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Video: Dakota Fanning Narrates PSA With Zac & Vanessa!

PopSugarTV — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:51:28 PDT

Dakota Fanning voices a Stand Up to Cancer public service announcement in which Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Zachary Levi, and more share the screen!

Link Time! Check Out MGMT's New Music Video

BuzzSugar — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:12 PDT

Check out MGMT's new video for "Flash Delirium" from its second album, Congratulations - Vulture
Jon Heder has dropped out of the sitcom Will Ferrell is producing for Comedy Central - Ausiello Files
Can you identify what music videos these beauty moments come from? - BellaSugar
These parallels between Lost and The Bible are kind of amazing - USA Today
Movies to watch while you're celebrating Passover - MTV Movies Blog
Creepy: the 10 most horrifying horrorcore rappers - Vulture
Are two more sequels to Independence Day coming our way? - Cinematical
Who would you pick to host the Tony awards? - PopWatch
Guess how much the Ferrari from Ferris Bueller's Day Off is going for - Movieline

Jon Heder, Part 2: Onset Fun & Crazy Acts of Love

PopSugarTV — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 PST

In part two of our interview with Jon Heder, the When in Rome star tells us the craziest thing he's done for love is taking a girl to a deserted field, and he admits to wanting to play the lead in a romantic comedy.

When in Rome: A Mindless Escape

Shannon Vestal — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:30:00 PST

The formula for a typical romantic comedy is simple: you need two attractive actors and a plot that makes enough sense to keep the audience's attention. Everything else is a variable (friends, setting, dialogue), but those first two basics are what determine a rom-com's success. For When in Rome, the casting of Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel is a hit - but the plot, about a woman who unwittingly makes several men fall in love with her after stealing coins from a "fountain of love" - is a complete and utter miss.

Fortunately, it's not an altogether unpleasant experience - thanks to the naturally funny leads and supporting cast of Will Arnett, Dax Shepard, Jon Heder, and Danny DeVito (the poor saps in love with Bell's character, Beth), the movie is genuinely entertaining in parts. There are even laugh out loud moments . . . when the characters aren't talking about the "Fontana Di Amore."

To see what I mean, just

read more. If Bell didn't have to pretend to take the superstitions and rules about the magic fountain so seriously, I could have enjoyed her first real outing as a leading lady much more. When her sister (Alexis Dziena) relays more information about the fountain and what Beth must do to "break" the spell, there were audible groans in my theater (but props to the actors for keeping straight faces. That must have been tough.) It's really a shame that the plot device is so dreadful, because Josh Duhamel and Bell are natural-born romantic comedy stars. Both gorgeous and adept at physical comedy, they make an ideal pair for a movie in this genre. The rest of the cast, especially Shepard as a self-loving male model, also elicits a surprising amount of humor (they do get some help from an awesome, unexpected cameo that I won't spoil here). There are other problems that bring down the movie besides its ridiculous central storyline, particularly an unnecessary final sequence that should have ended up on the cutting room floor. However, if you're looking for a good time and can set aside your expectations for a realistic experience at the movies, you'll probably find yourself guffawing despite yourself - and waiting to see Bell and Duhamel in more worthwhile roles.

Jon Heder, Part 1: Doing Magic & Napoleon Sequel News!

PopSugarTV — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 PST

In part one of our interview with Jon Heder, he dishes on performing magic like Houdini, the When in Rome surprise cameo, and being ready for a Napoleon Dynamite sequel.

Buzz News Roundup, 8/14

BuzzSugar — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:30:05 PDT

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 PDT

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 PDT

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.

Photo courtesy of Lifetime

Buzz News Roundup, 3/24

BuzzSugar — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:40:10 PDT

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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Munich Is Alive With the Sound of Music Awards

Molly — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:05:00 PDT

Last night Munich was abuzz with music sensations for the MTV Euro Music Awards. There were singers and performers from all over the world, but the night belonged to a Canadian, Avril Lavigne, winning both Most Addictive Track for "Girlfriend" and Solo Performer of 2007. Apparently, hats were the dress code for dudes, as evidenced by the Madden brothers, Jared Leto, Snoop and Pete Doherty. Bella wants to know what color hair you like best on Joss Stone, but really that was the least of her worries here. Speaking of Kate Moss' ex, he was about a million times more clean than usual and spoke on the red carpet about the reason for his new sobriety. He said, "Yeh, it's all different now. I don't know ... God, and melody." Not as sober, sadly, was Amy Winehouse, who was a shell of herself performing on stage and accepted the Artists' Choice Award with a measly "Thanks." Girlfriend needs help, and I hope she gets it before too late.

To see more of the event including the Foo Fighters, Joss Stone, Lily Cole, Michael Stipe, Wyclef, Shaggy and everyone above just read more

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