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In 1971, the 300-or-so people pawing through cardboard boxes of dusty comic books couldn't have possibly imagined that they were standing in what would become the cradle of nerd civilization. From a small meetup for diehard geeks, San Diego Comic-Con has grown into one of the largest and most feverishly anticipated pop-cultural events of the year. Thousands upon thousands of industry types, journalists, the devout faithful (and the suckers they've handsomely paid to stand in line as proxies) and cosplaying fans of all stripes will descend upon the city from July...

Oh, God, Comedy Central’s Drunk History is so hilarious if you’re in the right mood, and probably even if you aren’t. “Detroit” featured guest stars Luke and Owen Wilson (pictured, playing the Kellogg brothers) along with Jason Schwartzman as Ralph Nader, Richard Reihele as James Roche, Ken Marino as Houdini, and Alfred Molina as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. So, what’d we learn?

Key ‘Drunk History’ Lessons for the week of August 14, 2013

–John Kellogg (Owen Wilson) used to advise the patients of his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Mich: “You need to take at least two solid, ropey poops per day.

On TV this Tuesday: Covert Affairs‘ Auggie gets left high and dry, Face Off returns with a fanciful first challenge, Ken Marino plays Drunk and Zooey Deschanel muses Who Do You Think You Are? As a supplement to TVLine’s original features, here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) | The Top 10 perform with All-Stars, and Debbie Allen sits in as a guest judge. (P.S. You can keep your Anna Kendricks and Jesse Tyler Fergusons; I’m all-Allen, all the way.)

8 pm Runner (Espn) | This documentary, another in the Nine for IX series,...

With the small screen dry spell of August upon us, we are back to quench your thirst for quality television with suggestions of more offbeat shows that you might not have thought to check out. First we sang the praises of Hannibal, and last week endorsed binge-watching Orange is the New Black. But this week’s Best Show You’re Not Watching cocktail is of a decidedly stronger proof.

Drunk History takes a brilliantly bizarre premise and milks it for all it’s worth: for each segment, a comic or writer gets intoxicated and recounts a major event in American history. Then famous actors re-enact that event, as per the drunk storyteller’s account – and usually lip-syncing their lines to the comic’s drunken, slurred speech.

This should, by all rights, be extremely stupid. But for various reasons, it is not. Here’s why you really need to check it...

The TV comedy genre is hard to predict nowadays. Most of the shows end up pandering to the lowest common denominator of TV viewers, writing simplistic jokes that deal almost exclusively in sexual innuendos (and not clever ones, either).

When a truly great comedy comes along, it gets accolade after accolade for its ingenuity. We tend to remember these shows well past their expiration dates. The 90s were defined by the likes of Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier; similarly, the 2000s will be remembered for The Office (both the U.K. and U.S. versions), 30 Rock, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Even Comedy Central, a network dedicated to all things funny, struggles to create decent original shows. Most of the shows feature popular comedians and their relatively poor attempts at sketch variety shows; however, every now and then, a genuinely funny show comes along. In 2013, that show is Drunk History.

A round-up of last week’s best costume design stories and links.

Ender’s Game

Uniforms, suits and one very cool wristwatch: Tyranny of Style checked out Ender’s Game costumes at Comic Con.

Drunk History

Costume queen Kristin M. Burke talks to Christina Morgini about being ‘off period’ for the Funny-or-Die show.

Emmys 2013: Costume Design

The nominations are here (go Ellen).

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

His new suit has an mp3 player built in. Make of that what you will.

Red is the New Black

Literally. Costume designer Jenn Rogien chats about her work on the new Netflix series.

Clueless

Believe it or not Clueless is 18 years old. Costume designer Mona May discusses her amazing contribution to the classic teen film. And here is own Clueless article from early 2012.

Suits

Costume designer Jolie Anreatta: ‘Suits are like Medieval suits of armour’. Hear, here.

Animal House

The one and...

It’s summer TV turnover time, with plenty of premieres to discuss this week on the podcast. First we look at the comedies, including the premiere of The Jeselnik Offensive and Drunk History, then we talk some reality, and finally we break down the dramas, including The Bridge, The Newsroom, and Orange is the New Black premieres as well. Then we head over to the DVD Shelf, with Les Chappell from This Was Television and the Av Club joining us to discuss the one season AMC wonder, Rubicon.

