July 14, 2008
While HBO President Michael Lombardo was reluctant to make any promises, he did say that he has every intention of producing the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm during last Thursday's Television Critics Press Tour.
Curb Your Enthusiasm, the improvised show starring Seinfeld co-creator Larry David as himself, ended its sixth season last November with an episode that found Cheryl David (Cheryl Hines) separating from husband Larry, who moves on by forging a relationship with Loretta Black. Soon, fans will find out how everything will turn out when the HBO series returns with new episodes, hopefully, by the end of next year.
November 11, 2007
After nine humor-filled episodes, HBO is set to air the final episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm's sixth season. Tonight, fans can finally see how the sitcom concludes in the episode entitled “The Bat Mitzvah,” which airs at 10pm on HBO.
Created and starring Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm is a comedy series loosely based on David's life as a semi-retired multi-millionaire after the long-running sitcom Seinfeld. With a theme similar to that of Seinfeld's, which is “a show about nothing,” the series unconventionally eschews traditional scripts in favor of actors' improvised dialogues. It centers on Larry's interaction with his wife Cheryl, played by Cheryl Hines, his loyal manager Jeff Green, played by Jeff Garlin and Jeff's outburst-prone wife Susie, portrayed by Susie Essman.
October 20, 2007
Comedy veteran and Curb Your Enthusiasm actor Shelley Berman received the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Boston Comedy Festival, held from October 7 to 13. The 81-year-old actor-comedian, however, feels ambivalent about the award, especially since he has no plans of giving up his career anytime soon.
"I'm not finished yet!" he jokingly told The Daily Free Press. "Every once in a while, I'll get the compliment, 'You were a great comedian.' Wait a minute! Take out the 'were' and we'll talk."
October 13, 2007
Cheryl Hines, one of the stars of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, has signed on to do a high school comedy with Emmy award-winning actor William H. Macy.
The film, Bart Got a Room, centers on a nerdy teenager, who, with the help of his best friend, tries to find a prom date as he copes with the tumult his parents' failing marriage has created. The story is set in a retirement community in Florida.
October 6, 2007
While Susie Essman, popularly known for portraying Susie Greene, the foulmouthed wife of Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) on Curb Your Enthusiasm, continues her profane outbursts on the acclaimed HBO series, the comedy actress can also be seen presiding over six episodes of a new reality series called Better Half.
Broadcast on Bravo, Better Half features spouses/mates of two trained professionals such as chefs, comedians, party planners, and hairstylists as they square off in competition. With only two days to coach, they train their novice partner to take on their jobs and beat the opposing “better half” in a final challenge. In each episode, three judges who are noted in the featured line of work will evaluate how well each couple executed the job handoff. The new series, which debuted on October 3, features the Curb star as the outspoken host that will critique how the couples listen and learn from each other.
September 29, 2007
On Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David is known for his confrontational attitude, but the 60-year-old actor, who recently split from his wife Laurie, said he is unlike his on-screen persona partly because the show helps to him to live out his confrontation fantasies.
"That's the beauty of doing this show," David, known also as the creator of the hit comedy series, Seinfeld, told the New York Post. "I get to enact all these things that I really don't have the [courage] to do in my life."