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Buzz News Roundup, 8/14

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:30:05 -0700

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. - The Hollywood Reporter
Aerosmith has canceled the rest of its Summer tour after Steven Tyler's fall from the stage. - Billboard
Kim Basinger may play Zac Efron's mother in The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. - Variety
Sony Pictures Classics will most likely distribute The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus theatrically in the US sometime this year. - ComingSoon
Comedy Central has canceled Reno 911! after six seasons. - The Hollywood Reporter
A judge ruled this week that the family of Superman co-creator, Jerry Siegel, has "successfully recaptured" from Warner Bros. and DC Comics the rights to additional Superman works. - Variety

Jon Heder Lands a Comedy Central Sitcom

BuzzSugar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:30:57 -0700

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."

So far, Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of the show, but that could be just the beginning: Under the deal, the network could order as many as 90 more episodes if the first season goes well. Ninety episodes? Heder's character may be out of work, but Heder himself could end up with job security for quite a while.

Do you like this move for Heder? Will you check out the show, or do you wish he'd stick to big-screen movie roles?

Buzz News Roundup, 7/14

BuzzSugar — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:18 -0700

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.

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Buzz News Roundup, 3/24

BuzzSugar — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:40:10 -0700

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. Sheesh.
Sadly, Grammy-nominated singer Corinne Bailey Rae's husband died suddenly over the weekend. A musician himself, he was only 31 when he passed away.

Hollywood Reporter says the Scrubs cast is back to work, though it's still unclear what network they're actually working for.
The longtime friend and business manager of the Beatles', Neil Aspinall, passed away at age 66.
The LA Times reports that the new Pennywise album, Reason to Believe will be free for two weeks to fans starting tomorrow thanks to a partnership with MySpace Records.

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Movie Preview: Anna Faris and Jon Heder in Mama's Boy

BuzzSugar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:31:37 -0700

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. Thankfully, his next project Mama's Boy finds him surrounded by some great actors which I think is what Heder needs to reach his comedic potential.

Heder plays 29-year-old Jeffrey who lives with his mother Jan (Diane Keaton) and depends on her for everything. When she gets a new boyfriend (Jeff Daniels, hilariously), a bit of a rivalry is sparked between the two men vying for Jan's attention. Luckily for Jan, Jeffrey might find some romance of his own in the form of cute barista Nora (Anna Faris). The film opens Thanksgiving, so to check out the pretty funny trailer, read more

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Blades of Glory Skates Into No. 1

BuzzSugar — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:00:49 -0700

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. 1 at the box office this weekend, Variety reports.
According to the weekend box-office estimates, the entertaining if somewhat idiotic men's figure-skating comedy took in $33 million in its opening weekend. (Be sure to check out my review.)

Coming in at second place was Disney's animated feature, Meet the Robinsons, which brought in $25 million. TMNT, last week's first-place finisher, was in the No. 4 spot, with 300 in third.

I didn't love Blades of Glory - sure, it made me laugh, but the script wasn't exactly groundbreaking or complex. However, I am glad to see Ferrell doing well for himself. Did you guys see any movies this weekend? If so, what do you think of the latest box-office news?

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Blades of Glory: Mindlessly Delightful

BuzzSugar — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:00:22 -0700

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). After tying for an Olympic Gold, they are forced to share the podium, where they collide both figuratively and literally. After the brawl, the two are banned from figure skating - until almost four years later, when they discover that they can get around their sentence by joining forces as the first all-male skating pair. For all of the highlights,

Chazz, the sex-addicted badass of the figure skating world, was raised without a father and grew up ice-skating in the sewers. There is no shortage of ironic jokes about Ferrell’s “sex appeal” and more than one scene in which he wears only briefs and proudly displays his chest hair to Jimmy’s disgust. Jimmy, meanwhile, is a prissy and often whiny (yet sweet) man-child who was raised by his rich father to cultivate his skating. Heder’s performance is enough to make me forget about Napoleon Dynamite, but I often felt that he was trying too hard. However, he and Ferrell do have great comedic chemistry, with banter that's reminiscent of the hilarious quips between Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller in Zoolander.

As to be expected from a Will Ferrell comedy, Blades of Glory has an astounding supporting cast and is chock-full of cameos. Will Arnett (the brilliant Gob from Arrested Development) and Amy Poehler are hilarious as the villainous brother/sister skating team that pose as Chazz and Jimmy’s only threat. Craig T. Nelson is also great as “Coach” (yes, totally tongue in cheek), who must teach the boys to work as a team. Jenna Fischer is well cast as Jimmy’s love interest, although I found their chemistry to be lacking and didn’t feel that it brought much to the movie.

All in all, Blades of Glory is what I like to call a “what you see is what you get” kind of movie. It is just as ridiculous as it looks, but also delivers the laughs that a Ferrell movie promises. It is entertaining from beginning to end, and Ferrell and Heder leave it all on the ice: excessively heinous costumes, a little romance, and more jokes about men in compromising positions than you could ever imagine.

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Amy Poehler and Will Arnett Talk Skating, Marky Mark

BuzzSugar — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:19:18 -0700

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).

Check out my review of the film on Friday, and until then watch as Amy Poehler fiercely defends Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, among other things, so read more

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Blades of Glory: Competitive Skaters Weigh In

BuzzSugar — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:27:03 -0700

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. To watch the video, read more

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Movie Preview: Blades of Glory

BuzzSugar — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:40:28 -0800

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. After watching the trailer below, I can't wait to see the rest of the movie.