You never know what direction a Howard Stern interview will go -- especially when the interviewee is Tracy Morgan. During a sprawling, hour-long conversation this morning on SiriusXM, Morgan discussed everything from soul singers ("Gladys is down with the Pips and everything but Aretha is Aretha!"), his policy on unprotected sex ("If you ain't willing to die for it, you don't really want it") and finally, the detailed story of his conception during the Vietnam War. Ready for probably the only NSFW Veterans Day story you'll hear today?
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The Sun has gone into WTF mode to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the paper's saucy Page 3 Girls: A new video updates Isaiah Mustafa's recent, instant-hit Old Spice commercial with UK model (and Page 3 alumna) Rosie Jones in a towel, on the beach, holding coconuts, flashing beer, and finally lounging on a... sports car. That monkey screaming in the background is a metaphor for your head exploding. [Mild NSFW advisory for school administrators, church secretaries, daycare providers and/or any state workers who happen to still be employed around the country.]
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Looking at the bright side of things is hard, especially when there are viral videos like this pinging around the tubes of the Internet. Spurred on by any Apple or Google ad from the last 365 days -- not to mention what you'd have to assume was the existence The Social Network and Catfish -- an intrepid filmmaker decided to create A Life on Facebook. The title says it all, folks! Click ahead to watch the pretension and weep at the use of The Rolling Stones classic "Paint It, Black." Expect this to become a CBS series within the next 12 hours.
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If only it were a musical: To promote the release of Office Space on Blu-ray (and, really, if any movie needs to be seen in HD, it's this one) a faux-production of Office Space -- The Musical was filmed for the commercial. I don't think I've ever gone from "hating something" to "loving something so much that I wish I could buy a ticket" in such a short period of time.
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When Hurricane Katrina hit, this Six Flags New Orleans theme park was abandoned and never reopened. After watching this eerie video tour of the park, which is shot entirely on a dolly and scored to Godspeed, You Black Emperor, I'm convinced that a horror movie must shoot here immediately. Teddy Smith made the video while working on production for The Courier, a crime-thriller starring Mickey Rourke which apparently shot here. But someone with the right script could make the creepiest horror movie of all time in this place. And Louisiana has serious tax-incentives. Watch the video after the jump, then find a way to make this happen!
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Quiz Time: Imagine you are Channing Tatum in Ancient Rome. Your father led an expedition into unknown territory and disappeared along with his entire army. How long would you wait before going to look for him? 20 years? Correct answer! Great. Now, who would you take along as a right-hand man? Yes! Your slave who despises you! Congratulations, you are now primed for The Eagle trailer.
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Serious question here, friendos: What does Barbra Streisand even mean when she says that her grandchildren are putting her in a "Focker sandwich"? I'm asking! Oh, I know: It's a barely veiled reference to the f-word, but at least when Robert De Niro screams, "Focker!" you can discern what he really means. Why would a grandmother ever need to be in the middle of an f-word sandwich from her grandchildren? It's these types of questions that you'll ponder while watching the newest trailer for Little Fockers.
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While you're waiting for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to arrive and finally deliver the blood-splattered Victorian-era zombie comedy that we all so desperately need, take a look at the trailer Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre and reflect on how truly scary Victorian-era England can be. According to this preview, it's actually horrifying, with an atmosphere of dread and despair that would probably make even the undead want to cower in a corner.
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Hey, look: As promised, here's the new Planters commercial featuring Robert Downey Jr. as first-ever voice of company mascot Mr. Peanut. It speaks for itself -- quite the hip-ironic counterpoint to the stodgy Planters campaigns of yore, though by all accounts it's better than the original, Seth Rogen-voiced, "Planters: We've Got Your Nuts" pitch abandoned months ago.
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You've got to hand it to Fox: When they have an episode of Glee that they're excessively proud of, they'll promote the hell out of it. And that means, showing half the episode before it even airs. Case in point: Tonight brings the much-publicized bullying episode, "Never Been Kissed," and if you thought the "Teenage Dream" cover was cute, quaint and wholesome, prepare to be scandalized by a leather-clad, howling and wind-blown Lea Michele.
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Remember when big-budget special effects movies were fun? Then Christopher Nolan came along and had to clog up the machinery with serious weight. It's with that thought in mind that the latest in a seemingly endless horde of Tron: Legacy trailers arrives. Prepare to be doused in dour! Also: Two Jeff Bridges.
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Today marks the release of two trailers for new Uwe Boll films, both involving Nazis and (I think) vampires, and one of which features the first fat female superhero. Yep, might want to call in to work sick and just stay in bed...it's going to be one of those days. In order to spare you two separate posts, and because Dr. Boll loves boxing, let's put both trailers in the ring and have them duke it out in a fight to the death! Join me ringside after the jump. No Pay-Per-View necessary!
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Normally if someone said that a trailer opened with a talking lion on the beach parting the ocean for a group of children, they'd have my attention. But somehow this image is squandered in the new, curiously low-key trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. There are some great images here, but the entire affair feels subdued, and maybe a bit tired. Like poor Aslan the talking lion walked a thousand miles through snow and ice to get to that beach.
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As we all must know by now, Conan's new eponymous talk show debuts tonight on TBS. My hope for the future of O'Brien's third show is that it can somehow return to the tone of his first show, Late Night with Conan O'Brein. Yes, Conan's last month as host of The Tonight Show was brilliant, but that month was fueled by anger -- not a great accelerant for long-term success. What Conan's Tonight Show didn't have was the sense that anything could happen at anytime. What's worse: Conan tried to create the illusion that anything could happen at anytime, even though many of the bits were painfully scripted. It wasn't always this way.
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Burlesque is so lucky that I can't believe it exists. Otherwise I might dismiss its new Japanese trailer for what it is: overacted, undersmart, and more bombastic than Christina Aguilera's "Lady Marmalade" revamp all those years ago. But as is, it's still a staggering trailer that makes you say, "I can't believe Cher and Christina and Stanley Tucci and glitter are all pretending to get along so well." Oh yeah, and also: "Where the hell is Kristen Bell?"
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