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Gun Control Lobby Removes Rifle From Heston's Cold Dead Hands

04/07/2008

James Brady and fellow gun control proponents won a major victory on Sunday when they were finally able to wrest away Charlton Heston's symbolic rifle upon his death. Heston, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, had been maintaining a "kung-fu death grip" on the weapon since the NRA's 2000 convention. The fate of the Second Amendment is up in the air... Read More

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Tropic Thunder Rumbles On The Summer Blockbuster Horizon

03/20/2008

Two weeks ago we posted about the upcoming Ben Stiller film, Tropic Thunder. Today, we are excited to post the trailer for this movie. It looks like Mr. Stiller may have upped the comedy ante from where he left us with Zoolander. Fingers are crossed that not all the funny bits make up this teaser. Read More

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Did Juno That Juno Was A Jew?

03/19/2008

Slower than you can say "Mazel Tov," but faster than you can recite the Megilla, Jewno, a spoof of the summer indie flick that made your bubby dig The Moldy Peaches, has hit the tubes courtesy of The Shushan Channel at 92YTribeca. Directed by Stephen J. Levinson, it tells the story of young Jewno as she cooks a little unleavened bun in the oven: Oy vey! Read More

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Fresh Air: Anchorman and Reporter Continue Feud Live

03/12/2008

From Cronkite to Koppel, America has had her fair share of hallowed anchormen and women. Readers, meet Jim, whose lightening ascent to journalism's zenith has cost him those things most important in life, friends and family. Jim has also never watched Citizen Kane. Needless to say, Ollie is somewhat disgruntled over Jim's backstabbing power grab. "Rosebud," man, "rose ... Read More

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Robert Downy Jr. Brings Back Minstrelsy

03/06/2008

The first production photo from Ben Stiller's upcoming summer blockbuster Tropic Thunder was just released. The picture introduces Robert Downey Jr. in the role of Kirk Lazarus, a serious Academy Award-winning actor who plays Sgt. Osiris in the most expensive Vietnam War film ever made. The character of Osiris is African American, so Lazurus decides to dye his skin ... Read More

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Gargamel To Grace Big Screen One Last Time In New Smurfs Movie

02/18/2008

La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la. Hollywood's most talented computer animation artists are hard at work over in France creating the new Smurfs movie. This story is straight to you from us from mushroomvillage.com, formally known as pedophelia.com. We can't not wait, and that's pretty much all we have to say about that. Oh yeah, we hope Smashmouth is doing the soundt ... Read More

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My Really Bloody Valentine

02/14/2008

Are you feeling lonely this Valentine's Day? Well, guess what, it's way better than being dead. Just ask the kids of Valentines Bluff, the setting of the great 1981 Canadian slasher film My Bloody Valentine. (Yes, the late 80's Shoegaze band derived their name from the title). The craaaaazy plot goes like this: "It is the first Valentine's Day party in 20 years, be ... Read More

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Fat Kid Steals The Role of Knight Rider's K.I.T.T. from Arrested Development's Will Arnett

02/07/2008

"Today's my birthday and my father said I can have anything I want."

A man resembling what once was Val Kilmer, now looking more like Francis Buxton in the photo above, has used his not-so-slim jim to steal the role of K.I.T.T. in the new Knight Rider TV Movie/Pilot from Arrested Development's Will Arnett. Ok, so due to our disappointment we were forced to embellish the truth. Apparently Will Arnett, who originally intended to voi ... Read More

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Sexman Gives "Rambo" Five Star Review

01/30/2008

Sexman went to see Rambo last Friday and he's pretty satisfied. In Sexman's own words, "it's been a damn long time since I saw a movie that made me on the edge of my seat." It's also somewhat of a rarity that Sexman gets into an R-rated movie. Sexman does want to make sure that his audience is aware that Rambo is pretty violent. A lot of heads "get blown off" and this ... Read More

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Fox News vs. Montel Williams On Heath Ledger's Death

01/28/2008

Montel Williams and Montel Williams' goatee appeared on Fox News Saturday morning to talk about Heath Ledger's recent death from the standpoint of "someone who knows how it can be under the glare of the celebrity microscope." 'Cept Montel Williams' goatee didn't wanna talk about Heath Ledger's death from the standpoint of "someone who knows how it can be under the gla ... Read More

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