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| Richmond Comedy: Dane Cook comes to the Coliseum this Friday |
| Tuesday, 02 November 2010 00:00 |
Dane Cook Comes to Richmond ColiseumFriday, November 5 at 8 PM
Cook has starred in several films in the past few years, My Best Friends Girl (opposite Kate Hudson and Alec Baldwin), Dan in Real Life (with Steve Carrell), Good Luck Chuck (with Jessica Alba), Mr. Brooks (with Academy Award winners Kevin Costner and William Hurt), and Employee of the Month...his first leading role that just recently was named as one of the top 20 highest grossing digitally downloaded films of the decade. Additionally, Cook has also appeared in a number of other feature films, including Waiting (with Ryan Reynolds and Anna Farris), London (with Jessica Biel and Chris Evans), and Mystery Men (with Ben Stiller). In the television world, Cook has hosted Saturday Night Live twice, including the season premiere, helping the program earn the highest non-sports ratings of any network that year. Additionally, Cook created, directed and starred in the network's nine-part comedy documentary series, Tourgasm and wrote, executive produced and starred in Vicious Circle, a feature-length stand-up event, which was filmed in front of 40,000 people during 2 sold out shows at Boston Garden. Combining energetic comedy, clever wordplay, and trenchant observations about human behavior, Cook's unique brand of stand-up and accessible guy-next-door attitude have galvanized audiences of all ages on the national scene for over a decade. He catapulted to media headlines when his sophomore comedy CDx2/DVD, Retaliation, bucked industry trends by debuting at #4 on the Billboard 200. The album, which has hit double platinum, marked him as the highest charting comedian in 27 years, earning him a place alongside best-selling comedy vets Bill Cosby, George Carlin and Steve Martin. Additionally, his debut CD/DVD release, Harmful If Swallowed, as well as Rough Around the Edges, filmed in front of 40,000 fans during 2 shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City, have appeared on eight different Billboard charts. Last year, his last album, ISolated INcident, was the highest rated special on Comedy Central, and became his second album to debut at number #4 on the Billboard charts, making him the only comedian in history to achieve that feat. In November of last year, Cook also broke ground in the music industry with the release of his first rock single, I'll Never Be You, and Simon Said which he performed on this year's finale of American Idol. Among his many honors as a stand-up comedian, he was named Rolling Stone Magazine's "Hot Comic," Stuff Magazine's "Coolest Comic of the Year," and the winner of Comedy Central's Stand-up Showdown more times than any other comedian. Additionally, his arrival on the cultural stage was confirmed when Time Magazine listed him as one of the world's 100 "Most Influential People." As a result of his efforts, his website, danecook.com, now receives over 500,000 hits per month, his MySpace following has grown to an unprecedented community of 2,500,000 friends, and his Facebook and Twitter have surpassed 4 million followers. Tickets: $34.75-$69.75 Richmond Coliseum To create link towards this article on your website, copy and paste the text below in your page. Preview :  Powered by QuoteThis © 2008 |
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