Gonzalo Cordova
Aziz Ansari is trying to keep RAAAAAAAANDY a secret from his parents. It's gonna be hard when his face is plastered all over billboards just in time for the RAAAAAAAANDY movie. [Huffington Post]
Aziz also worked really hard to get Diddy to follow him on Twitter. [NY Mag]
Seth Rogen talks about meeting Adam Sandler, "The first time I met him when I was like 17 or 18. I went out to dinner with Adam, Jim Carrey and Garry Shandling, and then we all went to go see Gladiator." [NJ]
Jimmy Fallon tries to pitch his new comic book character, The Recharger. [LNWJF]
Now terrorists are mad at Sacha Baron Cohen too. It's all part of Cohen's plan to eventually embarrass everyone, uniting the world in a giant lawsuit aimed at the comedian, securing world peace. It's like The Watchmen but with fewer penises. [MSN News]
National Lampoon's Matt Zaller pitches Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler a film titled Beers and Chicks, which sounds like a great 80's movie. They pass, presumably because Rodney Dangerfield isn't alive to provide a pivotal cameo role. [Buzzfeed]
Whitney Cummings talks about writing and performing for The Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers. Check out a clip of her performance after the jump. [Comic's Comic]
Gonzalo Cordova
When a film is both popular and controversial, it's important for studios to stand behind the finished work, recognizing it as a statement of the culture's current taboos and fascinations. That, of course, all flies out the window when you want to separate teens from their parents' hard earned money. Or as the British call it, "lbs."
Universal Pictures U.K. is releasing a re-edit of Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" to secure a "15" certificate and help boost audiences. It's the first time that two versions of one film will have been released at the same time in the U.K.
The "15" version is 110 seconds shorter than the original "18" film and was only submitted to the British Board of Film Classification on Monday.
Wow, England is really going the extra mile to make sure fifteen year olds won't learn what gay sex is until college.
Obviously, people are going to cry, "Censorship! Censorship! Oh, won't someone please not think of the children!" But of course, the British are always going to spin things around in their very British way.
Universal said movie theaters across the U.K. "have reported turning away large numbers of under 18s keen to see the new film."
Aww! They're "keen" to see it! That's England for you! Bloody hell! Cheese and crackers! Let's all drink tea! What censorship?
We obtained an exclusive sneak peek into what the censored version of Brüno will look like. Click after the jump to check it out.
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Gonzalo Cordova
For the past few months, a new Brüno interview, video, photo or news story popped up every day of the week. But now that the film is finally being released, we can all stop talking about Brüno and start watching Brüno. Consider this video of Brüno counting down the Top 10 list for Late Show the beginning of the end of the media saturation. At least until the lawsuits start pouring in.
comedy central insider
In case you missed it, Sacha Baron Cohen made a rare appearance as himself on Tuesday night’s Letterman after a two-month-long media blitz in character as Bruno. This will thankfully prevent the character from wearing too thin before our nation’s fratboys have even had a chance to quote it into the ground. Won’t someone please think of the fratboys?!
It’s great to see Cohen lay back in this interview and give us an inside peak into the very real threats he faces every day in costume. There’s a strange meta moment when, in reference to tracking down an actual terrorist for the movie, Dave asks Cohen if Bruno has connections in the CIA. Cohen just responds, “Well, no, but I do.” It’s good to know that the man behind the kugelsac is actually as resourceful and fearless as we all hoped he was.
Gonzalo Cordova
Jorma Taccone is set to direct the MacGruber movie. Will Forte and Kristen Wiig will be reprising their roles, and Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe might also star in the film. [Variety]
Mike Sacks talks about interviewing comedy writers, "…Writing comedy all day long is a job. If you do anything all day every day, you’d get bored. Even if you were f–ing all day, you’d get bored." [Brooklyn Paper]
Harold Ramis talks about the difficulties of creating a Ghostbusters sequel. They've already added a baby to the franchise with Ghostbusters 2, so unless they add a talking dog, I'm stumped for the follow up. [/film]
Adam Dread, a local stand-up from Nashville, is standing up (genius!) against an absurd law allowing guns in bars. [Natucket Independent]
Vulture compiled a list of all the jokes Bruno was telling during his film's promotion. [NY Mag]
Zach Galifianakis's name is connected to numerous projects, although he has yet to sign on to any new films. May I suggest Between Two Ferns: The Movie? [Risky Business]
Here's a list of the biggest duds in television spin-off history. You mean you can't just take side characters from a popular series, move them to a different environment, and have a guaranteed hit on your hands? [Celebridiot via LNWJF]
The Lost producers are holding a contest. If you can write a Lost theme song, they will play it during Comic Con. It's not about how good the theme song is. It's about when good it is. [TV Squad]
I didn't know Roland Emmerich's upcoming film 2012 was going to be this funky. If this movie isn't as good as this trailer promises, I'm going to feel Shaft-ed. [Movieline]
Elephant Larry creates a tragic tale of time travel. I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from typing that Shaft joke I just wrote. [College Humor]
Gonzalo Cordova
Forget starving children from third world countries. For just 15,000 pennies a day, you can help college graduates pay their iPhone bills. [College Humor]
MTV Movies has some exclusive clips from some small indie film called… sorry, lemme check… Bruno? Anyway, small films without large marketing budgets need our support. [MTV]
Drink at Work is writing the biography of a great American, Dr. Rev. Jonas Mayfew Higgenbottom, the man who put an end to the dreaded Aztec menace. [Drink at Work]
A best man at a wedding used the wolf pack speech from The Hangover at the reception, because there's no better way to commemorate the sanctity of marriage than by quoting a film that satirizes it. [Buzzfeed]
