November 16, 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nev. --
Wanda Sykes opened up about her sexuality in Las Vegas on Saturday — thanks to the passing of Prop. 8.
“You know, I don’t really talk about my sexual orientation,” she told a crowd rallying for the nationwide protest against the California ballot initiative, according to The Associated Press. “I didn’t feel like I had to [before]. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life.”
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November 13, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
“Saturday Night Live” is adding two female cast members, an NBC source confirmed to Access Hollywood.
The new members are comediennes Michaela Watkins (pictured at right, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”) and Abby Elliott (“King of the Hill”).
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November 13, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson grab a Whopper. And, will Jack Black spill Angelina Jolie baby beans in the future?
Get your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans inside!
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November 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Adam Sandler has welcomed a new addition to his family – a baby girl.
The “Don’t Mess With the Zohan” star confirmed he and wife Jackie welcomed the couple’s second daughter, Sunny Madeline, on Sunday, November 2.
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November 5, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
Culminating their satirical coverage of the campaign, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert teamed up for a live one-hour comedy special — though Stewart had his Cronkite moment, too.
About 11 p.m. EST, Stewart became possibly the first comedian to announce presidential election result on live national television.
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November 2, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Republican John McCain poked fun at his presidential campaign’s financial shortcomings and his reputation as a political maverick in an appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”
The presidential hopeful made a cameo appearance at the beginning of the show, with Tina Fey reprising her memorable impersonation of McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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November 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Sarah Palin unwittingly took a prank call Saturday from a Canadian comedian posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and telling her she would make a good president someday.
“Maybe in eight years,” replies a laughing Palin.
The Republican vice presidential nominee discusses politics, the perils of hunting with Vice President Dick Cheney, and Sarkozy’s “beautiful wife,” in a recording of the six-minute call released Saturday and set to air Monday on a Quebec radio station.
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October 31, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
As the star of “30 Rock” and former Weekend Update anchor and ex-head writer of “Saturday Night Live,” Tina Fey has seen a lot — but she told Access Hollywood‘s Billy Bush that the recent buzz over her “SNL” portrayal of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin tops it all.
“The Sarah Palin thing is by far the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to me, and I’ve been around some weird things,” Tina told Billy. “You couldn’t have predicted. Like, who would have predicted that this lady that I kind of look like would be running for vice-president.”
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October 26, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Amy Poehler will miss tonight’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” thanks to the birth of her baby, Access Hollywood has learned.
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October 24, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
As Matt Lauer was being roasted by the Friars Club on Friday, a special guest showed up to take some jabs at the “Today” show host – Tom Cruise.
Three years after Cruise and Lauer’s infamous interview on “Today,” where the actor called the host “glib” while discussing his views on psychiatric medicine and Scientology, Cruise hit the Friars Club for a little roast revenge.
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October 21, 2008
LONDON, England --
Matt Damon might be fond of funny lady Sarah Silverman, but her audience in London on Sunday had little love for the comedienne — in fact, they heckled her!
After Sarah reportedly performed only 40 minutes of material at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, an unruly crowd refused to leave the theater and began shouting for their money back, the BBC reported.
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October 18, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Tina Fey isn’t getting caught up in all the praise she’s getting for her dead-on imitation of the Republican vice presidential candidate. She says anyone can do Sarah Palin’s voice.
Appearing on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” Friday, Fey shared her formula for having spoofed the Alaska governor in recent “Saturday Night Live” sketches.
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October 15, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Denis Leary has come under fire for comments he made in his new book, suggesting autism is nothing more than a parental excuse.
How does the Autism Society of America respond? And who else does the “Rescue Me” star rip in his new book?
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October 8, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Live from New York – it’s Thursday night!
Starting this Thursday, “Saturday Night Live” will be taking on primetime for the next three weeks as half-hour episodes of “SNL Thursday Night Live” run until the presidential election, in addition to regularly scheduled “SNL” episodes.
The show will feature an opening political sketch and the “Weekend Update” segment. So does that mean more Tina Fey?
