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  • Jack Black is Blasé About Being in Love

    Sarah Ball | Jun 9, 2009 04:23 PM


    A new extra scene from forthcoming project Paper Heart, a documentary-slash-movie (trailer above) about being in love, made by two people in love -- Michael Cera (Arrested Development) and Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up). In this clip, Jack Black... well, you'll see.


  • Who Will Be the Last "Saved by the Bell" Star to Commit to Fallon?

    Sarah Ball | Jun 9, 2009 02:11 PM

    Last night, Mark Paul Gosselaar -- in character as Zack Morris -- committed to the Saved by the Bell reunion that Jimmy Fallon is attempting to orchestrate on Late Night.  (If you haven't seen the clip yet, immediately watch). So far, that gives us Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkeley), A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez), Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins), Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), and now Zack (Gosselaar). But what about the most and least attractive characters, respectively, on the show -- Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) and Screech (Dustin Diamond)?  They've yet to sign on -- who will hold out the longest?  Early advantage goes to Dustin Diamond, who's supposedly publishing Behind the Bell, the tell-all memoir about the show. What do you think?

    And if you really want to feel old today, consider this: it's been 15 years since our Bayside buddies wrapped production on Saved by the Bell: The College Years. Sigh.


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  • Say It Ain't So! Everybody Hates Will Ferrell

    Sarah Ball | Jun 9, 2009 11:15 AM

    I postulated earlier that Land of the Lost may be Will Ferrell's worst-reviewed film in his career as a big-time leading man. Turns out, that's just about the kindest thing that's been written about the comedian this week: as the Los Angeles Times writes in a sprawling feature today, Hollywood views him as a guy whose "movie-star credentials should be revoked."

    Say what?!

    Industry insiders and studio execs sound off about Universal's dinosaur-sized failure in the story, which specifically cites Ferrell's brand and comedy empire as "poorly managed." Misstep No. 1 for the star's team was lobbying hard for director Brad Siberling (Lemony Snicket), who is roundly denounced as having driven the movie into the ground. Says writer Patrick Goldstein in the article:

    Sandler is the master of dumb hijinks. Eddie Murphy has become a cuddly family star. But who is Will Ferrell? No one knows anymore.

    He's in danger of becoming the comedy equivalent of George Clooney, someone who enjoys a great deal of goodwill but who isn't actually a real movie star. That's what happens when you go down with the ship, promoting a movie that, as the
    New York Post's Lou Lumenick memorably put it in his review, "does not seem aimed at any identifiable demographic except fans of bad movies.

    If your comments and the film's reviews are any indication, we already know how you feel about Land of the Lost. But is its star about to recede into a Jim-Carrey-like hibernation?  Or can you, like me, not imagine a world without Ferrell?


  • Morning Mix: Adam Lambert Comes Out, Officially

    Sarah Ball | Jun 9, 2009 08:22 AM
    • Adam Lambert Comes Out -- and Says a Lot of Other Stuff, Too. In Rolling Stone's cover story this week -- a profile of Adam Lambert, runner-up of American Idol -- the rocker admits that he is gay, and moreoever, that he was semi-attracted to Kris Allen, his roommate and a "pretty" guy who is "totally [his] type."  But more interesting, he essentially admits he decided to try out for Idol after tripping on shrooms. [Rolling Stone via USA Today]

    • The Gosselins Don't Beat Their Pets -- That Hard. The Gosselin family of Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame just spoke out to quash rumors that they beat their dogs. (This after rumors that Kate is cheating, Jon is cheating, they overwork their children, and more). In response to Humane Society complaints, Jon had this to say: "Those kids beat them up, climb on them, pull their tails, bite at them, drag them around and everything you can imagine not to do to an animal, they've done." Not exactly... reassuring. [ABC News]

    • Bradley Cooper, Movin' On Up.  With his first major starring role in The Hangover, Bradley Cooper is now on a big upswing -- following the successful opening weekend for his film , he's now in talks to join as a star of The A-Team. He would play the part of Face in the Fox adaptation. [Hollywood Reporter]