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Sloppy Seconds: Crazy Baby Lady Makes it Work

Emily Farris — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:14:00 GMT

Last week, while we were taking the dog out for a poo, a man standing in the driveway of the apartment building next door said "Can I have your number?" There was no "Hi, my name is...." There wasn't even a "Hi." We wondered in what world he thinks he can approach women like that and actually get the response he wants. Instead of giving him that speech, we just said "no," gave him a disgusted look and gushed over our poopy puppy. Apparently we weren't the only ones wondering what these men are thinking. As the ladies at Jezebel asked, after a New York Times article on talking to boys about sex, how do you keep boys from becoming [::sigh::] "that creepy guy on Nerve?" [Jezebel]

Speaking of dog poo, we're glad we don't have a microphone held up to our dog's ass every time we take him out. Poor Sasha Obama. [Twitpic]

We could listen to Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen and that guy from the BBC read from Harlequin romance novels all day. Especially when Rogen still has a few extra pounds on him. [Videogum]

What can the Kansas City Police Department do to cut costs during these hard economic times? How, how about just eliminating benefits for same-sex couples? That's cool with everybody, right? [Plog]

Jennifer Love Hewitt did what any respectable starlet should do after a break-up: she got half-naked for Maxim. [People]

A fleet (a battalion?) of dolphins has joined the anti-pirate crusade. [DailyIntel]

At long last: Crazy Baby Lady Nadya Suleman has all fourteen of her children at home. [Us]

While You Were Sleeping: Barack Obama In Big Trouble

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:04:00 GMT

Scanners Brian, Emily, and Colleen were at the Bust Party at SXSW last night, during which Dinosaur, Jr. made a surprise appearance. Needless to say, blogging will be slow this morning, with more activity later on...

The man himself-- Bruce Springsteen-- did The Daily Show.

This guy didn't realize everyone on the train he was supposed to be operating could see his penis.

Unfortunately, most of the spectators probably enjoyed this "catfight," in which boobs were bared.

We missed out on the news that PETA celebrated St. Patrick's Day in their own special way.

We heard about the topless bar in Austin that was busted for featuring a sixteen-year-old girl.

Seth Rogen calls his own back hair "glorious."

Barack Obama needs to stop making jokes. About anyone and anything-- it's making him sound more out of touch than Al Gore.

And right-wing crazies at WorldNet Daily believe teens are drinking poison to induce abortions. What do you think?

The Tabloids Have Only Just Realized Jason Segel Is A Sex Symbol

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:04:00 GMT

I was on a date a few years ago and mentioned that I'd been enjoying the then-recently released DVD of Freaks And Geeks: The Complete Series. My date took me aback by rolling her eyes to the skies and murmuring about her lustful tendencies toward one Jason Segel. My response: "You mean the fat guy who plays the drummer?"

I quickly recovered by saying I was "joking" and that I was just a bit surprised since James Franco is much more attractive and sports a tight leather jacket throughout. (Seth Rogen was on the show, too, but who could have then predicted that he would be the sex symbol of 2009?) My date imparted a piece of knowledge which I have not forgotten: "Jason Segel is a sexy, sexy man."

The New York Post and other tabloid rags would have done well to have figured that out before 99% of the culture did, sometime between Freaks and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which featured Segel's famous full-frontal nude scene...

Here's what the Post had to say about the premiere of "I Love You, Man," one of these straight-guy/bromance movies that will hopefully be done away with at Hollywood's earliest convenience:

JASON Segel, sex symbol? The 6-foot-4 comic had a gaggle of female admirers at the Cinema Society screening of "I Love You Man" the other night, including a model who told him she was disappointed the flick didn't feature a full-frontal scene as did his "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." Quipped Segel: "I kept whipping it out, but they wouldn't put it in." Also at the Soho Grand after-party thrown by Details were co-stars Paul Rudd and Rashida Jones, plus Edward Norton, Parker Posey, Bee Shaffer and Eric and Kimberly Villency. [NY Post]

Ladies, don't despair about the deleted scenes featuring Segel's schlong-- he was kidding. Of course, he was full frontal in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in photos widely available on the internet. Click here for those links and make sure your safe search is off.

