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Movie Preview: Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in Grown Ups

BuzzSugar — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:30:36 -0800

I've been watching over the past several months as the cast roster for Grown Ups continued to add more of Adam Sandler's previous SNL colleagues and close friends - Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Colin Quinn. It's like he decided to make a project where he could invite everyone he knows to jump on board and have fun. And the cast really does appear to be having a good time in the trailer - I'm just not 100 percent sure I'm right there with them.

The film follows Sandler and his childhood friends (Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade) as they reunite one Fourth of July weekend to honor the death of their basketball coach. Sounds kinda like The Big Chill, but as to be expected with a Happy Madison film, it's ridiculously slapstick. I love all of these guys, but the bits in this teaser definitely aren't as roll-on-the-floor funny as I had hoped with such a star-studded cast. (Really, a breast-milk joke?!) But maybe I'm just judging it too quickly. The film opens in June, but take a peek at the video and tell me your thoughts when you read more.

What Would Be Your Comedy Dream Team?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:30:10 -0800

No, no - this lineup here is definitely not my comedy dream team. It is, however, the main cast of a new, untitled project written by Adam Sandler. Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider will join Sandler in a comedy which follows "five best friends from high school who reunite 30 years later on a Fourth of July weekend."

This is a fierce lineup and these guys' powers combined will probably result in a pretty funny movie. It reminds me of the news of Will Ferrell and Sasha Baron Cohen teaming up for their comedic take on the Sherlock Holmes story - a great pairing that shakes up the comedic teams a little bit (John C. Reilly is funny with Ferrell, but variety is nice, too). If you could line up a bunch of comedic actors for a film, who would you pick? If I limit it to five, I think I'd go with something like this: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Rock, Isla Fisher, Anna Faris and Donald Faison (I can't help it, he always makes me laugh on Scrubs!). Your turn: Who's on your dream team?

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Buzz News Roundup, 9/17

BuzzSugar — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:46:32 -0700

TNT has renewed Saving Grace and Raising the Bar, while HBO has OK'd a second season of True Blood. - Zap2it
Nicole Kidman may become an action star, now that she's in talks to be in the "character-driven, treasure-hunting" action-adventure The Eighth Wonder. - Hollywood Reporter
Fred Wolf (director of The House Bunny) will write and direct the dude road trip movie Divorced Guys, which will star David Spade. - ComingSoon
Metallica's new album is topping the Billboard 200 list, making it the band's fifth No. 1 album. - Billboard
Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito and Jenna Fischer are in talks to join the movie Solitary Man, which follows "a car magnate with a runaway libido." - Variety
Kirsten Dunst will produce and star in an adaptation of the book A Jealous Ghost. - ComingSoon
Here's who won Big Brother 10. - AP
Stephen Colbert will debut "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" on Comedy Central on Nov. 23. - Billboard

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TV Tonight: "Rules of Engagement"

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:53:05 -0800

If you watched the Super Bowl on Sunday, you probably caught some of promos for the new CBS sitcom, "Rules of Engagement." (Wow, they found stars David Spade, Oliver Hudson, and Patrick Warburton sitting together in the crowd? What are the chances?) The Adam Sandler-produced comedy premieres tonight, temporarily knocking "The New Adventures of Old Christine" off the Monday schedule.

It doesn't sound like anything new to me - how many times have we seen a sitcom with the single guy, the engaged-and-panicking guy, and the married-and-miserable guy? I also hit my lifetime David Spade quota about five years ago. Warburton looks to have some great one-liners, but it will take a lot of convincing to get me to check this one out. What about you? To see a couple of clips from "Rules of Engagement," read more

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Link Time! George Clooney Gets Behind A New TNT Show

BuzzSugar — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:05 -0700

George Clooney is signing on to exec-produce Delta Blues (with an Elvis impersonator cop!) for TNT - TV Squad
January Jones will star in the Nicolas Cage thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps - Coming Soon
The Short Circuit remake gets a director - MTV Movies Blog
Those DirectTV ads with Chris Farley and David Spade suffer some backlash - E! Online
Kristin Davis talks the Sex and the City sequel - Hollywood Crush
Lots of photos from this past weekend's CMJ Festival - Stereogum
Weezer and Lil Wayne's collaboration "Can't Stop Partying" is pretty darn catchy - Idolator
Check out this list of the best rock-'n'-roll movies - Rotten Tomatoes
Author Augusten Burroughs is working on two new TV series, one for CBS and one for Showtime - Movieline
Norah Jones plays a pirate in her new music video - HitFix
Just in time for Halloween: The 5 scariest TV episodes ever - TV.com
Plus, 10 girl-power inspired costumes (Bella Swan made the list!) - TresSugar