The MTV Networks' inaugural Comedy Awards will honor comedians, funny TV and film actors, and even Eddie Murphy, who's set to receive the ceremony's first Comedy Icon Award, which goes to "an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to comedy and whose impact and innovations have changed the landscape and inspired future generations of entertainers." We all know Murphy's legendary stand-up specials like Delirious and Raw, his unforgettable SNL characters such as Mr. Robinson and Velvet Jones, and his great comedies like Beverly Hills Cop and Trading Places. But Mr. Murphy also has an illustrious career of unintentionally funny moments, and we'd like to present a quintet of these quazier times.
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Alright, Hunger Games fans. After director Gary Ross defended the choice to cast blonde, curvy Jennifer Lawrence as the underfed brunette Katniss Everdeen in Lionsgate's adaptation of Suzanne Collins' beloved dystopian novel series, it seemed imperative that Collins explain her position on the matter herself. Today, she finally took to the interwebs to officially throw her support behind the casting move. But is her letter enough to put Hunger Games fan concern at ease?
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Paper Man star Jeff Daniels is reportedly very close to starring in Aaron Sorkin's HBO pilot about the behind-the-scenes drama of a cable news show. Daniels would assume the role of Will McCallister, a difficult anchor said to be modeled after the recently-departed MSNBC personality Keith Olbermann, whom Sorkin shadowed while penning the script. [Deadline]
Thank goodness for social networking and screencaps! After Bruce Vilanch told Vulture that James Franco really didn't "get there" as Oscar co-host back in February, the embattled performance artist took to Twitter to express his feelings. The comments have since been deleted -- spoiler alert: they weren't warm and cuddly -- but this being the Internet, you still have the opportunity to read them. Click ahead to see Franco's NSFW response.
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I'd set this whole story up with background about Evan Rachel Wood playing Kate Winslet's daughter in the forthcoming, highly anticipated Todd Haynes/HBO miniseries adaptation of Mildred Pierce, but let's not pretend there's much to discuss at this point beyond the dynamite-looking period styles and holy effing crap, full-frontal Evan Rachel Wood?
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If you learn one thing this gloomy Monday, let it be to never insult one of Hollywood's indie darlings by inelegantly asking "What Happened to Your Face?" on your popular entertainment website. It will probably definitely rub the actress the wrong way, as evidenced by Zooey Deschanel's new feud with E! Online.
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Hope you enjoyed that 24-hour period when Joseph Gordon-Levitt was playing Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises! EW spoke with "sources close to the situation" who reveal that JoGo is not playing the mafia son-turned-Holiday Killer. Start up that "Joseph Gordon-Levitt should play The Riddler!" speculation in 3... 2... 1... [EW]
Dammit? Speaking with the lovely ladies of The View on Monday morning, Kiefer Sutherland announced that the long-rumored, long-delayed movie version of 24 will hit theaters sometime in 2012. According to EW, however, the film has yet to find a director, start date or even finalized screenplay. So, maybe write this one down in pencil. [EW]
Martin Sheen isn't a stranger to the kind of "psychotic" spiral his son -- who shall remain nameless because we at Movieline have repeated it scores of times at the expense of your faith in humanity -- is going through. In an interview with The Telegraph, Sheen noted, "I know what hell he's living in... I've had psychotic episodes in public. One of them was on camera -- the opening scene of Apocalypse Now." Well. Let's re-watch the damn thing.
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· She's not Steve Carell, but it's hard to imagine The Office without the wonderfully bubbly and hilarious Mindy Kaling. And, yet! This could be Kaling's last season on the hit series before heading off to the greener pastures of post-Dunder Mifflin life. Like, promoting her first book! Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) comes out on Nov. 1, and there is already some cover art. Click ahead to see, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
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As if there was really any doubt, C. Thomas Howell confirmed what has been roundly speculated for months: The Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans, will be the main villain in your new, Andrew Garfield-starring superhero movie, The Amazing Spider-Man. But while the confirmation itself resolves one outstanding question, it raises another for the more casual Spider-Man fan: Who the hell is The Lizard?
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And the early frontrunner for unlikeliest public feud of 2011 goes to Qantas Airlines crew members versus John Travolta, who invokes his decades of piloting experience in a new safety video screened before Qantas flights. What could possibly be the problem?
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This might put a crimp in those True Lies 2 plans. THR reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger will announce plans for an "international TV series" at Cannes on April 4. No other details are known at the moment, so let the speculation begin! Running Man: The Reality Series? World's Greatest Body Builders? Terminator: The Terminator Chronicles? [THR]
If you've finished gabbing about Limitless, why not turn your attention to Paul? The reference-happy science-fiction comedy was the latest bit of geekbait to slightly disappoint at the box office -- paging Kick-Ass -- but that doesn't mean there aren't numerous things to discuss about the Greg Mottola film.
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