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No Amount of John Travolta-Brand Gatorade Can Cure This Hangover
The movie about drunks and their drunken ways keeps hitting the big time. As does the movie about white people in the jungle. Meanwhile, Eddie Murphy and John Travolta have both seen better days. More »
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Comment by secretagentman: Yeah, Pelham kinda blew for several reasons, which I won't get into because of spoilerage, but stuff didn't make sense.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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snl digest
Will Ferrell-Hosted, Cameo-Laden SNL Season Finale Will Come To Traumatize Lorne Michaels
Last night's Will Ferrell-hosted SNL season closer was a perfect freak-storm of cameos (Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Norm McDonald, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler) and nostalgia. The play-by-play, post-jump. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Midwesterner in NYC: Was last night Darrell Hammond's last show? During the goodbyes the cast kept pointing at him, making a big to-do.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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cattle call
Jake Gyllenhaal To Continue His Illustrious Singing Career
Casting has been announced for the movie version of Damn Yankees, the baseball musical. Jake Gyllenhaal will sing! Also in casting news are Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, a Woody Allen movie, and Gossip Girl. More »
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Comment by EdnaOverhill: Jake Gyllenhall? Be still my heart. Does anyone know if there's a locker room scene in Damn Yankees?... 2 Responses | Other threads
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will ferrell
'A Nucular Hit': Will Ferrell's 'W' Review Round-Up
The curtain came up last night on Will Ferrell's Broadway debut, You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush, and the reviews are... More »
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By SethComment by SunnydaZe10 is BANNED!: It is a sad fact that any Will Ferrell character would have been a better President than the real George... 1 Responses | Other threads
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saturday night live
Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, And An Emboldened HuffPo Blogger Enliven Thursday 'SNL'
Returning alumni Will Ferrell (as George W. Bush) and Tina Fey turned last night's Thursday edition of Saturday Night Live into a veritable class reunion, but one other notable name returned behind the scenes: Ferrell's frequent collaborator Adam McKay. Little over a month ago, McKay (Step Brothers, Anchorman) lit up the left with a sky-is-falling Huffington Post blog entitled "We're Gonna Frickin' Lose This Thing," but to judge from the opening sketch he co-wrote, he now finds the Republican ticket about as threatening as a Jackie Mason PSA. The clip, after the jump: More » -
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10 Celeb Marathoners to Beat in Ryan Reynolds' Rookie Race
Ryan Reynolds hit the fundraising circuit running — literally — in an essay today on The Huffington Post, where he opened up about his training for next month's New York Marathon. There, despite vowing to avoid such events after once observing an epidemic of runners' bleeding nipples, the newlywed is racing on behalf of Michael J. Fox's foundation to fight Parkinson's Disease. But while we applaud his determination in battling 26 miles of nipple-chafe, Reynolds is running for more than just a good cause. He's also trotting into a celebrity pastime with a rich tradition of its own, competing against the likes of Will Ferrell, Katie Holmes, Diddy and even David Lee Roth's six-hour slog through New York in 1987. After the jump, find the ten swiftest boldfacers who ever laced up a pair of track shoes. Train harder, Ryan — and happy bleeding! More »
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By STVComment by Desk_hack: Lordy, you had to bring up Katie. It's just a matter of minutes before what's-her-name rears her head and starts... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by TurdBlossom: Now if the doors would only shut on him doing any more "comedy". 1 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by Good Crazy...: I can hear his 'woo-woo-woo' all the way in Belgium. more » | Other threads
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sacha baron cohen
Will Ferrell To Play Drunk, Naked Watson To Sacha Baron Cohen's Sherlock
If you've been longing for a re-pairing of rival NASCAR champions Ricky Bobby and Jean Girard, only this time in something a little more fog-enshrouded, well, then, hold on to your pipes: It was announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will star in the working-titled Sherlock: Elementary Deductions For Solving Puzzling Murders Throughout Queen Victoria's London in a Deerslayer Hat—an updating of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic mysteries. From Variety.com: More »
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By SethComment by raincoaster: Well, THIS should be a cavalcade of subtlety. more » | Other threads
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Foreigners Strangely Cool to Judd Apatow's 'Cheap Cinema of the American Stoner Idiot Man-Child'
Judd Apatow's comedy-godfather status isn't quite translating overseas, The New York Times noted in a probing piece on Sunday. While the filmmaker-producer looks set for a late-summer spike in the States with the upcoming Step Brothers and Pineapple Express, his signature blend of pop-culture refraction and infantile male bonding has come to symbolize American cinema's rut in Europe and Asia. For disappointing starters, we hear France and South Korea have developed interests of their own outside our sex-and-drug romps, piling panic on top of panic as the dollar crashes and the world turns its back on Genius: More » -
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Does Declaring Danny McBride The Next Big Thing Doom Him To Making Movies Like 'Semi-Pro?'
