Someone with a steady hand sent Sean Patrick Flannery a picture of the best "Boondock Saints" jack-o-lantern you're likely to see this year, and he retweeted in kind. There really wasn't any other choice for the Twitter Pic of the Day.
In other tweets, David Slade continued his "Eclipse" posting with a shot of one of the film's stunt co-coordinators and Rachelle LeFevre admitted to crying during "Where the Wild Things Are." Check out those post below along an old clip of The Ultimate Warrior that Aziz Ansari dug up, how Eliza Dushku feels about Dungeons & Dragons, who wants her at his table to play and how Ice-T is faring at "Borderlands" on his Xbox 360. I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for October 27, 2009. Read more...
Tags aziz ansari, brian posehn, David Slade, dax shepard, eliza dushku, ice-t, jason reitman, kyle newman, rachelle lefevre, richard kelly, sean patrick flannery, shannon elizabeth
Lucky you, Movies Blog readers! Not only do you get a second helping of Twitter-Wood reportage today; I also come bearing the answer your last-minute Halloween costume plans if you've been pondering how to pull the perfect outfit together from Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds." Eli Roth tweeted a helpful diagram for anyone looking to replicate his Sgt. Donny Donowitz look, which helped earn his character his racy nickname "The Bear Jew."
In other sanitized-for-the-sake-of-this-column tweeting, Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost collaborated on a slash fiction parody of their movie "Hot Fuzz," today, which apparently gained a lot of followers for Wright. Check out the barely family friendly ones after the jump, along with the "Eclipse" reveal planned for the "Twilight" Twitter account, Aziz Ansari's amusement park adventures and Jason Reitman's breakfast with the Chemical Brothers. It's all in the Twitter-Wood report for October 19, 2009. Read more...
Tags aziz ansari, eclipse, edgar wright, Eli Roth, Fred Durst, Hot Fuzz, inglourious basterds, jason reitman, jeremy piven, jon favreau, nick frost, simon pegg, Twilight
If you don’t want to say goodbye to summer just yet, go see “Star Trek” again on the big screen this weekend. Actually, see it on the bigger screen. The franchise reboot is returning to IMAX this Friday for another two weeks, making up for the shorter-than-usual IMAX release the blockbuster received back in May.
Of course, your desire to see “Star Trek” in IMAX may bring back memories of this summer’s controversy surrounding IMAX screen size. Thanks to comedian Aziz Ansari, we’ll always be dubious of IMAX theaters and whether or not they feature “real” IMAX or just screens that are only slightly bigger than normal movie screens. Read more...
David Slade may be experiencing some frustrations on the set of "Eclipse" right now, but none of them are coming from his lead cast members, according to his tweets today. The director spoke highly of "Twilight" lovebirds Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but had less complimentary things to say about airplane noise overhead.
Director Kevin Smith, meanwhile, offered up some self-deprecating commentary on his appearance in the new full-length "Degrassi" movie, "Degrassi Goes Hollywood," where he returned to hob-nob with his favorite Canadian teen-stars. And speaking of teen-stars, I've got a shot of Frankie Muniz's recent hand injury in the Twitter Pic of the Day. Have a look at that along with other pics from Rachelle Lefevre and Neil Gaiman. Those and more lurk below in the the Twitter-Wood report for August 25, 2009. Read more...
Tags aziz ansari, David Slade, Degrassi Goes Hollywood, eclipse, emmy rossum, frankie muniz, jeff katz, kevin smith, neil gaiman, rachelle lefevre, seth meyers, tom felton, Twilight
If the mountain of awards "Twilight" and Robert Pattinson brought in over the weekend at the Teen Choice Awards didn't given him enough to celebrate, Miley Cyrus got giddy about the hug they shared. Wrapping her arms around him evidently gave Miley enough reason to retract any offensive tweets she's made about him in the past. It was also enough to top today's Twitter-Wood report.
Among the other tidbits I picked out for all of you today, Aziz Ansari issued a tweet disputing that he ever voiced a Hillshire Farms commercial, as well as Tyrese Gibson's new haircut and Paris Hilton's run-in with Joel Silver. Check out all of those and a badass birthday toast that "Law & Order: SVU" fans will love in my Twitter Pic of the Day. Read more...
