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Sarah Silverman Tonight, Tenacious D Saturday @ WTF?! Fest 2009

October 14th, 2009

LAist reports:

You know The Actors’ Gang as one of Southern California’s premiere places for playwrights, actors, directors, and anyone with a serious interest in theatre. You’re probably also familiar with its Artistic Director, Tim Robbins. But, as is always the case with the Gang, the things they’re up to down there in the Substation transcend one man. The WTF?! Festival is about the art world at large, and finding ways to combine tighter purse strings with more openness and cultural relevance, especially in Los Angeles.

Tonight, the will have a screening of Sarah Silverman’s “Jesus is Magic” and afterward she will be on hand for a Q&A, which you can be pretty sure will be laden with F-Bombs.

We just checked the WTF?! Fest website and there are a few tickets still available.  Jack Black’s Tenacious D (I bet the other dude gets pissed that no one ever mentions him) will also be performing live on Saturday.   Check the site for details and ticket info.  Apparently money from these events goes to support the arts and various pretentious celebrity pet-charities, so if you’re into that thing, it’s an added bonus.

WTF? Festival
October 13th – December 19th
Tuesday – Thursday: 7p (8p showtime)
Friday: 8p (9p showtime)
Saturday: 2p matinee, 7p for music events (8:30p showtime)
The Actors’ Gang
The Ivy Substation
9070 Venice Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232
310-838-GANG (4264)

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I Guess It’s No Deal…

October 8th, 2009

Apparently the City of Los Angeles has noticed that TV and movie productions are fleeing the Southland.  The LA Times details some of the wholly inadequate proposals just fine recommendations (Free Parking?!?) to address the problem, and notes that Deal or No Deal, once shot at the Culver Studios has officially moved filming:

In a further blow, Connecticut lured away the NBC game show “Deal or No Deal,” which had been based in Culver City.

No word regarding how Deal or No Deal host and germaphobe Howie Mandel finds the bathroom conditions at the new filming location.

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