According to Forbes magazine, Will Ferrell is the most over-priced movie star. Sure. Because if there is one thing that Hollywood is always concerned about, it is making sure that they spend their money wisely and efficiently. ... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL IS A RIP-OFF, COMPLAIN THE MILLIONAIRES»
Posted on November 19, 2009 in Behind The Scenes
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Tags: C.R.E.A.M. | Will Ferrell
I feel obligated to post a link to this fake PSA featuring Jon Hamm and Will Ferrell (among others), but what's the deal with FunnyOrDie these days? It's like a website about name-dropping. And name-dropping is the worst.... CONTINUE READING WE GET IT, FUNNYORDIE, YOU'RE FAMOUS»
Posted on September 22, 2009 in Viral Video
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Tags: Health | Jon Hamm | Thomas Lennon | Will Ferrell
The journalist who broke this story ran into the bullpen, shirttails untucked, covered in flopsweat and screamed "STOP THE PRESSES," and then he turned to a young copywriter and breathlessly said "I have always wanted to say that but I've... CONTINUE READING BREAKING IMPORTANT NEWS STORY: ONE GUY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER GUY»
Posted on August 25, 2009 in Behind The Scenes
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Tags: Chad Smith | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Will Ferrell
In a segment last night called "Let Us Play With Your Look" that was more vintage SNL than late night, Jimmy Fallon and Will Ferrell gave an audience volunteer a makeover she'll never forget. Ferrell seems to be channeling his... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL AND JIMMY FALLON GIVE AN AUDIENCE MEMBER A MAKEOVER»
Posted on June 10, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Jimmy Fallon | Land Of The Lost | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Will Ferrell
It's official, Land of the Lost is the first bomb of the summer. Everyone says so. The AP says so. Variety says so. The New York Times even says so. Every summer movie season brings with it at least one... CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: LAND OF THE LOST BOMBED»
Posted on June 8, 2009 in Box Office Poison
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Tags: Danny McBride | Land Of The Lost | National Failures | Will Ferrell
After a three month hiatus, Conan O'Brien is back, ladies. And for the rest of the summer, he will have late night television virtually to himself (no offense, David Letterman). I just mean that he won't be dealing with Jay... CONTINUE READING THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN: SO IT BEGINS»
Posted on June 2, 2009 in Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | The Tonight Show | Will Ferrell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Last night's MTV Movie Awards were weird, because much of the two-hour paid advertisement for upcoming blockbusters (like the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds rom com The Proposal. JK.) was ACTUALLY FUNNY. (And we just knew KEYBOARD CAT was gonna show up.)... CONTINUE READING THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS: JUST THE FUNNY PARTS»
Posted on June 1, 2009 in Awards, Photo
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Andy Samberg | Ben Stiller | Brody Jenner | Bruno | Cameron Diaz | Chris Isaak | Danny McBride | Eminem | Forest Whitaker | Justin Timberlake | Keyboard Cat | Kiefer Sutherland | LeeAnn Rimes | MTV Movie Awards | Robert Pattinson | Sacha Baron Cohen | Sandra Bullock | Triumph The Insult Comic Dog | Twilight | Twitter | Will Ferrell
As previously reported, Will Ferrell has taped an episode of Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls. Here is a preview, you guys. OK. I mean, I feel like at this point Will Ferrell has been put into third gear and... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL'S EPISODE OF MAN VS. WILD LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT»
Posted on May 22, 2009 in Wait For It...
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Tags: Bear Grylls | Julian Casablancas | Land Of The Lost | Man Vs. Wild | The Strokes | Will Ferrell
According to an Adam McKay blog post on Funny or Die, Will Ferrell was scheduled to sing a song on last night's American Idol, but at the last minute they pulled the bit. Because of how that show is serious... CONTINUE READING AMERICAN IDOL IS A JOKE»
Posted on May 21, 2009 in Reality TV
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Tags: Adam McKay | American Idol | Will Ferrell
Has anyone talked to Justin Timberlake? Because he didn't show up for his part-time job Saturday night. (Groan.) The SNL finale was fantastic! Will Ferrell was in top form, and the show copied the 30 Rock finale by getting too... CONTINUE READING SNL JUST THE FUNNY PARTS: HEY, IT'S EVERYBODY!»
