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    Will Forte

    In his first year in the cast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” Will Forte faced a daunting challenge...

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    Greta Scacchi

    The daughter of an English dancer and an Italian painter, Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy,...

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    Karen Cliché

    With her role as Baylin, the tough bounty hunter from the planet Mongo, actress Karen Cliche helped...

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    Samantha Ronson

    Following in the footsteps of her late father, guitarist Mick Ronson, and older brother, DJ Mark...

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    Craig Kilborn

    With his affably snarky wit, superior but never condescending attitude and penchant for slyly...

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    Funny People (2009)

    When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his...

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    For Your Consideration (2006)

    Oscar fever grips the cast and crew of a grade-Z indie film after the performance of a virtually...

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    Bewitched (2005)

    An actual witch (Nicole Kidman) and a neurotic movie star (Will Ferrell) land the lead roles in a...

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    American Dreamz (2006)

    A conniving singer (Mandy Moore) and a sleeper-cell terrorist become finalists on America's hottest...

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    CQ (2002)

    A filmmaker (Jeremy Davies) tries to finish a science-fiction movie after two other directors get...

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    Shakespeare in Love (1998)

    Young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) falls for Viola (Gwyneth Paltrow), reawakening his...

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    Straight-Jacket (2004)

    In the 1950s a self-centered actor (Matt Letscher) marries a female secretary (Carrie Preston) to...

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    A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

    The creator of a long-running radio show conducts business as usual while his guests, cast and crew...

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    The Rocker (2008)

    Twenty years after his band mates gave him the boot, a failed drummer (Rainn Wilson) gets a second...

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    Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

    Borscht-belt comics recall a talent agent's (Woody Allen) escapades with a lounge singer's (Nick...

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    Undiscovered (2005)

    A model (Pell James) moves to Los Angeles to launch an acting career and hatches a scheme to boost a...

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    Airheads (1994)

    Would-be rockers (Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler) armed with squirt guns take a radio...

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    Big Fat Liar (2002)

    A teenager (Frankie Muniz) travels to Los Angeles after a sleazy Hollywood producer (Paul Giamatti)...

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    24 Hour Party People (2002)

    An Englishman (Steve Coogan) founds a record label in the 1970s and encounters wild music, sex and...

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    This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

    An American filmmaker (Rob Reiner) records the demise of a fictitious band of aging British...

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    Avenue Montaigne (2007)

    A waitress (Cécile De France) observes the lives of a classical pianist (Albert Dupontel), an art...

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    What Just Happened? (2008)

    A movie producer (Robert De Niro) tries to engineer a reconciliation with his ex-wife while dealing...

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    Bigger Than the Sky (2005)

    Despite his dismal audition, a man (Marcus Thomas) lands the lead role in a community-theater...

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    Showtime (2002)

    A straight-laced cop (Robert De Niro) must work with a bumbling patrolman (Eddie Murphy) on a...

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    The TV Set (2007)

    A network picks up Mike Klein's (David Duchovny) pilot for a TV series, and now he must navigate...

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    The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

    Loved ones and musicians recall the exploits of a semi-legendary country singer.

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    Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

    Flashbacks show the life and career of a Jewish comic (Billy Crystal) from New York and his loyal...

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    Tootsie (1982)

    The Oscar-winning tale of a temperamental actor who becomes a sensation while posing as a woman on a...

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    Bowfinger (1999)

    A broke producer (Steve Martin) hires a nerd (Eddie Murphy) who looks like a famous actor and other...

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    The Producers (1967)

    A Broadway producer (Zero Mostel) and his accountant (Gene Wilder) back a sure-fire flop:...

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    Color Me Kubrick (2007)

    An audacious con artist (John Malkovich) raises the art of deception to a new level by successfully...

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    Pot O' Gold (1941)

    A harmonica player (James Stewart) woos a landlady's daughter (Paulette Goddard) and joins a...

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    Death to Smoochy (2002)

    Fired from his children's show, a former star (Robin Williams) tries to kill his replacement, a man...

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    Sullivan's Travels (1941)

    A Hollywood director's desire to produce a film about real people and human suffering leads him on...

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    Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

    An Iowa songwriter (Dick Van Dyke) sees his big chance when rock 'n' roll idol Conrad Birdie comes...

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    Danny Roane: First Time Director

    A down-and-out actor (Andy Dick) struggles with alcoholism while directing his first movie.

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    Cecil B. Demented (2000)

    A renegade filmmaker (Stephen Dorff) kidnaps a pampered Hollywood star (Melanie Griffith) and forces...

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    America's Sweethearts (2001)

    A publicist (Billy Crystal) tries to convince the press that the feuding co-stars of a new movie are...

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    The Sunshine Boys (1975)

    After a long separation, two former vaudeville partners reunite to renew their friendship and their...

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    Curtain Up

    A stage director (Robert Morley) clashes with the author (Margaret Rutherford) of a play being done...

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    Soul Men (2008)

    Old animosities re-emerge when two estranged singers (Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac) travel...

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    Bop Girl

    A rock 'n' roll singer (Judy Tyler) switches to calypso, swayed by a professor (Bobby Troup) who...

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    Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

    A producer (Jack Warden) persuades a playwright (John Cusack) to cast a mistress so that a mobster...

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    Cradle Will Rock (1999)

    Orson Welles and John Houseman struggle in 1936 to open the play ``The Cradle Will Rock'' after U.S....

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    200 Motels (1971)

    Groupies, the media and surreal madness follow Frank Zappa's band (The Mothers of Invention) on the...

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    Orgazmo (1998)

    A filmmaker persuades a straight-laced Mormon (Trey Parker) to star in his porno flick, to huge...

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    Victor/Victoria (1982)

    A Chicago mobster (James Garner) falls for a female impersonator (Julie Andrews), actually a woman,...

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    Get Shorty (1995)

    A film-loving loan shark (John Travolta) teams with a B-movie producer (Gene Hackman) to become a...

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    The King of Comedy (1983)

    A desperate would-be comic (Robert De Niro) hounds a late-night talk-show host (Jerry Lewis) for a...

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    Attention Shoppers (2000)

    A fledgling sitcom actor's marriage hits an all time low when he makes a public appearance at a...