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Celebrities Visit Troops for Thanksgiving
24 November 2009 11:33 PM, PST
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Thanksgiving is a time to reflect and give thanks. While many celebrities dart back to their podunk towns, other celebrities are opting to travel overseas to help rally for our troops fighting. Many celebrities kicked off their holiday week when they traveled to Afghanistan for a concert in honor of the troops. Comedian Kevin Farley, actress Kristy Swanson, and television personality Leeann Tweeden along with Gary Sinise and "Lt. Dan Band" were all there to show their thanks. Find out what other celebrities are doing during this special week to honor our troops. Superstud soccer extraordinaire David Beckham and fashionista wife Victoria Beckham are leaving the lap of Beverly Hills luxury to spend Thanksgiving holiday with the troops. The Beckham's along with their three children are heading overseas to show their support to the tireless soldiers fighting in Afghanistan. The Beckham clan is heading to Kaiserslautern, South West Germany and
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- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
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Spade -- No Regrets on Farley Direct TV Ad
3 November 2009 9:35 PM, PST
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David Spade says he has no regrets about resurrecting a classic scene from "Tommy Boy" -- featuring the late, great Chris Farley -- for a controversial DirecTV ad, telling TMZ that offending people was never his intention.We got David outside Boa last night, where he told us Farley's family and the director of "Tommy Boy" all gave their seal of approval for the spot. He wasn't lying -- Kevin Farley, Chris' bro, was there
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Update: David Spade and Kevin Farley respond to DirecTV ad criticism
28 October 2009 4:02 PM, PDT
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The other day I posted the DirecTV ad featuring footage of Chris Farley and new footage of David Spade, and I opined that it was a "worst commercial of the year" nominee. I also mentioned that it might be "too soon."
To clarify, when I said "too soon" I didn't mean that it was too soon after Farley's death (he died 12 years ago). I meant that it's odd seeing a young, contemporary celebrity in an ad (which DirecTV also did with Heather O'Rourke - that was worse), especially one where he is interacting with a costar who is doing the scene in the present day. My other point was "how the hell is this going to sell DirecTV to anyone?" (and "boy is this ad unfunny").
I'm not the only one who finds the DirecTV ad odd. Now Spade and Farley's brother Kevin have responded to the criticism.
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- Bob Sassone
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Chris Farley Resurrected for Questionable David Spade DirecTV Commercial
26 October 2009 9:35 AM, PDT
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Here's an open question for you: when it comes to advertising, are there any lines that shouldn't be crossed, or are there things that shouldn't be done in order to sell a product? DirecTV recently put out a somewhat disturbing ad that's got more than a few people up in arms because it brings comedian Chris Farley back from the grave in order to hawk their satellite TV service. And before anyone asks, no, it has nothing to do with his brother Kevin Farley, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Chris.
The commercial in question replays a scene from Tommy Boy featuring Farley doing his "Fat Guy in a Little Coat" routine, but with new footage of David Spade spliced in. This isn't the first time this type of thing has been done (the Audrey Hepburn commercial for The Gap and Volkswagen's Gene Kelly update, for example) and in each case,
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Ryan Reynolds, Man of Many Faces (That I'd Pay to Lick)
2 June 2009 12:08 PM, PDT
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"I'm sorry, asphinctersayswhat?"
(All pics: Getty)
Last night everyone's favorite bulging, furry-teeted Canadian boy next door, Ryan Reynolds, premiered his new romantic comedy The Proposal with Sandra Bullock, and of course found it impossible to not contort his adorable mug into all sorts of funny expressions for the cameras.
Allow us to give you a guided tour through his many looks...
"Why you scoundrel. You're fresh as wet paint!"
"Ruh-roh ... Raggy?!"
More below...
"Trust me. I know what I'm doing."
"No, the Other blow-up doll"
"Hell, the check already cleared. What do I care?"
"I'd smile bigger but you're standing on my *@&!"
"Is that creepy guy back there still looking at me? K."
All this and more at Jc Penny's One Day Sale!
The Ghost of Ryan Reynolds Yet to Come ... oh sorry that's Kevin Farley.
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The Five Rules For Making a Modern Spoof Film
22 May 2009 4:20 AM, PDT
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"Dance Flick," from a group perhaps best described as the Wayans Brothers: The Next Generation (Keenen Ivory's nephew Damien Dante produced and directed the film, which stars his cousin Damon Jr.) opens today, the fifth parody movie (or spoof) since the start of last year. This astonishing burst of productivity has coalesced around a new set of rules for making spoof films that places them in stark contrast to watershed predecessors like "Young Frankenstein" or "Airplane!"
Here are five reliable new school spoofing guidelines. There's a 50/50 chance these will work for "Dance Flick" too, though there's only a ten percent chance of that.
1. You can never have too many references.
It's not that the spoofs of yesteryear didn't reference other movies -- they did. But they were traditionally woven into the film by way of flashbacks or dream sequences - think of the "Battleship Potemkin"/"Untouchables" opening to "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
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- Matt Singer
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Commentary Tracks Of The Damned: An American Carol
8 January 2009 9:01 PM, PST
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Crimes: • Tackling the fatuousness—and the fat—of Michael Moore via the fictional "Michael Malone," a documentary filmmaker whose attempts to ban Independence Day are thwarted after three patriotic ghosts visit him • Vacillating over whether Malone is merely a trumped-up celebrity created by the liberal media, or a dangerous demagogue with legions of blinkered followers • Advancing a broad, insulting analogy between people who question the Bush administration's tactics in the war on terror, and people who would've appeased the Nazis, or prevented Lincoln from freeing the slaves • Mocking liberal professors and venal Hollywood types with the subtlety and fine detail of a Mallard Fillmore cartoon Defender: Director/co-writer/co-producer David Zucker, co-writer/co-producer Lewis Friedman, and star Kevin Farley Tone of commentary: Gap-filled and sheepish. Early on, there are several long pauses followed...
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- Noel Murray
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