Now that's a headline. There's no double-talk either. "Jackass" dude Johnny Knoxville and "Extract" writer/director Mike Judge sit down and proceed to get s--tfaced as Knoxville pumps the "Beavis and Butthead" creator for information on a variety of topics. Including "Beavis and Butthead." Check out the first part of the interview just below and the rest of it after the jump.
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You can expect a lot of things from a versatile actor such as Kevin Spacey. One thing you cannot expect, apparently, is the expected.
Case in point: The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Kevin Spacey's self-produced ensemble comedy "Father of Invention" has enlisted four actors for the film, including Camilla Belle (that's normal), Heather Graham (we're still okay), Craig Robinson (wuh?) and... Johnny Knoxville?! Read more...
As leader of the “Jackass” crew of crude, borderline insane daredevils, Johnny Knoxville has stepped in front of guns, professional boxers and ticked-off bulls. When he came up with the idea to make a documentary about an infamous, law-breaking West Virginian family called the Whites, he mission was just the opposite.
“Don’t get in the f---ing way!” he explained.
Between sips of strawberry-flavored Boone’s at the Saturday night after-party for “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia,” Knoxville said that his approach to producing the doc was a necessary, if somewhat frustrating, result of having such a recognizable face. Read more...
One of the craziest rumors to come out of "The Dark Knight" mania was that Cher was in the running to play Catwoman. Well, that didn't come true, but it looks like her next movie will have her playing the most deadly feline of all -- a cougar. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cher is paring up with that legendary Jackass Johnny Knoxville for "The Drop Out."
Written and directed by Ricky Blitt (who was also responsible for Knoxville's "The Ringer"), Knoxville will play a 35-year-old college student who is finally kicked out of his parents' house. Desperate for free rent, food, and television, he decides to get in good with the hot 65-year-old woman next door.
Can you guess who's playing that role? Read more...