Doug Benson News

 
Around Town: 'Paper Moon' shines on downtown festival
Los Angeles Times
On tap for Wednesday evening is the latest installment of comic Doug Benson's "Movie Interruption." This time around, Benson and his friend wax comedic during a screening of this year's box office dud, "John Carter." http://www.cinefamily.org The Aero ...

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Benson: In case you didn't know, Indy 500 is this Sunday
Bloomington Pantagraph
NBA playoffs: 76ers at Celtics (ABC, 7 pm Sunday): Doug Collins has gotten a lot of mileage out of this Philadelphia bunch. Winning game seven at the Garden might be asking too much. NASCAR: Coca-Cola 600 (Fox, 5 pm Sunday): It used to be fun watching ...

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Morning Sentinel
What's past is prologue, defense says
Kennebec Journal
By Doug Harlow dharlow@mainetoday.com SKOWHEGAN -- Claims by Angelo Licata that prior physical or sexual abuse by his father led him to kill the older man last summer will be allowed as evidence at his murder trial next month, a judge said Thursday.
Son says past sex abuse led to killing of fatherPress Herald

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The Bookseller
Unbound title on 2012 Fiction Uncovered list
The Bookseller
... Fischer joins a list dominated by indie publishers, with Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke by Peter Benson (Alma); The Light of Amsterdam by David Park (Bloomsbury); This is Life by Dan Rhodes (Canongate); and Hit and Run by Doug Johnstone (Faber).

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New organization in Devils Lake for flood victims
Devil's Lake Daily Journal
Doug Boknecht of the Lake Region Human Service Center explained: “Consistent with most unmet needs groups in North Dakota, a point system has been developed that prioritizes need of eligible households based on variables that take basin-specific flood ...


 
LAist
LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy
LAist
Benson Interruption, 8p Nerdist Theater. Doug Benson brings up some of his favorite stand ups, only to interrupt their sets with his own jokes. Jay Mohr, 8p Irvine Improv. Mohr is telling stories instead of stand up for one night only down in the OC.


 
'God Bless America': Bobcat Goldthwait goes dark
San Francisco Chronicle
"But I remember years ago I was in a hotel writing something with (fellow comedians) Doug Benson and Brian Posehn, and something awful came on the TV, and I took my room service and threw it (at the TV) and went back to writing.

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