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10 articles from 2009

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Ed McMahon’s Legacy: Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake And Aaliyah

24 June 2009 12:27 PM, PDT | From MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news

Britney Spears took to Twitter to remember the late Ed McMahon, who was the host of “Star Search” when Spears first appeared singing on TV in 1992. Britney didn’t win, though her performance did help her get a spot on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” which jumpstarted her whirlwind career.

Spears isn’t the only “Star Search” veteran to go on to bigger and better things, though. Here are some of the other superstars who got a little help from Ed McMahon.

» Justin Timberlake: Timberlake is an incredible entertainer, capable of singing, dancing, acting, writing comedy and directing. But did you know he can also line dance? Timberlake (performing as Justin Randall) performed a country song on the show in 1993, complete with cowboy hat and boots. It didn’t get him the win, but it’s probably the last time in his life where he didn’t come out on top.

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Kyle Anderson

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[DVD Review] The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway: Uncensored

12 June 2009 10:21 AM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

No matter what else I may ever see him in, I will never be able to look at Wayne Brady and see anyone other than the man in the Dave Chappelle skit who sells drugs, runs a prostitution ring, and then defiantly screams, “I’m Wayne Brady, bitch” after shooting Dave Chappelle in the legs. That persona was, of course, a semi-retaliation against his reputation as a family friendly inoffensive black comedian, a reputation that he largely got by working on this show. Now, it seems that the entire show is trying to expand beyond its ‘family-friendly’ reputation with the release of this ‘uncensored’ DVD set, which collects ten episodes of the original series featuring material not included in the original broadcast.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is an improvisational comedy show hosted and moderated by Drew Carey and featuring comedians Wayne Brady,

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Anders Nelson

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Classic Jay Leno and Conan clips, the 'end' is nigh for Leno

27 May 2009 8:13 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

The final episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno will air this Friday night (5/29) and as we have reported, new host Conan O'Brien will be the last guest before he takes over on Monday. To get in the spirit for the passing of The Tonight Show torch, check out these videos for Leno and Conan that NBC fired over to Monsters and Critics. Leno - Best of celebrity correspondents (includes Dana Carvey, Bill Maher, Dave Chappelle, and Brad Pitt): Bley and John Crotteau make up a new game to play around the office called InternShip (like Battleship): Best of celebrity correspondents Conan - InternShip

April MacIntyre

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Brett Ratner No Longer Reviving Conan

8 May 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news

Director Brett Ratner is no longer attached to Nu Image/Millennium’s Conan the Barbarian reboot.  Due to scheduling issues, the hack filmmaker can not commit to the production.

Update:  According to Chud, James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) may have already replaced him in the director’s chair.

Producer Joe Gatta had this to say to Empire Magazine:

“We’re currently in the process of hiring a director. For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn’t work. But you never know what can happen.”

Despite having no director or actor attached, Gatta is still hopeful for a late August start date to “reinvent” the franchise.  There is open casting call right now for the

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Jeff Leins

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Next Day Air

8 May 2009 1:11 AM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news

Next Day Air

Directed by: Benny Boom

Cast: Donald Faison, Mike Epps, Cisco Reyes, Mos Def

Time: 1 hr, 30 minutes

Rating: R

Plot: An unthinkably outlandish tale about a young postal worker whose life is turned upside down when one procedural mistake lands him in the middle of an underground war between would-be drug dealers, oddly-named thugs, and Mexican drug lords so intimidating it nearly trumps their very existence. A comical take on how being down on your luck doesn’t nearly measure up to having a very large price on your perpetually “altered” head.

Who’s It For?: TV fans will be lured into this because of Faison’s (Turk on “Scrubs”) inclusion. Since he broke onto the big screen in Clueless his movie career has left much to be desired. Now a TV star, his return to the silver screen is a welcome happening. With a supporting cast

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Chris De Salvo

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Next For Brett Ratner: A New Action-Comedy?