FROM MTV.COM: Judd Apatow's "Funny People" stars some of the most established names in comedy — Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill — and features cameos from heavyweights like Ray Romano, Sarah Silverman and Paul Reiser.
But heading into Friday's opening, the actor everyone seems to be talking about is Aziz Ansari, who has created an unforgettable character named Randy — or "Raaaaaaaandy!," as he likes to scream — a foul-mouthed sexual braggart and stand-up comedian who shows up in a couple scenes and ends up stealing every one. Ansari's moment, it seems, has finally arrived. With the April premiere of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," in which he plays a government employee heavy on the irony and lacking in motivation, and now "Funny People," Ansari is looking to be one of 2009's breakout stars.
Continue reading Aziz Ansari's Randy Set To Be Breakout Star Of 'Funny People'
It's a chatty week in Hollywood with "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" premiering and Independence Day party-goers relating their experiences at P. Diddy's White Party over the weekend. Still, with Michael Jackson's funeral on Tuesday, the late King of Pop's name is still fresh on the fingertips of many Tweeters, including Elizabeth Taylor and Tyrese Gibson. Yet another high-profile death sparked reactions in the Twitter-Wood feed as well today, however, with the passing of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Errol Morris, who directed the Oscar-winning 2003 film "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" offered his thoughts.
Elsewhere, Tom Felton continued his own dedicated Twitter coverage leading up the "Half-Blood Prince" premiere tomorrow night, and actor Gil Birmingham tweeted a public RSVP saying that he won't be able to make Comic-Con in San Diego this year. Check out all of this and much more below in the Twitter-Wood report for July 6, 2009. Read more...
Tags A Couple of Dicks, aziz ansari, david wain, elizabeth taylor, errol morris, gil birmingham, harry potter and the half-blood prince, jeremy piven, kevin smith, michael jackson, robert mcnamara, russell brand, tom felton, Twilight, tyrese gibson
Hey all! Welcome to volume 2 of Twitter-Wood. Since Warmoth is a slacker (he's really not; he just had a prior committment), I'm filling in for him this evening. And wouldn't you know it, I almost forgot to deliver. Now who's the slacker? Here I am though, better late than never.
Today's somewhat abbreviated Tweet selection includes some links, some random observations and a near-admission of guilt. I'll let you figure out what all of that means. Sometimes I have a hard time figuring it out myself. Enjoy today's inside look at celebrity ramblings! Oh, and if you really want to follow me too, I can be found at @geminibros. I mostly spew video gaming nonsense though, so beware! Read more...
Yesterday I brought word of a blog post from "Human Giant" veteran Aziz Ansari in which he lambasted the IMAX Corporation for what he considered to be false advertising. The comedian was enraged after paying an IMAX surcharge for a ticket to see J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek," only to discover that the screen was far smaller than one would typically expect from an "IMAX Experience."
All of that happened yesterday. Today IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond has fired back in a MainStreet interview with a response to Ansari's claims. The problem is that Gelfond fails to really address those claims in any significant way. He instead cites the continuing success of his company's film format, perhaps hoping to deflect the fact that Ansari may actually have a point. Read more...
Most people know Aziz Ansari these days as Tom Haverford on NBC's "Parks and Recreation." Shortly before that series launched, he popped up for a brief stint as one of the new class of interns on ABC's "Scrubs." Of course, we know and love Ansari best for his participation as a writer, producer and performer on the MTV sketch comedy series "Human Giant."
None of the above information really applies to the following news, but Ansari is a funny guy and you should know who he is if you don't already. Up today on the comedian's personal Tumblr blog, Aziz is Bored, is a post railing against falsely advertised IMAX screenings. In case you've been living under a rock buried at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, IMAX is a motion picture format championed by the Canadian IMAX Corporation. Key features include an oversized screen (typically a wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling screen, 72 feet by 53 feet), enhanced sound, higher screen resolutions and digital 3D. Read more...