For Adam Sandler fans, seeing the comedian in Bedtime Stories may come as a surprise. Stripped of mature jokes and references (well, mostly), the fantastical, family movie focuses on a down-and-out hotel handyman who begins to achieve his dreams through his imagination.
For Adam Sandler, the prospect of making a Disney movie meant he finally had a movie he could take his children to see.
"I've always wanted to do a family movie," the father of two told press a recent Saturday. "I wanted to make sure that I made one movie in my career that mothers hugged me for."
As Skeeter, a man whose dreams of... More, after the jump.
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MTV has released the much-hyped promotional spots from this year's Video Music Awards host, Russell Brand, and Britney Spears — and they should assuage any lingering doubts about Brit's connection to reality. As previously reported, the ads feature Brand and Spears sitting in front of an elephant, whose presence in the proverbial room is a nod to the pop star's performance debacle at the 2007 awards. This year's event, set to air Sunday, Sept. 7 (9 pm/ET), is already off to an auspicious start, with Spears handling the spots — below, and here — with ease. Do you agree?
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First they take over the lead in every new drama series, and now they're barging in on Jack Black's turf. British comedian Russell Brand, who made his mark Stateside as Kristen Bell's Eurotrash rocker-beau in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (and wowed the late-night crowd with a recent Conan O'Brien visit), has been tapped by MTV to host the 2008 Video Music Awards. This year's kudoscast will air live from the Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on Sept. 7.Fans can log onto VMA.MTV.com to vote in several categories. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Cheers & Jeers: Cheers to Conan's "Brand" Awareness
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Cheers to Russell Brand for an instant-classic appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The bad-boy British stand-up, best known in this country for his outlandish role as rocker Aldous Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, opened his hyperkinetic segment by comparing coifs with the carrot-topped host: "We could build an arch of hair across the Atlantic uniting our two countries...We'd make a mockery of Lindbergh's achievements!" His verbal torrent continued with uproarious anecdotes about meeting the Queen ("a little part of me was thinking, 'Grab her boobs!'") and feuding with Rod Stewart ("a man who in his prime wore leopard-skin tights on a daily basis"). Conan concluded by calling Brand "the funniest person I've talked to in a long time" — and if you don't believe it, type "Russell Brand" and "Conan" into YouTube and laugh for yourself. • Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Chee...
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Kristen Bell and her Forgetting Sarah Marshall costar Russell Brand have jumped to an early lead in the annual "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" poll, hosted by PETA.org. A longtime vegetarian, Bell has said she has "a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddle with from the animals on my plate," while Brand went "that way" at age 14 and has "never regretted it."Other TV-familiar faces in the running for this year's meat-free crown include Hayden Panettiere, Emily Deschanel, Milo Ventimiglia and Lake Bell. (And yes, Ausiello made the short list again.) Past winners include Idol Carrie Underwood, Natalie Portman and Alicia Silverstone.
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