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SF Sketchfest will celebrate the 11th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival by honoring Eddie Izzard and the Upright Citizens Brigade with in-person tributes and by welcoming Drew Carey, Jennifer Coolidge, David Cross, Rachel Dratch, Chris Elliott, Will Forte, Elliott Gould, John Hodgman, Sally Kellerman, Marc Maron, Bruce McCulloch, Christopher Meloni, Laraine Newman, Bob Odenkirk, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, John Slattery, Kevin Smith, Reggie Watts, Fred Willard, The Groundlings, the geeks behind w00tstock, the creators of Wet Hot American Summer and many more to fifteen venues over seventeen nights in San Francisco. SF Sketchfest, the most prestigious comedy festival on the west coast, runs January 19 through February 4, 2012.

The official Jimmy Kimmel Live app is now available on Android smartphones and tablets. Starting today on Android, the JKL app, which has seen success on iPhone and iPad, adds to JKL's digital distribution options, also including its YouTube channel, iTunes and JimmyKimmelLive.com. Fans of the show are now able to enjoy content -- videos, social media, and bios -- from JKL whenever and wherever they want.

SF Sketchfest will celebrate the 11th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival by honoring Eddie Izzard and the Upright Citizens Brigade with in-person tributes and by welcoming Drew Carey, Jennifer Coolidge, David Cross, Rachel Dratch, Chris Elliott, Florence Henderson, Elliott Gould, John Hodgman, Sally Kellerman, Marc Maron, Bruce McCulloch, Christopher Meloni, Laraine Newman, Bob Odenkirk, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Kevin Smith, Reggie Watts, Fred Willard, The Groundlings, the geeks behind w00tstock, the creators of Wet Hot American Summer and many more to fifteen venues over seventeen nights in San Francisco. SF Sketchfest, the most prestigious comedy festival on the west coast, runs January 19 through February 4, 2012. Tickets range from $10 to $75. For tickets and information, go to www.sfsketchfest.com.

IFC announced today the greenlight of two new scripted comedy series to join its 2012 original programming slate - COMEDY BANG! BANG! and BUNK (working title). IFC has ordered 10, half-hour episodes of each series to premiere back-to-back in June 2012 as a one-hour original comedy block.

Actor Bradley Cooper made a recent appearance on the UK talk show THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW and discussed the upcoming Hangover 3, set to take place in Los Angeles.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has just announced the nominations and award recipients for the 38th Annual Annie Awards. Award recipients will claim their trophies at the 39th Annual Annie Awards scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. The full list of nominees is as follows:

THE HANGOVER: PART II is coming to Blu-ray/DVD today, December 6th. The comedy is directed by Todd Phillips and stars Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Paul Giamatti, Mike Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Mason Lee, Jamie Chung, Sasha Barrese, Gillian Vigman, Aroon Seeboonruang, Nirut Sirichanya, Yasmin Lee, Nick Cassavetes and Sondra Currie.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Marc Maron tonight, Friday, November 25, 2011 at 9:00pm at the Neptune.

Variety reports today that stage and screen star John Lithgow has joined the cast of 'Dog Fight,' with the previously announced Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.

Weekend movie box office estimates: November 18-November 20, 2011.

Last year Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17 - National UnFriend Day (NUD). NUD is a holiday dedicated to giving Facebook users the opportunity to 'unfriend' people without any guilt. This annual event was created to weed out people on Facebook whom users wouldn't usually have contact with in their day to day lives, reserving the connection only for true friends.

Weekend movie box office estimates: November 11-November 13, 2011.

Indiana University alumnus Mike Farah will be back in B-town on Sunday, Nov. 13, when he'll speak at IU Cinema about his role producing videos for Funny or Die, the comedy website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

Last year Jimmy Kimmel declared November 17 - National UnFriend Day (NUD). NUD is a holiday dedicated to giving Facebook users the opportunity to 'unfriend' people without any guilt. This annual event was created to weed out people on Facebook whom users wouldn't usually have contact with in their day to day lives, reserving the connection only for true friends.

BBC AMERICA's General Manager, Perry Simon, today gave the green light for five more specials of The Nerdist, based on comedian, writer, Doctor Who fan and web pundit Chris Hardwick's hit Nerdist podcast.

According to EWonline, a Facebook campaign has been launched to bring The Muppets, stars of the upcoming film to the podium to host the Academy Awards in February.

Following Halloween, Jimmy Kimmel challenged parents to pretend they'd eaten all of their kids' trick or treat candy, video tape each child's reaction to the bad news and then post it to YouTube. The late-night host shared the results in a video -- and the kids were pissed. The video has grown exponentially over the past week, with more than 14 million views on YouTube.

To promote their upcoming movie, THE MUPPETS, the gang has already parodied 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' 'The Green Lantern' 'The Hangover Part II', 'Paranormal Activity 3', 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn', 'Puss in Boots' and 'Happy Feet'. They have even parodied their own Muppet trailers!

Indiana University alumnus Mike Farah will be back in B-town on Sunday, Nov. 13, when he'll speak at IU Cinema about his role producing videos for Funny or Die, the comedy website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

NBC'S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE drew big ratings this weekend and included a paradyof the recent Kardashian wedding and divorce. Hosted by Charlie Day and musical guest Maroon 5, the show earned its best numbers since Melissa McCarthy hosted on October 1st.