Our Week in Comedy (15:12-30:19): The Jeselnik Offensive premiere, Drunk History pilot, The Venture Bros.

Our Week in Reality (31:25-39:07): The American Baking Competition finale, Sytycd

Our Week in Drama (40:17-1:13:30): Nine for IX- “Pat Xo”, The Bridge pilot, The Newsroom premiere, True Blood, Orange is the New Black s1

DVD Shelf...

Drunk History made its television debut on Tuesday, July 9 on Comedy Central. The program originally aired as a web series on Funny or Die way back in August 2007 and features inebriated comedians recounting classic events from America’s past by way of slurred speech and celebrity reenactments in period costumes. Critics were split about the series’ move from the web to small screen, but viewer’s were more enthusiastic. According to our friends at RatingsIntel, a television research firm that puts TV ratings into context, 907,000 viewers tuned into Drunk History’s TV premiere, and the program came in third in its time slot in key demographics versus other cable shows. Drunk History performed better than it’s 9:30Pm Et Comedy Central lead-in of Tosh.0. The clip show comprised of online video clips drew a 1.0 Nielsen rating among Men 18 - 34, while Drunk History was able to capture a 1.2. MTV’s...

Comic Con hasn’t been strictly superheroes in a long, long time. We have scoured the schedule for this year’s event and have pulled out the dark, the bloody, the monstrous, and the ghostly panels that look to be right up FEARnet readers’s alley.

Paranormal Passion Panel

Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).

Thursday July 18, 2013 10:30am - 11:30am

Room 24Abc

Masters of the Web

Some of the most prominent and influential film pundits on the web discuss the film industry, writing for film online,...

"Drunk History" premieres tonight at ten on Comedy Central, taking the beloved Internet video series and stretching it into a full half-hour show, becoming the latest entry in a noble tradition of televised intoxication. Some instances of onscreen drunkenness are sort of tragic and depressing (say, Ruthie on "The Real World: Hawaii"), but there are plenty of gleeful, goofy instances, too.

Drunk History premieres tonight at ten on Comedy Central, taking the beloved Internet video series and stretching it into a full half-hour show, becoming the latest entry in a noble tradition of televised intoxication. Some instances of onscreen drunkenness are sort of tragic and depressing (say, Ruthie on The Real World: Hawaii), but there are plenty of gleeful, goofy instances, too. Here are a few of our faves:"Even Stevphen: Responsible Drinking" This Daily Show segment with Stephen Colbert and a plastered Steve Carell is from 2001! These guys have barely aged. Anyway, this is the gold standard of TV drunkenness: zero emotional baggage, non-zero amount of chest-punching. Danny DeVito on The View Usually seeing someone drunk on a daytime TV show would be depressing. But Danny DeVito just does not give a crap, and it's not like The View even matters at all. The best part is when he...

In order to promote the Tuesday, July 9 television premiere of Drunk History, Comedy Central is filling its Facebook page with a heavy serving of revisionist history spiked with humor. Texts between America’s Founding Fathers reveal Thomas Jefferson may or may not have written the Declaration of Independence under the influence, newfound maps tell a story that William H. Seward may or may not have made the Alaska Purchase after falling in like with the North Pacific land’s alcohol establishments, and photos show the crack in the Liberty Bell may or may not have been caused by a couple of inebriated revolutionaries. If the Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, and Gary Sanchez Productions produced program is as funny as it’s social media marketing campaign, the show won’t stumble in it’s transition from the web to TV. The first installment of Drunk History aired online on Funny or...

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Here’s something to lessen the thrill for Community fans excited about creator Dan Harmon‘s return: Vulture broke the news that Donald Glover will only appear in five (out of the thirteen ordered) episodes this season, as Glover wanted time to focus on his music. While that’s good news for fans of Glover’s rapper persona Childish Gambino, that means Community viewers are getting eight episodes of Abed without Troy.

Maybe Puppet Troy could take over for a couple episodes?

Jezebel imagines what Jenny McCarthy would bring to The View as a permanent host. There’s nothing that could get me interested in watching again.