17 April 2009 12:07 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Brett Ratner, the man behind all three Rush Hour movies, as well as X-Men 3: United (comic book fans… attack!), has a lot of potential projects up in the air at the moment. Those listed as upcoming for him are either not happening at all or are nowhere near getting going. However, according to the man himself, the film closest to actually being made is one called Trump Heist, which would see him returning to the type of action/crime-comedy of the Rush Hour movies.

Penned by Ocean’s Eleven writer Ted Griffin, the film tells the story of a bunch of employees at Trump Tower who plan together to rip-off some of the mega-rich residents of the building. The only cast member officially signed on thus far is Eddie Murphy as the leader of the crew, but Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Ratner regular Chris Tucker (I know… shocking!

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Ross Miller

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Obama's Joint Chiefs of Grass

8 April 2009 2:53 PM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news

Smoker of the House Bill Maher, Bud-get Director Willie Nelson, Defensive Secretary Arnold Schwarzenegger, Housing and Herbal Development Secretary Matthew McConaughey, Chief of Snacks Woody Harrelson, Visine Affairs Secretary Whoopi Goldberg, Secretary of Health and Humboldt Services Seth Rogen, Hydroponic Secretary Snoop Dogg, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stash James Franco, Attention-Span General Ben Harper, Phish and Wildlife Services Director Mischa Barton, Interior Monologue Secretary Dave Chappelle, Secretary of Altered States Michael Phelps, Leisure Secretary Tommy Chong, Barack Obama (the Pot-us), Director of On Weeeed Services Jon Stewart, Cottonmouth Secretary Cheech Marin, Associate Director in the Office of Public Liaison Kal Penn, Cigar Czar B. Real, National Insecurity Adviser Jim Breuer. Click the image to see it large. Dude, you heard about what’s it called? That guy? What’s his name. You know—friggin’ Kumar and shit. Anyway, you heard about it, right? How he’s going to the White House.

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'Chappelle's' Charlie Murphy scores Crackle webbie

22 March 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

"Chappelle's Show" sidekick Charlie Murphy has resurfaced. The aide de camp to Dave Chappelle, and brother of comic actor Eddie Murphy has a new webbie on Crackle.com: Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy. According to Crackle, "Charlie Murphy takes his work on Chappelle and cranks it to a new level, and if you.re not both laughing and offended, you.re probably not paying attention. It.s a bunch of guys you know better that your own mom, including Donnell Rawlings, and that guy in the snow hoodie who does the robot." Watch the entire first episode here: Charlie & Lil Wayne Murphy is launching a new sketch-comedy series, "Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy," which premieres March 20, that will bring his

April MacIntyre

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Check Out New Photos & Channing Tatum's 'Fighting' on E! News Tonight

6 January 2009 7:46 PM, PST | From Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news

I was just told that fans should watch tonight's E! News, because there is going to be something on it about Chan's upcoming film 'Fighting'. Fans should make sure to watch E! at 10pm Central and Huge thanks to Kay for the heads up!!!

In other 'Fighting' news...

Relativity Media Buys Rogue Pictures

As I mentioned in a previous post, Relativity Media was in talks with Universal to buy Rogue Pictures, which is producing Channing Tatum's upcoming action movie 'Fighting'.

Variety is reporting that, after more than two months of negotiations, it's now official that Relativity Media will buy Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures for roughly $150 million.

In 2004, Rogue Pictures was launched as a label under Universal-owned Focus Features, with the label's goal being "high-quality suspense, action, thriller and urban features with mainstream appeal and franchise potential", and in 2005, Universal expanded the operations

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Votd: Robocop Fried Chicken Commercial

1 January 2009 12:00 AM, PST | From /Film | See recent /Film news

Check out this awesome early 1990’s Korean commercial for Fried Chicken featuring Robocop and the Back to the Future Part III theme music. It doesn’t get much better than this.

via: TheDailyWhat

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Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on Votd? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com.

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10 articles from 2009

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