Face

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Will Ferrell has signed on for a new project at Sony, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, titled 2-Face, will pit Ferrell against himself as man who develops a multiple personality disorder after a car accident....  read more

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