What do our readers think? Jason Segel-- hot or not?

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Who Would You Rather: This Week's Newsmaking Naked Mens

Colleen Kane — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Many of you have by now seen the "naked" Vanity Fair shoot by Annie Liebowitz, featuring the men they're calling Comedy's New Legends: Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and Jonah Hill. What with the hairless nude suits, the pudge, and the lack of genitalia, they're oddly cherubic.

But have you seen the honest-to-God, bare-ass naked guy who spent most of Sunday on the cross on top of a church?

Sacreligious and probably crazy, but dude is in shape. The full monty shots (forbidden on this blog), can be seen here.

This man climbed to the top of the cross in Los Angeles, who was up there for almost seven hours, creating a huge scene: disrupting traffic while threatening to jump, and smearing feces on the cross. Firemen and police inflated an air cushion in case he jumped, but the man eventually climbed down on his own accord. According to news reports, he's probably being evaluated at a psychiatric hospital right now.

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Who Would You Rather: Seth Rogen vs. Seth Rogen?

Emily Farris — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:06:00 GMT

Since Sunday's Academy Awards, much ado has been made about Seth Rogen's somewhat dramatic weight loss. And we have to agree. What the fuck, Seth Rogen? Where is that burly bearded man we fell in love with two years ago? Bring him back please. If you think you need some help, come on out to the Midwest where Mama will make you a casserole with eight different kinds of cheese and take away all of your razor blades.

Ladies, are we right or are we right?

P.S. Seth, we were totally going to make you our Bearded Man of the Week for the whole Playboy thing, but now you've gone and ruined it.

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Amber Heard Finally Nails Her Breakthrough With This Sex Scene

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Maxim cover sensation Amber Heard, who played Seth Rogen's girlfriend in Pineapple Express, is using a raunchy series of graphic nude scenes in the upcoming movie The Informers to break through to the A List...

The Informers, which Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki adapted from Ellis' book of linked short stories, is described on its Wikipedia page as "a chilling, fascinating, and outrageous descent into the abyss beneath L.A.'s gorgeous surfaces." Whatever the hell that means. No one on the internet cares about the film anyway.

They only want to see the sex and boobs, which we are happy to provide, with a caveat: the scenes are completely uncensored, yet they are not available anywhere without some distractions or alterations to the footage. You'll see what we mean:

1) This is a compilation of all her nude shots from the trailer, albeit with an annoying voice over commentary on the film. Mute your computer and enjoy:

Amber Heard Topless Scenes in "The Informers"

2) Here's the Red Band trailer, infinitely more watchable:

The Informers Unrated Trailer

By the way, before you get all excited to see the movie itself, check out its reviews, which include some of the most brutal pieces of writing we've ever seen from film critics.

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Hush That Noise! Hugh Jackman is Not the Sexiest Man Alive

Emily Farris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:02:00 GMT

People has named Hugh Jackman the Sexiest Man Alive in 2008. While we cannot deny that Jackman is very sexy and is alive, we absolutely cannot sit idly by while People spews these lies to the public.

So who do we think is the sexiest man alive? Like there was ever any question (and no, it's not Barack Obama or Robert Downey Jr, though they, too are sexy and alive).

Oh, god. Make it stop! Make it stop!

Does anyone disagree with us? If so, we challenge you to a brawl!

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Seth Rogen Dipped His Toes in the Sea of Porn, Decided to Go For a Swim

Emily Farris — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:17:00 GMT

Seth Rogen must have had a little too much fun making Zack and Miri Make a Porno (which we haven't seen but our mom just loved), because he's now trying to develop a "porno-based" comedy for Showtime.

Rogen and production partner Evan Goldberg are developing a comedy series for the pay cabler about three twentysomethings who learn about life and love while running a pornography shop.

Rogen and Goldberg will exec produce the as-yet untitled project.

Matthew Bass, who is credited as an assistant to both comedy filmmakers on "Pineapple Express" and "Superbad," will pen the script and co-exec produce.

Wow, what a departure from everything else Seth Rogen has done!

But really, who are we kidding trying to make fun of this guy? We'd do him in a second....

