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Sugar Shout Out: Will Ferrell's Sunblock Promises a Sexy Tan
14 July 2009 11:55 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news
Will Ferrel's sunblock promises a hot sexy tan. . . or sunstroke Chipotlé promotes Food, Inc. How well can you read body language? Test your prenatal screening knowledge Banana Republic takes on Mad Men Coveted Crib: Cool Calistoga poolhouse Buzz's hopes for the Emmy Nominations Katy Perry jumps onstage and off Lc's Chloe gets a new 'do! Show the world your Twitter love Don't fall for this scam on your next European vacation
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Bullock Strips For Money
14 July 2009 9:16 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Sandra Bullock has vowed to strip off in all her future movie roles - so she can pocket a bigger salary.
The actress disrobes in new film The Proposal - and the nude scene gave her a taste for getting naked in films.
Bullock is sure she'll enjoy a bumper pay day if she keeps taking her clothes off in movies, like fellow comedy actor Will Ferrell.
She says, "If you're naked and you're trying to be sexy, you don't really make as much money as if you're naked and you're funny.
"Will Ferrell has been on to that for quite some time. Have you noticed how he drops his trousers in every single film? I'm going to do that from now on."
Genre Icons, Oscar Heroes And Comedic Geniuses In This Week’s Birthday Bash
13 July 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news
Just as everyone has an opinion, a favorite meal and a nose — albeit a fake one at times — so too does everyone have a birthday. Even celebrities. Here at Birthday Bash, it’s my mission to salute the fine actors, filmmakers and other Hollywood heroes that are celebrating their special day this week. After all, it’s cheaper than mailing a cake.
July is populated with some of the highest profile celebrity birthdays yet to be featured on Birthday Bash, with this week bringing a trio of faces famous for very different roles.
Harrison Ford (July 13): While it’s a given that everyone gets older as the years progress, it’s still incredibly difficult to believe that Harrison Ford turns 67 today. The actor is a genre legend, hanging with furry co-pilot Chewbacca as Han Solo in “Star Wars” and making whips cool again in the “Indiana Jones” franchise. Despite
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Josh Wigler
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: July 12, 2009
12 July 2009 1:06 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
This week:
Bruno is the box office king; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s want You; Hollywood loves Hooker; Jason Statham goes on a Blitz; Zooey Deschanel is Your Highness and Robert DeNiro and Paul Schrader see The Dying of The Light.
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno took the top spot over the weekend with a gross of $30 million. It’ll need legs like a supermodel to reach the coveted $100 million mark.
Crossing the century mark this weekend is Ice Age 3-D: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs $28 million this weekend the animated pics total now stands at $120 million. Expect an Ice Age 4.
Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen banked another $24 million giving the Michael Bay action epic a grand total.
After breaking records last year with The Dark Knight, it has been a disappointing summer for Christian Bale. Terminator Salvation underperformed at the start of the summer and
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Niall Browne
July 10: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
10 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news
Who has time to go to the movies, darling, when there’s all those fashion shows to attend and fabulous celebrities to stalk? But did you know that DVDs are for more than porn? Ich had no idea. So instead of the disgusting multiplex, where it’s all proles and unfabulous people anyway, you can stay in your magnificent Austrian bunker and still sound uber cool on Monday, when the press hounds you with questions about how you spent ihr Wochenende. When they ask, “Did sie see that Bruno movie?” you can tell them to bumsen off, you saw that Fälscher Sacha Baron Cohen in other roles instead. Instead Of: Bruno, in which Sacha Baron Cohen dons gayface in order to send up homophobia... Watch: Well, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, for starters, to see Baron Cohen in fine mocking form as an
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MaryAnn Johanson
Before ‘Brüno,’ There Was Ali G: Five Great Interviews From The Main Man
10 July 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | From MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news
You already know Borat. You’re about to know Brüno. Some of us already know Brüno, perhaps a little too well in Eminem’s case. Did you know that there’s another famous Sacha Baron Cohen character lurking in the depths of pop culture’s murky waters? In his own words, I be talkin’ ’bout me main man, Ali G.
As portrayed by Cohen, the British “journalist” called Ali G is a lewd, disrespectful and typically unintelligent personality, showing up for interviews in his trademark attire: baggy clothes, skull cap, yellow sunglasses and various rings and chains. Still, the Cohen character managed to land one-on-ones with several high profile personalities in the entertainment industry, politics and other areas of life.
