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5 Things You Might Not Know About the First Lady

TresSugar — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:00:14 PDT

Michelle Obama's brother Craig has a new book coming out April 20 called A Game of Character. In it the first lady's only sibling discusses his basketball coaching career (he currently coaches at Oregon State). But the book also promises a few gems about Michelle. Like that her parents thought she would eat Barack Obama alive when they first met him, which was a shame since he was, according to her father, "not a bad-looking guy."

Here are a few more inside items about the woman formerly known as Michelle Robinson:

She learned to box as a kid.
Her brother calls her "Miche."
Her interest in health goes way back: she and her brother attempted to destroy every last one of their parents' cigarettes. I wonder if Barack hides his.
Her father had multiple sclerosis (MS).
She initially resisted Barack's plan to run for President so soon after he was elected to Senate in 2004.

Would you pick up this book, or are you cool with these CliffsNotes?

Hot Tub Time Machine: Offensively Funny

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:30:54 PDT

It's OK to be skeptical of the whole hot-tub-as-time-machine thing that is the plot of, ahem, Hot Tub Time Machine. The movie is aware of its own ridiculousness and quickly shepherds you past that little detail so you can let yourself go and thoroughly enjoy it. Being able to appreciate the absurdity of a sci-fi jacuzzi is the first thing you'll need to love this movie; the other thing? A highly dirty sense of humor.

John Cusack, Craig Robinson, and Rob Corddry star as three buddies who try to relive their glory days at the ski lodge they once ruled in the '80s. Clark Duke plays the nephew of Cusack's character, his youth serving to remind the three men of their age and dissatisfaction with their grown-up lives. The perfect storm of debauchery, alcohol, and a shorted hot tub control panel leads them to time travel to their former selves in 1986. It's unbelievably silly, but to see why I lost myself in the madness, just

Like I said, you can't get hung up on the details of the plot, which include Chevy Chase as a spiritual time travel adviser of sorts, but you can get into the details of the '80s settings. Of course, you've got your tacky fluorescent '80s fashion and killer soundtrack, but the movie cleverly integrates common '80s movie conventions, like a ski patrol villain named Blaine (played by Sebastian Stan). In fact, the crazy plot twists (and abundance of bare breasts) sometimes make it feel like an actual movie from the Me Decade.

There are plenty of times that the movie goes too far, but it moves so quickly past each gag that you don't have time to squirm in some of the grosser scenes. What really makes it work, though, is the likability of the four guys. Corddry's Lou is so foul-mouthed a trucker would wince, but he's easily the most entertaining cast member. Cusack's presence is ironic, since he's the ultimate '80s heartthrob, but he's definitely still got it, while it's fantastic to see Duke and Robinson thriving outside of their small-screen shows (Greek and The Office, respectively).

Even if you don't love Hot Tub Time Machine, you have to respect the way everyone involved with the film - from the cast and crew, down to the props people - really went for it. To be sure, this isn't a movie for everyone, but for the many it is aimed at, it's a wild ride.

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Movie Preview: Hot Tub Time Machine

BuzzSugar — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:30:04 PDT

Right on the heels of the sweet geekfest that is Comic-Con, we get a little preview for a movie that deals with the space-time continuum. Kinda. (Well, it also references Stargate fan fiction, so there's an uber-geeky tie-in.) In Hot Tub Time Machine, we follow four guys (played by Craig Robinson, John Cusack, Rob Corddry, and Greek's Clark Duke) who get drunk and travel back in time (via hot tub, naturally). This red-band (read: NSFW) preview doesn't show a great deal of the movie but it makes me giggle because a) these four guys together make a silly bunch, and b) I find it funny to hear John Cusack say the F-word. I don't know why.

The movie opens Feb. 26, 2010, and to check out the preview,

Again, the language in this video is NSFW so don some headphones!

Cusack and Co. Climb Into the Hot Tub Time Machine

BuzzSugar — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:30:10 PST

First of all, it's called Hot Tub Time Machine. And that's exactly what we can expect to see in this movie: A hot tub that has the power to bring people back in time. The story will follow "a group of guys who have grown frustrated with their adult lives. They return to the ski lodge where they partied as teens to find answers and are transported to 1987 via their hot tub, a bubbly time machine."

