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
WASSUP POGS! Yo, as you probably heard on da grapevine, this week is Comi-Con, which is the world's greatest place for all of the coolest posters for movies that won't come out for three years. It's basically like the Juggalo's... CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM'S TEEN KORNER: COMIC-CON 2009 (IN YOUR PANTS)»
Posted on July 24, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Avatar | Comic-Con | James Cameron | Johnny Depp | Kristen Bell | Kristen Stewart | Megan Fox | Nerds | New Moon | Robert Pattinson | Seth Rogen | Taylor Lautner | Tim Burton | Twilight
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
Last night, Nightline did a segment on the romance novel publisher Harlequin's 60th Anniversary, and just for fun, they got famous people to read aloud from various romance novels on camera. Here's just the famous people parts, and as usual,... CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD AND SETH ROGEN READ FROM HARLEQUIN ROMANCE NOVELS»
Posted on April 14, 2009 in
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Tags: Cheryl Hines | Nightline | Paul Rudd | Seth Rogen
Some people with Twitters seemed to think that this weekend's SNL with host Seth Rogen was "meh." Those people don't know what they're talking about. Clearly, they don't watch the show every week, or they'd know that by current SNL... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: SKINNY SETH ROGEN FTW»
Posted on April 6, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Andy Samberg | Bill Hader | Kristen Wiig | Observe And Report | Seth Meyers | Seth Rogen
I don't know why any of us get excited about funny SNL guests anymore, but it's clear the excitement/disappointment cycle will never end (and that Jon Hamm episode last fall WAS great). This Saturday, manage your expectations for the very... CONTINUE READING SKINNY SETH ROGEN IS HOSTING SNL ON SATURDAY»
Posted on April 2, 2009 in ,
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Tags: Bill Hader | Megan Mullally | Saturday Night Live | Seth Rogen
Earlier this week, a friend of mine invited me* to attend an early screening of the upcoming movie Observe and Report, the second film from Jody Hill, director of Foot Fist Way and co-creator of Eastbound and Down. The movie... CONTINUE READING OBSERVE AND REPORT: AN EARLY REVIEW»
Posted on March 20, 2009 in
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Tags: Anna Faris | Jody Hill | Observe And Report | Ray Liotta | Seth Rogen
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
The red band trailer for Seth Rogen's new unfortunately-about-a-mall-cop comedy, Observe And Report, came out this weekend. They seem to be really trying to distance themselves from Blart: Hmmm. Is it supposed to look kind of really dark? Maybe it's... CONTINUE READING OBSERVE AND REPORT: THE KIND-OF-DEPRESSING RED BAND TRAILER»
Posted on February 9, 2009 in
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Tags: Anna Faris | Aziz Ansari | Observe And Report | Seth Rogen
Ooh, how ballsy, to call "Fake!" on this Pineapple Express "alternate ending" scene that came out this week on the heels of the DVD release last Tuesday. Anyone who has seen the actual, totally genius/meta/awesome last scene will immediately recognize... CONTINUE READING I CALL FAKE ON THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS ALTERNATE ENDING»
Posted on January 14, 2009 in
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Tags: James Franco | Judd Apatow | Pineapple Express | Seth Rogen
For Judd Apatow's new movie, Funny People, which judging by the poster looks like it's a comedy about surrogate male pregnancy, a contest is being held on MySpace to win a cameo in the movie: Touchè, Judd Apatow. I would... CONTINUE READING LET'S BE REALISTIC, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE NEW JUDD APATOW MOVIE»
Posted on November 14, 2008 in
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Tags: Adam Sandler | Funny People | Judd Apatow | Leslie Mann | Seth Rogen
Did you see Zack And Miri Make A Porno this weekend? I was so pleasantly surprised by how much I loved it! I thought it was a Kevin Smith movie, you know, with all the bad acting? But instead it... CONTINUE READING I AGREE WITH THIS KID ABOUT ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO»
Posted on November 3, 2008 in
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Tags: Craig Robinson | Elizabeth Banks | Kevin Smith | Paul McCartney | Seth Rogen | Zack And Miri Make A Porno
Seth Rogen was on Leno last night, and it must have been difficult for him. Not only was he on the tamest of the late night talk shows talking about finding a big bag of porn on a playground and... CONTINUE READING SETH ROGEN IS LIKE "WHY IS THERE ALWAYS PORN IN THE WOODS?"»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in
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Tags: Jason Segel's Penis | Jay Leno | Seth Rogen | Zack And Miri Make A Porno
