Hall to Direct Docu on Black Comedy Circuit
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LOS ANGELES  - Arsenio Hall is adding  the title documentary filmmaker to his resume.
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Politically charged drama, comedy, and reality fare is coming to network and cable TV.
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For decades, Paul Mooney has left people howling with laughter and cringing at the same time. During a typical routine by the black comedian &#151; mostly about the screwy state of race in America &#151; the n-word could roll off his tongue dozens of times.
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âTo Die in Jerusalem,â a film about the families of a Palestinian suicide bomber, will appear on HBO and at the Paley Center for Mediaâs documentary festival.
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Moviegoers are most likely to associate the Newark Museum with the annual Black Film Festival it has hosted for the past 30 years.
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Comedian Richard Pryor judges an award aimed at attracting more ethnic minority comedians to the Fringe Festival.
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Infamous adult film Deep Throat is set for release in the US to coincide with a documentary about the risque movie.
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Jonathan Holmesâs âFallujahâ is the latest entrant in the growing canon of documentary theater that concentrates on Iraq.
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Comedian Jon Stewart will host the Academy Awards next February, the New York Times reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES  - "The Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson has launched a production company with hopes of tapping young talent for TV comedies.
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Actress Jerry Hall pulls out of one-woman sjpw in London. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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TheDailyShow.com, which launches in the fourth quarter, will archive the entire video history of the show including headlines, interviews and the âBack in Blackâ feature.
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The writers behind BBC comedy The Thick Of It are working on a political satire film, it is confirmed.
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ItÂs Black on Black this weekÂ preceding the big Black Bhansali opus which opens next week.
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Through a two-year partnership with the British Film Institute, HP will assist the organization in creating a digital archive of more than 300 films and television shows. When it opens in March, the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank will have a catalog of films and videos spanning more than a century.
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The director of the new Ice  Cube comedy "First Sunday" is moving ahead with a new project  about a flight attendant who jets around the country in search  of a husband.
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Comedy Central veteran Dave Attell is coming to network television.