It's kind of obvious to suggest that any true video tribute to the late Dino De Laurentiis should comprise some balance of grace, schlock and adventure, much as the legendary producer's own work did for decades prior to his death today at age 91. I think you can find all three in this strange video bearing his (misspelled) name, but you'll probably have to search -- and if you can make it through all eight minutes, you're a better viewer than I.
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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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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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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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Considering Taiwanese CGI news service NWA has been on top of the Great Late Night War of 2010 from the beginning, it's only fitting that they released today a video trumpeting Conan O'Brien's return to television. What you'll learn from this video? Jeff Zucker breathes fire, Jay Leno's audience consists of old people in rocking chairs, Conan fans love their bongs and drinking Diet Coke will make you burp golden dollar signs. Click ahead to watch the insanity.
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The cold war between the principals behind Facebook and The Social Network had to thaw eventually, and so it's nice to hear how Jesse Eisenberg has finally heard from Mark Zuckerberg that he has no hard feelings about Eisenberg's performance as him in the film. In fact, according to Eisenberg's cousin -- who works with Zuckerberg at the social-media giant -- the boss liked what the movie got right and thought Eisenberg in particular was good. Which promptly made the actor feel "terrible." He tells the story better than I do; watch it after the jump.
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It looks like Lou Reed felt really bad about making Susan Boyle cry. So bad that now we've got a music video for Boyle's cover of "Perfect Day," directed by Reed himself. Take that, Joan Rivers! But really, never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd see the guy who wrote "Heroin" and "Venus in Furs" direct a straight-faced Susan Boyle music video set in the lush Scotland countryside. Here it is, though. Words fail me.
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Ricky Gervais sat down with Vanity Fair's Howard Schatz to discuss his process as a comedian, how he chooses his targets, and how he differentiates humor that might offend and offensive humor (the trick is, one is true and the other is not). If you're interested in the nitty-gritty of the comedy process, this is fascinating look behind the curtain. If you're not, then it's still seven minutes well-spent with a hilarious guy telling you a very funny Nelson Mandela in prison joke. [VF]
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Now that a gloriously torrid season of Project Runway is over, I'm suffering from a fashion TV void the size of Lincoln Center. But it appears that Bravo, Project Runway's original stomping grounds, is prepared to fill the niche with a revamped version of its The Fashion Show. With Kelly Rowland relieved from hosting duties and supermodel Iman taking over, I can assure you (with magnificent video evidence) that we might be in for the best fashion TV in existence.
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Culture gave us a great gift Monday with the Giants' World Series win and... I'm sure something else recently. But this new Bridalplasty teaser is the stuff of night sweats and debilitating desk anxiety -- 35 seconds of skin-crawling, soul-sucking, lady-cutting body horror in a white dress and veil. God don't make no junk, but Satan has an assembly line. Here's his latest. I'll be cowering in bed if you need me.
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