[Variety: Rogen, Showtime team on comedy]

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Today It's Porn Vs. Halloween For Kevin Smith

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Kevin Smith is opening his new movie Zack and Miri Make a Porno today. On Halloween.

If you think about it, this is risking total commercial suicide: the built-in audience for Smith's movies would rather watch a horror movie tonight than anything else, making it harder for the movie to have a strong opening weekend. Nonetheless, if they only knew how much better his movie sounds than the tiresome Saw sequel Hollywood pumped out...

College Times has an interesting interview with the writer-director, one in which he doesn't come off as a total dick. So, that's something.

Here it is, complete with his thoughts on Traci Lords, shooting a nude sex scene for the first time in his career, and everything in between...

College Times: What inspired you to do a story about best friends falling for each other because that’s something you’ve never done before?
Kevin Smith: I know, generally most of the stuff I do is like, two dudes who pine for each other but never fuck. All that time in the trenches doing stories about dudes in love definitely informed this script. But I’m afraid that, maybe on the page, it read like more of the same... [see full answer in the interview, linked below]

What was it like working with Traci Lords?
Working with Traci Lords was great. One thing that maybe most people don’t realize about her is she hasn’t made a porn film in 20 years. She worked in porn from the time she was 16 until almost 18. When she got out of porn she started studying acting in a really serious way. I felt so bad, because “Okay, I know you’re a real actress, but in this scene, you’re gonna pretend to blow bubbles out of your vagina.” I felt like I gave her very little to do so I’m kind of hoping to use her in the next film.

In your movies, your characters are known for talking about sex – in this one they actually get to have it. Were you nervous, as a director, about shooting your first sex scene?
I was. You know, it’s off-putting to shoot nudity. I did it once in “Mallrats” very briefly with Joey Adams and I hated it and swore it off. It’s just uncomfortable to ask someone to do something you wouldn’t be willing to do yourself. The scene I was sweating the most was between Seth and Elizabeth because that’s the scene where two people lay down to fuck and wind up making love. I was trying to figure out a way to shoot it where it’s not an episode of “Red Shoe Diaries.” So I told them that morning that I’m going to play it all on your faces so you’re going to be fully clad with no nudity. I thought they’d be like, “Oh thank you thank you thank you,” but immediately they were both outraged. She was just like “Why the fuck did I work out for two months if you’re not going to show my body.” And Rogen was like, “Why the fuck did I shave my back?” Then the relief sank in.

Read the rest of this interview here, via College Times. The above photo and a review of the film is here.

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GQ: "James Franco Is A Douche"

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:13:00 GMT

This story was written by Sean Flanagan, who is guest blogging while Verena is at the Democratic National Convention...

Everyone loves James Franco, sorta.

Pineapple Express was hilarious. Franco was exciting and endearing-- and in a good movie. But, it turns out, if you haven't seen any of his films since 2001's James Dean, you probably wouldn't know that everyone in Hollywood thinks he's a douche.

GQ, as you will see, does nothing to shatter that image; in fact, they get right down to it in the opening lines:

He's sorry about the awful movies, sorry if he was a jerk on-set, sorry for trying to be the next James Dean. But now, with the chronically charming Pineapple Express and an Oscar-baiting drama coming this fall, Franco is making sure his future looks nothing like his past, even if it involves making out with Sean Penn...

After that, it only gets worse:

1) Judd Apatow call Franco ugly and stupid:

“What I remember about meeting James,” says [Judd] Apatow, “Was that he had this really big mouth, and he was very skinny, and very greasy... We had no sense that he was attractive— we just thought he was this, you know, wannabe cool guy, but it wasn’t quite working, a funny mess of a guy, the way he performed the scenes."

2) Franco discusses a gay cocaine threesome and "email vent" about how he was unhappy with the lack of time spent discussing art and poetry during his the days of being trailed for the cover article.

3) "To watch the complete works of James Franco, as I did, is for large stretches of time a dispiriting experience.... He seems more like a witness powerless to prevent the same crime being committed over and over again."

4) This one is too great of a quote to really make anyone look bad, though:

One time when he was deep into reading a particular text, Sean Penn told him, “You’re reading that book like you’re waiting for it to lie to you.”

