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There's a change afoot in American network comedies. They're getting sharper and a little darker, and they're relying less heavily on the setup-punchline rhythms we're all used to. You couldn't prove it by CBS's new Mike & Molly, though.

See an exclusive extract from The Gigantic Beard here Who could resist a book with the title The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil? Not me. And here's hoping that beardlovers (or, more likely, beard-phobics) everywhere feel the same, for Stephen Collins, who won the Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic shortstory prize in 2010, deserves his first book to

Chris Evans is promoting the launch of Activision Blizzards Call of Duty Online in China by starring in a three-minute live-action commercial for the videogame maker. Evans, who already suits up as Captain America in Marvel Studios superhero films, goes into combat again in the ad that was produced exclusively for the Chinese market. Call

Its been a few years since the roses ran out, and Katie Thurston is still looking for love. The star of Season 17 of The Bachelorette has joined the cast of FBoy Island. The series follows three women who move to a tropical paradise where theyre joined by 26 men 13 self-proclaimed Nice Guys

Nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. Blige recalled the first time she met The Notorious B.I.G. in a recording studio when he was laying down his verse on her 1993 album What's the 411? Remix. 'He was sweet and fun,' the 49-year-old Queen of Hip Hop Soul said during Tuesday's episode of No Filter with Naomi