Ben Stiller Pulls a 'Reverse Gifford' For His Parents

Still upset about Cody Gifford enjoying nepotism-related rewards as the Today Show's new film critic? How would you feel to find out that in between producing the Les Grossman film and auctioning off wine glasses that once touched Conan O'Brien's lips, Ben Stiller is working on another unconventional project that could make his parents the next Jon Stewart and... Mrs. Jon Stewart?

According to Yahoo's chief marketing officer Elisa Steele, the portal will premiere a series of web shorts at the end of the year that will feature Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara commenting on the day's news stories. "Ben had a great idea," Steele said. "He started to talk to us and it was a good fit with Yahoo."

The series is part of Yahoo's new internal mandate that 20% of its content will be original, a commitment that recently led the company to engage in some unfortunate Lisanti-poaching.

· Ben Stiller to Make Show With Parents [BBC]