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May 2nd, 2008

State of the Union renewed for second season

Showtime’s still laughing with Tracey Ullman and will into next year. The first season of State of the Union bowed on Sunday, but Showtime execs have ordered a second, seven-episode, season for 2009, Variety reports.
British comics apparently are the hot thing at the network, as entertainment president Bob Greenblatt just signed Marc Wooten, a BBC […]

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April 29th, 2008

Celebs take Tracey Ullman’s parodies in stride …

… Or so says Page Six. The NY Post’s gossip pages rounded up a few publicists to find out what Dina Lohan, David Beckham, Campbell Brown, Laurie David and Arianna Huffington think of Tracey’s mimicry of them on State of the Union. Amid “no comments” and unreturned calls, they learned:
• Beckham takes the attention in […]

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April 27th, 2008

Tracey Ullman DVD contest winner

Thanks to everyone who entered the Showtimefan DVD giveaway of Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union.
The winner — selected with the assistance of Random.org — left the following comment:
“No cable, so not able to laugh with Tracey.”
We’re glad to give you the chance to laugh along with her, Jason.
The winner has been contacted via e-mail. […]

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April 21st, 2008

Showtimefan contest: Win Season 1 of Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union on DVD

It’s that happy time of year when Bloggy Giveaways hosts its quarterly freebie carnival. Here at Showtimefan HQ, we’ve decided to get into the action by offering you, dear readers, the chance to win the entire first season of Tracey Ullman’s genius parody show, State of the Union, on DVD.
Here’s how it works: All you […]

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April 15th, 2008

Tracey Ullman as an over-the-edge flight attendant

In light of all the American Airlines cancellations recently plus that dismal airline quality ratings survey, I thought it fitting to preview Tracey Ullman’s next State of the Union with this clip, of a flight attendant who has been pushed too far.
Make sure your seat belt’s fastened, your baggage is stowed and your tray-table […]

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April 6th, 2008

Preview: State of the Union episode 2, David Beckham

On the second episode of State of the Union, Tracey Ullman treats us to one of her amazing male parodies, David Beckham. Here he is, greeting the media at his first press conference since joining the LA Galaxy soccer team. Sadly, Becks is having some follicular trouble:

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March 30th, 2008

Review: Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union

My friends at Showtime sent over a preview of the first season of State of the Union, which some of you watched for the first time tonight. Tracey Ullman is brilliant — as an impersonator, as a writer, as an observer of the American condition.
She creates amazing parodies of public figures (Arianna Huffington is […]

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March 20th, 2008

Tudors Season 2 premiere party — red carpet pics

From the looks of it, the cast of The Tudors is one big, happy — and saucy — family. Here are a few pics from the red carpet to start off. Many more after the jump.

Check out the classic poses on these two! Natalie Dormer and Jonathan Rhys Meyers may have dressed somewhat casually for […]

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March 10th, 2008

Tracey Ullman pimps State of the Union

With the premiere of State of the Union just weeks away, Tracey Ullman is making the rounds to pimp the show. She did a slew of interviews with the trade magazines recently. Here are the highlights:
Of Andy Rooney, the inspiration for Ronnie Rooney, Andy’s fictional older brother, Ullman says: “I think he’s amazing. When you […]

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February 28th, 2008

Advance look at Tracey Ullman’s Showtime parodies

OMG! Tracey Ullman’s new show is gonna rock. I’ve missed sketch comedy since SNL lapsed into the sophomoric and overly self-referential, but Tracey is bringin’ it back with a vengeance. She says she wants to be the “United Colors of Benetton” of sketch comedy and I think she’ll pull it off.
My favorites from this teaser […]

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