T.J. Hooker is now also being made into a comedy feature film. William Shatner won't be reprising his role, because he is currently too busy violently harassing people who aren't buying plane tickets on Priceline.com. [Variety]
I'm not sure who should be more ashamed, Audrina Partridge for selling her body to fast food joint Carl Jr.'s, or me, for knowing who Audrina Partridge is. Either way, Iliza Shlesinger parodied the commercial in this funny video. [Comic's Comic]
Jason Nash has a new web-series where he's trying to get Busy Phillips to join him to a lingerie party. Unlike every other video on the internet with the words "lingerie party," you will not feel like a pervert after watching it. [AST]
Gonzalo Cordova
Ricky Gervais claims he can't stand most British comedy, calling American comedy superior. In reality, he's just buttering us up so he can become the first British president of the United States. [Sun]
Eminem shot a quick cameo with Adam Sandler for Judd Apatow’s Funny People. The scene apparently features the pair at a “People My Mom Didn’t Want Me Listening To In High School Convention.” [MTV Movies]
This newspaper article asks comedians, including Eugene Mirman and Steve Byrne, if comedy can be taught. Teaching comedy is literally as easy as teaching someone to make realistic fart sounds. [Pittsburgh Tribune]
The Bruno Quoting Taskforce is going to make sure my one man wolf pack won't be quoting movies out of context. [Landline TV]
Anthony Jeselnik outlines his day writing for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He says it's turned him into a machine that knows what Miley Cyrus is up to. Doesn't everyone already know she spends all day getting back massages from her dad? [Asylum]
Jon LaJoie talks about making his viral videos, "I like to write something in two days, shoot it, and get it up within a week, tops. If it takes longer than that, I get bored." [Ask Men]
Somebody managed to promote their love for The Hangover with this elaborate wolf pack window decal after just one month of the film’s release and just 118 months of his friends begging him to remove his Rob Schneider “You Can Do It!” decal. [Buzzfeed]
Someone call the cops! Dave Hill is having a great time at the Rock on the Range concert festival. [Dave Hill's Internet Explosion]
Do you guys want to see a shot from the upcoming The Sarah Silverman Program: The High School Years? We're going to reach out to the teenage demographics even if it causes us to totally wipe-out, dudes. Check out the pic after the jump.
-This post was co-written with help from Rocktern Frank Angones
Gonzalo Cordova
Judd Apatow writes about his wife Leslie Mann's commitment to acting, "In order to prepare to perform a sex scene with Adam Sandler she had sex with him daily for two weeks before we shot the scene and for three months afterwards." [MTV]
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay list their top 15 movies they think you should see before you die. I think they're subtly trying to tell you they're planning your murder. [Funny or Die]
Neil Patrick Harris might be hosting the Emmy's. [Variety]
Jon Friedman talks about his duties over at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, as well as The Rejection Show. [Zulkey]
Todd Barry is interviewed by his college alumni newsletter. It's basically the most in-depth and thorough interview ever interviewed. [University of Florida]
The best part of an illicit affair is talking in sexy throaty whispers. The rest of it, with the penises and the vaginas and whatnot, is kind of gross. [Funny or Die]
College Humor lists twelve television characters we never got to see. They forgot to mention God, who is omnipresent but invisible, even in multi-cam formats. [College Humor]
Pauly Shore is threatening to sue over Bruno. If they start requiring all the jurors for Bruno related cases to watch the film, it will reign number one at the box office for the next ten years. [Chortle]
ABC is launching a new show called The Fast and the Funniest, which surprisingly, isn't a show about your penis. [The Live Feed]
Paul Scheer and Adam Scott, as well as the rest of the cast of Piranha 3-D, are interviewed for being in this insane-looking movie. [Paul Scheer]
Matt Tobey
Sacha Baron Cohen has been doing a ton of publicity in-character to promote the upcoming release of Bruno, but before doing yesterday's Digg Dialogg, we didn't get to hear him answer any questions from internet commenters. Questions like, "hOw com ur suhc a gay rtard?" and "Ware is B HOOSAIN OBAMS brithcertifacate?!!1" and "whhy not mak hr cum 2o time an nite w1th naterul V1agr@?"
Gonzalo Cordova
Jerry Lewis will be directing a Broadway musical based on his classic comedy The Nutty Professor. In related news, French people now think Broadway musicals are a great underrated art form akin to Buster Keaton's finest oeuvre. [Playbill]
For some insane reason, school officials objected to Bruno's sexy photo shoot with high school football players, when really they should just be grateful that he didn't dildo fight them. [LA Times]
The peeps over at Comical Radio launched a web-series. JB Smoove and Dave Attell guest star in the first episode! YAY for things. [Punchline]
Lewis Black, D.L. Hughley, Larry Wilmore, and former White House press secretary Dana Perino will co-host a live talk show in Aspen. It is called The News Has No Clothes, which is appropriate because no one will be wearing pants. [Reuters]
Billy Mays apparently was on The Tonight Show last week. Never thought I'd feel nostalgic for a man that made my parents spend twenty dollars on a paper towel you don't throw away. [BWE]
The guy who created My Name is Earl is already working on a pilot for Fox about a twenty-five-year-old who fathers a child during a one-night stand with a woman on death-row for murder. Basically a show all of America can relate to. [Entertainment Weekly]
The Hangover guys and gal are sold a Las Vegas variety show by a guy who is dressed like a prostitute's sofa. [Maximum Fun]
Two artists conducted a scientific experiment, putting out a call for drawings of Bill Cosby to see how many people associated the man with sweaters and pudding. [The Drawings, The Final Results]
Jody Hill talks about season two of Eastbound and Down, "Man, I wish I could tell you about season two, but you’re going to really like it because it’s going to be darker." [/film]
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