The stars of Canadian cult comedy Trailer Park Boys can hope for new episodes soon. The series’ three lead actors — Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay and Mike Smith — have purchased the rights to the series with an eye to putting new episodes online.

On TV this Tuesday: Drunk History bellies up to the bar, Rizzoli considers a trip to the dark side, some Little Liars check out college and Rockers reunites Ed Asner with Betty White. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) | Responding to fan outrage, the competition tweaks its format and cuts two dancers at the end of the episode. former American Idol/X Factor judge Paul Abdul and Fox Sports’ Erin Andrews will guest-judge.

8 pm Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family) | Aria and Mike disagree on what’s best for their parents...

Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "True Blood," the returning-this-week "The Newsroom," "Copper," "Dexter," "Ray Donovan" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Gasland: Part II": Broadcast Premiere Monday, July 8 at 9pm on HBO Josh Fox follows up his Oscar-nominated 2011 documentary about fracking with a sequel that revisits some of the people and areas focused on in the first film, exploring whether natural gas can ever really be harvested safely by hydraulic fracturing and getting the director arrested in the process. Reviewing the film at its premiere at Tribeca earlier this year, Eric Kohn wrote that "although overly dense and at times unfocused, [it] successfully continues Fox's crusade against the ill effects of natural gas." "Drunk History": Series Premiere Tuesday, July 9 at 10pm on...

The web series Drunk History has been around for roughly six years now, delighting people who know when a truly great idea has been executed to near perfection. In this instance, it was really hard to go wrong: Get someone drunk -- no, really drunk -- and have them recount a moment in history. Something very big -- an event that’s probably quite familiar in the history books. Next, film said drunk person reciting this history as best he or she can remember. And then have celebrities act out the roles, complete with slurring voices, weird detours and hysterical visual emphasis on the words

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With Sdcc 2013 kicking off soon, Preview Night details and the full schedule for Day 1 have arrived. We have some tough decisions to make as The Walking Dead comics take on "The X-Files" reunion and then the "Dexter," "Hannibal," and "Teen Wolf" panels go head-to-head.

Per usual, the abovementioned choices are just the tip of the iceberg for genre fans with panels running all day and evening on July 18th for paranormal novels, sexy steampunkers, horror gaming, horror novels, horror comics, horror journalists (including our own Heather Wixson!), composers, the ever present and popular zombies, The Goon feature film, and - in the last panel of the night - horror sitcom "Holliston." Check out our picks below, and be sure to visit the official San Diego Comic-Con 2013 website for the full lineup.

Preview Night: Wednesday, July 17, 2013

6:00pm - Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings

Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition,...

The full Thursday, July 18th schedule for Comic-Con has been officially announced and includes a 10th Anniversary panel for The Walking Dead comic book series, a panel for the Hannibal TV series, and a panel for Dexter‘s final season. Continue reading for a list of Thursday’s horror panels, including a certain zombie panel we’ll be officially announcing tomorrow:

Paranormal Passion Panel: Authors discuss the inclusion of romantic elements in their action-packed novels. Protagonists must battle the forces of evil while trying to keep the world (and often their lovers) safe from destruction. Maryelizabeth Hart of Mysterious Galaxy leads a discussion with Comic-Con special guest Christine Feehan (The Dark Series), Claudia Gray (Spellcaster), Aprilynne Pike (Earthbound), Lauren Kate (The Fallen Novels), Kendare Blake (Antigoddess), and Magnus Flyte (City of Dark Magic).

10:30am – 11:30am, Room 24Abc

Ghost Ghirls: A Behind-the-Scenes Paranormal Experience with Jack Black: Hey Comic-Con!

Comedy Central’s new half-hour comedy Drunk History pairs inebriated storytellers with A-list talent to reenact some of history’s greatest moments. Based on a web series of the same name, Comedy Central’s new half-hour comedy Drunk History pairs inebriated storytellers with A-list talent to reenact some of history’s greatest moments. Drunk History takes viewers across the country as stars like Jack Black, Michael Cera, Will Forte, Bill Hader, Stephen Merchant, Chris Parnell, Aubrey Plaza, Winona Ryder, Horatio Sanz, Jason Schwartzman, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Fred Willard, and Luke and Owen Wilson bring history — as explained by drunken comedians — to [...]

