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Jason Bateman: Booze and Drugs Were Like "French Fries and Ketchup"

Funnyman Jason Bateman says his struggle with drugs and alcohol in the 1990s was "like Risky Business for 10 years."

"I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well," Bateman told Details.

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The 40-year-old former child star (The Hogan Family, Silver Spoons) said his substance abuse nearly destroyed his ... read full article

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Season 15, Episode 8: Jason became the youngest member inducted into the Directors Guild.
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Jason Bateman: Booze and Drugs Were Like "French Fries and Ketchup"

Funnyman Jason Bateman says his struggle with drugs and alcohol in the 1990s was "like Risky Business for 10 years."

"I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well," Bateman told Details.

Check out photos of Bateman through the years

The 40-year-old former child star (The Hogan Family, Silver Spoons) said his substance abuse nearly destroyed his ... read more

Jason Bateman to Boss George Clooney Around

Jason Bateman isn't hurting for work while the Arrested Development flick is in, uh, development.

The actor has joined Up for Air, an adaptation of the Walter Kern novel that will reunite him with Juno director Jason Reitman, reports Variety. George Clooney stars, as a corporate bigwig who is obsessed with accumulating frequent-flyer miles. Bateman plays ...
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Aniston, Bateman to Make a Baby Together

Jason Bateman is going to father Jennifer Aniston's child — onscreen.  The actors have signed on to star in the baby-making romantic comedy The Baster, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

Aniston will star as Kassie, a woman who decides to undergo artificial insemination. When her BFF Wally (Bateman) learns of this, he ...
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Michael Cera Holding Up Arrested Development Movie

The long-awaited Arrested Development movie is happening — but it's currently arrested in development by one of its own.

Michael Cera, aka George Michael Bluth, is the sole cast member who has yet to sign on to the big-screen feature, E! Online reports.

"I know he's thinking about it," Jason Bateman said while promoting his new animated Fox series, Sit Down, Shut Up (premieres April 19 at 8:30 pm/ET). "And we're all awaiting some finality to all of that so ...
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Jason Bateman: Arrested Development Movie Coming

Finally, an Arrested Development movie is in the offing."It's in the works," costar Jason Bateman told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann last night. "The grown-ups are trying to work out the numbers."He also told the Times of London the movie version — slated for a 2009 release — will have a different feel than the TV series: "When it was on TV, if you missed one word the whole third act could be blown for you. And TV is a different experience. You come home and you've got to finish a call so you miss the first ten minutes or you get snacky and you go to the fridge and you miss another two minutes, so it's a different experience to film." — J.R. WhalenRelated:• Shut. Up! Arrested Development Alums Get Animated• Arrested Development Movie Is "A Good Possibility" read more

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