A little-known Hollywood antitrust ruling from the early 1900s—passed to prevent Fatty Arbuckle from an abuse of monopoly power—proclaims that every 15 months, a Next Big Funny Thing must be announced. That coronation is immediately followed by the casting of the new cat's whiskers in every humorous screenplay in existence, where he'll be called upon to play a variety of subtly tweaked takes on the same buffoonish character. Previous beneficiaries of the Doughy-White-Comedian Competition Law include Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, and Will Ferrell, and now, the star of Sundance breakout hit The Foot Fist Way, of whom an LAT headline demands to know, "Is Danny McBride the next comedy superstar?" More »
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By SethComment by SteamyMcFirecrotch: David Gordon Green? Any relation to Brian Austin Green? Nope? Just a coincidence then? more » | Other threads
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short ends
'Ellen' Assistant Quits Job To Ride Rollercoasters
· As anyone who has ever done it will attest, there are few feelings more liberating than quitting one's job. The following video is of an assistant on the Ellen show who found himself teetering on the brink of sanity until he up and quit his job on May 20. He describes the decision on his blog as being "an exciting stupid move to prove to myself that I need to keep moving toward my dreams… Every time I’ve made a major move to pursue my dreams I have lost something (2 girlfriends both 3year relationships) but I’ve gotten a step closer. This time around I don’t know what I have to lose… as I look at it right now I have nothing to lose, and those seem to be pretty good odds. If I never do anything, don’t ever say that I didn’t try." Good luck making your Hollywood dreams come true, Delbert. [Delbert Shoopman] More »
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By Mark GrahamComment by Mabimab: @Molly McAleer: You like the crunchy or smooth variety? more » | Other threads
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defamer
'Land Of The Lost' Appears To Have At Least Gotten The Sleestaks Right
If your last glimpse of Universal's Land of the Lost movie—featuring Will Ferrell smoking a butt by the La Brea Tar Pits—left you a little underwhelmed, we think this official first leaked image should help ease concerns that a beloved Saturday morning memory of your youth is about to be gang-raped by Hollywood. In it, the part-reptilian/part-insectoid/all-badass Sleestaks of the original are shown to have made the transition to big-screen Ferrell buffoonery largely intact. Director Brad Siberling explains why: More » -
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Will Ferrell Adds 'No Animals' Clause To Rider After 'Semi-Pro' Bear Kills Trainer
Die-hard Will Ferrell fans who endured Semi-Pro will recall a set-piece in which Will's farm-league basketball team owner Jackie Moon wrestles a bear as a ploy to fill seats. That bear, a 700-lb grizzly named Rocky, fatally attacked a trainer at an exotic animal training facility in Big Bear yesterday. From the LAT: More » -
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Hollywood talent leery of stock-option deals, but agencies enthusiastic
Cash money, not equity, is what powers the entertainment industry. Especially when it comes to talent. In a possibly apocryphal but illustrative anecdote, legendary bluesman Albert King reportedly refused to leave the stage until he had cash in hand from the concert promoter, presumably because he'd been cheated out of so many deals in the past. Studio accounting has an only slightly better reputation than that of the music industry when it comes to being, ahem, creative. Hence it's no surprise that when negotiating venture funding for Funny Or Die, Will Ferrell reportedly wanted to know what his upfront payout would be, according to Sequoia Capital's Mark Kvamme in comments to the New York Times. Which is one reason why private equity efforts to fund traditional film and television production have yet to pan out. Better to get your money upfront and walk away in case the project is a disaster. So how is Valley money changing Hollywood business models? More »
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Comment by FiveStarEggRoll: @bbucy: A la Ben Stiller? Well, I guess he still directs (a lot of crap)...Sandler too. Seeing a big SNL... more » | Other threads
