David Spade Has Torn Hollywood Its Last New One

· Comedy Central decides not to renew The Showbiz Show for a fourth season, officially freeing David Spade from the conflict-inviting hosting duties that sometimes put him in the uncomfortable position of having to use puppets to explain how Heather Locklear's marriage was already over by the time he was banging her. [Variety] More »

Jailhouse Karaoke, Counting Celebrities, And Blood-Soaked Wedding Gowns

· Critic-proof director/producer Brian Robbins takes on Jailhouse Rock, a film based on the real-life story of an American Idol-like signing competition (the "Inmate Idle Singing Con-Test") that took place in an Arizona jail, for Disney. While it's probably too soon to think about casting, it's hard not to imagine Robbins throwing some orange jumpsuits on his Wild Hogs dream team and letting them loose on renditions of "Summer Lovin'" and "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights." Projected opening weekend gross: $42 million. [Variety] More »

'Knocked Up' May Restore Trust In Mainstream Comedy Stolen By Fat-Suited Eddie Murphy

Following a screening at the SXSW Film Festival, Variety is head-over-heels, ass-over-teakettle, fill-me-up-with-your-bastard-slacker-lovechild in lust with Knocked Up, Judd Apatow's probing exploration of what happens when individuals from different beauty castes violate societal norms by mistakenly procreating: More »

Another Hollywood Couple Calls It Quits

The trades bring some unfathomably sad news this morning: producers Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins, whose Tollins/Robbins Productions have recently given the world populist masterworks such as Norbit and Wild Hogs, have announced that they are taking steps to separate themselves from a beautiful partnership that's lasted longer than a decade. The duo insist that they've recently realized that they've grown apart, and that their friendly split will involve joint custody of projects they've developed together, as well as the occasional awkward social interaction stemming from their inextricably enmeshed lives. Reports Var: More »

'Wild Hogs' Producer Robbins To Critics: How Do Ya Like Me Now?

Not content to let his comments in yesterday's THR about how out of touch critics are with the tastes of mainstream audiences stand on their own, a defiant Wild Hogs producer Brian Robbins took the skirmish to the pages of the trade papers for a second straight day, buying this two-page spread in both Variety and the Reporter to once again declare his triumph over cinematic elitism. An earlier version of the ad, in which Robbins was depicted sodomizing a comically oversized rotten tomato, was rejected for its potentially offensive content. More »