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Yahoo! Movies Takes You on a Location Tour

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:18:00 -0700

The Heartbreak Kid definitely did not wow me as a movie, but I have to admit there are some beautiful settings where the mediocre setups and mildly amusing situations take place. Now, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies "Movie Traveler," we can find out more about the lovely locales featured in current movies. So far, we can check out the locations used in The Heartbreak Kid, from San Francisco all the way down to Cabo San Lucas. MTV personality Quddus provides a good-looking, if a little annoying narration as he guides us along the West coast, visiting signature spots used in the movie. Scenes from the film itself play between Quddus' adventures. Luckily, you don't have to have loved the movie to get a kick out of the places Quddus explores.

Sugar Bits - The Game Plan Scores Again

PopSugar — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:36:17 -0700

The Game Plan came in first at the box office for the second week in a row this weekend. Ben Stiller's The Heartbreak Kid came in number two, only taking in a heartbreaking $14 million. - BuzzSugar
Brothers and Sisters star Balthazar Getty and his wife welcomed their fourth child last week. Congrats - sounds like the Walkers aren't the only big family in Balthazar's life. - People
Pete Doherty's rep has denied that the rocker tried to commit suicide after hearing of Kate Moss' new relationship. Considering that Pete is already engaged and Kate has moved on too, hopefully these two are done with each other once and for all. - BBC
Montel Williams wed fiancée Tara Fowler in Bermuda this weekend. Congrats to the happy couple! - People
Rapper Li'l Wayne was arrested early Saturday morning after his concert in Boise, Idaho and is now out on bail. There was a felony warrant out for his arrest after being caught with drugs in Georgia. Sounds like he didn't make it too hard for GA police to find him, following a tour schedule and all. - TMZ

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Box Office: It Pays to Have a Game Plan

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:30:00 -0700

The Farrelly Brothers and Ben Stiller are left broken hearted today after their bawdy comedy The Heartbreak Kid failed to draw in the masses at the theaters. Taking home just $14 million its opening weekend, The Heartbreak Kid came in second place at the box office, behind the family friendly Game Plan starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The Game Plan is enjoying its second weekend of being No. 1 at the box office after its successful opening weekend.

The Kingdom continued to do well with action flick fans, coming in third place with $9.3 million. Resident Evil: Extinction came in fourth place with newcomer The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising following up in No. 5. The George Clooney legal thriller Michael Clayton didn't thrill a whole lot of moviegoers; the movie came in twenty-first place with $704,000 for the weekend.

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The Heartbreak Kid: Middle-of-the-Road Comedic Fluff

BuzzSugar — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:15:37 -0700

When it comes to The Heartbreak Kid, here's the bottom line: If you loved Along Came Polly, chances are you'll probably enjoy The Heartbreak Kid. The two movies are very similar: Ben Stiller plays the lead and yet he's not the most interesting character by a long shot. The female characters are far more compelling than he is and the male peripheral characters are way funnier. The premise includes comical misunderstandings and amusing misadventures. It's not bad. It's not exactly charming, either.

Stiller plays Eddie Cantrow, a commitmentphobe who meets Lila (Malin Akerman), the woman of his dreams, and impulsively marries her. While honeymooning in Cabo, however, Eddie sees another side of his new bride and discovers that she's a wild child with a sketchy past and an insatiable desire for rough sex. Moral of that story: talk to your fiancee about things like money and sex before taking the plunge. Seems easy enough. Anyway, in Cabo Eddie meets a real dreamgirl, Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), who is vacationing with her family. They hit it off, but Eddie refrains from telling Miranda and her fam that he's married. The lies! The lies are so funny! To find out more, read more

The script, a remake of Neil Simon's 1972 version, is actually somewhat clever - some offensive fat jokes and the implication that illegal immigration is laugh-out-loud hilarious (or at least it is when a white guy does it!) notwithstanding. Many of the characters are great, and the actors playing them are even better. Rob Corddry, Malin Akerman and Jerry Stiller (playing, adorably, Eddie's dad) particularly stand out.

My biggest problem with the whole thing is Ben Stiller who, coasting on his former success with similar fare like There's Something About Mary, seems to think that he can now phone it in and audiences will stupidly gobble up anything he does. He doesn't bother with things like changing his expression (ever) or putting any sort of earnestness into his delivery. He seems to shrug at us, "Why bother?" He gets paid either way. Stiller aside, however, as yet another Farrelly Brothers comedy, the movie gets the job done.