After some of those tense encounters, it’s truly no surprise that Cohen has had to retire the Ali G persona for good. Luckily, these moments live eternally in our
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Josh Wigler
Jon Heder, Gary Sanchez Productions cook up Comedy Central sitcom
10 July 2009 6:47 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news
Comedy Central will be the home of a new sitcom starring Jon Heder and produced by Gary Sanchez Productions' and FunnyorDie.com's Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Heder became an overnight star in the lowkey comedy, "Napoleon Dynamite" and co-starred with Ferrell in "Blades of Glory." Ferrell, McKay and Chris Henchy, the principals of Gary Sanchez Productions, will serve as showrunners. This will mark will Heder's first foray into the smallscreen arena in the untitled show. The Premise: Heder is slated to play an It specialist who has to move in with mom and dad after he loses his job. Comedy Central will start with ten episodes of the show, with the option to order a 90 more
April MacIntyre
Brüno Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know
10 July 2009 3:51 AM, PDT | From MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news
We give you the lowdown on the fashion journalist from Austria.
By Eric Ditzian
Photo: MTV News
Maybe you've heard of this guy Brüno? He's been hanging out in Spain dressed like a bull who likes to show off a little skin and in London marching down the street with a bunch of sexed-up palace guards. Why? Because he's fabulous, naturally. And because he's got this movie — surely the year's most anticipated flick about a gay Austrian fashion reporter who journeys to America to become super-duper famous — coming out on Friday (July 10), and he's been sashaying across the globe to make sure every man, woman and child knows his name.
Exhausting work, no doubt, but Sacha Baron Cohen — the comic chameleon behind Brüno — has traveled this masquerading road before. Starting with his U.K. comedy program "Da Ali G Show" and up through 2006's surprise blockbuster "Borat," Cohen has
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Jon Heder Starring in Comedy Central Sitcom
9 July 2009 11:13 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory and School for Scoundrels star Jon Heder is heading to the small screen. The actor has signed on to star in a new sitcom for Comedy Central that is being produced by Will Ferrell's Gary Sanchez Productions. The currently untitled half-hour series will see Heder star as an out-of-work It specialist who leaves the city and returns to his small hometown to live with his parents and younger brother. The network has ordered 10 episodes, with Ferrell and Gary Sanchez partners Adam McKay and Chris Henchy writing the scripts. The trades say Ferrell may also appear in front of the camera for an episode or two. If the initial 10-episode run meets a ratings threshold, the network has agreed to order 90 more episodes from Gary Sanchez Prods. and distributor Debmar-Mercury, setting up the project for eventual syndication. The deal is the same unusual structure that
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Jon Heder gets a show on Comedy Central produced by Will Ferrell who may appear.
9 July 2009 12:52 PM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news
According to sources, Jon Heder, star of "Napoleon Dynamite" has teamed with Will Ferrell and Adam McKay for a unique Comedy Central sitcom deal that follows in Tyler Perry's footsteps. Apparently the network has ordered up ten episodes of the comedy frontlined by Heder who stars as an unemployed computer It specialist. He returns home to his small town and moves back in with the folks and his younger brother. Ferrell fans may be in for a treat as perhaps he may opt for an appearance or two.
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Will Ferrell brings 'Napoleon Dynamite' star to Comedy Central
9 July 2009 11:36 AM, PDT | From Hitfix.com | See recent Hitfix news
Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of a new sitcom project starring Jon Heder, but the deal could bring much much much more of the "Napoleon Dynamite" star to cable. The multi-camera comedy, still untitled, will star Heder as an out-of-work computer It specialist who leaves the big city and returns to his hometown, where he moves in with his parents and younger brother. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy will write and produce through their Gary Sanchez Productions banner. The comedy is distributed by Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein of Debmar-Mercury, the company behind Tyler Perry's TBS sitcoms....
Daniel Fienberg
Comedy Central, Heder Pact For Laughs
9 July 2009 10:54 AM, PDT | From The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news
"Napoleon Dynamite" actor will star in sitcom for cabler.
By Wrap Staff
Comedy Central has ordered up a new, untitled sitcom starring Jon Heder ("Blades of Glory") from Gary Sanchez Prods. and Debmar-Mercury.
Heder will star as an out of work computer It specialist who leaves the big city and returns to his small home town, where he moves back in with his parents and younger brother.
Gary Sanchez Prods is the production company led by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy.
Ferrell, McKay and Henchy will write and produce the series.
Michael Speier
Comedy Central Orders Up Will Ferrell-Produced Sitcom
9 July 2009 7:21 AM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news
Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy are some of the masterminds behind the viral video comedy website Funny or Die. Now they're joining forces for a new Comedy Central sitcom, which the network is calling a "groundbreaking new series."
The currently untitled sitcom stars Jon Heder ("Napoleon Dynamite") as an out of work It specialist who returns to his small town and moves back in with his parents and younger brother.
Ferrell, McKay, and Hency will write the sitcom and their production company, Gary Sanchez Productions, will produce.
Comedy Central has ordered an initial run of 10 episodes of the series. It's expected to premiere sometime in 2010.
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Meet the Breakout Star of Michael Jackson's Memorial!
8 July 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | From Movieline | See recent Movieline news
Breakouts cannot be chosen; rather, they choose us. Who could have known as we approached this summer that the real stars would not be stalwarts like Will Ferrell but instead Skids the Racist Transformer, Zach Galifianakis, and now, This Very Intense-Looking Singer from the Michael Jackson Memorial? Fortunately, the mysterious man (who began the "We Are the World" verse during the service) has been identified!