Of course, since Scanner loves James Franco, we have to point out that we do not support GQ's position. There's something entirely lovable about a guy who has this to offer us about his first time kissing a man-- in this case, Sean Penn:

The ﬁrst kiss of the movie was out on Haight Street, with, like, 200 people watching, outside. It was a crane shot—I’m sure in the end it will be a really cool shot, but it starts close and then it takes maybe a minute. That’s a long time on film with everybody watching and, like, a fake mustache getting in your mouth. It was long enough that you couldn’t help thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I’m kissing Spicoli.’ ”

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Kevin Smith Makes A Porno... Or So Thought The MPAA

Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:46:00 GMT

Kevin Smith's new movie is called Jack and Miri Make A Porno. So we were a little surprised that Smith was shocked to learn his film, which features constant jokes about sex and, of course, sex itself was slapped with an NC-17 rating...

The Clerks director then censored two of the movie's sex scenes involving co-stars Jason Mewes and Katie Morgan, but failed to convince the board to lower the rating to an R.
He subsequently launched an appeal against the decision - and on Tuesday the MPAA announced its appeals panel, which is separate from the ratings board, had screened the movie, about two friends who launch an amateur porn studio, and decided to revise the rating to an R.
Smith explains, "We didn't set out to make an Nc-17 film. That's just commercial suicide...
"They felt it was rather sexually graphic. My point is, it was comically graphic. All the sex in the movie with the exception of one scene is very cartoonish, very campy. It wasn't designed to titillate."
And Smith is confident the title alone will filter out audiences who could be offended by the content: "Anybody not inclined to see a movie with `Porno' in the title is not going to see it, so it kind of regulates itself to a degree. And anybody who is going is not going to be surprised by what they see."

The film is set for a Halloween release.

Via IMDB.

Sloppy Seconds: Amy Winehouse's Spiked Drink

Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:17:00 GMT

What does it take for gal to file for divorce around here? After 52 years of marriage, the nitwit who married the guy who kept his sex slave daughter in a cage has left him.

Tim Robbins will produce a Showtime pilot starring Josh Lucas. Damn, is Showtime the new HBO or what?

Anderson Cooper may have moved in with his significant other this week...

The Anderson Cooper rumor mill most recently had the flirty CNN anchor dating an assistant to Barry Diller beard Diane Von Furstenberg in the wake of a breakup from 22-year-old JD Ordonez, a marine mammal trainer in California. Now we're told the silver-haired newsman is trying to settle down, albeit with a 24-ish guy, even as he trots the globe to film his upcoming Planet In Peril. A tipster heard from the supposed boyfriend's associates that Cooper asked him to move in and that the boyfriend accepted.

Barney Frank, the gay Congressman from Massachusetts (where else?) is sponsoring a bill to legalize marijuana possession, if the amount is less than, oh, say, 100 ounces.

Speaking of reefer madness: Hype or hilarity? Seth Rogen was asked to leave a "Pineapple Express" after party for smoking dope.

The latest in our continuing series on movies that cannot possibly have a sequel but are going to anyway: I Am Legend.

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Starbucks is losing money for the first time in 16 years. We're surprised to be saying this, but we're not thrilled to see Starbucks going down in flames, now that the economy is at least partly dependent on their sales.

Amy Winehouse's Dad says it was a spiked drink that caused his daughter's latest hospital visit. Dude, that chick could sip a Diet Coke and go into convulsions, she's so toxic.

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Trailer: "Zach and Miri Make a Porno"

Emily Farris — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:13:00 GMT

This trailer for Kevin Smith's new film Zack and Miri Make a Porno kind-of screams "all the good stuff is in the trailer." But Smith has only really let us down, what, twice (Clerks II and Jersey Girl")? So here's hoping this is just a little taste of all the glorious hilarity and vulgarity to come.

P.S. Is it bad that we really want to make out with Seth Rogen right now?

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The MTV Movie Awards: More Entertaining Than We Wanted Them To Be

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:53:00 GMT

Not that we watch MTV anymore and would know, but it sounds like it proved once again to be the only thing worth keeping the network around for... below, some of the many highlights, as reported by ecstatic viewers...

