They say that art lies in taking something very personal and making it universal. Or whatever. The idea is that in exploring life as you understand it, from your own unique perspective, you actually find a way to relate to... CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM MOVIE CLUB: FUNNY PEOPLE»
Posted on August 3, 2009 in
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Aubrey Plaza | Aziz Ansari | Comedy Nerds | Death | Funny People | Health | Jason Schwartzman | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Seth Rogen
Movieline tracks down the writer of Jonah Hill's fake Twitter. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesk[gunshot] ... CONTINUE READING THE PERFECT CRIME»
Posted on July 15, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Jonah Hill | Twitter
I have to say, Judd Apatow's upcoming Funny People is killing it in the Viral Marketing Department (with the possible exception of that talking Adam Sandler head on a baby's body clip, which was supposed to be awful, and it... CONTINUE READING FUNNY PEOPLE IS TAKING HOLLYWOOD TO VIRAL MARKETING SCHOOL»
Posted on July 1, 2009 in
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Aziz Ansari | Eric Bana | Funny People | Jason Schwartzman | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Leslie Mann | Seth Rogen
The Invention of Lying trailer, you guys: I bet Ricky Gervais has had this conversation a lot: "So, it's Liar Liar." "No, it's not Liar Liar." "How is it it different from Liar Liar?" "Well, instead of Jim Carrey's phoned... CONTINUE READING RICKY GERVAIS MAKES LIAR LIAR BUT FOR COMEDY NERDS»
Posted on June 29, 2009 in
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Tags: Jennifer Garner | Jonah Hill | Louis CK | Ricky Gervais | Rob Lowe | The Invention Of Lying | Tina Fey
These promos for Night at the Museum 2 featuring Ben Stiller and Jonah Hill arguing with Andy Daly (principal Cutler in Eastbound and Down) on the NBC Studios lot aired last week as interstitial clips between commercials during the 30... CONTINUE READING THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I WILL GET TO SEEING NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2»
Posted on May 21, 2009 in
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Tags: Andy Daly | Ben Stiller | Jonah Hill | NBC | Night At The Museum 2 | Steve Carell
Wanna see the new trailer for a web-only sitcom? Yeah, I didn't either until I remembered it's for Wainy Days, David Wain's successful experiment in creating the first consistently hilarious web show. Like the show, this trailer is totally different... CONTINUE READING THE WAINY DAYS SEASON 4 TRAILER IS AS GOOD AS THE SHOW»
Posted on April 23, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Amanda Peet | David Wain | Jonah Hill | Paul Rudd | Stella | The Ten | Wainy Days | Wet Hot American Summer
Vanity Fair's next issue is about comedy, so "the new comedy legends" Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill are on the cover (so many of my boyfriends!). Yeah, Vanity Fair is, as usual, really behind on the... CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD, JASON SEGEL, SETH ROGEN, AND JONAH HILL ARE "THE NEW COMEDY LEGENDS"»
Posted on March 2, 2009 in
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Tags: Jason Segel | Jonah Hill | Paul Rudd | Seth Rogen
The trailer for the long-awaited July Judd Apatow dramedy Funny People came out this weekend. (You might have also noticed Funny People advertising in the instantly-notorious Oscar-credits upcoming-movie "Old Dogs Montage.") It features Thin Seth Rogen, Adam Sandler acting suspiciously... CONTINUE READING FUNNY PEOPLE: WHAT IS WITH THESE DARK, LEARNING, HUGGING COMEDIES?»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Funny People | James L. Brooks | Jason Schwartzmann | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Judd Apatow's Kids | Leslie Mann | of Montreal | Seth Rogen | Spanglish
Casting calls on craigslist are almost always hilarious. It's always like: DO YOU WANT TO BE RAPED? THIS COULD BE YOUR BIG CHANCE TO BE RAPED. PLEASE COME TO HOLLYWOOD IN OUR BASEMENT. EMAIL US YOUR DICK PICKS AT FAMOUSTOWN@HOTMAIL.COM.... CONTINUE READING YOU ARE NOT THE NEXT MICHAEL CERA»
Posted on December 17, 2008 in
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Tags: Hollywood | Jonah Hill | McLovin | Michael Cera
As you probably know, Kanye West likes to challenge his friends to matches of the Milton Bradley classic game Connect 4 (and whoever is in charge of marketing at Milton Bradley is probably having the best year ever.) So far,... CONTINUE READING JONAH HILL SABOTAGES KANYE WEST IN GRIPPING GAME OF CONNECT 4»
Posted on April 25, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Connect 4 | Jonah Hill | Kanye West
Fresh off the semi-success of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, producer Judd Apatow has announced that two of its stars, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand, will star in Get Him To The Greek, a buddy-comedy to be written and directed by Marshall... Almost Famous"'">CONTINUE READING APATOW PUTS TOGETHER A TEAM FOR "A DIRTY VERSION OF ALMOST FAMOUS"»
Posted on April 23, 2008 in
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Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Get Him To The Greek | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Nick Stoller | Russell Brand
On today's Ellen Degeneres Show, Jonah Hill is one semi-colon (actually, one dot) away from being the Biggest Loser winner: And while I'm indulging what will be an ongoing DVR description obsession, they really summed up last week's The Office... CONTINUE READING DVR DESCRIPTIONS: TEASING JONAH HILL»
Posted on April 18, 2008 in
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Tags: Ellen Degeneres | Jonah Hill | The Biggest Loser | The Office
If we all sign something promising to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall, can they make the marketing stop? There is such a thing as overpromotion! Such as: Jonah Hill's character, Matt the Waiter, has a MySpace. Kristen Bell's character, Sarah Marshall,... CONTINUE READING FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CHARACTERS HAVE MORE OF A WEB PRESENCE THAN MOST REAL PEOPLE»
Posted on April 11, 2008 in
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Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Jason Segel | Jonah Hill | Judd Apatow | Kristen Bell
