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Apr 13 2012 04:56 PM ET

Nancy Meyers to direct Tina Fey in 'The Intern,' Felicity Jones in 'The Chelsea'

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Nancy Meyers, director of popular films about women of a certain age in white turtlenecks, is currently attached to two new projects, Deadline reports. The first is The Chelsea, an ensemble movie set in Manhattan’s Chelsea Apartments. Like Crazy actress Felicity Jones is attached to star.

The other project is The Intern, a comedy for Paramount that will star Tina Fey as the founder of an online company that hires a senior citizen as an intern. There’s no word who will play the septuagenarian hire, but it’s safe to assume it will be a big name. Meyers worked with Fey’s 30 Rock costar Alec Baldwin on her last film, It’s Complicated, and she will direct from her own script. This shouldn’t be confused with The Internship, the recently announced comedy that will reunite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson and will probably be more Coors Light than chardonnay.

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Apr 12 2012 01:42 PM ET

'The Cabin in the Woods': How Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's 'insane frolic' became the year's most buzzed-about fright flick

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“I still smell the blood in my sleep,” says Drew Goddard. The filmmaker is talking about the psychic aftershocks of shooting his debut movie, The Cabin in the Woods, a horror comedy he co-wrote with Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and Avengers director Joss Whedon. That Goddard’s subconscious is still haunted is testament to the volume of fake red stuff in his movie, which is released tomorrow and stars Chris Hemsworth, Bradley Whitford, and Richard Jenkins. Why? Because Goddard shot Cabin in Vancouver way back in 2009, only to see its release delayed by more than two years due to the bankruptcy of the film’s original studio, MGM. That’s long enough for Hemsworth to have played the role of Thor twice, the second time in Whedon’s Avengers, which arrives in cinemas just three weeks after Cabin. “We shot the film and had an amazing time,” says the Australian actor. “Then it disappeared for three years.”

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Apr 5 2012 08:00 AM ET

It was inevitable: MAD Magazine's parody of 'The Hunger Games' -- EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK

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It is a tradition that stretches back decades, a ritual of ruthless public mortification that children and children-at-heart have gleefully gobbled up from sea to shining sea. I’m speaking, of course, of the MAD Magazine parody, the venerable humor magazine’s take-no-prisoners tweak of massive pop-cultural events in which nothing is sacred. And in this exclusive first look, we can see what happened when MAD‘s Alfred E. Neuman set his sights on The Hunger Games — or, as MAD puts it, The Hunger Pains.

First thing I noticed from this parody, written by Desmond Devlin, and drawn by artist Tom Richmond: MAD‘s Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark — sorry, that’s Katfood Aspercreme and Meatwad Stretchmark — look like the Capitol fashioned a “muttation” of Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson crossed with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The result, as one would expect, is horrifying. Check out the first four pages of the parody below — keeping in mind it comes from the April 24 issue of MAD, entitled “The 50 Worst Things About America.”

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Apr 3 2012 02:58 PM ET

'To Rome With Love' trailer: Neurosis, Italian style

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Woody Allen’s upcoming To Rome With Love may have gone through several names (the intriguing Nero Fiddled, the unfortunate The Bop Decameron), and it’s not entirely surprising considering what we see in the quip-heavy, plot-light trailer. Still, if you’re looking for a dyed-in-the-wool Woody Allen movie, look no further. It has everything from the loving travelogue aesthetic to the requisite slew of saucy women as objects of fascination-slash-titillation (notably Ellen Page and Oscar-winning Vicky Cristina Barcelona holdover Penélope Cruz), not to mention Allen himself and his Dorian Gray doppelganger Jesse Eisenberg. Roberto Benigni even shows up for the party. Ciao, principe! Check out the promo spot below. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 2 2012 11:45 AM ET

'Ted': Mark Wahlberg on the hilarious white-trash name scene in Seth MacFarlane's first film -- RED BAND TRAILER

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Somewhere between The Hangover and The Tooth Fairy — or, more aptly, between Family Guy and Walt Disney – lies Ted, the feature film directing debut from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. About John, a grown man (Mark Wahlberg), and Ted, the adorable teddy bear his childhood wish brought to life (voiced by MacFarlane), the film aims to tell the story of what happens after the happily-ever-after ending of most family-friendly fairy tales. According to the red-band trailer that hit the web on Sunday, that apparently includes pot smoking, some profane dating advice, and John and Ted cowering from a thunderstorm in bed with John’s girlfriend (Mila Kunis) while singing their comfort song with the rousing chorus, “F— you, thunder!”