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on location
First Look At Will Ferrell's 'Land Of The Lost' Suggests A Budget Comparable To That Of The Original Series
JFXOnline gives us the first glimpses from the set of Land of the Lost, Will Ferrell's next big screen foray, based on the beloved Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning sci-fi adventure. Originally conceived as a huge budget adventure comedy, the disappointing™ performance of Semi-Pro has led jittery Universal execs to cut some budgetary corners wherever possible. That means plans for spectacular soundstage sets and expensive CGI sequences will be replaced with location shooting, sending the actors and crew on an L.A. scavenger hunt that brought them to the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits (above), the terrariums of Santa Monica's Water Garden, and the Apple Store at the Grove, which stood in nicely for the Pylons and matrix tables. More »
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By SethComment by Clayton Barr: I'm disappointed that Land of the Lost is going to be a comedy. I'd much prefer to see a mature... more » | Other threads
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Will Ferrell Will Do Literally Anything For Your Laugh-Dollars
Tend to the wounds of your ill-advised weekend bear-wrestling adventures with the box office numbers: More »
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By SethComment by Leviticus_71: I can't believe there's no mention of the Soccer movie. Why "Dodgeball" didn't come knocking I have no idea. Speaking... more » | Other threads
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First Review Of 'Step Brothers': Less Entertaining Than 'Two and a Half Men'
The first review of Will Ferrell's new movie just came in and, wow, it's a doozy. No, we're not talking about Semi-Pro, which opens today; we're talking about Ferrell's next movie, Step Brothers, which was produced by Judd Apatow and directed by Adam McKay. The film, set to open in late July, screened in Los Angeles last night. A Defamer tipster was in the audience and passed an early review our way. Based on some of the pullquotes (if, indeed, you can call words lifted from an email tip "pullquotes"), this sounds like it's going to be closer to Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story than Talledega Nights in terms of both laughs and B.O. We hate to say it, but it's looking more and more like John C. Reilly is Box Office Poison when cast in anything other than a supporting role. Full review after the jump, but here's a few of the choice quotes: "The story makes no sense - repetitive, forced and predictable would be compliments" and "the dialogue is less entertaining and envelope-pushing than anything on Two and a Half Men." Ouch! More »
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By Mark GrahamComment by shadymilkman: ^^ james carey, actually called him the funniest man alive. and well we all know that ace ventura pet dick,... more » | Other threads
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At 'Semi-Pro' Premiere, Will Ferrell Hints At Sleestak-Related Things To Come
We must hand it to Will Ferrell. Having just delivered another homerun performance as Chaz Bobby Burgundy the Tank in Semi-Pro, the actor is already thinking ahead to his next project, promoting the just -started -filming Land of the Lost adaptation by wearing this Enik- the- Sleestak- inspired smocksuit to last night's premiere. For purists worried that their beloved, Saturday morning memories of the Marshalls, Cha-Ka, and the rest of the Lost gang might be tainted by crass Hollywood cynicism, fear not: The delightful premise, in which Ferrell stars as an arrogant, womanizing movie star cast in a remake of the Sid and Marty Krofft series, only to discover that real Sleestaks (Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller) exist among us, is post-modern self-referential hilarity at its finest! More »
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By SethComment by Clayton Barr: I'm disappointed that it's going to be a comedy. I'd much prefer to see a mature take on the Land... more » | Other threads
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free advertising dept
Will Ferrell Admirably Unafraid To Use His Body To Sell Some Tickets
