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'Girls' Season Finale: Boys - Ick - to the Rescue 8 weeks ago

The brilliance of Lena Dunham's "Girls" is that it works just as well whether you root for her character or against her....

By Tim Molloy

Judd Apatow Is a Genius, Say Critics' Choice Movie Awards

December 20, 2012 By Steve Pond 21 weeks ago

Judd Apatow will receive the Critics' Choice Movie Awards' first Louis XIII Genius Award -- and that's no joke

Is Judd Apatow Broadway Bound?

December 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 21 weeks ago

Judd Apatow confirms to TheWrap that he has an idea for a play

'This Is 40' Review: A Little Heavy on the White Whine

December 20, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 21 weeks ago

Judd Apatow’s one-liners are as sharp as ever, but this midlife-crisis comedy reveals a worldview that feels a little precious and pampered

Judd Apatow Stands Behind 'This Is 40' Child-Murder Joke

December 19, 2012 By Greg Gilman 21 weeks ago

The director will not be removing the potentially offensive joke from his latest comedy after the Newtown massacre

'Freaks and Geeks' Revisited: 'Everybody Was So Talented and Nobody Knew It Yet'

December 6, 2012 By Greg Gilman 23 weeks ago

"Freaks and Geeks" cast's oral history of the short-lived NBC series shows how hard James Franco, Seth Rogen and Jason Segel worked to become the successes they are today

Chris Rock Thinks Today's Comedians Aren't Bringing the Funny

December 5, 2012 By Greg Gilman 23 weeks ago

In an interview with Judd Apatow for Vanity Fair, the comedian concludes that most of today's stand-up comics only appeal to narrow audiences

Hollywood Film Awards: Roast Breaks Out as Judd Apatow Steals the Show

October 23, 2012 By Mikey Glazer 29 weeks ago

Judd Apatow: “Please tell the kid from ‘Beasts of Southern Wild’ not to mention God. This is Hollywood”

Irving Azoff Calls Pandora 'Shitty,' Bemoans Era of 'Idol,' 'The Voice'

October 2, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 32 weeks ago

The executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment discusses how Steve Jobs changed music -- and how he threatened the life of Sly Stone

Cee Lo Green Snags Role in 'Can a Song Save Your Life?'

June 28, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 46 weeks ago

"The Voice" coach Cee Lo Green will play a hip hop star named Troublegum (yes, Troublegum)

Judd Apatow Reviews 100 Years of Comic Gems That Birthed 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin'

May 16, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Judd Apatow, the comic interpreter of the modern human condition, dives with TheWrap into the Universal archive to mark the studio's 100-year anniversary

Judd Apatow's Raunchy-Sweet 'This is 40' Comes of Age (Trailer)

April 27, 2012 By Kasia Anderson 1 year ago

Judd Apatow is bringing his brand of raunchy-sweet humor back to the big screen in a midlife crisis comedy, "This is 40"

'The Five-Year Engagement' Review: Too Long, But Worth the Commitment

April 26, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 year ago

Jason Segel and his “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” collaborator score with another hilariously prickly and poignant look at relationships

Robert De Niro Working on Script for 'Midnight Run' Sequel

April 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

At a Tribeca panel, De Niro and Judd Apatow talk "Bridesmaids," the humor in "Cape Fear" (seriously!) and even reviving Jake LaMotta

Tribeca Opening Night: Raunchy Judd Apatow Cleans Up With 'Five-Year Engagement'

April 19, 2012 By Leah Rozen 1 year ago

Robert De Niro, Amy Poehler, Michelle Williams among A-listers who turned out to see the overstuffed comedy 'The Five-Year Engagement'

Judd Apatow, Aziz Ansari Recommend Dave Chappelle on Twitter, But Where's the Comedy?

March 22, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Dave Chappelle has joined Twitter, spurring Questlove and Aziz Ansari to endorse the account, but the funnyman is still easing his way in

Jason Segel's 'Five-Year Engagement' to Open Tribeca Film Festival

February 29, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Jason Segel reteams with "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller in "The Five-Year Engagement," which will premiere at Tribeca

Prop 8 Decision: Hollywood (and Newt Gingrich) Responds on Twitter

February 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Hollywood stars and media luminaries tweet on the gay-marriage ruling

Kristen Wiig to Honor Judd Apatow at Writers Guild Awards

February 1, 2012 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Apatow will receive comedy writing award; Claire Labine will be honored for body of work, Patric M. Verrone for service to guild

'Freaks and Geeks' Creator Paul Feig Developing (Another) Coming of Age TV Dramedy

February 1, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 1 year ago

Feig says he'll go to his own memoirs for material for the coming of age and "coming of middle age" series

In Mitt Romney Attack Film, N.Y. Times' Carr Sees Hollywood-ization of Politics

January 16, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Republicans ape a liberal enclave to attack one another

Paul Reubens on Reviving Pee-wee, Judd Apatow and That Emmy Nom

August 15, 2011 By John Sellers 1 year ago

"I didn’t get permission from anyone to have a career to begin with, so there wasn’t really anyone to go back to ask, Can I come back?”

Heather Locklear's Daughter Lands Role in Judd Apatow Film

August 10, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 1 year ago

Ava Sambora, the 13-year-old daughter of Locklear and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, will play best friend to character portrayed by Apatow's daughter Maude

'Bridesmaids' Writer, Former 'SNL' Writer Stepping in Front of the Camera for Judd Apatow's Next Movie

July 15, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Robert Smigel -- the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog -- and Annie Mumolo will play a couple that is friendly with stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann