It was only a matter of time before someone entrusted the man with a movie camera. This is his first feature film and it’s called “Ted”.

Rather than lending his very unique voice to cartoon characters, MacFarlane is the voice of Ted, a stuffed teddy bear that comes to life thanks to a Christmas wish, and is now the best friend/roommate of John (Mark Wahlberg). After 25 years together, John is ready to settle down with luscious Lori (Mila Kunis) who wants the talking Teddy Bear to move out. This isn’t going to win any high brow praise but it could touch a comedic nerve. Take a look at this Red Band clip of “Ted”. The movie comes out the middle of July.

Shimmying and shaking like a “hippy” with a cool back up band, Megan sang in French and preened in front of all his colleageus for his surprise birthday party. It’s nights like this where those who didn’t wish they were Don, had another reason to hate him.

 

Click on the video below and you’ll get to enjoy the boys in concert.
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Buck Showalter and the Orioles love what the see in their farm system.

The two are set to work together again, but this time, it’s Turturro who wrote the script and will be directing the film. Woody has signed on for a pivotal supporting role in the independent film, “Fading Gigolo”. TV sex siren, Sofia Vergara is also in the cast as is the ever lovely Sharon Stone , who had been attached to the project from the start.

The plot sounds a bit like HBO’s recently departed, “Hung”.  Turturro’s character is broke and with the help of his best friend, (Allen) he gets into the gigolo business. (Actually sounds more like a Jewish “Midnight Cowboy” or a high-brow “Duece Bigalow”.) Allen’s character, named Bongo, pimps out Turturro who eventually falls for a yet to be cast Jewish widow. (Where’s Fran Drescher when you need her? ) Sharon Stone will play Allen’s dermatologist/client. Vergara apparently is another wealthy client who wants to have a threeway with Turturro and Stone. Ahem.

They start filming next month. This is already interesting.

Their biggest hit is called “Barbara Striesand” and it’s an homage to the Diva herself, but also a tribute to the people of New York. You may recognize the music as it was part of a nationwide ad campaign for Vitamin Water.

We’re going to share two videos by Duck Sauce, but must warn you that the second video, “Big Bad Wolf” is pretty outrageous and definitely NOT SAFE FOR WORK.  There should be other warnings extended as well, but they would probably only inspire you….

BARBARA STRIESAND

BIG BAD WOLF (we warned you)

The great equalizer is a sense of humor.  We know these stars probably have a sense of humor, but it’s fun to see for ourselves.

Jimmy Kimmel has secured a Post-Oscar special the past few years and each year he creates a short film that incorporates a few A-listers behaving wacky.

This year he presents a true blockbuster. A fantastic array of stars…in what looks to be the disaster/love story/adventure we all need to see.

Today, we’ll stray from the norm…and see how we did.

Best Picture went to The Artist. This felt like a foregone conclusion, but the appeal of this movie is confounding. Perhaps the Academy wanted to celebrate the unique nature of the film and felt the need for a story to be secondary or not important at all.  This movie won at the Golden Globes, and that made more sense. We didn’t get this one.

The Best Actor award went to Jean Dujardin. We didn’t know who to expect, but aside from some excellent dancing and that’s just with his eye brows, it was hard to imagine this guy getting the big prize.  It was reasonable to expect that Clooney would have won so everyone in attendance could soak up a bit of his charm in what would have been a delightful acceptance speech. Not the case. Consider this another wrong pick.

The Best Actress award goes to Meryl Streep.   Viola Davis was clearly a sentimental favorite and was expected to win this one.  Streep however was given her third Best Actress award and it’s hard to cry foul. The movie, The Iron Lady, was unique in that it was particularly unflattering to it’s subject, but for an actress there was a good amount of material to work with. We got this one right.

The Best Supporting Actor award went to Christopher Plummer. This one seemed easy. The guy is only two years younger than the  Oscars themselves. He played against type (a man in his 70′s coming out of the closet), and the role was truly fantastic.  The movie was called, “Beginners” and it’s due to be out in DVD soon. It’s something you should be seeing.

The Best Supporting Actress award went to  Octavia Spencer, for “The Help”.  This proved to be the emotional victory that we expected for the Best Actress award. The acceptance speech was heartfelt and emotional which is certainly what the Academy likes to see here. We thought McTeer would get something for a very daring performance, but Ms Spencer was clearly a favorite and likely to enjoy some meaty roles over the next year. Roles that passed her by up until now.  Definitely got that one wrong.

Michel Hazanavicius won the Best Director award for his film, “The Artist”.  The victory here confirms what was pretty clear from the start…”The Artist” was a much more popular film than we thought. Though the film felt like a film student’s uninspired final project, it’s now part of motion picture history. It is worth noting that Hazanavicius won the Director’s Guild award as well and that tends to forecast the inevitable winner.  That being the case, look at who he beat. Woody Allen, Terrance Malick, Alexander Payne and Martin Scorsese.

The Best Animated Film was Rango. The best thing about this truly entertaining and visually stunning film is that it won’t likely have a sequel or turn up in a McDonalds Happy Meal. Got this right.

The Make Up award went to Iron Lady. Meryl’s favorite make up guy who’s been working on that face since Sophie’s Choice (’82),  not only got a statue but was given some props by the lady herself in her acceptance speech.As we mentioned in our forecast, the transformation of Streep to Thatcher was pivotal to the success of the performance.

The Best Original Score went to “The Artist”.   As the evening seemed to celebrate this film’s firm grasp of the mundane, it only makes sense that “The Artist” would win. Not our choice.

Best Cleavage for the evening is always a close race. This year the most buzz on decolletage concerned Jennifer Lopez and the hint of areola that made her one of the favorite presenters of the evening. Only Angelina’s right leg got more attention.

In the end, it was much ado about not much. If there was a shadow of anything…it was good old double sided tape.