Considering we're only about four weeks away from Christmas -- insert prerequisite "where did the year go?!" quip here -- it's about that time for celebrities to remember the less fortunate among us. With that in mind, here's Comedy Death-Ray and Funny or Die presenting "We Are the World 25.75," an almost anniversary celebration of the Quincy Jones supersong in support of the LA Regional Foodbank. Before you get too excited though, heed the words of Kurt Russell: "I want to stress that these are not good singers. This does not sound good at all."
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Is it hard for you to imagine anyone other than Daniel Radcliffe playing Harry Potter? That might have something to do with the fact that Daniel Radcliffe is Harry Potter. Or, actually, that Harry Potter is real, and that Daniel Radcliffe is the character he plays. Not the other way around. If you're nose isn't bleeding after reading that bit of Charlie Kaufman-infused character description, click ahead to watch an off-screen Judd Apatow interview Harry Potter about what it's like to play Daniel Radcliffe. If it is bleeding, just grab some tissues and hold on tightly.
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Perhaps all that Glee needed to do was to get a couple pros in the show to get it back on its feet. After Gwyneth Paltrow classed up the joint last week, Carol Burnett shows up on Tuesday as Coach Sue's mother. And now you can hear them duet on Ohio from the musical Wonderful Town. And if you ever thought Rosalind Russell should have slipped in a few references to hunting Nazis in the the original, well then, you are in luck my friend. And speaking as a former Ohioan, it certainly gets my Buckeye seal of approval. Listen after the jump!
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After a week spent climbing back into Oscar contention for Black Swan, the last thing Darren Aronofsky can afford right now is to backslide into the swirling pit of hype and speculation around his big comic-book coming-out party The Wolverine. So, with trademark equanimity and cool, the filmmaker appears in a new video assuring skeptics that not only has he not sold out, but he's just making a movie like any of his others. It just happens to have a mutant hero.
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As legend has it -- or Wikipedia -- Spike Jonze was originally approached to direct the video for the Smashing Pumpkins hit "1979," but he couldn't because of other obligations at the time. The honor ended up going to future Little Miss Sunshine helmers Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, and the pair created a Billy Corgan-approved portrait of teen ennui in the suburbs. 14 years later, it looks like Jonze finally got to direct his own version of "1979" -- the kind with roving military squads and the wailing vocals of Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler.
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We've already established that the weekend belongs to Harry Potter devotees. But thanks to midnight screenings nationwide, this group wasn't waiting until today to bust out their robes, wands, hats and scarves (not to mention lawn chairs, sleeping bags, board games and books) in anticipation of Deathly Hallows: Part 1. The faithful got an early go of things on Thursday -- and they brought their cameras.
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What a day for Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez. The man they call King was named the AL Cy Young award winner, despite only having 13 wins for a last place team (ah, the power of peripheral pitching stats). Even better though is that he appears in the latest issue of ESPN the Magazine as Jules from Pulp Fiction. Of course he does! Because there's such a big intersection between film and sports -- there's not, is there? -- the mag took a bunch of athletes and had them recreate famous film scenes. Ahead, watch as very little product is placed in Hernandez's hair to give him Jules' famous Jheri-curl.
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Having now watched Tyra Banks's directing debut from the set of America's Next Top Model, I'm fairly convinced that she has a better grasp of photography, editing, sound and narrative than many well-known filmmakers did in their own first efforts. Not everyone can be Orson Welles, right? But can she be, say, Stanley Kubrick? Maybe!
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I swear I don't mean to post this much about Dancing with the Stars, but I can't help that The Situation and Bristol Palin recorded a safe sex PSA together. I definitely can't. I also can't help that Bristol gives another performance worthy of the CW hit The Secret Life of the American Thespian, and that The Situation utters, "You've got to think before you get yourself into a Situation." That's just the beginning. Wait until he puts the "abs" in "abstinence." This is real.
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Justin Bieber: you know his slender, gamine hips, his bangy ridiculous haircut, and his steadfast refusal to enter puberty. Now, thanks to the folks at Upright Citizen's Brigade, you can learn about his gritty, painstaking rise from the mean streets of Ontario, Canada to the top of the pop charts. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the trailer to Bieber's upcoming biopic, 8 Kilometer.
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There are a few stages to Nerd Apoplexy Over a Comic Book Movie -- the first stage usually comes with the choice of director ("Jon Favreau? The Swingers guy? He'll be terrible!"). The next anxiety attack comes when the lead role is cast ("Michael Keaton?? Who'll buy him as Batman?!"). And finally, the dork outrage over the costume. And how has the new Green Lantern movie dealt with its own costume hue and cry? Let's go to the video tape!
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Daniel Radcliffe: multimillionaire at age 21, Broadway's newest star, staunch supporter of gay rights and, oh yeah, an ENORMOUS nerd. On Graham Norton's show, Radcliffe decided to wow the audience and show his scientific acumen by singing The Elements, a song that lists every single element on the periodic table. It's sort of adorable how very into it Daniel is (plus he's pretty clearly very nervous as fellow guests Rihanna and Colin Farrell look on with judgey eyes). But just to burnish his bad-boy bonafides, Radcliffe said he's also looking forward to getting some tattoos now that Harry Potter is over. I don't know about you, but my knees go weak for a fella with a giant screaming eagle emblazoned on his chest who could also tell me all about tungsten. Watch the song after the break!
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The good folks at GQ have finally released some behind-the-scenes video footage of last month's controversial photo shoot with Glee stars Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Dianna Agron. Outstanding! Of note here is that despite the dour response to the photos from Agron, it appears she's having a great time...though admittedly not as great of a time as Michele, who seems to delight in the scandalous hijinks. Anyway, something about this makes the problem-strewn spread seem much more wholesome and innocent. We look forward to GQ releasing more click-bait-y stuff from the Glee shoot as 2010 rolls on. The video lies ahead.
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Entertainment Weekly today offers a video preview of Gwyneth Paltrow's guest appearance on Glee, featuring the actress/singer/bowel-elimination expert rocking New Directions as a substitute teacher. The clip showcases Paltrow delivering the family-hour version of Cee Lo Green's "F*ck You" to the group, all pink tambourine and primo sass. So why doesn't it work?
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When Michael Cera visited Conan last night, he revealed that just recently he and his buddy Clark Duke had been invited to perform "2 Bitches" onstage with their rap idol, Too $hort. It was entertaining to watch Cera interpret the lyrics to his favorite misogynistic rap jam for Conan -- but the segment was lacking actual footage from the concert. Fortunately for all Michael Cera-completists, Movieline has tracked down incriminating video from the hoodie lovers rap debut.
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