Back when this project was first announced (and Popwatch deemed it the stupidest movie title ever), I figured the cast would be largely taken from the Apatow pool - and though Craig Robinson is one of the men in the hot tub, the other two will be played by John Cusack and Rob Corddry, with Greek's Clark Duke playing Cusack's younger brother.

I truly hope this movie is great and funny because I really like all these dudes. All I know is I'm relieved that this hot tub will have nothing to do with Brody Jenner and the young men with whom he is bromantically involved.

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Zack and Miri Make a Porno: Shockingly. . . Sweet

BuzzSugar — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:15:08 PDT

Don't get me wrong: Zack and Miri Make a Porno is extremely disgusting at times. But I expected that. I didn't expect it to be quite so sweet or touching (in the emotional way, gutter mind). I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan (as you may have noticed from my Comic-Con coverage of him), and this latest product of his dirty, dirty mind does not disappoint. It's one part sex jokes, one part sweetness and eight parts F-bombs. It's certainly not for everyone and it's not going to go down in history as a cinematic tour de force, but it is hilarious and raunchy and oddly sweet.

Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) have been best friends since childhood, and now they room together in a Pittsburgh apartment. They're not the most ambitious pair, and when they run out of money, they need to come up with some fast cash in order to pay the rent and bills. Thus, they decide to make a porno. Their friend Delaney (Craig Robinson, just as funny as he is on The Office) helps with casting, and soon four more (including real-life ladies from the world of adult entertainment, Traci Lords and Katie Morgan) join the project and the group is on its way to making a pornographic movie. But things get a little complicated (see? I could have used the word "sticky," but I didn't because that would have been gross) when these two just-friends decide to have sex together on camera. The main joke seems to be that pesky things like emotions and love get in the way of great, entertaining porn. For more on why I so enjoyed this movie,

As I said, I like Kevin Smith's stuff in general, but this movie is on a different level, due in large part to the outrageously endearing lead duo. And here is an example of a male-female, lifelong friendship that honestly rings true, as opposed to other attempts like, say, the absurd relationship at the heart of Made of Honor. Seth Rogen seems like a guy you might legitimately be friends with, and it's so easy to relate to the funny and kinda weird Elizabeth Banks. They're just so dang lovable! So it stands to reason that in the movie, they would love each other.

Smith gives a lot of credit to Judd Apatow for having paved the road for mainstream acceptance of this style of comedic movies, films that theoretically could be called romantic comedies, but with humor so raunchy you gag a little sometimes. And it's true: With the success of comedies like 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, audiences have been exposed (har-dee-har) to this kind of humor in an appealing way and with likable actors like Steve Carell and Seth Rogen. But I actually think Smith is even better at this than Apatow is. His stories are set in places like New Jersey and Pittsburgh, for Pete's sake. There's just something beautifully unkempt and down-to-earth about these characters, and this somehow makes the funny funnier, the dirty dirtier, and the sweetness that much sweeter.

Photos courtesy of The Weinstein Company

New Zack and Miri Make a Porno Trailer: So Wrong It's Right!

BuzzSugar — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:30:33 PDT

So here it is: the "red-band" - aka "super inappropriate for work, especially if the sound is on" - version of the trailer for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno, one of the 13 movies I'm most excited to see this Fall. There's actually not too much in there all of us adults haven't heard before in a Rogen flick (you know, a lot of f-bombs and explicit language used to describe both male and female genitalia). And since Smith fought hard for and won the right to give this movie an R rating instead of NC-17, we know the movie will never get all that crass.

Still, it's . . . about making a porno. So you'll probably laugh a lot when you see this but will feel pretty dirty afterward. In addition to learning that best friends and roommates Zack and Miri (Rogen and Elizabeth Banks) are having trouble making the rent, we meet some of the other cast members, including the scene-stealing Craig Robinson as their friend who auditions women for the porno and a character played by Traci Lords named "Bubbles" who has an interesting, uh, trick.