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The beast that is Comic-Con is speeding at us like a bullet headed straight to the noggin of an undead head, and we have the first word on a bit of sexy parapsychological silliness that will be live (or dead) and in attendance.

From the Press Release

Shine America and Yahoo! will bring the ultimate paranormal experience to this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego, CA. Jack Black will return to Comic-Con for the first time since 2005 for a panel session to support the paranormal comedy web series “Ghost Ghirls,” guest-starring and produced by Black and coming to Yahoo! this fall.

The panel will take place on Thursday, July 18th, from 1:00 Pm to 2:00 Pm in the Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel. Joining Black on the “Ghost Ghirls” panel are co-stars/creators Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, director/creator Jeremy Konner, and Erin McPherson, VP & Head of Video at Yahoo!

Want to learn about our nation’s past in an unconventional way? Here’s a tipsy tip: Comedy Central’s Drunk History — which debuts July 9 and is based on the popular Funny or Die video series — features an intoxicated person telling the story of a “historical event” that is reenacted by a cast of celebrities like Winona Ryder, Michael Cera and Jack Black. In an August episode of the show, comedian Natasha Leggero gets liquored up and narrates the true tale of kidnapped heiress–turned–bank robber Patty Hearst.

And as you can see in the photos below, Kristen Wiig assumes the role of Hearst.

The last time the world played classroom for a lesson from Funny or Die’s Drunk History was way back in December 2011. That’s when Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, and Jim Carrey starred in a Christmas-themed installment of the program, which was first conceived of by Derek Waters way, way back in August 2007. The last time Tubefilter reported on the series was in January 2013. That’s when we let our readers know Comedy Central picked up the show’s pilot for eight half-hour episodes to debut sometime on the cable network this summer. Now, the first episode of Drunk History’s television iteration has an airdate. Fans of personalized, alcohol-fueled interpretations of historical events will will be able to watch famous faces dress in period costumes for bizzaro-reenactments on TV beginning July 9 on Comedy Central. Some of the expected laundry list of Hollywood celebrities to appear on the program include Kristen Wiig,...

Next up in our series of interviews with the stars of Iron Man 3 is Don Cheadle, who may be the most amusing man we’ve ever spoken to. Quick witted and sharp tongued, he also got pretty sweary pretty quickly, so it’s probably worth giving you a heads up before we get too far in.

If you don’t mind the obscenities then read on to find felt about getting to take on some of the film’s action, how he feels about Marvel fanbois, and just how ridiculous he feels when filming the in-helmet stuff.

Getting comfortable in the character after two films

I don’t use that word with almost anything. I’m almost always uncomfortable. But I had a good time working with Robert [Downey Jr] and it’s a completely different experience working on something that’s that insanely huge. We go to these sound stages,...

Eva Mendes is mostly known for her work in big-budget studio flicks, and she isn't sure why. "I have actually done a lot more independents than big pictures, and nobody ever brings that part up," she tells us while doing press for her upcoming film the (relatively) small-budget, "The Place Beyond the Pines." She has a point. Last year, Mendes starred in the dreamy psychedelic flick "Holy Motors." Prior to that, it was a role in Massy Tajedin's "Last Night." In "Pines," she plays Romina, a woman coming to grips with a child she had with a vigilante / motorcycle stunt driver Luke (played by real-life boyfriend Ryan Gosling). Here, Mendes is completely dressed down, playing a character who's both physically and emotionally distraught. Needless to say, it's a far cry from her roles in "Hitch" and "Ghost Rider." Mendes spoke with Moviefone about her new film, the movie she wishes got more attention,...

Ghost Ghirls is a new online comedy series presented by Yahoo!Screen that follows two young female ghostbusters as they solve mysteries of paranormal phenomena. Portrayed by comedians Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, the pair emulate Shawn and Gus of Psych more than Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they attempt to convince their clients and local law enforcement of their legitimacy as investigators.

Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers -- seen above with fellow executive producer Jack Black. Konner, who is best known for his Drunk History series on Funny or Die, also directed Ghost Ghirls.