Sure, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue spread showing Will Ferrell pawing at a bikini- clad Heidi Klum was a mildly titillating stab at selling the movie with skin, but we suppose the magazine's decency standards prevented New Line's marketing team from doing what they really needed to do to push Semi-Pro: strip Ferrell to his tube socks, blow out his thicket of chest hair, and hand him a genital-obscuring, ABA-regulation prop. Mercifully, basketball doesn't employ the kind of phallus-shaped equipment that might have tempted the studio to take the photo in a more tumescent direction. More » -
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Will Ferrell Takes 'Semi-Pro' Crossover Tour To 'SI' Swimsuit Issue
Following up his memorable turn in the Super Bowl's multimillion dollar crossover ad "Jackie Moon Enjoys A Frosty, Colon-Clearing Bud Light," Will Ferrell has taken the campaign for Semi-Pro to the pages of Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue, confident that he can raise awareness of his latest arrogant-dumb-guy sports comedy by fondling a scantily clad Heidi Klum while wearing a variety of amusing 70s-era costumes. More »
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By MarkComment by TheQuestion: @Trixie from Toronto: Nah, you aren't the only one. Ferrell has yet to make me laugh. more » | Other threads
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defamer
Record 97.5 Million Viewers Tune In To Super Bowl Goliath-Slaying
· According to Nielsen's preliminary overnight ratings, a record number of Super Bowl viewers tuned in to watch the Giants shock the world™ by upsetting the heavily favored, once-unbeatable-seeming Patriots, with 97.5 million people tuning in (and 105.9 million at its peak) for the game. The telecast may also finish as the second-most-watched event of all time, behind MASH's 1983 finale. [THR] More »
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By MarkComment by StaringatScreen: @Her Royal Empress Dr. Bufflekins III, Esq.: You've caught me. I spend time in class tracing the logo again and... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Will Ferrell Hopes You Drink Enough Bud Light To Make His 'Semi-Pro' Character Seem Fresh
If one 30-second Super Bowl spot fetched $2.7 million, as we've been told approximately 2.7 million times going into this year's festivities, then our cursory calculations put the cost of this Bud Light/Semi-Pro crossover ad at somewhere around the $7.1 million mark. More » -
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Breaking! Johnny Depp Repeats As Hollywood's Best Autographer Signer! Also: Will Ferrell Sick Of Sharpie Charade
Autograph magazine, which actually exists, has just released their annual ranking of the best and worst in celebrity acquiesence to demands to scribble on a napkin outside of a Starbucks bathroom. Topping the list is Johnny Depp, whom, should he ever win the Best Actor Oscar, will have both the most and least prestigious accolades this industry has to offer under his belt: More » -
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Should this "Green Team" video, featuring the environmentally friendly, rape-crazed antics of Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and John C. Reilly, achieve Landlordesque viral penetration, "I have a murder-boner!" will soon become the most-invoked catchphrase at our nation's finest fraternity parties. [Funny or Die] -
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Funny Or Die Taking No Chances On Upcoming Bill Murray Clip Going Viral
Back in the good old days of the web—say, circa April of 2007—when one's CAA-backed, Will Ferrell-supported comedy video-sharing site had an amusing clip starring an attention-grabbing A-list talent one wished would go "viral," one simply posted it and let the internets work their magic, confident that endlessly forwarded links would efficiently deliver their work to the eyeballs of bored employees across the globe. Now, however, we live in far more complicated times, when newly retained PR firms dare not leave anything to chance, as evidenced by this e-mail invitation enlisting the help of the "internet press" to turn Bill Murray into Funny or Die's next drunken, swearing baby: More » -
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Who's The Hollywood Trio On Drugs?
