HEAD OF STATE ★★
(Max on Comcast) The mystery of why Chris Rock can’t make a good movie continues. at least this fitfully amusing political comedy marks an improvement: Rock (who also directed) plays a D.C. alderman chosen to replace a deceased presidential candidate, and the blacker he acts, the more his populist following swells. A lowbrow script battles to a draw with moments of stinging farce, and Bernie Mac swipes every scene he’s in. (PG-13; runs through Nov. 17) TY BURR
November 17, 2011 10:55 AM PST
Modern Family has tapped Greg Kinnear to guest star in an upcoming Season 3 episode.
Kinnear will play Phil Dunphy’s new business partner Tad, EW.com reports. Phil is very impressed by the successful and athletic real estate broker. Claire? Not so much.
Comic television appearances include Kathy Griffin, Greg Giraldo, Jeffrey Ross, Jo Koy, Demetri Martin, Neal Brennan, Guy Torry, Tony Rock, Whitney Cummings, Matt Braunger, Guy Branum and Brooklyn Mike. TV Special: the Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers premieres Sunday, August 9 at 10pm ET/PT on Comedy Central.
Comedian Chris Rock isn’t laughing about one woman’s claims he fathered her son.
The comedian has been hit with DNA demands from a woman who insists her teenager is Rock’s love child.
Kali Bowyer, 35, insists her alleged ex-boyfriend’s DNA will help in determining why her 13-year-old son, Jordan, suffers from seizures.
October 11, 1975: Saturday Night Live is first aired
NBC’s Saturday Night, as it was originally titled, made its debut on this day in ’75. Hosted by comedian George Carlin and featuring musical performances by Billy Preston and Janis Ian, the 90-minute show tentatively displayed the near-the-knuckle humor that would see it make headlines in the future, including host Carlin performing a monologue on religion and a sketch involving a rape victim describing the attacker’s words in writing.
Doctor Strange is one of many unproduced screenplays that could be re-imagined as a comic book
The Borgata, Atlantic City
THIS WEEKEND FRIDAY Grab your shorts and sandals to recapture the Endless Summer as The Beach Boys perform. Saturday Folk-rock icon Steven Stills performs classic hits and new tunes.
NEXT WEEK Comedian Brad Garrett, whose standup routine conjurs none of the sad-sack persona he honed on “Everybody Loves Raymond,” tries to elicit chuckles and guffaws on Friday, Oct. 22;Rock guitar hero Joe Walsh and blues legend B.B. King promise an “electric” evening on Saturday, Oct. 22.
MFA actor Dylan Paul Hilpman brought relief to this dark comedy as Gail, an eccentric actor at odds with his boyfriend, Flip. Pin Lim/Forest Photography
This weekend concluded the run of “Our Lady of 121st Street” that the UH School of Theatre and Dance ran for a week in the black box of the Wortham Center.
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Date:October 14, 2011 – October 14, 2011 Time:8:00 pm
Sunday, Oct. 23
Celebratory Pipes —– Organist Janice Stewartplays a variety of pieces, celebrating the newly updated Schantzpipe organ at San Dieguito United Methodist Church; 7 p.m.; 170Calle Magdalena, Encinitas; free-will offering; 760-753-6582.
Red Pepper Jazz Band —- Dixieland jazz music;1 to 4 p.m.; Vista Elks Lodge, 1947 E. Vista Way, Vista;redpepperjazz.com or 760-724-1968.