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October 4, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Tina Fey has finalized a book deal with Little, Brown & Co., according to the New York Observer.
She’ll reportedly be writing a collection of nonfiction humor in the vein of Nora Ephron.
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October 2, 2008
BOSTON, Mass. --
Comedian Sandra Bernhard says the decision by a women’s shelter to cut her act from its annual benefit was based on a misleading account of what she said about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Bernhard made the remarks last month during her one-woman show in Washington before Palin visited New York to campaign. The 53-year-old comedian said Palin would be “gang-raped by my big black brothers” during a diatribe in which she also criticized Palin for opposing abortion rights.
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September 28, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Tina Fey reprised her role as Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” again appearing as the Republican vice presidential candidate in an opening sketch.
Saturday night’s show — the third of the season for the NBC comedy program — brought back the season premiere tandem of Fey and Amy Poehler, who opened the season with a memorable sketchfeaturing Fey as Palin and Poehler as Hillary Clinton.
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September 27, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas --
Bill Murray has made audiences laugh in dozens of films over his three-decade-plus career, but he says one stands above the rest.
“I think the first 45 minutes of ‘Ghostbusters’ were about as funny as a movie gets,” he told an audience at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, on Thursday. “We didn’t have a lot of special effects then, just a couple. It was just the funny characters in that world.”
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September 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Tina Fey hits the Emmy red carpet and shares with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush her reaction to a McCain advisor calling her portrayal of Sarah Palin “sexist.”
Plus, Tina reveals why she never wanted to impersonate Governor Palin in the first place.
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September 25, 2008
Jolie Lash
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
There are two things a person notices immediately when they meet Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the comedy duo behind and starring in HBO’s new series, “Little Britain USA.”
Find out what those two things are and a whole lot more about AccessHollywood.com’s newest Rising Stars.
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September 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
It’s official: British funnymen are the toast of Hollywood!
Just weeks after U.K. comedian Russell Brand and his trademark teased-out hair hosted the MTV Video Music Awards comes news that “Office” creator Ricky Gervais may be being lined up to helm the Oscars.
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September 16, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Following in the footsteps of Queen Latifah, Rihanna and Drew Barrymore, daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will be the next “easy, breezy, beautiful” celebrity to front a CoverGirl campaign.
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September 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. --
Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Margaret Cho are among an all-star lineup of entertainers who will honor the late comedian George Carlin at this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
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September 14, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
“30 Rock” star Tina Fey returned to “Saturday Night Live” last night for the NBC show’s season premiere, playing her political lookalike, Governor Sarah Palin. Since Palin entered the national scene as the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, the bespectacled brunette has earned a number of comparisons to Tina, who handled the governor’s Alaskan accent and folksy style with gusto.
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September 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Audrina Patridge will be bringing “Hills” style drama to the set of MADtv.
Access Hollywood has learned that the MTV reality star will make a special appearance on an all-new episode of FOX’s MADtv Saturday, September 20.
The brunette will appear in the sketch “Audrina Brings the Drama.” In the sketch, Audrina visits the set of MADtv, causing the entire cast to erupt in fighting and conflict.
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September 4, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Kathy Griffin, who shook up an Emmy ceremony last year with her rowdy acceptance speech, is bringing her act to this year’s prime-time awards show.
Griffin and Don Rickles, a comedian who’s legendary for his combative style, will team up as presenters at the Sept. 21 ceremony airing on ABC, the TV academy says.
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September 3, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
The pregnancy of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s unwed daughter was fair game for late-night comics, but they tread lightly.
Three of the comics, in fact, made Democrat John Edwards the butt of their jokes about the situation. Edwards, the former presidential candidate, admitted this summer to an affair after first denying it.
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August 21, 2008
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. --
Jerry Seinfeld has been reportedly hired to take a bite out of Apple.
