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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to co-host the Oscars

Liam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:33:19 +0000

Earlier today Deadline Hollywood reported that Oscar producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic asked Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. to co-host the 82nd Oscar ceremony as a duo, which would have been schweeeeeet. But they said no. So now they’ve gone for their second option, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards®, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today. “We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars,” said Shankman and Mechanic. “Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event.”
“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin.
“I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Baldwin.

I doubt there will be any singing and dancing with Beyonce this time, however I’m sure the pair will be comedy gold. The event will take place on March 7th 2010.

Ben Stiller To Direct A Serious Movie?

Liam — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:55:16 +0000

According to THR, comedy actor Ben Stiller is in early talks to direct The Trial of the Chicago 7, a movie Steven Spielberg pulled out of directing because he was busy with Tintin. Earlier this year The Bourne Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass was apparently interested in directing, but it seems nothing came of that.

Stiller has directed Zoolander and Tropic Thunder so he kinda knows what he’s doing. But can he direct a movie about the 1968 Democratic convention riots and their aftermath? A move that will most likely contain few jokes and no Owen Wilson?

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Poster

Liam — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:12:58 +0000

Cinematical have received an exclusive poster for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

The film, which stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen and Jada Pinkett Smith, follows our animal friends as they hatch a plan to get back to New York; more specifically, Central Park. However, when they attempt to fly themselves out, the crew accidentally crash land in the wildest place of all — the vast plains of Africa itself. While there, they’ll get a better feel for their roots, as well as the difference between life in the concrete jungle and life on the world’s second largest continent. But with danger right around the corner, will this family reunion be cut short a little too soon? And will our heroes ever return home?

Coolness: Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. On American Idol

Liam — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:41:10 +0000

Did anyone watch the final of American Idol last night? I know I didn’t. However, I did hear that Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. did some promotional thing for Tropic Thunder. The trio were backing singers/dancers for Gladys Knight singing “Midnight Train to Georgia”.

Check it out below!

New Tropic Thunder Trailer!

Liam — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:28:45 +0000

I like the fact that Ben Stiller hasn’t fallen into the Will Ferrell trap by playing the same character in every single movie, just with a different setting. I also like that fact that Ben Stiller has finally made a movie I am looking forward to. If movies were based on the cast then Tropic Thunder could be up for an Academy Award next year. We have Jack Black doing what he does best, and the new King of Hollywood, Robert Downey Jr, who has taken a unique career movie by playing a black man. Can he be the next Samuel L Jackson? I believe so! He says motherf**ker enough anyway!

You can watch the trailer by clicking here! (Its an R-Rated trailer so there’s one of those age restriction things)

New Tropic Thunder Posters!

Liam — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:13:12 +0000

Cinematical got a look at three new posters for Tropic Thunder. I haven’t been following this film all that much, all I know is that Owen Wilson was going to be in it until he tried to kill himself, Ben Stiller wrote it and is directing it, (so now he can tell himself how to play himself in yet another movie where he plays himself), and that Robert Downey, Jr is playing a black man. From all of this controversy/publicity stunting I am not sure the movie actually needs posters, be we have them none the less. Check them out below.