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Jack Black Helps Name Atlanta Zoo's Panda Cub

Feb 15th 2011 – 1:08PM
David Goldman, AP

David Goldman, AP

ATLANTA -- Jack Black joined Zoo Atlanta for a naming ceremony for a 3-month-old giant panda cub, the only one of the endangered species born in a U.S. zoo last year. The zoo today named the cub Po after the main character voiced by Black in his upcoming animated sequel "Kung Fu Panda 2." Zoo officials say that in return...

Super Bowl Commercials: Movie Trailers Aplenty, Including Year One

By Will BrinsonFeb 1st 2009 – 7:50PM

There have been a surprisingly large number of movie commercials thus far in the Super Bowl -- my theory is that movie studios have more money than anyone else and can actually afford the insanely high prices. Either way, I've been skeptical of Jack Black lately (I was very "meh" on Tropic Thunder) but Year One looks...

NBA Finals: Lakers Do or Die

By Elie SeckbachJun 15th 2008 – 2:10PM

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive NBA reporting to FanHouse. Check back here regularly for more videos. In this video we hear from members of the Los Angeles Lakers, a team that's facing elimination from the NBA Finals. Around 1:20 into the video get a behind-the-scenes look at the media...

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WATCH: Jack Black's Kids Inspired By Caine's Arcade

May 12th 2012 - 04:11PM

Nine-year-old Caine Monroy and his cardboard arcade are continuing to inspire hundreds of other kids to new imaginative heights, and this week actor Jack Black went public with a personal family video of how a visit to the East LA auto part store inspired his sons to start work on their own arcade games.

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WATCH: Tenacious D's New Music Video

May 04th 2012 - 12:05PM

It may not be "the greatest song in the world," but the video for the titular track on Tenacious D's comeback album, "Rize of the Fenix," is pretty spectacular.

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Alex Simon: Shirley MacLaine Gets Her Mean On in Bernie

Apr 27th 2012 - 11:47AM

Actress, hoofer, singer, activist, author and New Age practitioner/philosopher, Shirley MacLaine has worn many hats during a remarkably rich and varied life.

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Jack Black Opens Up

By The Huffington Post Apr 25th 2012 - 12:12PM

When I met with Jack Black at a Midtown Manhattan hotel, he was fighting a sore throat.

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  • 06/01/12 STREET SOUNDS: Self-mythology rises in new album Source: The Vernon Morning Star C omic rock duo Tenacious D's (Jack Black, vocals and guitar and Kyle Gass, guitar and vocals) third album, Rize of the Fenix, finds the tasteless twosome perilously close to full-blown rock stardom.
  • 05/31/12 Tenacious D Talks Comeback, the Death of Rock and How... Source: The Hollywood Reporter Tenacious D's self-titled debut came as hilarious relief from music's seriousness in 2001.
  • 05/31/12 is a slight but enjoyable Southern yarn Source: The Mirror D irector Richard Linklater reunites with two of his most successful collaborators, Jack Black (who put his trademark shtick to its best use in School of Rock ) and Matthew McConaughey (who has yet to equal his masterfully sleazy performance in Dazed and Confused ), with Bernie , a dark yet mild comedy based on a true small-town Texas story.
  • 05/31/12 Jack Black fabulous as 'Bernie,' the real-life... Source: Cleveland.com If there ever was such a thing as a beloved murderer, it was Bernie Tiede.
  • 05/31/12 Recent releases: 'Battleship,' 'Men in Black 3' Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Shameless and head-slappingly silly, this Navy-vs.-aliens epic delivers a few thrills and a few laughs.

Background on jack black

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American comedian, actor and musician. He makes up one half of the comedy and satirical rock duo Tenacious D.

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