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Movie Preview: Despicable Me, Starring Lots of Famous Voices
The same guys who brought us the Ice Age franchise are back to create another potential hit with the 3-D CGI Despicable Me. Seems like every animated movie nowadays wrangles A-list names, but the Despicable roster is even starrier than most. Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Mindy Kaling, Jack McBrayer — it's like a laundry list of my favorite comedy people.
Ryan Reynolds Has a Few Words to Share
Ryan Reynolds took the stage at Club Largo in LA last night to do a reading for Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words. He was joined by other celebs like Matthew Perry to read from memoirs of fellow Hollywood stars that may not have been intended as funny but take on a new meaning when read aloud to the audience. Ryan and his big smile provided lots of laughs, and we're excited to see his sense of humor this weekend in The Proposal.
Internet Compares Gov. Jindal to 30 Rock's Kenneth the Page
Yet another 30 Rocker has taken on the Republicans. I almost hope Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal, stays in the spotlight so we can see more of Jack McBrayer's (aka Kenneth the page) imitation. (Besides, Jindal's exorcism story hasn't even hit the mainstream yet.) Check out "Jack McBrayer's response to the Internet response to the Republican response to the President's address to Congress" in this preview clip from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
Tina and 30 Rockers Are Experts at Traveling With Statues
At this point LAX knows when the cast of 30 Rock is coming through expect a few large metal objects to be hiding somewhere in their bags. After Sunday's SAG win, Tina kept her Actor out of plain view, but Tracy Morgan held his high and proud. The cast won for being the best ensemble and it looks like they travel in a pack as well — high fives and all.
Sunday Funnies: 30 Rock's Kenneth Raps "Top That"
If you could draw a Venn diagram with cheesy '80s movie lovers in one circle and 30 Rock fans in the other, I'm pretty sure the intersection would be this week's "Senor Macho Solo" episode, which featured the endearingly dweeby Kenneth Parcells (Jack McBrayer) rapping the "Top That" song from Teen Witch. Only this time, I'm pretty sure nobody was exclaiming, "I'm so embarrassed. Look how funky he is!"
Tina Starts to Wrap Up Her Very Good Year
Tina Fey hit the streets of NYC on Monday to film 30 Rock with her costar Jack McBrayer. It's been quite a year for the Vanity Fair cover girl, who is currently leading the pack as your pick for Favorite Female Celebrity of 2008. Tina's got many more reasons to smile — on top of being one of Barbara Walter's most fascinating people, her show has been nominated for three Golden Globes, including one for her in the category of Best Actress, and she's your favorite comedic movie actress of 2008.
Weekend Reading: Representing the Peacock as a Page
Kenneth on 30 Rock might lack common sense, but he must be quite extraordinary if he's nabbed a page job at NBC. The New York Times recently profiled the page program for a story that includes interviews with current pages, famous pages (Regis Philbin, Ted Koppel), and Jack McBrayer, whose 30 Rock character is probably the best-known fictional page of all time.
Among the things I learned from the story:
- The page program is 10 times as competitive as admission to Harvard.
- Pages get a 75-page handbook full of NBC trivia, most of which they're supposed to memorize, and they have to pass a test at the end of orientation.
- About 70 percent of pages end up with jobs at NBC by the end of the program.
- Ted Koppel claims that when he was a page, he dated his way through the Rockettes.
- The real NBC pages recently got snazzy gray uniforms, which means Kenneth's look might be getting an update as well.
Jack McBrayer Touches Mariah Carey's Body
You know how sometimes folks who are famous for very different reasons end up doing some project together, and you can't quite imagine how they even ended up knowing each other's names, much less collaborating? That's how I'm feeling about the video for Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body," featuring 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer as the object of Miss Mariah's lust.
You know how I feel about Jack, and it's hilarious to watch his Kenneth the Page-like nerdy character become Mariah's fantasy boy toy — whether he's being spanked, having a pillow fight, or even catching a frisbee in his mouth like a puppy.
TV Tonight: "My Boys" Returns
Okay, I know that last year I kinda hated on the TBS original comedy "My Boys." A lot. And I maintain that it's obnoxious to say that being a laid-back, funny, down-to-earth girl with a few guy friends necessarily means that you can't get a boyfriend because guys are, according to this show, thoroughly turned off by confident girls who like sports.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- Jack McBrayer plays Kenneth on "30 Rock," and I got to interview him!
- Admittedly, the new Harry Potter trailer looks amazing.
- If you're creative and into Bjork, you can make a music video for her.
- Have you read about my sudden love for "Shear Genius"? Or my thoughts on this week's episode?
- If you think up new actors for "The Brady Bunch", I might just send you a BuzzSugar t-shirt.
- Will Alec Baldwin's recent antics turn you away from enjoying his work on screen? Talk to me.
- Did you grow up with the Babysitters Club books like I did?
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