The comedian is being paid a whopping $10 million to be a pitchman for Microsoft, which has been battling an image issue, thanks in part to Apple’s “Mac vs. PC” commercials, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The Seinfeld ads, part of the software company’s reported new $300 million advertising campaign, are slated to begin running on September 4, and will feature the funnyman along with Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
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August 19, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
“Saturday Night Live” alumni Chris Kattan has split with his wife, Sunshine Tutt, after eight weeks of marriage, according to reports.
Kattan and Tutt, a model, are “just separated,” Kattan’s rep, Jill Fritzo told People. The two have “no plans for divorce at this time.”
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August 11, 2008
By Mike Marson & Jeremy Blacklow
BEIJING, China --
“Let’s go to the Great Wall and let’s go to the Forbidden City, and let’s do stuff that’s forbidden,” comedian Chris Tucker suggested to Access Hollywood’s own Shaun Robinson as they went for a stroll in the Houhai district of Beijing.
Chris Tucker may be getting just a little TOO into the China spirit, but it was hard not to as the “Rush Hour” star made a bunch of new friends in a short amount of time.
More of the action… inside!
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August 13, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The new promo spot for the MTV “Video Music Awards” featuring Britney Spears and the show’s host, British comedian Russell Brand, has been unveiled.
Britney and Russell reference the singer’s 2007 “VMA” performance via an elephant in the room, which the duo make no reference to. The pachyderm performs tricks in the background as Britney and Russell joke about his less-than-household-name-in-America, status.
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August 9, 2008
CHICAGO, IL. --
Comedian Bernie Mac has passed away at age 50, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
He died Saturday morning in a Chicago-area hospital from complications due to pneumonia, according to his publicist, Danica Smith.
Read on for all the latest details and reactions from Mac’s former co-stars including George Clooney and Niecy Nash.
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August 10, 2008
BEIJING, China --
Coming Monday night on Access Hollywood.
Shaun Robinson talks with “Rush Hour” trilogy star Chris Tucker in Beijing.
Chris talks about what brought him to Beijing and what sporting events he plans to watch while he’s here.
Plus, he shares his memories of comedian Bernie Mac.
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August 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Britney Spears is heading back to MTV’s “Video Music Awards,” Access Hollywood has confirmed.
The pop singer, who made headlines last year after a rough performance of “Gimme More” opened the show, filmed a cameo for the 2008 “VMA” promos, Tuesday in Los Angeles.
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August 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Paris Hilton may be in Denmark promoting her line of bags, but back stateside, her FunnyOrDie.com John McCain campaign ad spoof has garnered five million views, and counting.
The ever-growing totals however, haven’t come as a surprise to Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, co-founders of FunnyOrDie.com, who came up with idea for the clip.
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August 3, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
Hospitalized comedian Bernie Mac is getting better, despite rumors to the contrary.
“Bernie Mac is still alive and being treated in a Chicago hospital for pneumonia and is expected to make a full recovery,” his rep told People on Saturday.
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August 1, 2008
CHICAGO, IL --
Bernie Mac has been hospitalized for pneumonia, according to reports.
Mac, a star of “Ocean’s Thirteen” alongside George Clooney and Brad Pitt, was hospitalized in Chicago, a rep for the star told Reuters.
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July 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Now that their feud is up in smoke, Cheech and Chong are high on plans to reunite for their first comedy tour in more than 25 years.
Cheech Marin told AP Radio that he and Tommy Chong “looked at each other going, `If we’re ever going to do something it has to be now because you’re not getting any younger and neither am I.”’
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July 25, 2008
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Team Griffin is still solid, intact and ready to continue with the laughs.
Despite reports that Jessica Zajicek, Kathy Griffin’s assistant and co-star on Bravo’s “My Life on the D-List,” has left the comedian, a rep for Kathy told AccessHollywood.com that Jessica is still Kathy’s assistant.
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July 16, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Comedian Andy Dick has been arrested in California for investigation of drug use and sexual battery.
The Sheriff’s Department says Dick, 42, was arrested shortly before 2 AM on Wednesday in the parking lot near the Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar in Murrieta. Details were not released.
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July 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
In sad news for the comedy world, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, Vanity Fair reported.
