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Movie Preview: Despicable Me, Starring Lots of Famous Voices

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:56 -0800

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. And while I sort of wish we could see them all acting together in the flesh instead of just lending their voices, their involvement really has me hyped.

The story follows the world's No. 2 villain Gru (Carell) on his plot to steal the moon - a plan that gets thwarted by three little orphan girls who challenge his evil ways when they want him to be their dad. The trailer doesn't reveal much, but I'm sure we'll get more footage as we near the June release date. In the meantime, check out the cute preview when you read more.

Ryan Reynolds Has a Few Words to Share

PopSugar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:30:08 -0700

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.

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Internet Compares Gov. Jindal to 30 Rock's Kenneth the Page

LibertySugar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:30:54 -0800

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

Molly — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:00:03 -0800

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. Hopefully they all spent Monday morning recovering because it was a late award night for some. Now it's back to work for the cast, with an extra spring in their step thanks to yet another win.

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Sunday Funnies: 30 Rock's Kenneth Raps "Top That"

BuzzSugar — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:30:06 -0800

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!" Here's the clip:

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Tina Starts to Wrap Up Her Very Good Year

PopSugar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:30:00 -0800

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. It's hard to top all the accolades she's received over the past 12 months, but she's ready to kick off 2009 on the right foot.

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Weekend Reading: Representing the Peacock as a Page

BuzzSugar — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:30:00 -0700

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.

It's a fun story and definitely worth the read. Have you ever dreamed of being an NBC page?

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Jack McBrayer Touches Mariah Carey's Body

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:31:43 -0800

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. Only a 40-second snippet has leaked so far, but here's hoping we'll see the whole Brett Ratner-directed video soon. What's that? Yup, Ratner's involved, too. I don't know whose idea this was, but it's strangely brilliant.

To check out McBrayer as Mariah's hunka hunka burning love, just read more.

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TV Tonight: "My Boys" Returns

BuzzSugar — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:30:00 -0700

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. Plus, the show, all about a woman named PJ who writes for the sports section of the Chicago Sun-Times was deeply fond of using sports puns to reflect the action, which is rarely interesting and especially grating after the zillionth time ("Sometimes you just strike out!").

However, I have to admit that having seen the first few episodes of this next season, which starts tonight on TBS at 10:00 PM, the show has improved. For starters, they've given the character of Stephanie (played by Kellee Stewart), PJ's one girly friend more screen time, more dimension and far more funny lines than she ever had before, which is a pleasant surprise. I shocked myself by actually laughing out loud at some of Stephanie's lines. For another thing, they did well to bring in some new comedians, such as Nicole Sullivan who you probably know mostly from "Mad TV" and Sierra Mist commercials, and there's even a funny cameo by "30 Rock"'s Jack McBrayer in the second episode. And they did reduce the number of sports puns to a just mildly annoying degree.

I don't know that this will become one of my regular shows to catch, but I will begrudgingly cease to ridicule it quite so much. You can watch all 13 episodes of the first season on the "My Boys" website before the new season begins tonight.

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Rewind: This Week's Buzz

BuzzSugar — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:13:20 -0700

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? Well, "Say hello to your friends! (Babysitters Club!) Say hello to the people who care!" over at the BSC Headquarters blog.
Even if you're not planning a wedding, this wedding reception playlist is a whole lotta fun.

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