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Scoop This: 'Big Fan' Trailer, The Return of 'Baywatch' and Will Ferrell's 14 Movies to See Before You Die
7 July 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news
Whether you're a mega football fan or just a fan in general, there's something to relate to in the upcoming indie dramedy Big Fan, written and directed by Robert Siegel. Similar in tone to The Wrestler (which Siegel also wrote), Big Fan stars comedian Patton Oswalt as a lonely parking garage attendant who's one love in life is the New York football Giants – or, more specifically, their star player Quantrell Bishop. So what happens when our boring sports fanatic accidentally gets beaten up by his favorite football player? I'll let you imagine the possibilities as I direct you toward the film's first trailer. In my review from Sundance, I said this about Big Fan: "This isn't a comedy about the goofy football fan who gets off on chanting and screaming his...
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Scoop This: 'Big Fan' Trailer, The Return of 'Baywatch' and Will Ferrell's 14 Movies to See Before You Die
7 July 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news
Whether you're a mega football fan or just a fan in general, there's something to relate to in the upcoming indie dramedy Big Fan, written and directed by Robert Siegel. Similar in tone to The Wrestler (which Siegel also wrote), Big Fan stars comedian Patton Oswalt as a lonely parking garage attendant who's one love in life is the New York football Giants – or, more specifically, their star player Quantrell Bishop. So what happens when our boring sports fanatic accidentally gets beaten up by his favorite football player? I'll let you imagine the possibilities as I direct you toward the film's first trailer. In my review from Sundance, I said this about Big Fan: "This isn't a comedy about the goofy football fan who gets off on chanting and screaming his...
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Scoop This: 'Big Fan' Trailer, The Return of 'Baywatch' and Will Ferrell's 14 Movies to See Before You Die
7 July 2009 2:49 PM, PDT | From Fandango | See recent Fandango news
Whether you're a mega football fan or just a fan in general, there's something to relate to in the upcoming indie dramedy Big Fan, written and directed by Robert Siegel. Similar in tone to The Wrestler (which Siegel also wrote), Big Fan stars comedian Patton Oswalt as a lonely parking garage attendant who's one love in life is the New York football Giants – or, more specifically, their star player Quantrell Bishop. So what happens when our boring sports fanatic accidentally gets beaten up by his favorite football player? I'll let you imagine the possibilities as I direct you toward the film's first trailer. In my review from Sundance, I said this about Big Fan: "This isn't a comedy about the goofy football fan who gets off on chanting and screaming his...
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MacGruber finds director and state to film in
7 July 2009 12:44 PM, PDT | From Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news
It really looks like there's going to be a movie made from those SNL MacGruber skits. Even as I wonder how the hell something like this happens a director has been found to shepherd the production through its lifecycle: Jorma Taccone. He's the actor that played Chaka in Will Ferrell's recent Land of the Lost movie as well as one-third of The Lonely Island singing group (you know, the "Jizz in My Pants" guys.)
Taccone was one of the creators of the MacGruber idea along with Will Forte and John Solomon as well as directed many of the SNL skits.
In addition to the reveal about Taccone directing the movie, Production Weekly just learned that the MacGruber movie will shoot next month in New Mexico (maybe because the other 49 states wouldn't believe that there's really a MacGruber movie being made.)
Patrick Sauriol
Jorma Taccone Set to Helm MacGruber
7 July 2009 12:14 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Production Weekly is reporting Jorma Taccone will make his feature directorial debut with MacGruber, a big screen version of SNL’s spoof on the popular 80s television series MacGyver. MacGrbuer has been featured in a number of Digital Shorts, which Tacoone also directed. Will Forte, who confirmed the project was happening last month on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, stars as the title character. Right now the only other confirmed cast member is Kristen Wiig. Taccone, Forte and John Solomon wrote the script. Solomon and Taccone are both writers for SNL and also co-wrote the comedy Extreme Movie. Taccone is also one third of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island, along with Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg, He’s also appeared in front of the camera in Hot Rod and Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost. The MacGruber movie marks the first feature based on an SNL character in nearly ten years.
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Special Report: Upcoming Hollywood Movie Fads
7 July 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
It would seem that Hollywood studios are far from finished when it comes to bad movie ideas. Several times during the past couple of months a new story would come out that made us say “Seriously?!? This is what the best writers and idea guys in Hollywood can come up with?!?” There were also a few colorful four letter words scattered throughout but this is a family friendly site, so I’ll let you insert them yourself.
Each time one of these serious (read: joke) ideas would surface, the entire online movie news world would let out a collective audible moan so loud that it would throw off the whale migration patterns in the North Pacific. Maybe we should tell Hollywood the same thing my mom told me when I would get caught lying to her “Every time you lie, a kitten dies.” Of course we would have to modify
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Paul Young
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