“Jimmy and Sarah have and will have no further comment,” Kimmel’s rep Lewis Kay and Silverman’s rep Amy Zvi told Vanity Fair in a joint statement after confirming the split to the magazine.
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July 7, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana --
The Essence Music Festival wrapped up its 14th year Sunday night, which was marked by the return of Grammy Award-winner Mary J. Blige and comedian Chris Rock.
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June 25, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Plus, Brad, George and Matt come out for a good cause. Jen and John still going strong. And Jamie Lynn wants a normal life for her newborn.
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June 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
George Carlin, the frenzied performer whose routine “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television” led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died.
Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. He was 71.
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June 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Following the death of comic icon George Carlin on Sunday, those who knew him best and modeled their own careers in his shadow, react to the loss of a legend.
Carlin died from heart failure at the age of 71.
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June 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Audiences still get Maxwell Smart.
Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway’s “Get Smart,” the Warner Bros. big screen update of the 1960s spy sitcom, raked in $39.2 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend movie, according to studio estimates Sunday.
But movie-goers did not get Mike Myers’ “The Love Guru,” the weekend’s other new wide release. The Paramount Pictures comedy about a self-help mentor took in just $14 million to open at No. 4.
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June 23, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday.
He was 71.
Carlin went into a Santa Monica hospital Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham.
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June 3, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
Actor and comedian D.L. Hughley will take the reins as host of BET Awards ’08.
Tagged as “the hottest ticket on television,” BET Awards ’08 is raising the stakes as the biggest stars in music, sports and entertainment unite under one roof at Los Angeles’s historic Shrine Auditorium on Tuesday, June 24 at 8 p.m. ET. BET Awards ’08 will feature live performances by some of today’s hottest artists, including Usher, Lil Wayne and Nelly.
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June 2, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
The “Transformers” have another chunk of metal to add to their collection.
The blockbuster about robots in disguise took home the golden popcorn trophy for best film at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, and Johnny Depp won two buckets for best comedic performance and best villain.
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May 30, 2008
NEW YORK, NY --
This weekend, women across the globe are strapping on their highest designer heels, zipping up their cutest dress, grabbing their best girl friends and heading out to the theatre to see “Sex and The City” in its big screen debut.
But before you go, take a walk down memory lane with Access Hollywood as we review some of the greatest guest stars from Seasons 1 through 6.
Look out as we recap what Matthew McConaughey, Vince Vaughn, Molly Shannon, Amy Sedaris, Hugh Hefner and even Donald Trump were doing to the ladies of “SATC.”
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May 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and on the big screen in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81.
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May 29, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Eddie Murphy is ready to get back on the beat.
The comedian is set to reprise his role as detective Axel Foley in a fourth installment of “Beverly Hills Cop,” according to Variety.
In addition, Brett Ratner is in talks to direct the film.
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May 25, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases as “Sock it to me!” has died. He was 86.
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May 12, 2008
NEW YORK, New York --
After months of speculation, NBC has finally confirmed Jimmy Fallon is making the move to “Late Night.”
Fallon will take over for Conan O’Brien, once Conan replaces Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” in 2009, the network announced on Monday.
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May 8, 2008
NEW YORK, N.Y. --
Tony Award winning star of stage and screen, Whoopi Goldberg, will take center stage as she hosts the 62nd Annual “Tony” Awards on Sunday, June 15 live from Radio City Music Hall, Access Hollywood has learned.
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May 2, 2008
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES --
Which “American Pie” actor tied the knot? Who wasn’t jumping on Oprah’s couch? What did Sarah Silverman say about her relationship with Jimmy Kimmel? And Gavin is singing about his marriage to Gwen.
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April 17, 2008
Jolie Lash
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Earlier this week, funnyman Russell Brand took a break from a Los Angeles set where he has been filming a part in Adam Sandler’s upcoming movie, “Bedtime Stories,” to share some side-splitting tales a person usually has to pay good money to hear.
The lanky actor, stand-up comedian and British TV and radio host plays Sandler’s sidekick in the film and while that is no small
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