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Ben Stiller, Queefs, and The Heartbreak Kid

GiggleSugar — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:00:00 -0700

The following scene is from Ben Stiller's upcoming flick, The Heartbreak Kid. I must admit that even I am a bit hesitant to bring this topic up for discussion, but if Stiller and company have the nerve to throw it in theaters, then so be it. What exactly is a queef? Click here to find out. I cannot bring myself to tell you.

Ben Stiller Premieres The Heartbreak Kid

PopSugar — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:02:00 -0700

Last night in LA Ben Stiller and lots of cute ladies came out for the premiere of his latest comedy, The Heartbreak Kid. Christine Taylor looked beautiful in basic black along with her husband's costars Malin Akerman and Michelle Monaghan while Emmanuelle wins best dressed for standing out from the pack in her cute nude mini dress. The film reunites Stiller with The Farrelly Brothers (hello Something About Mary). Ben's been busy directing Tropic Thunder in Hawaii and just recast Owen's role with Matthew McConaughey. Ben recently talked to Ellen about his good friend and said, "He's doing really well. "I sort of like to protect his privacy, 'cause I feel like it's his own thing. But he's a really good friend of mine. He's an incredible guy and I wish him as everybody does, all the best."

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Images include Rob Corddry, Sandra Corddry, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Cybill Shepherd, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Malin Akerman and Larry David.

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Fall Movie Preview: Funny Ha-Ha

BuzzSugar — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:30:00 -0700

Well it's post-Labor Day September, folks, so the summertime movie season is officially over. Now we have a whole new crop of films to check out in the coming chillier months, so in preparation for that, I'm giving you little glimpses of this fall and winter's must-see movies with my Fall Movie Preview series. Today's roundup includes the season's comedies that will hopefully be less funny-awkward and more funny-ha-ha.

Be Kind Rewind
While I think Jack Black's movies can be pretty hit-or-miss, the trailer for Be Kind Rewind made me laugh out loud. This was also due to Mos Def's natural comedic charm, however, so if this film is successful when it opens December 21, it will definitely be a team win. The story follows video store employees Jerry (Black) and Mike (Mos Def) whose videos all become erased. To appease the customers, the duo shoot brief, low-budget versions of the original movies which go on to become hugely popular in the town.

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Run, Fat Boy, Run
Simon Pegg is hilarious. Hank Azaria is hilarious. Michael Ian Black is hilarious. And David Schwimmer is... the guy who played Ross on "Friends." In all seriousness, this movie looks promising if only because of the bizarre collection of people who worked on it: Pegg stars in the movie (that Michael Ian Black wrote and Schwimmer directed) as a hapless dude who leaves his pregnant fiancee (Thandie Newton) at the altar. Years later when he realizes she was the love of his life, he decides to woo her away from her new man (Azaria) by running his first marathon. Check out the very funny trailer. Run, Fat Boy, Run opens October 26.

Walk Hard
This summer has trained us to regard anything Judd Apatow touches as a priceless gem, though Walk Hard, a spoof on the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, looks a little iffier than some of Apatow's more recent successes. The good thing is, Jenna Fischer stars as the June Carter-Cash-type character opposite John C. Reilly. You can make up your mind about Walk Hard if you check out the trailer. The comedy opens December 21.

The Brothers Solomon
I love me some Will Arnett, so I can't wait to see The Brothers Solomon in which Arnett stars alongside Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and - again - Jenna Fischer. The two Wills play brothers who vow to produce a grandchild for their dying father, no matter what it takes. The preview features some great moments, so check that out before The Brothers Solomon hits theaters this Friday September 7.

The Heartbreak Kid
Oh, Ben Stiller... will the dorky-cute movie characters you play ever find love? Stiller is back to doing the rom-com thing in The Heartbreak Kid which finds him gray-haired and impulsively marrying "the perfect woman" - despite hardly knowing her. While on their honeymoon, he discovers there's much more than meets the eye with his new lady, and simultaneously regrets his marital choice while meeting the real woman of his dreams. The kid starts breaking hearts October 5.

Mr. Woodcock
Admittedly, I'm not sure how great this comedy looks from the trailer, so I'm hoping it proves me wrong. Susan Sarandon plays Beverly who is about to remarry. To her son John's (Sean William Scott) dismay, however, her husband-to-be is John's former gym coach (played by Billy Bob Thornton) who made his life hell. John resolves to prevent the union at all costs. Oh, and the gym teacher's name is Mr. Woodcock. Get it? It sounds phallic. Hopefully there's more to the jokes than just that when the movie opens September 14.

