Russell Brand

Ol’ Russ’s previous MTV experience comes in handy as he takes the mic and gives us an inside look at the Las Vegas set of Get Him to the Greek.

This just in: Tonight’s episode of Behind the Screen, which focuses on Will Ferrell’s newly-released film Land of the Lost, will also include a first look at the set of Get Him to the Greek “with MTV pal and funnyman Russell Brand.” The episode airs on MTV Sunday, May 24th, at 11 p.m. [...]

Russell Brand is in the running for 2009’s Sexiest Vegetarian Alive. Brand was previously named Europe’s Sexiest Vegetarian Alive by PETA two years in a row. With Brand rapidly gaining international fame, now is the perfect time to take his Sexiest Vegetarian Alive recognition worldwide!
Russell Brand has been a vegetarian for nearly 20 [...]

What a difference a week makes!
Barely a week ago, after spending some time in Tuscany working on My Booky Wook 2: This Time It’s Personal, Russell Brand returned to the United States to begin filming on Get Him to the Greek, in which he reprises his role as Infant Sorrow frontman Aldous Snow.
Since then, in [...]

Whew! As you probably already know, Russell Brand will be signing copies of his best-selling memoir, My Booky Wook, at Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles on Friday, May 1st, at 7:30 p.m.
I’m planning to take the train down (a lovely trip along the coast which I’m looking forward [...]

One of my children’s favorite childhood movies is about to have new life breathed into it. I was delighted to learn last evening that Russell Brand has been cast to play the title role in a remake of Drop Dead Fred.
The original 1991 film starred British comedian Rik Mayall and American actress Phoebe Cates. [...]

Russell Brand returned to radio airwaves yesterday to host a two-hour football special on TalkSPORT with his friend, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was everything I’d hoped for and more.
Although I don’t know much about British football (called “soccer” here in the U.S.), I was able to keep up with the discussion for the [...]

Russell Brand is reprising his break-out Forgetting Sarah Marshall role as rocker Aldous Snow for the upcoming film Get Him to the Greek. In Get Him to the Greek, which is scheduled to be released in April 2010, Brand’s character has gone off the wagon, and a music company intern named Aaron (played [...]

No, really, I couldn’t have, and I know, because I’ve tried.
Since learning about the broadcasting incident that rocked the BBC late last year, I’ve tried to make sense of it and to get to the core of all the reasons it stirs such strong emotion for me. I’m not a UK citizen, [...]

Political leaders and chief financial officers from the top 20 industrialized nations met in London yesterday at a summit to discuss international finance matters.  Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the city to demand worldwide economic reform, including more focus on fighting poverty, inequality and global warming.
A long-time activist, Russell Brand attended the G20 [...]