An exclusive sneak preview of two episodes of Ghost Ghirls was presented at SXSW 2013, featuring hilarious cameo appearances by Dave Grohl, Val Kilmer, Molly Shannon and numerous other celebrities. I thoroughly enjoyed the witty writing and well paced storylines, and look forward to more adventures with the paranormal pair.

We're used to seeing these zillions of comedy sketches on Funny or Die, which usually have big names attached like Jim Carrey, Ryan Gosling, Rashida Jones, Will Ferrell, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zach Galifianakis, and many more. Some of the highlights include Behind Two Ferns and Drunk History. The site founded by Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions is now going to the movies. Oddly enough, over the weekend Funny or Die made a Steve Jobs parody biopic with Justin Long...

This week:

Workaholics has been picked up for seasons 4 and 5; Sony Pictures Classics will distribute Woody Allen’s next film; Guillermo del Toro discusses the likelihood of a Hellboy 3; The first image from Michael Fassbender in Frank; Jurassic Park‘s 3D re-release will include a short IMAX run; and Warner Bros. notches another court room victory in their ongoing Superman copyright battle.

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Alongside their announcement that popular web series Drunk History was coming to their network, Comedy Central also revealed they had picked up Workaholics for season numbers 4 and 5.

The two season order will comprise 26 episodes in total (presumably 13 per season) and comes only a few days before season 3 of Workaholics returns for two more episodes. Though Comedy Central, as of late, has been fostering many of their comedic ...

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This week:

Mark Romanek is no longer attached to Cinderella; Guillermo Del Toro is giving At the Mountains of Madness one last try; Hailee Steinfeld joins Kevin Costner for Three Days to Kill; Brad Pitt is eying Pontius Pilate; Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence plan a sitcom; and Drunk History is headed to cable.

Director Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go) is no longer attached to Disney’s forthcoming update of the classic fairy tale Cinderella.

Deadline reports that Romanek and Disney were unable to come to an agreement in terms of how best to revise the story. The site also suggests that Disney will be quick to find a replacement for Romanek as they were hoping to put the project in production some time this summer.

As of right now, the only star attached to the ...

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Funny or Die is a noted purveyor of, well, funny things.  But few of them are as funny as "Drunk History," 5-6 minute sketches where someone gets seriously drunk and then recounts an historical event.  And while said drunken retellings are entertaining enough in their own right, I've always found that it's the re-enactment portion of the sketch that is far and away the funnies, whether it be the particular actors chosen for particular roles or the way those same...

Comedy Central has announced that they will turn Drunk History, the popular Funny or Die web series, into a half-hour comedy TV show.

The series will consist of historical reenactments; told by drunk storytellers and acted out by various celebrities. The eight episodes will begin airing this summer.

Here's the press release:

History At Its Finest! Comedy Central(R) Greenlights "Drunk History" To Series

Executive Produced by Creator Derek Waters, Director Jeremy Konner and Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy and Owen Burke

Series Picked Up for Eight Episodes and Slated to Premiere This Summer

Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 5, 2013 -- Put down the books and grab a drink! "Drunk History" is moving to Comedy Central. "Drunk History," a weekly, half-hour series where historical reenactments by A-list talent...

Raise your glasses, online video fans! Another highly regarded web series is joining the wave of Internet offerings headed to the TV. Funny or Die's Drunk History has been ordered to series by Comedy Central, where it will air for a half-hour each week. If you're not familiar with Drunk History, you're in for a treat; the now-infrequent series features tanked scholars recounting their favorite historical events while big-name actors act out the resulting monologue, which tends toward incoherence and sloppiness. Series creator Derek Waters recently released a Christmas Drunk History special starring Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey, and Eva Mendes. It was the first new episode in more than two and a half years, and was clearly a sign of things to come. Comedy Central has consistently been at the forefront of the web-to-tv movement. The cable channel previously snatched up several top creators from its now defunct Atom.com arm,...