Today's Page Six wonders: "WHICH Hollywood trio of friends is in trouble? One is on crack, one's on smack, and the other cheats so much on his wife that he single-handedly is supporting several hookers..." We've narrowed it down to a few possible candidates; your input is, of course, mandatory. More » -
trade round-up
Keanu Reeves Practicing His 'Whoas' For Sci-Fi Remake
· Hollywood Out of Ideas: Let's Stick Neo in Another End-of-the- World-with- Robots-Movie Edition: Fox greenlights a remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still, starring Keanu Reeves. [Variety] More » -
hollywood privacywatch
Drew Barrymore Jots Down Some Ideas At Beastie Boys Concert
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line so we don't lose them) and tell everyone about the time you spotted beloved East Side mainstay Kiefer Sutherland in his rightful place, mingling among the drunk and unwashed masses at Sunset Junction. More » -
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Ryan Gosling Chats With Waitress At Local Diner
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line so we don't lose them) and tell everyone about the life-altering moment in which you witnessed Chad Lowe eating a sandwich at a diner counter. More » -
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defamer
Will Ferrell's Patience Eroded After Umpteenth Handshake At Sherman Oaks Galleria
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and tell everyone about the time you spotted the star of your favorite CW series dumping her boyfriend at a local eatery. More »
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By SethComment by tamick2000: I went to Taverna Tony's Sunday afternoon for a late lunch and noticed out of the corner of my eye,... more » | Other threads
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defamer
There Is No Bill Vendall, There Is Only Sanjaya
In the interest of closure regarding the "Sanjaya is actually some sort of performance art stunt" video we posted on Tuesday that has certainly challenged everything you thought you knew about untalented karaoke competition contestants who refuse to disappear, we invite you to watch the above clip, in which the lusciously coiffed imp admits to some David Blaine-level mindbuggery. Sanjaya, it turns out, is real. All too real. (And now he's friends with Will Ferrell, who seems to be out of good viral video ideas now that he's exhausted all the creative possibilities of the drunk, foul-mouthed baby genre.) More »
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By MarkComment by phil anderson: Though I didn't believe, by god I had hoped it to be true. Damn all of you. Especially you, Ferrell... more » | Other threads
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sightings
Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Brad Pitt Sneaks A Cig Away From Impressionable Orphan Eyes
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in with gusto and verve! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and tell everyone about the morning you spotted Pamela Anderson doing the convertible cruise of shame into Burbank. More » -
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Behind The Scenes Of 'The Landlord'
Since its debut late last week, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's The Landlord has ridden the surefire blockbuster formula of mixing the world's biggest comedy star with a potty-mouthed, alcoholic baby to nearly 2.5 million views, an achievement of viral video dissemination not seen since Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake cut holes in a pair of boxes and then inserted their engorged genitals into said boxes. This explosive success has sent the media scrambling to figure out who or what is behind Funny Or Die, the video-sharing site that launched with the Ferrell clip. THR tracked down the shadowy puppetmaster behind the new web venture for comment: More »
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By MarkComment by BabylonSister: I have to admit, my co-workers and I laughed our asses off at this. Pearl had much more natural... more » | Other threads
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short ends
Short Ends: 'The Landlord'
· Will Ferrell has met his match in a beer-swilling, swearing, baby landlord. This one really deserves a feature-length treatment. More » -
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Will Ferrell Plot Generator Does The Wacky Profession Choosing For You
Blades of Glory's handsome showing has only solidified what everyone by now has long suspected—that Will Ferrell can create box office heat starring in just about anything, so long as the Ferrellian archetype of a pompous chauvinist in a high-profile profession that requires the donning of a silly uniform and the keeping of a semi-retarded sidekick are firmly in place. With that in mind, a resourceful mind at CollegeHumor.com has devised an ingenious "Will Ferrell Movie Generator," which, through the use of complex, proven-Hollywood-formula algorithms that Google will eventually pay in the low ten-figures for, spits out surefire hits like a Krispy Kreme conveyor belt spits out warm donuts. For example: More »
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By SethComment by Unamerican: I keep waiting for the Anchorman sequel, featuring Ron Burgundy on Battle of the Network Stars. Think about it...all... more » | Other threads
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box office
Monday Morning Box Office: Jon Heder Fulfills Mission To Become Hottest Second Banana In Hollywood
You spent the weekend in an alcohol-induced coma that helped to blot out the mentally scarring memories of the previous five days; unfortunately, you've awakened just in time for another week of humiliation and pain, with nothing but the box office numbers to cling to in this hour of desperation. More »
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By MarkComment by Barry White Stripes, Office LW: Meet the Robinsons--$25.056 million "I have a big head, and small arms!" That makes me, and just about everyone I know, crack... more » | Other threads
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By MarkComment by yikesahootie: More damning -- Shales is getting blogging advice from a 12-year-old. What's a 12-year-old watching Letterman for? "Great Moments in Presidential... more » | Other threads
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