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The Nutty Payne of Pregnant Senators
By Jeff Kreisler on 07/01/2009
Filed under: Industry NewsNews! They're making a Broadway show based upon "The Nutty Professor" No longer will the love of Jerry Lewis be held captive by the French. To the flavan-flavan! (Also, this should wash out the memory of Eddie Murphy's version, right?) There might be spin-off of "House Of Payne." Not sure this falls under "comedy" news. Then again, beauty - and funny - is in the eye of the beholder. I'm just not beholding Tyler Perry that well... Juxtapose This Cynopsis is a great source for daily industry news delivered to your email box. Today, I noticed two unrelated but cosmically... MORE »
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