"Drunk History" is moving to Comedy Central! "Drunk History," a weekly, half-hour series where historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers, has been ordered to series, it was announced today by Kent Alterman, Head of Original Programming and Production, Comedy Central Produced by Gary Sanchez Productions and executive produced by creator and star Derek Waters, Writer and Director Jeremy Konner, along with Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy and Owen Burke, the series is set to premiere eight episodes this summer. "As they always say.history, like revenge, is a dish best served drunk," said Alterman. "Will and I have always believed booze brings out truth. Sometimes that truth...

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TCA coverage. Nick Kroll, star of Comedy Central’s new Kroll Show, said today at TCA the show will feature about “46%” characters he has created before, including “The Ed Hardy Boyz” and Fabrice Fabrice. “It was really whatever was making the room laugh the most,” said Kroll (The League), who appeared on the panel with collaborators Jon Daly, Jonathan Krisel and John Levenstein. “It will have a strong narrative thread, you will learn more about these characters with each episode.” Director and executive producer Krisel, who also directs Portlandia, called Kroll Show a completely different style of comedy. “Portlandia has its own aesthetic and sort of style, which to me is excellent, but there’s more of a parody going on” with Kroll, he said. “It has more of a movie trailer kind of feel.” Related: Comedy Central Picks Up ‘Drunk History’ To Series,...

Comedy Central has ordered a fourth and fifth season of "Workahollics" and will make the web show "Drunk History" a series, the network announced Saturday. "Drunk History" is a weekly, half-hour series in which A-list talent act out historical reenactments described by inebriated storytellers. The series is produced by Gary Sanchez Productions and executive produced by creator and star Derek Waters, writer-director Jeremy Konner, and Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy and Owen Burke. Past episodes have aired on McKay and Ferrell's site Funny or Die, and a "Drunk...

Viral hit Drunk History is becoming a TV series. Comedy Central has given an eight-episode series pickup to the project after originally ordering a pilot presentation in the spring. The announcement was made at TCA where the network also said it has ordered Seasons 4 and 5 of Workaholics for a total of 26 episodes. Related: Sundance Channel Greenlights Unscripted Series About TV Writers Drunk History, produced by by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy’s Gary Sanchez Prods. The trio will executive produce with Derek Waters, creator of the Drunk History series of shorts, Jeremy Konner, who directed them, and Owen Burke. Like the Web series, Drunk History, which will premiere in the summer, will feature historical reenactments by A-list talent serving as inebriated storytellers. “Will and I have always believed booze brings out truth,” McKay said. “Sometimes that truth involves hitting on airport bar janitors or eating cheese fries at 4 a.

Web sensation Drunk History is coming to Comedy Central.

The network has picked up the online series where historical reenactments by celebrities are presented by inebriated storytellers. Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are among the show’s executive producers. “Will and I have always believed booze brings out truth,” McKay said in a statement. “Sometimes that truth involves hitting on airport bar janitors or eating cheese fries at 4 a.m. But in this case, we hope that truth will shine on our nation’s history.” Added Comedy Central programming head Kent Alterman, “As they always say…History, like revenge, is a dish best served drunk.

Comedy Central is banking on Workaholics. The network took the opportunity of the Television Critics Association winter press tour to announce a pickup for fourth and fifth seasons -- and order a new series based on the popular web series Drunk History from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Workaholics, which recently pulled an average 2 million viewers in its summer run and performed especially well among the network's coveted younger males, will produce an additional 26 episodes under the pickup. "When I realized Workaholics is not a reality show, it made me appreciate the guys' talent that much more," said

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On January 1st we can start a clean slate and draft our ever crucial new year’s resolutions. Whether or not we actually achieve those goals is another matter (we’ve yet to do 2012′s spring cleaning). Nevertheless, it’s always a fun challenge to set them for ourselves…and also for our friends in Hollywood. Just like us, our celebs could use a little goal setting for 2013. Just like your mother says, we do it because we love you. Here’s our resolutions to the stars, and -most importantly- Happy New Year!

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling – We know one of Hollywood’s hottest couples is costarring in The Place Beyond the Pines in 2013 together. However, after watching the two show their comedy chops in the latest Drunk History clips, we cannot wait to see more of these two collaborate. We know the duo has some off screen chemistry,...

