Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Social Network principals try lunar Sex... Anthony LaPaglia has a Bridge to sell you... Ricky Gervais blowback from an unlikely source... Your offbeat critical reading of the day... and more...
· It's unofficially Parks and Recreation Viral Day, and Movieline's continuing the festivities with this new College Humor video featuring Aziz Ansari as a deadbeat adoptive parent. A bleep-laden morsel of fun. [ONTD]
If you're a celebrity who owns a fantastical ranch full of spaceship paraphernalia, chances are you have a passing relationship with reality, anyway. Unfortunately, it turns out George Lucas and reality are barely even acquaintances, as Seth Rogen just revealed that Mr. Lucas allegedly holds a sincere belief in Mayan apocalypse lore. Funnier yet: Steven Spielberg is pretty annoyed about it.
· Parks & Recreation returns to television on Thursday night, which is great news for everyone, but apparently terrible news for Rob Lowe. That's because it means he hasn't been on television for months. As this new Funny or Die video shows, you do not want to keep Rob Lowe off television for months. Click ahead to watch the guaranteed funniest NSFW thing you'll see all day (says Lowe at one point, "I'm f*cking Miramax!"), then stick around for more Buzz Break.
Tensions were running high at Movieline HQ in the lead up to our Golden Globes liveblog on Sunday night, because there stood a chance that the NFL playoff game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots might run past 8 p.m. on the East Coast. Naturally, we planned to flip over the Globes (or at least that's what we told everyone), but it appears Harvey and Bob Weinstein had a different idea.
Kristen Stewart is back in the interview racket for the new issue of Vogue, for once downplaying the horrors of very, very public life in exchange for a new concern: What is she going to do this Twilight scratch? Good question! And as financial planners go, I can think of none more qualified than Movieline's readers to help put the young star's money to optimal use.
Also in this Tuesday edition of The Broadsheet: Ricky Gervais speaks!... Charlie Sheen allegedly e-mails escorts from an AOL account... Sandra Bullock's baby has an app for that... and more ahead.
· In case you missed Seth MacFarlane's clever (okay, we said it) send-up of The Incredible Hulk's title sequence on last night's Family Guy, here it is. You won't like Peter Griffin when he's angry...
Another day, another set of publicity stills from upcoming movies for all of us to wrap our snarky heads around. Peek into the distant future (all the way to fall 2011) and help Movieline figure out what's going on in these images from Brett Ratner's tower heist flick Tower Heist, Tate Taylor's period novel adaptation The Help, and John Singleton's Abduction, AKA Taylor Lautner Gets $7.5 Million to Play Tom Cruise.
Sadly, the world will have to wait a while longer to see the big-screen return of Mortal Kombat, the totally '90s martial arts fantasy video game -- film franchise that had us all screaming "Finish him!" and dancing to that horrifically infectious, Immortals-penned techno theme ("Mooooortal Kombat!") in our misspent youths. But something good did come of that impressive proof of concept short that made the rounds last summer: Warner Bros. ordered a 10-episode Web series based on Kevin Tancharoen's slick short Mortal Kombat: Rebirth.
Good news for any Los Angeleno readers who saw medical marvel and veteran actress Jane Fonda present at Sunday's Golden Globes: Movieline and Center Theatre Group are giving away tickets to see the two-time Oscar winner's triumphant return to the stage in Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations.
· It looks like one segment of the Hollywood population wasn't that upset with Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes performance: The Muppets! Noted celebrity hater-on-er Kathy Griffin tweeted a photo of herself and Ricky Gervais hanging out with Scooter over the weekend, which proves that furry puppets have better senses of humor than most stars. Click ahead to see the photo, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
Last January, television star Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) made his directorial debut at Sundance with happythankyoumoreplease, a genial New York-set romantic comedy that went on to snag the coveted Audience Award. Last week Movieline examined the film's first trailer and decided we needed to see more, please, and what better way to do so than by premiering three new looks at the March release?
Also in today's edition of The Broadsheet: Jennifer Love Hewitt puts her director's cap on... Aretha Franklin has a casting recommendation... We're finally rid of Hanna Montana... and more...
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