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In the nine years since Da Ali G Show debuted on HBO, Sacha Baron Cohen has become one of the wittiest, ballsiest, most versatile performers in Hollywood. A ruthless mockumentarian, Cohen honed his guerrilla interview techniques on Ali G and perfected them in Borat. But the British comedian's latest film, The Dictator, finds him at a career crossroads. To avoid looking like a one-trick pony (even if that one trick is pretty brilliant), Cohen made The Dictator a scripted comedy—a wise choice, given the box office disappointment of Bruno, another mock-doc.
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Dustin Lance Black's scripts are always somewhat personal. His stint writing for HBO's Big Love wasn't just assigned to him because of his skill with dialogue: he was raised Mormon in the south, and sees the social effect of sexuality in a religion that's as insular as it is family focused. His last two scripts were biographies about important men with sexualities that defined them: Milk starred Sean Penn as the America's first openly gay politician and J. Edgar starred Leonardo DiCaprio as the potentially closeted FBI founder and rumored cross dresser. His upcomi...
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People have laughed at Wendi McLendon-Covey for years, and she loves it. The Groundlings comedian springboarded from the stage to Reno 911! and then watched her career skyrocket after she was cast as a crass housewife with two icky teenage boys in Bridesmaids. In her next big role in What to Expect When You're Expecting, McLendon-Covey plays an aquarium manager and mom who teaches her employee Jennifer Lopez about parenting while her own onscreen husband (former Reno 911! castmate Thomas Lennon) gripes about the fancy foreign name she gave their baby. (C'mon, Henri is cute.) Though McLendon-Covey has become the face of modern motherhood, she'd rather have kittens than kids.
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*Expert Opinion: A real-life vampire says Dark Shadows is totally inaccurate—but has a lot of heart
Over two decades, the combination of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton has become one of the most familiar moviemaking duos. But does familiar mean financially successful? With their eighth collaboration, Dark Shadows, opening in theaters this past weekend, it's time to see just how successful the artistic pair has really been.
Their story begins in 1990: Edward Scissorhands was conceived by Burton during his childhood and was the first film he made with Depp as his leading man. Had the film made less money, we'd be calling it a cult classic. But as it made $86 million worldwide on a $20 million budget, "cult" would be selling it short.
Kirk Jones isn't a woman. But the British director has fathered three kids with his wife and calculates he's spent 27 months becoming an expert on all things reproductive. We ask Jones about casting superstar actress used to tabloid attention on their wombs, if he learned anything new about women on the set, and why he revealed a truth about dads' attitudes toward pregnancy that most movies don't dare admit.
How does someone with a y-chromosome end up directing a movie about pregnancy?
I've had three children, so I kind of feel like I'm qualified enough to say what happens in pregnancy.
John Reason is a real life vampire and the founder of realvampirenews.com
As told to Boxoffice.com:
When I went to see Dark Shadows, I thought it was really funny that everyone had come to see a crazy vampire, but they didn't know there was one in the middle of the theater. It's awesome that Johnny Depp was playing a vampire. I'm a big fan of him—in all of his roles, he brings this charisma to it, and the vampire archetype is often defined by their charisma and sex appeal. I wouldn't say that all vampires in the real world have charisma, but that's what people want to see when they watch a vampire movie.