Shine America and Jack Black's Electric Dynamite Productions have partnered to produce "Ghost Ghirls," a new comedy series that will debut in the Spring on Yahoo! Screen, the web giant's video portal. Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci created the show, which stars Lund and Blasucci as a pair of hapless investigators on the hunt for paranormal activity. It has begun production on a first season of 12 episodes. Konner, who directed Funny or Die's "Drunk History" videos, will direct and executive produce with Lund, Blasucci, Black and Priyanka Matoo of...

Production has started on Ghost Ghirls, a Web comedy series from Shine America and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods, which is set to debut in spring 2013 on Yahoo! Screen. Black, as well as Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman and other celebrities, are set to make cameo appearances in Ghost Ghirls, a comedic take on popular paranormal procedurals like Medium and Ghost Whisperer. The project, originally developed as a TV series for Syfy last year, chronicles the antics of two young female ghostbusters, played by Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci (two-women improv show Beans!) — a pair of investigators attempting to solve the mysteries behind paranormal phenomena. At the same time, they attempt to convince their clients, other-worldly visitors and themselves that they are legit. Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner, Lund and Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers alongside Electric Dynamite’s Black and Priyanka Mattoo. Konner...

Broadway Video's Above Average channel has been cycling through shows fairly quickly, with short series such as The Sidecar and The Realest Candidate already finishing their runs. The channel's newest debut is Sugarboy, a web series about a hyper child on a sugar rush who invents ludicrous and fast-paced action movie scenarios. Sugarboy is most reminiscent of Drunk History, Funny or Die's star-studded reenactment of historical events as told by hammered narrators. I'm not sure if the lead character in Sugarboy was actually fed a drum full of high-fructose corn syrup, but I certainly hope so. In the first episode, the frenzied child tells us the story of 'Chip Lockder: Crime Doctor', a muscled man's man who fights evil and touches a lot of boobies. Sugarboy's second episode will tell us the story of 'Kung-Fu Mom', which to me signifies a hearkening back to the ridiculously-titled exploitation movies of the 70s.

Screenwriters, actors and directors all do their best to try and capture the teenage experience, but it's a difficult one to replicate with any degree of authenticity. Teens can be both open and mercurial, stubborn and vulnerable and sometimes just a complete mystery, and their feelings and actions can only be understood if you've been through it yourself. For every John Hughes movie, the rare director to have captured that voice so perfectly, there are dozens more films that just don't quite get it. But for directors Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims, they wisely realized that teens themselves are the best subjects for the camera. They are the duo behidn the AFI Audience Award-winning "Only the Young." Produced by Derek Waters, the man behind "Drunk History," the documentary tracks the lives of a few kids in Southern Calinfornia as they go through the familiar ups and downs of love and life.

The first official photo of Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's new movie has made its way online (via EW), and the resemblance is as uncanny as we knew it would be. It looks like Day-Lewis has once again dove into a role, this time giving the world an Honest Abe that looks like the honest-to-God real thing.

Day-Lewis isn't the first actor to slip into the famous chin strap beard and toss on a jaunty stovetop hat. The IMDb character page for Abraham Lincoln lists 300 appearances by the sixteenth president in movies, starting all the way back in 1911. But who wore the beard the best?

We score the cinematic Lincolns from 1 to 10 after the jump!

Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln"

Day-Lewis looks more weathered/leathery than we've ever seen before and more like the prez because of it.

Score: 9

Benjamin Walker in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

Walker...

The above scene at the Creative Capital retreat this weekend brought back a lot of memories. The arts funding organization’s semi-annual retreat was held at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts, and on the final evening the outdoor barbecue got drizzled out. So, it was moved indoors, and afterwards the cafeteria space became a party space, where artist grantees and consultants danced to Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love.” A level up, Cinemad’s Mike Plante set up his microphones and recorded a podcast. The ’80s music, the party, and radio — it was like one of my own evenings in college, where I’d wander from Wollman Auditorium upstairs to Wkcr to do my radio show at Columbia. And yeah, there may have been a whiskey bottle involved as well.

Here’s Plante:

In this accidental ode to Drunk History, Cinemad sits down at the Creative Capital retreat with filmmakers Cam Archer...