Like I said: totally unsuitable for work (unless of course you work in porn), or with kids around, or even puppies and kittens peeking over your shoulder. It is dir-tay and I thought twice before posting - but then I felt inspired by the words of young Silver on 90210 who waxed philosophically that it's a blogger's duty to make trouble. The movie's set to hit theaters on Halloween. To check out the trailer just

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Link Time! 8/12

BuzzSugar — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:40:17 PDT

Popwatch wonders why Craig Robinson, a regular on The Office and one of the best things about Pineapple Express, isn't a bigger star.
What do you think about Kanye's new video? Sound off over on Pop.
FilmExperience has an interesting post about Zhang Yimou, the director of the Olympics' spectacular opening ceremonies.
TV Filter points out parallels between some characters on Grey's Anatomy and Friends.
I am enjoying the discussion over on Jezebel about whether or not the Twilight books are antifeminist.
Pop Candy directs my attention to the online comics for Chuck.
If you couldn't get to the All Points West music festival, Vulture tells you what you missed.
Could Tori Spelling still turn up on 90210? She gave her thoughts to our own lilsugar.

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Upcoming Under-the-Influence Movies: Pineapple Express and Speed Racer

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:30:00 PDT

We just got a couple new full-length trailers for movies that, if watching them in a sober state, are pretty much . . . OK. It makes me wonder if maybe - just maybe - they're supposed to be watched under the influence? I'm just speculating here.

After the jump you can find both trailers. Opening August 8, Pineapple Express actually features a pair of potheads - played by Seth Rogen and James Franco - who find themselves being chased by criminals. My favorite parts include Craig Robinson (Darryl on The Office), who's funny even without playing someone with the munchies.

We'd already gotten a tripped-out teaser trailer for Speed Racer, and the full-length trailer is a lot of the same: psychedelic visuals, bright candy colors, cartoon-y characters (since it's, you know, based on a cartoon). I'm more interested in this one because it's just mesmerizing, though I do have to wonder what it might be like to view this film in, shall we say, an enhanced state.

To see what I'm talking about,

Pineapple Express

Speed Racer

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See Seth Rogen and Bride Lauren Miller's Gorgeous Wine Country Wedding Pictures!

Molly Goodson — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:01:00 PDT

Seth Rogen is a married man! The actor and his fiancée, Lauren Miller, tied the knot at Kunde Estate in Sonoma on Saturday in front of a star-studded group of guests. Seth and Lauren's family and friends, including Judd Apatow and wife Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Adam Sandler, Craig Robinson from The Office, and Jonah Hill, all came out to support the couple on their big day. After the ceremony, Seth and Lauren drove off in a vintage white convertible before joining the guests at the reception. Seth and Lauren got engaged in December of 2010 and have been together since 2004. Seth's wedding weekend coincided with the release of his new movie 50/50, which got strong reviews and came in fourth place at the box office. Seth was a producer on the movie; though, Saturday was all about an even bigger project - his new marriage. Congrats to the happy couple!

Watch Kevin Spacey Get His Beard On and His Life Back Together in the Father of Invention Trailer

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:17:54 PDT

We're all guilty of staying up late and getting sucked into infomercials, but if you've ever wondered about the personal lives of the people shilling the goods (let's just forget about the ShamWow guy), Father of Invention might appeal to you. Kevin Spacey stars as Robert Axle, an inventor and infomercial star until his latest gadget, the Ab Clicker, injures people rather than making their lives better. He's sent to prison, and the film fast forwards to his release, when he's trying to pick up the pieces of his life. His wife (Virginia Madsen) has moved on with Craig Robinson, and his daughter (Camilla Belle) has nothing but contempt for him.

Luckily, a dead-end job leads to some hope, if he can get a co-worker to help him (a strait-laced Johnny Knoxville). Father of Invention has all the makings of a wacky comedy - it's especially funny to see Axle pitch new ideas (to John Stamos, no less) for things that already exist, like Rock Band's microphone or MP3 players. Check out the trailer when you

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