They should call it Kevin And Seth Make A Judd Apatow movie (down to the title design): I'm so confused. Everything is seemingly spinning out of control. When I found out the Great Elizabeth Banks and the Needs To Shake... CONTINUE READING ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO RED BAND TRAILER GOOD NEWS FOR OBAMA»
Posted on September 3, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Elizabeth Banks | Justin Long | Kevin Smith | Seth Rogen | The Shins | Zack And Miri Make A Porno
The MTV Movie people made a little mash-up of Seth Rogen's genuine laugh from an interview he did earlier this week. It seems like it would get annoying, but it never does, though it might be to someone one cubicle... CONTINUE READING A FAN TRIBUTE TO SETH ROGEN'S LAUGH»
Posted on August 8, 2008 in
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Tags: James Franco | Pineapple Express | Seth Rogen
This past weekend at Comic Con, the Human Giant guys showed up at a Pineapple Express panel and took over the Q&A with questions about Frank Miller, Frank Miller, swords, Superbad 2: Full Throttle, and weed. Via Paul Scheer's blog,... CONTINUE READING HUMAN GIANT ASKS JUDD APATOW ABOUT FRANK MILLER, WEED»
Posted on July 31, 2008 in
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Tags: Aziz Ansari | Human Giant | Judd Apatow | Paul Scheer | Rob Huebel | Seth Rogen | The Room | Tommy Wiseau
Six clips from Pineapple Express have leaked onto the internet. That's what it's called when a company provides a website with exclusive material in order to promote their project and make millions of dollars, right? Leaked? Marketing is so sneaky.... CONTINUE READING HOW FUNNY IS PINEAPPLE EXPRESS REALLY GOING TO BE?»
Posted on July 23, 2008 in
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Tags: James Franco | Pineapple Express | Seth Rogen
If the least funny thing on Earth is someone trying to explain comedy, then surely someone trying to explain comedy to the New York Times has to be at the bottom of that bottom tier. It's right down there with... CONTINUE READING ALL THE SETH ROGEN AND WILL FERRELL THAT'S FIT TO PRINT»
Posted on July 17, 2008 in
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Tags: Seth Rogen | Will Ferrell
Via Cinematical, Seth Rogen's audition for Freaks And Geeks, which is old (duh) but I hadn't seen until today. He looks terrified until he starts getting laughs: Awww, he doesn't even seem like an actor type person. He's my boyfriend... CONTINUE READING SETH ROGEN'S FREAKS AND GEEKS AUDITION IS ADORABLE»
Posted on July 9, 2008 in
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Tags: Seth Rogen
There are new posters for Pineapple Express today, and the award-winning Apatow movie poster marketing machine is unsurprisingly returning to the formula that worked for The 40 Year Old Virgin, Superbad, and Knocked Up, with a twist: the big huge... CONTINUE READING SETH ROGEN PLAYS A STONED GUY WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE GABE IN THE NEW PINEAPPLE EXPRESS POSTER»
Posted on July 1, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Pineapple Express | Seth Rogen
An internet trailer that Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel made for a fake buddy comedy, Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, about two bros having roommate trubbs after the Apocalypse is now being turned into an actual buddy comedy about... CONTINUE READING JAY BARUCHEL IS TIRED OF CARRYING SETH ROGEN»
Posted on June 11, 2008
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Tags: Jay Baruchel | Seth Rogen | The Apocalypse
Really, everyone on the internet? Really? You think that Seth Rogen and James Franco just came out and made up their own crappy movie-shilling joint-smoking banter and the MTV execs were like "Oh no, this isn't what we had planned... CONTINUE READING FRANCO/ROGEN WEEDGATE: LET ME EXPLAIN HOW THE TV SET WORKS»
Posted on June 2, 2008 in
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Tags: James Franco | Seth Rogen | Weed
I get criticized in the comments pretty regularly for being too negative. Well maybe people should stop making so much horrible shit. The NSFW (audio) teaser trailer for Kevin Smith's Zak and Miri Make a Porno, guys: Kevin Smith, with... CONTINUE READING KEVIN SMITH IS BAD AT MAKING MOVIES AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO SO»
Posted on May 30, 2008 in
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Tags: Elizabeth Banks | Kevin Smith | Seth Rogen | Zack And Miri Make A Porno
The Pineapple Express trailer has been on the internet for awhile, yes, but it just went up on Apple Trailers today, which makes it official. Or something. And guess what, I'm fully prepared right here and now to say that... CONTINUE READING SO IT BEGINS: PINEAPPLE EXPRESS BACKLASH»
Posted on April 2, 2008 in ,
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Tags: Get A Grip, Guys | James Franco | Judd Apatow | Pineapple Express | Seth Rogen
