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Buzz News Roundup, 8/14
- Maria Full of Grace star Catalina Sandino Moreno has been cast as the vampire Maria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. — ComingSoon
- Jon Heder is set to star in Buddy Holly Is Alive and Well on Ganymede, an adaptation of the Bradley Denton comic sci-fi novel. — Variety
- Saving Grace will end in the Summer of 2010.
Jon Heder Lands a Comedy Central Sitcom
The star of Napoleon Dynamite is coming to Comedy Central — and he might be staying for quite a while. Jon Heder has landed a sitcom deal at the cable channel for a show written and produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy.
The as-yet-untitled sitcom stars Heder as "an out of work computer IT specialist who leaves the big city and returns to his small home town, where he moves back in with his parents and younger brother."
Buzz News Roundup, 7/14
- Army Wives will be back for a third season, with 18 episodes scheduled to air sometime in 2009, Zap2it reports.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms will star together in a "bachelor-party comedy" titled Hangover.
- Jordana Brewster will guest-star on Chuck as Jill, the college girlfriend who legendarily broke Chuck's heart, reports Entertainment Weekly.
- The success of Wall-E has apparently sparked new talk of a Hello, Dolly stage revival, Variety reports.
- ABC and FX topped GLAAD's annual "responsibility index," Reuters reports, while NBC and Fox, among others, received failing grades.
- ComingSoon has the news that Jon Heder will star in another Napoleon Dynamite-type oddball comedy, titled Loudermilk.
- Gio wins? Ugly Betty's Christopher Gorham has been cast in the CBS midseason series Harper's Island — though ABC still insists we haven't seen the last of Henry, TV Guide reports.
- ComingSoon writes that Fox has acquired the screen rights to the recent NYT bestseller One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War.
Buzz News Roundup, 3/24
- Billboard reports that Maroon 5 and Counting Crows are planning a spring and summer tour together starting July 25.
- Gibson Guitar filed a patent infringement lawsuit related to Guitar Hero and Rock Band. According to Reuters, Gibson claims the games "violate a 1999 patent for technology to simulate a musical performance."
- Kristen Bell has herself a leading man in Jon Heder who will play her love interest in Disney's upcoming romantic comedy When in Rome, Variety reports. Hopefully this love interest is nicer to Bell than this guy has been.
Movie Preview: Anna Faris and Jon Heder in Mama's Boy
I have to confess, I don't think Jon Heder is much of a comedic actor outside the role of Napoleon Dynamite. And don't get me wrong, that is a hilarious character. But I have little faith in his ability to branch out.
Blades of Glory Skates Into No. 1
What good is a mindless Hollywood comedy if it doesn't win big at the box office? Fortunately, Blades of Glory didn't have to find out. Not surprisingly, the latest Will Ferrell movie, was No.
Blades of Glory: Mindlessly Delightful
It's hard not to find humor in the men’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics, with the abundance of pastels, spandex, and flamboyancy. Add Will Ferrell to the equation and you’ve got Blades of Glory, a movie so absurdly over-the-top, you can’t help but laugh.
In the movie, which opens nationwide tomorrow, Will Ferrell stars as Chazz Michael Michaels, who couldn't be more different from his arch rival, Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder).
Amy Poehler and Will Arnett Talk Skating, Marky Mark
In case you were wondering, Blades of Glory is still coming out this Friday, March 30. I can't seem to escape the previews for this film (I mean, really, how many are there?), and frankly, I'm getting slightly tired of Will Ferrell and Jon Heder.
However, I can always use a little more Amy Poehler-Will Arnett action, so I was delighted to get my hands on these hi-larious interviews with the real-life married couple (but not real-life professional skaters).
Blades of Glory: Competitive Skaters Weigh In
In case you've missed the relentless previews, Blades of Glory comes out next Friday, March 30. Since I've seen the trailer about a million times, I was delighted to come across something new: a webisode that features actual competitive skaters being "interviewed" about the fictitious skating duo, Chazz and Jimmy, played by Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. For non-actors, the skaters do really well with this, and the result is pretty damn funny.
Movie Preview: Blades of Glory
Blades of Glory isn't due to come out until March 30, but the trailer is so funny, I can't resist posting it now. In this classic competition movie comedy, Will Farrell plays Chazz, a male figure skater who has a falling out with his rival Jimmy, played by Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder. As a result, the two are banned from competing in the singles' category, so they join forces to compete as a figure-skating pair.
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