In other words, Ted is that lifelong best buddy who keeps you from fully entering adulthood. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t a crapload of fun — like when he goads John into unspooling a litany of white trash girls’ names. You need to see it to believe it; watch the NSFW trailer below:  READ FULL STORY »

Mar 30 2012 11:27 AM ET

New 'Three Stooges' trailer goes viral... literally -- VIDEO

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The new Three Stooges trailer is no laughing matter. According to the (faux) PSA, three in six billion people suffer from being a Stooge. Luckily, there’s a pill for that: Stoogesta. No word yet on whether this terrible affliction (symptoms include cross-dressing, impaired vision, and general freak-outs) is contagious. Just in case, you can educate yourself after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 29 2012 12:00 PM ET

A Visit From the 'Goon' Squad: How a hockey player who 'couldn't skate worth s--' became the subject of a sports biopic

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When 23-year-old Doug Smith first tried out for a professional ice hockey team, the East Coast Hockey League’s Carolina Thunderbirds, in October 1988, he knew his chances were slim. For one thing, Smith had never put on a pair of skates until he was 19. For another, well, there’s really no need for another reason. If you want to play hockey, it’s a good idea to learn to skate around the same time you learn to walk. When Wayne Gretzky was 19, for example, the so-called “Great One” won the first of eight consecutive Most Valuable Player awards in the National Hockey League. Though Smith had practiced hard in the four years since he first laced up his skates, he was no Wayne Gretzky. Far from it. This fact was bluntly confirmed by the Thunderbirds coaches. “They said, ‘The goddamn goalies are beating you, in full equipment, in drills’,” recalls Smith, who was cut after a few days of training camp. “ ‘You can’t skate worth s—’,” he was told.

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Mar 28 2012 09:41 PM ET

'Anchorman' Ron Burgundy announces sequel plans on 'Conan'

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Ron Burgundy and his mustache traveled all the way from the 1970s to do three things tonight:

1.) Play some kick-ass jazz flute on TBS’s Conan.

2.) Tell Conan O’Brien he looks like he’s dying.

3.) Announce that his 2004 movie, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, is now getting a sequel.

UPDATED: EW found out just who will be back for the sequel, and when it will get underway.

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Mar 28 2012 05:21 PM ET

'Neighborhood Watch': Ben Stiller and Shawn Levy on how the Trayvon Martin case affects their film

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In comedy, timing is everything. And right now, in light of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, it’s hard to imagine worse timing for a comedy called Neighborhood Watch, even if the movie is about four volunteer crime fighters (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade) battling space aliens. Yesterday, Fox pulled posters and the teaser trailer for the film from Florida, where, on Feb. 26, a real-life neighborhood watch captain shot and killed an unarmed African-American teenager, sparking nationwide protests.

“We are very sensitive to what’s going on,” Neighborhood Watch producer Shawn Levy tells EW. “But other than the name of the organization, there is zero overlap between the movie and what’s going on in Florida. It’s very much a comedy that pits regular guys against a non-Earthly foe.” Levy says there have so far been no discussions about whether to postpone the film’s July 27 release, but it sounds like at least one of the stars would prefer the show go on as scheduled. “You’re talking to the guy who had the first comedy out after 9/11,” says Stiller. “We just put Zoolander out there. There were questions about whether it was too early for a comedy, but we couldn’t find a reason why there shouldn’t be a comedy in the world.”

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Fox pulls ‘Neighborhood Watch’ poster and trailer in light of Trayvon Martin’s death
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Geraldo Rivera apologizes for Trayvon Martin remarks

Mar 28 2012 09:49 AM ET

‘The Dictator’ trailer: Sacha Baron Cohen, de-bearded and stranded in NYC!

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Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming comedy The Dictator has kept the details of its plot relatively obscure until now, as the just-released second trailer duly shines light on what appears to be yet another fish out of water story by the writer and star of Bruno and Borat.

The Dictator stars the notorious prankster as General Aladeen, a maligned foreign despot who is kidnapped, shaved and abandoned in New York City during a visit to the United States. Beardless and unrecognizable, he wanders the streets until he is rescued and given a job at a green supermarket by a pixie-haired, eco-friendly Anna Faris. Watch the trailer below: READ FULL STORY »

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