Moving McAllister
The trailer for this weird little indie comedy didn't exactly make me fall down laughing, but it looks sweet and silly nonetheless. Mila Kunis, Jon Heder and Ben Gourley star in this road trip movie in which Gourley plays a straight-laced corporate guy who goes on a journey with the free-spirited Rick (Heder) and Michelle (Kunis) and learns how to loosen up. Moving McAllister hits theaters September 14.

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Run, Fat Boy, Run image source
The Brothers Solomon photo courtesy of Sony Pictures
The Heartbreak Kid photo courtesy of Paramount
Mr. Woodcock photo courtesy of New Line Cinema

Rewind: This Week's Buzz

BuzzSugar — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:00:00 -0700

The best parts of the week were when you weighed in, so check out my polls:

If Ocean needed a fourteenth person and that person were a woman, which lady could play Ocean's Fourteenth?
Do you have any interest in Eli Roth's torture-horror film Hostel: Part II?
Would you get busy with Seth Rogen? Yes, I mean in that way.
What is this summer's song?

And in other news...

Check out the top ten summer TV shows you should keep an eye on.
Feist has a cool remix of her song "The Gatekeeper."
Clive Owen is back to doing his "protect the baby" thing (and looks damn fine doing it, again) in Shoot 'Em Up.
"Grey's Anatomy" fans: T.R. Knight will be back for another season along with a pay increase, while Isaiah Washington was just fired from the show. Tell me: Will you miss Dr. Burke?
Both Rilo Kiley and The B52s are working on new albums! Separately, that is.

First Look: The Heartbreak Kid

BuzzSugar — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:29:00 -0700

It may not be coming out until October, but the trailer for the Farrelly brothers' next movie The Heartbreak Kid recently hit the Web and has started to stir up some buzz. Ben Stiller is back to doing adult comedy again, and it looks like he's matured a bit lately. Actually, he looks a little tired. He plays commitment-phobic Eddie who decides to suddenly take the plunge and marry Lila (Malin Akerman), who seems like the perfect woman. Of course, nobody's perfect, though, and Eddie starts to discover his dream girl is more of a nightmare. Rob Corddry plays Eddie's supportive friend, which is awesome. To see a graying Ben Stiller still doing the rom-com thing, read more

Photo courtesy of Paramount

Glee-ful Highlights and Video From Episode "Ballad"

BuzzSugar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:45:00 -0800

Maybe it's because Glee set the bar so high last week, or maybe it's the lack of Sue, but this week's episode just didn't do it for me. There are plenty of catchy tunes, but Rachel's all-of-a-sudden crush on Mr. Schue seems a bit forced, and it seems ridiculous that Will and Emma are best buddies again with no mention of their dramatic encounters from a few weeks ago.

It does have some touching moments (along with some sad ones) for Finn and Quinn, so to get into it just read more.

Mr Schue has the glee kids draw names out of a hat and assigns each pair a ballad to help them profess their feelings. He shoots himself in the foot when he throws his own name into the ring and Rachel draws it. One spot-on duet of "Endless Love" later, Rachel's found herself a brand new crush to distract her from her feelings for Finn. I liked this plot line, but something about it felt a bit too forced, like the writers just squeezed it in to have Mr. Schue sing his mash-up. I did kind of love when Terri has Rachel clean the bathroom, though, and when Emma and Rachel are equally goo-goo eyed over Mr. Schue's mini-performance. Speaking of Emma, aren't she and Will supposed to be trying to stay away from each other?

Watch Rachel and Mr. Schue gaze into each other's eyes here:

Quinn and Finn's situation comes to a head this week, and both end up breaking the news to their parents. Well, actually, Finn breaks the news to Quinn's parents via a dinner table performance of Paul Anka's "(You're) Having My Baby." While Quinn's parents are heartbreakingly unsupportive, Finn's mom takes the kids in when Quinn has nowhere else to go. The rest of the gleeks profess their own love for the couple with a rendition of "Lean on Me" which is super cheesy, but necessary after the harsh scene with Quinn's parents.
Puck finally breaks down and admits to Mercedes that he's the father of Quinn's baby. Mercedes doesn't even ask questions - just tells Puck that he's already done enough and to back off. Though Puck is staying away for now, it seems like the cat's out of the bag. Plus, did you catch the smirk he makes at Quinn at the end of the episode?

How'd you feel about this week's episode? Do you like the newfound bond between Finn and Kurt? Is Finn's dedication to a sonogram a little over the top? Sound off in the comments below, or create your own posts, recaps, polls and more in the Glee Club community group!

Photos courtesy of Fox