Comedian Russell Brand has Adam Sandler to thank for his blossoming Hollywood career - because the movie star was the first to suggest the Brit abandon his TV job and try out as an actor.

The "Get Him to the Greek" star previously worked as a presenter for MTV UK and it was only after a risque interview with Sandler that Brand began contemplating moving to the U.S.

He says, "I was in England minding my own business, presenting an MTV program, and Adam Sandler came on it as a guest.

"I was quite cheeky (to him) even though he was a big movie star and afterwards people said (to Sandler), '...

Adam Sandler has been delighting (and annoying) audiences for about 20 years, although in the beginning he was just that guy who did odd voices on "Saturday Night Live." Despite seeming like just a goof, Sandler quickly proved to be a smart business investor, having written and produced several of his most successful films and creating Happy Madison Productions.

Most of Sandler's films in the past 10 years have been out of his own production company, with a few exceptions. Forbes recently named him one of the highest-paid men in hollywood. Anyone who writes this actor off as just a sill...

Harrison Ford has been named the highest earning actor in Hollywood - after he took home a massive $64.95 million in the last 12 months.

The veteran star returned to his role as the famed archaeologist in last year's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which went on to gross more than $750 million worldwide and earned Ford a bountiful pay check.

The figures, from Forbes magazine, show Ford brought home the staggering sum between June 2008 and 2009.

Second in the list was funnyman Adam Sandler, who earned $54.9 million thanks to the success of his two films, Bedti...

Russell Brand, who The New York Times recently called "irresistibly salacious," rocks the stage in this first original Comedy Central stand-up special. Filmed at the theatre at El Museo Del Barrio in New York City, Brand details the difficulty of handling his newfound fame in America, recounts the time he met the Queen and instructs women on how to approach him.

"Russell Brand in New York City: Extended & Uncensored" DVD is a single disc and includes the following bonus material: Brand's infamous monologue at the 2008 MTV "Video Music Awards;" "An Englishman in New York," which feat...

Aussie actress Teresa Palmer has gone public with her love for actor Topher Grace, announcing he's "everything I could ask for" in a blog post.

The Bedtime Stories star, who previously dated British funnyman Russell Brand, has been eager to keep her new romance under wraps - until now. The actress has revealed she recently took Grace home to Adelaide to meet her parents, and now she's eager to start a family with the Spider-Man 3 star.

Cooing about the American on her Facebook page, Palmer writes, "He's the most genuine person I know - giving and kind, talented and smart, loving...

Hailed by Time Out as "the most exciting comedian of his generation," Russell Brand, announces his first ever Comedy Central stand-up special, "Russell Brand in New York City." The show premieres this Sunday, March 8th at 10pm/9c with encore presentations Sunday, March 8 at 12 a.m. and Friday, March 13 at 11 p.m.

From the theater at El Museo Del Barrio in New York City comes the latest Comedy Central stand-up special featuring the winner of "Best Live Stand-up" at the 2008 British Comedy Awards, comedian, actor and author Russell Brand. From Brand's scene-stealing performances in For...

Nickelodeon unfolds the luminous list of the 2009 Kids’ Choice Award Nominees. This year, when kids honor their favorites from the worlds of film, music, TV and sports – and go green amid massive slime showers - action star host, Dwayne Johnson, will rock at the helm.

The nominees for Nickelodeon’s 22nd Annual Kids’ Choice Awards are:

MOVIES:

Favorite Movie

Bedtime Stories

The Dark Knight

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Iron Man

Favorite Movie Actor

Jim Carrey (Yes Man)

George Lopez (Beverly Hills Chihuahua)

Adam...

Jennifer Aniston's new family film Marley & Me has fought off the Christmas Day competition at the box-office, earning the highest one-day total ever for a film opening on the holiday at $14.6 million.

The movie, co-starring Owen Wilson, beat out Brad Pitt's drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which took in $11.6 million on its opening day, Thursday, and secured the second-highest Christmas opening to date.

Meanwhile Adam Sandler and Russell Brand's new Disney movie Bedtime Stories took the third holiday spot at $10.5 million with its debut.

Rounding out the top five o...

The Pacifier director Adam Shankman helms this children's fantasy concerning a hotel handyman who gradually begins to realize that the imaginative bedtime stories... Continue summary

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Hollywood actor Adam Sandler is jealous of Russell Brand after the British funnyman scored better than him in test screenings of their new film.

The comic pair star in upcoming Disney movie Bedtime Stories, and Sandler was delighted to discover that audiences previewing the picture had given him a 91 per cent approval rating. However the Big Daddy star subsequently found out his co-star had beaten him with a score of 96 per cent, and he is blown away by how popular Brand has become with U.S. audiences.

He says, "I got this high score and I was high-fiving my friends and then I s...

For 10 years, 30 million viewers turned in each week to check out what was going on in the lives of Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross. "Friends" was so popular, it even developed a big trend, the famous hairstyle called "The Rachel." Since then, many women have flocked to hair salons so they can have their hair look like their favorite TV characters.

It's been four years since "Friends" ended, and the cast has move on to many different projects. There were some hits ("The Breakup," "Dirt" and "The Comeback"), and misses ("Joey" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"). Here ...