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Joke's On Chappelle: Dane Was Cookin' For 7 Hours

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 4, 2008

Dane Cook broke a Laugh Factory endurance record set less than a month ago by Dave Chappelle.

In what is becoming a heated battle, Cook told jokes at the Sunset Strip comedy club in Los Angeles for 7 hours, beating the record Chappelle set at 6 hours and 12 minutes in December.

Cook went on stage Tuesday and continued until nearly 7 a.m. Wednesday, and at one point sent out for food to keep the audience fed and happy.

"If this rivalry keeps up I'm going to turn the Laugh Factory into a bed and breakfast," club owner Jamie Masada said.

Last April, Cook set a record with an act lasting 3 hours and 50 minutes, breaking a mark set by Richard Pryor in 1980 of 2 hours and 41 minutes. Chappelle broke the record later that month, then broke his own record in December.

Mailer's Massive Archive Open To Public

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, fighter, journalist and poet, Norman Mailer was a key figure as postwar America passed through civil rights, Vietnam and women's liberation.

On Thursday, his personal archive - more than 1,000 boxes of manuscripts, letters, magazines, drawings, photographs and more - opened to the public at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas in Austin.

Mailer sold the archive to the Ransom Center for $2.5 million in 2005. He died Nov. 10. It has taken archivists two years to catalog the collection for viewing by scholars, researchers and the public.

There are about 40,000 letters to and from family, other writers and notable personalities, including Allen Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, Muhammad Ali and John Lennon.

Bubbly Lohan Rings In New Year In Italy

Lindsay Lohan rang in the New Year drinking champagne in Italy, her lawyer says, but is "back on track" in terms of sobriety.

A video obtained by The Associated Press shows Lohan, who spent much of 2007 in and out of rehab, taking a swig from a champagne bottle in Capri, Italy.

Lohan, 21, was in Italy to receive an award at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival.

Lohan pleaded guilty in August to misdemeanor drunken driving and cocaine charges in two arrests earlier in the year.

Ne-Yo Sues Promoter Over R. Kelly Tour

Ne-Yo claims he was fired as an opening act for R. Kelly because the audience and critics liked him better. Ne-Yo, whose real name is Shaffer Smith, and Compound Touring Inc., sued the promoter of R. Kelly's tour, Georgia-based Rowe Entertainment Inc., on Monday in Superior Court. The lawsuit, which alleges breach of contract and violation of the right of publicity, seeks unspecified damages.

According to the lawsuit, Compound Touring and Ne-Yo claim he was to be paid $785,000 for 25 shows and is owed $735,000. Ne-Yo was to be the opening act for Kelly's "Double-Up Tour" that began Nov. 14. He was fired after two shows, the lawsuit claims.

Today's Birthdays

Actress Barbara Rush is 81. Actress Dyan Cannon is 71. Country singer Patty Loveless is 51. Singer Michael Stipe of R.E.M. is 48. Actor Dave Foley ("NewsRadio") is 45. Actress Julia Ormond is 43. Actress Jill Marie Jones ("Girlfriends") is 33.

Source: The Associated Press

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