Seth Rogen and James Franco
What would appear to be one prerequisite for scoring a membership in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences? Working with Judd Apatow.
Frequent Apatow collaborators Seth Rogen, James Franco, Michael Cera, Paul Rudd and Jane Lynch are among the 134 industry names invited to join the elite Hollywood club this year. As members, they would enjoy voting privileges for all future Oscar ceremonies. (Apatow himself was invited to join AMPAS last year.)
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Paul Rudd is a funny guy, and if you've seen Role Models, The 40-Year-Old Virgin or Wet Hot American Summer, you know he's extremely capable of making fun of himself for laughs; whether it's by playing a total a-hole, a loser-in-love or by donning hideous cutoffs and a mustache. His other comedic forte is his deadpan mockery of the constant dumbasses his characters come across — including SmartTech manager in Virgin and whack-job community service manager in Role Models both played by the hilarious Jane Lynch. Unfortunately, none of those talents were really used during his guest host stint Saturday Night Live. Best go see Role Models instead. There were a few choice moments throughout the show, and many of them revolved around a surprise guest! More after the jump!
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David Strathairn by Jason Kempin/WireImage.com and Mary Louise Parker by Ron Galella/WireImage.com
An A-List dream gaggle of actors including David Strathairn Alan Alda Jeff Daniels Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd are attached to join James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in the beatnik biopic HowlThe 1950s-era tale that hopefully will feature lots of tight black clothes berets and drum-beating will focus on the obscenity trial to censor Ginsbergs progressive and controversial book-length poem The project was pitched by the Allen Ginsberg Trust as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Howl says The Hollywood ReporterGus Van Sant Good Will Hunting will executive produce the project that will highlight real-life characters including prosecuting attorney Ralph McIntosh Strathairn Judge Clayton Horn Alda prosecution witness Professor David Kirk Daniels radio personality and prosecution witness Gail Potter Parker and literary critic and defense witness Luther Nichols Rudd Telling Pictures documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will m
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Jaime Pressly by Barry King/WireImage.com
My Name Is Earls Jaime Pressly has been added to the cast of the DreamWorks comedy I Love You Man which stars Paul Rudd and How I Met Your Mothers Jason SegelAccording to the Hollywood Reporter Presslys character is the best friend of Rashida JonesThe Office Unhitched who plays Rudds fiance When Rudd realizes he has no friends to be groomsmen in his wedding he starts going on man-dates to find his best man eventually choosing SegelJohn Hamburg Along Came Polly is writing and directing the flick which should begin shooting this spring Adam Bryant
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Per the Hollywood Reporter, Eva Mendes is joining Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Keke Palmer and Christa Campbell in Cleaner, a thriller being directed by Renny Harlin.... Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott give "horribly immoral advice" to youths in Big Brothers, a comedy about a pair of wild beer-company reps who are forced to perform community service as mentors.... Bob Hoskins is a policeman in Doomsday, a thriller about his attempts to quarantine a lethal virus.
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Carlos Alazraqui, Reno 911!
From Barney Fife to Barney Miller, cops and comedy have made hysterical bedfellows. Comedy Central's cult hit Reno 911! is proof that the bumbling-police shtick remains in fine hands. The mostly improvised series plays its Cops-like parody for plenty of white-trash gags and silly sexual innuendos. Comic Carlos Alazraqui, who plays dim-witted deputy James Garcia, took a few moments away from World Cup action to lay down the law with TVGuide.com about his screwy series arriving on DVD this week, what the new season promises, and what's up with these modern Keystone Kops hitting movie screens. TVGuide.com: So, Reno 911! — The Complete Third Season is here on DVD.Carlos Alazraqui: Yeah, and fans will love the
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Jane Lynch, Lovespring International
Who put the overly amorous boss from The 40 Year Old Virgin in charge of a dating service?! Part of the credit goes to Will & Grace's Eric McCormack, one of the executive producers of the Lifetime series Lovespring International (premiering tonight at 11 pm/ET). In this improv comedy, Jane Lynch plays Victoria, the head of an "elite Beverly Hills" dating service... based out of Tarzana, California... whose staffers are as pathetic as its pretend pedigree. At the
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Paul Rudd
Not anxious to brave the roads this long holiday weekend? IFC has the perfect compromise: Wanderlust (premiering May 29 at 9 pm/ET), an original documentary detailing Hollywood's many and great road movies, with insightful commentary from such heavyweights as Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider), Alexander Payne (
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Oscar winner Julia Roberts — and costars Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd, for that matter — is conspicuously MIA, save for her name, from the posters for Three Days of Rain, the drama in which she will make her Broadway debut on March 28. "I'm baffled," a theater insider tells the New York Daily News. "You've got the hottest woman on the planet and two hot boys. Why not use them?" Chip Kidd, who designed the ad, says the image of a puddle reflection captures the play "in a subtle way." Kidd adds, "The fact that everyone agreed that Julia's face didn't need to be on it... shows a tremendous amount of confidence in the material."
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Speaking of Hazel and Phinnaeus' mom, Kitchen Confidential's Bradley Cooper and The 40 Year Old Virgin's Paul Rudd will be Julia Roberts' costars when she makes her Broadway debut in a revival of Three Days of Rain, beginning previews March 28.
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