Why did the International Academy of the Digital Arts and Sciences choose Patton Oswalt to host this year’s 16th Annual Webby Awards? Oswalt has an inkling: “I look like the Internet personified,” he told an audience filled with celebrities, tech bigwigs, and humble entertainment journalists this afternoon. But Oswalt needn’t have been so self-deprecating. His jokes were uniformly well-received at Monday’s awards ceremony, especially when the comedian went off book. This, for example, is how Oswalt reacted after Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau accepted a statuette on behalf of Greenland.com: “I think winter just came!

Funny or Die’s Vice President of Branded Entertainment, Chris Bruss made a handful of announcements at this week’s Digital Content NewFronts Showcase hosted by Iab. One of them was the online comedy destination and new media studio is developing an original web series with actor, producer, and objection of Steven Soderbergh’s direction Don Cheadle. Don Cheadle Is... is slated to be a three-part series featuring the Academy Award nominee in which he re-invisions a popular character from our collective memories in each installment. That character could be Johnny Appleseed, Scrooge McDuck, Alf, John Henry, or any other individual, anthropomorphic animal, or superhero prominent in American folklore or pop culture. “We’re great at getting celebrities to play in our playground,” Bruss told the packed house of advertisers and brands at Iab’s Ad Lab. Don Cheadle Is... (as well as good chunk of Funny or Die’s...

Funny or Die may just be the perfect new media studio. If you happen to disagree, and if the news of its original web series Drunk History getting picked up for a pilot presentation by Comedy Central (along with all the other things the five-year-old entity founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions has accomplished in the world of entertainment) doesn’t convince you otherwise, maybe this news will. Funny or Die has created a commercial production arm. It’s called Gifted Youth, is overseen and was conceived of by Funny or Die VP of Branded Entertainment Chris Bruss, and has already created some highly watchable branded programming, which, of course, debuted on Funny or Die. The first offering from Gifted Youth features Blake Griffin playing Blake Griffin to Jeff Goldblum’s theoretical physicist (obviously), who attempts to create a Mythbusters-like stunt, in which a Kia...

That Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, and Jim Carrey-starring Christmas-themed installment of Drunk History, which aired in December 2011 was the first time internet audiences were given an installment of the alcohol-infused Funny or Die web series since the last time. The last time an episode of the program, which depicts tall tales and/or historical events as recited by any number of inebriated comedians and re-enacted by any number of highly notable actors (like Michael Cera, Don Cheadle, Zooey Deschanel, and more) was released to the web by way of Funny or Die was way back in June 2010. That was when Duncan Trussell talked all blotto about the professional relationship between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. The next time fans of the series will see an installment of the Funny or Die online original could be any day, but instead of seeing it on Funny or Die, they may see it on television.

Created by Derek Waters and filmed, edited and directed by Jeremy Konner, "Drunk History" has one of the great viral video concepts -- someone gets spectacularly drunk, and then tries to go into detail about a famous historical event that's reenacted on screen, in costume, flubs and all, with celebrity guests like Michael Cera, Jack Black, Danny McBride, John C. Reilly and others. Abused historical topics have included Benjamin Franklin and the kite, William Henry Harrison and the friendship between Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass (played by Will Ferrell and Don Cheadle in what ended up winning the short filmmaking jury prize at Sundance in 2010), though my personal favorite, below, breaks from formula for a special holiday mauling of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas": But today Deadline reported that Comedy Central's ordered a pilot-presentation for "Drunk History Across America," a series...

Popular inebriated web series "Drunk History" might be making its way to television now that Comedy Central has ordered a pilot presentation to be produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy’s Gary Sanchez Productions. Deadline broke the story earlier today.

The series that started on YouTube and later found a home on Funny Or Die will be made into a rough TV pilot titled "Drunk History Across America." The Gary Sanchez team will executive produce along with "Drunk History" creator Derek Waters, director Jeremy Konner and Funny Or Die producer/writer Owen Burke. Konner will also direct the pilot presentation.

According to a Comedy Central rep, the pilot will feature the same drunken historical reenactments by guest actors as the online series with the addition of "travel elements and interviews with the city’s locals" which will aslo be re-enacted by guest actors.

While many shows go...