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Why Bad Actors Do Well on TV

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:35:05 CDT

Mad Men is one of TV's best shows, even though January Jones isn't a very good actress. Stana Katic is roughly as bad as the romantic lead on Castle , yet that show's fine, too. "Television is very kind to bad actors," observes Willa Paskin of Salon . "My point here is...

Seinfeld, Soup Nazi Reunite in Super Bowl Ad

Matt Cantor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:17:05 CST

First it was Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller ; now, Jerry Seinfeld is looking back on past glories in a Super Bowl ad, Mashable reports. The commercial features Seinfeld battling to be the first to own a new Acura NSX. Trouble is, another guy already has dibs. So Seinfeld offers him...

Seinfeld to Sit in Regis' Chair

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:10:05 CDT

Jerry Seinfeld is the new Regis … at least for a few days. Regis Philbin departs from his hosting gig on Live! on Nov. 18, and Seinfeld will join co-host Kelly Ripa from Nov. 21 to Nov. 23, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Seinfeld, the first scheduled guest host, will...

For Sale: Seinfeld's $18M Colorado Mansion

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:07:34 CDT

Jerry Seinfeld is selling his 14,000-square-foot Colorado estate for a cool $18.25 million. Sitting on 27 acres in pastoral Telluride, the 12-bedroom furnished ranch house has a guest house, four fireplaces, a 5,500-square-foot deck, and a private road. You can see photos at Realtor.com .

Seinfeld Puts His Comedy Online... Slowly

Kevin Spak — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:55:28 CDT

Jerry Seinfeld wants to give his stand up to the world—eventually. He’s gathered up more than 1,000 clips of his comedy for the new JerrySeinfeld.com site he’s launching Friday, but he only intends to release three of them a day. “I don’t want everything,” he explains to...

Jerry Seinfeld: Gaga Is a 'Jerk'

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:00:46 CDT

Jerry Seinfeld didn't mince words when talking about Lady Gaga, code name Lady Gag-Gag. "This woman is a jerk. I hate her," said (joked?) Seinfeld during a radio interview last night. "I can’t believe they put her in my box, which I paid for." That box, incidentally, was where she...

9 Ridiculous Celeb Homes

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:12:00 CDT

If you have the money to trick out your house with a private waterpark, three bomb shelters, your own runway, or a baseball diamond…why wouldn’t you? The Frisky lists the nine most ridiculous celebrity mansions: Bill Gates : If you stay at his place, you get a chip so that every...

Seinfeld, 'Pacino' Upstage Law's Rule on SNL

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:02:15 CDT

Oh, so Jude Law hosted Saturday Night Live last night, but Popeater reports that a less-than-enthralling opening monologue was quickly upstaged by guest appearances by Jerry Seinfeld and, ahem, Al Pacino. Click the videos above to watch, and remember: Butts are for pooping.

Marriage Ref a 'Heinous' Mess

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:54:05 CST

Jerry Seinfeld returned to NBC last night with the highly anticipated debut of his reality/game show The Marriage Ref , but critics were largely unimpressed. A sampling of reviews: “ The Marriage Ref is a mess,” concludes Adrian Chen on Gawker . It “falls into the reality show trap of making real relationships...