Posted on May 18, 2009 in Late Night, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Amy Poehler | Anne Hathaway | Artie Lange | Billy Joel | Elisabeth Moss | Green Day | Kristen Wiig | Maya Rudolph | Norm MacDonald | Paul Rudd | Saturday Night Live | Tom Hanks | Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell is about to squeeze so much precious, life-saving water from animal shit into his chapped mouth it's crazy. From the AP: The [Discover] channel said Wednesday that Ferrell and series host Grylls spent two days in Sweden's mountains... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL VS. WILD»
Posted on April 16, 2009 in Cameos
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Tags: Bear Grylls | Man Vs. Wild | Will Ferrell
Stupid Oscars. GET OUT OF MY WAY. There are real men on TV. (What?) Play time is over. Last night's second episode of Eastbound and Down was 30 more minutes of power and greatness. Admittedly, the Will Ferrell stuff was... CONTINUE READING I COULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING FUCKIN' EASTBOUND AND DOWN»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Love-Watching
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Tags: Danny McBride | David Gordon Green | Eastbound And Down | of Montreal | Will Ferrell
As you may already know, Will Ferrell is working on a one-man Broadway show directed by Adam McKay called You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W Bush. OK! That sounds like fun. Previews of the show, whatever that... CONTINUE READING THEATER IS IRRELEVANT»
Posted on December 16, 2008 in Everyone's A Critic
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Tags: Adam McKay | Bonnaroo | Short Con | The Decemberists | Will Ferrell | You're Welcome America: An Evening With George W. Bush
This is a 47-year-old short film directed by Adam McKay starring Steve Buscemi, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Horatio Sanz, and more. And I know that this is just the smoke of nostalgia getting in my failing eyes, but it really... CONTINUE READING OPERATION WATCH THIS: STAVENHAGEN'S FOOD PAWN SHOP»
Posted on December 2, 2008 in Viral Video
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Tags: Adam McKay | Horatio Sanz | Steve Buscemi | Tracy Morgan | Will Ferrell
Step Brothers comes out on DVD today, and after trolling YouTube for a funny scene, I feel like I was kind of hard on the movie after seeing it in the theater (though not as hard as Roger Ebert). Step... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL PUTS HIS NUTSACK ON JOHN C. REILLY'S DRUMSET »
Posted on December 2, 2008 in Full Frontal Nudity, Stoner Cinema
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Tags: John C. Reilly | LeAnn Rimes | Nudity | Step Brothers | Will Ferrell
Weird. Maybe SNL should just be shorter, not have musical guests, always be hosted by Will Ferrell and partially written by Adam McKay, and take place during the last burst of the most important election of a generation, but last... CONTINUE READING LAST NIGHT'S THURSDAY SNL 65% FUNNIER THAN A REGULAR SNL»
Posted on October 24, 2008 in Politics, Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Adam McKay | Andy Samberg | David Byrne | Fred Armisen | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey | Will Ferrell
From Roger Ebert's Step Brothers review (via Vulture): Sometimes I think I am living in a nightmare. All about me, standards are collapsing, manners are evaporating, people show no respect for themselves. I am not a moralistic nut. I'm proud... CONTINUE READING THE CHILDREN OF DARFUR AGREE WITH ROGER EBERT'S REVIEW OF STEP BROTHERS»
Posted on July 25, 2008 in Everyone's A Critic
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Tags: Darfur | John C. Reilly | Roger Ebert | Step Brothers | Will Ferrell
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 Interviews
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Tags: Seth Rogen | Will Ferrell
In a more-than-coincidentally-timed announcement that will no doubt stir up all those Batman people, Will Ferrell has signed on to star in a movie called 2-Face: Ferrell is attached to play the title character, a racist who, after a prank... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL TO PLAY JIM CARREY IN 2-FACE»
Posted on July 17, 2008 in Casting Calls
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Tags: Jim Carrey | Will Ferrell
And it would probably be funny. Their new movie, Step Brothers, has a thin premise, no real conflict, and seems like a 50 million dollar excuse to put these two guys in the same room. And I say SO WHAT?... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL AND JOHN C. REILLY COULD FIGHT ABOUT THE PHONE BOOK»
Posted on July 14, 2008 in Wait For It...
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Tags: John C. Reilly | Step Brothers | Will Ferrell
Apparently, this 1998 SNL sketch, Action News: Hard Liquor, in which Will Ferrell and Joan Allen play convincing drunk news anchors, never aired. It seems like it could have been the genesis of the idea for Anchorman: Catchphrase note: from... CONTINUE READING WILL FERRELL AND JOAN ALLEN PLAY DRUNK NEWS ANCHORS»
Posted on July 11, 2008 in Sketch Comedy
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Tags: Joan Allen | Saturday Night Live | Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have teamed up again for their new movie Step Brothers, and now you can have someone you've never met ask them a question. How exciting! Whoops, I meant How exciting? Answer: not exciting. From... CONTINUE READING WHO FARTS THE FUNNIEST?»
Posted on June 23, 2008 in Interviews
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Tags: John C. Reilly | Step Brothers | Will Ferrell
You know when you saw the "You know how I know you're gay?" extended scene special feature on The 40-Year-Old Virgin DVD and you thought "I could watch an entire movie of just these guys fucking around, seriously, a 2-hour... CONTINUE READING NEW STEP BROTHERS RED BAND TRAILER CONFIRMS HOPES, FEARS FOR FUTURE OF COMEDY»
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Stoner Cinema, Trailer
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Tags: John C. Reilly | Robyn | Step Brothers | Will Ferrell
Have you ever thought that someone should make an impenetrably eccentric and esoteric movie that crosses elements of Joe Vs. The Volcano with Dan In Real Life and it should star Zach Galifianakis? Well you can stop thinking that. This... CONTINUE READING THE VISIONEERS TRAILER IS GOING TO EXPLODE»
Posted on May 12, 2008 in Trailer
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Tags: Judy Greer | Visioneers | Will Ferrell | Zach Galifianakis
Burma, also known as Myanmar, has been under military rule since 1962. The dictatorial government has imprisoned political activists, and imposed forced labor upon its citizens. They made international headlines late last year when they violently suppressed a peaceful protest... CONTINUE READING PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST AND DO SOMETHING TO HELP BURMA, SERIOUSLY»
Posted on May 1, 2008
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Tags: Burma | Charity | Ellen Page | Humanitarian Crisis | Jennifer Aniston | Judd Apatow | Will Ferrell
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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