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'Revenge Of The Nerds II' star Barry Sobel is suing his landlord for dragging his name through the mud in a comment posted on YouTube.  Sobel had filed a lawsuit against his landlord for refusing to do repairs on his San Fran rental and sending him harassing texts, but he says things escalated when the landlord took things online. Sobel claims his landlord posted a comment on a video of him on a Johnny Carson...

Chicago – In our latest dramedy/romance edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of the new film “Larry Crowne” with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts from co-writer, director and star Tom Hanks!

“Larry Crowne” also stars Sarah Mahoney, Roxana Ortega, Randall Park, Brady Rubin, Alex Quijano, Tina Huang, E-Kan Soong, Tarina Pouncy, Sy Richardson, Julie Wagner, Rob Riggle, Erin Underwood, Dale Dye and Barry Sobel. The film, which is also written by Nia Vardalos, opens on July 1, 2011.

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The movie poster for “Larry Crowne” with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

Comedian Barry Sobel - best known for his '80s "hip hop comedy" routine and his appearance in Revenge of the Nerds II - hosts a new online variety series for Lexus' LStudio and Tom Hanks' Playtone Company. It's called The 3 Minute Talk Show and here's the catch: it's a late-night talk show in the Jay Leno or Conan O'Brien mold, but all in just 3 minutes! And here's the problem. (Well, one of them...) It can't hold to its own somewhat flimsy gimmick. I suppose the format itself Could work. The interview is a quick clip and one question, then a comic comes out and does one joke, there's some quick banter, and you're out. But the first two episodes are both six minutes long! They even have a clock that supposedly counts down the 3 minutes, but it's fake and goes super-slow because the show is longer. This is...

Updated: A representative for Charlie Sheen confirmed that the Two and A Half Men star – who apparently has a history of suffering from what’s called a hiatal hernia – was rushed to the hospital Thursday in Los Angeles. “He has had a history of having this type of hernia, and the person who made the 911 call said he had severe stomach pains and said it was from a hernia condition,” said his spokesman, adding, “I have no firsthand knowledge of any of this.”

TMZ reports that he is expected to stay in the hospital overnight. The CBS comedy that is produced by Warner Bros.

I told you Tom Hanks was going to be making more web series. Last October, the Hollywood star with one of the most extensive collections of statuettes in the entertainment business had his Playtone Company ink a deal with Mumbai-based production company Reliance. With their powers combined, they’ll create an animated web series about an anti-dystopian future dubbed Electric City. The deal was done sometime after Hanks discovered YouTube while on the set of Larry Crowne. Watch a few of those videos. Doesn’t it look like he’s having such a good time? Like, too much of a good time not to seriously pursue more new media projects? Well, that’s exactly what he’s done. Hanks, along with Playtone partner Garry Goetzman today announced the launch of the original web series The Three Minute Talk Show on Lexus’ LStudio. The show’s exactly what it sounds like.

On Jan. 26, LStudio.com, the site that launched Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy, debuts the weekly series The 3 Minute Talk Show with Barry Sobel. Watch the exclusive trailer premiere below. The title is pretty self-explanatory, but aside from the minimum time commitment, here are a few more reasons to watch: Fred Willard serves as Sobel’s cohost. Ben Lee fronts the band. The first two guests are Tom Hanks (his Playtone partnered with Lexus’ LStudio for the unscripted show) and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston, whose episodes go live this Wednesday. And, at some point, Jon Cryer, of TV’s...

Debuting on NBC in 1985, the 227 sitcom revolves around a group of middle-class people living in a Washington, DC apartment building. The series was designed as a vehicle for The Jeffersons' Marla Gibbs and also stars Alaina Reed Hall, Jackee Harry, Helen Martin, Hal Williams, Regina King, Curtis Baldwin, Countess Vaughn, Toukie Smith, Barry Sobel, Stoney Jackson, Kevin Peter Hall and Paul Winfield.

The 227 show lasted for five seasons and came to a close after 116 episodes in 1990. The final episode revolves around the plight of the homeless, a story co-written by Gibbs.

This morning, NBC's Today Show hosted a reunion of the cast of 227 and it was the first time that they'd been seen onscreen together in 20 years.

Taking part in the tribute were Gibbs, Williams, Harry, King, and Baldwin. Martin passed away back...