October 31, 2009
By David Greenwald
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
It’s been a big year for Jason Schwartzman — a new album with his band Coconut Records, film roles in “Funny People” and the November-due “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and the starring part in the HBO show “Bored To Death” — but he told AccessHollywood.com at the “Fantastic Mr. Fox” premiere at the AFI Fest in Hollywood on Friday that one thing stood out.
“The highlight of the year is of course getting married,” Jason said of his July wedding to designer Brady Cunningham. “Married life is incredible — it’s great, it’s like having the most incredible roommate in the world.”
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September 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Buy a croc. Give a croc. LACOSTE, known worldwide for its crocodile embroidered apparel, has partnered again with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to find the cure for breast cancer. On October 5, funny gal Leslie Mann (“Funny People,” “Knocked Up”) joins them to host the 2nd annual LACOSTE Pinc Croc Collection launch event at the LACOSTE boutique in Beverly Hills. That night, 100% of proceeds from the beach themed pink collection will benefit the BCRF. An additional 10% of proceeds during the entire month of October will be donated.
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August 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
“Green Hornet” fans will have to wait a little longer to see the hero hit the big screen.
The masked hero movie, starring Seth Rogen in the title role, has been pushed back from its scheduled July 7, 2010 release date to December 17, 2010, a Sony rep confirmed to Access Hollywood.
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August 02, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Eric Bana may spend much of romantic drama “The Time Traveler’s Wife” in the nude, but the star told Access Hollywood he didn’t stress about working out for the role.
“Abs are for people with no friends,” he said. “I don’t do the ab thing.
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August 02, 2009
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Movie audiences have taken a liking to Adam Sandler’s more serious side.
The comedian’s “Funny People” grabbed the top spot at the weekend box office with a $23.4 million debut.
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July 30, 2009
By Scott Mantz
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Did you hear the one about the shallow, jaded, lonely celebrity who’s forced to re-evaluate his priorities after he’s diagnosed with a deadly disease?
It’s not a joke, but rather the plot of “Funny People” – the third film from director Judd Apatow after “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005) and “Knocked Up” (2007). But where those films were straight-on comedies with a heart, “Funny People” is being billed as Apatow’s first “serious” movie.
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July 30, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
In the three movies Judd Apatow has directed, his wife, Leslie Mann, has taken on progressively larger roles.
In “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” she’s a hot-to-trot drunken driver terrifying Steve Carell in the passenger seat; in “Knocked Up,” she played Paul Rudd’s wife; and in Apatow’s latest, “Funny People,” he’s written Mann an even bigger role — the one-who-got-away from Adam Sandler’s character.
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July 29, 2009
NEW YORK, New York
Judd Apatow’s “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” spawned one of the most vibrant and successful runs in American comedy — a frantic, four-year era capped by and summed up in the writer/director/producer’s latest film, “Funny People.”
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July 24, 2009
SAN DIEGO, Calif
Seth Rogen arrived at Comic Con with a sweet ride.
The “Funny People” actor stopped by the pop-culture convention’s show floor Wednesday to unveil the Black Beauty, a modified 1965 Chrysler Crown Imperial he’ll drive in “The Green Hornet.” Rogen, with writing partner Evan Goldberg, wrote the script to the upcoming big-screen relaunch of the comic book and TV show about a masked crime-fighter.
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