1) The Mike Myers promo clips were a bit hit, especially at our sister blog, Remote Island. (We actually kind of dig the name-- then again, we were always suckers for double meanings.)

2) Big bonus brownie points to Will Smith for admitting he hasn't always made great movies. A Hollywood actor admitting their output has been consistently inconsistent is not nearly as refreshing as if they actually were consistent, but it's still fucking wonderful to hear: "I was on this stage in 1988, so to be here today in 2008... I haven't always made great movies, but I've been trying real hard."

3) Benji Madden admitted his wacky girlfriend Paris Hilton dresses him. Easy joke: That explains a shitload, dude.

4) Seth Rogen and James Franco smoked a joint live onstage... and then, unfortunately, had to give an award to a very disturbed Robert Downey, Jr. Ouch. Here's the full clip, which was not shown on TV (the cameras cut away). This clip may not be working, although you can try this link.

5) And Mike Myers and Dana Carvey trotted out their "Wayne's World" characters for the first time since 1993.

The duo of Myers and Dana Carvey brought their shtick up to date by goofing on the porno names of some of the year's top movies, including the giggle-inducing "Suck It List," "Gush Hour 3" and ... um, "Iron Man."

Via MTV News. Keep checking Remote Island for more on the MTV Movie Awards.

Sloppy Seconds: Paris Hilton Gets By With a Little Help from Reality TV

Emily Farris — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:33:00 GMT

Is Paris Hilton engaged to Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden (who is also the brother of her ex-bf Nicole's husband Joel)? Anyone want to take bets on how long it will last?

Maybe Paris knows it won't last. She's looking for new BFF in her new reality show.

In the ongoing saga of celebrities fake fucking eachother and making music videos about it, Elizabeth Banks is fucking Seth Rogen. And we can't get the video to load. Can you?

Are you sitting down? Do you have a paper bag near by? OK, well, we hate to be the ones to tell you, but those profiles of women on adult networking sites—they're fake.

Porn star twin brothers were arrested in Philadelphia last week on burlary charges.

Video of the Day: "Pineapple Express" Trailer

Bryan Christian — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Yeah, it kind of looks like the best comedy of 1996. But dammit -- remember when we said that James Franco might turn into Nicolas Cage if he wasn't careful? This is the anti-that! Seth Rogen will normally dominate any scene he's in -- and dig Franco here! He's a riot! Attention, heterosexual men: your latest mancrush has arrived.

PS: Dig the M.I.A. in the background! It's so genius -- the kids'll actually know what it is and the oldsters will be like "Is that The Clash?" (You know, like we were at first.) Bonus video if ya click through.

Sloppy Seconds: Sexy Round-Ups

Emily Farris — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:01:00 GMT

Tis the season for the sexy round-up.. and lots of sloppy seconds as we need to get busy using those seventeen Old Navy gift cards we got for Christmas. While we're all bundled up in performance fleece we'll continue to consider the fact that though Seth Rogen is almost our type, we realize the absurdity of his picture appearing in an item called "Sexy Round-Ups." But you know, good for him, right?

The San Francisco Gate rounds up the top 10 sex memes of 2007, including celebrity sex tapes that go straight to DVD.
Salon rounds up the year in sex. "So seriously, you're 28, you've just gotten a promotion, and you get pregnant by that Seth Rogen dude: Do you have that baby? Fuck, no!!!!"

Yeaaahhh... that's about all we have for that category today.

Does Katherine Heigl Think Judd Apatow is "Sexist?"

Emily Farris — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:07:00 GMT

When we saw "Knocked Up" over the summer, we had just broken up with a stoner boyfriend who too closely resembled Seth Rogen's character, Ben. So much so, that while we got a few laughs over the freakishly hairless prosthetic vagina, we probably had far too much of an emotional reaction to the movie. We kept saying to ourselves and others, "That story does not end that way." Because, in our experience, it did not. A few months later, when "Knocked Up" came up in conversation (and it most certainly did on many occasions), we were able to have a less emotional, more critical opinion -- chiefly, why would a smart, successful, beautiful, single woman keep the baby of a smelly stoner she only screwed because she was drunk? Apparently, the film's female lead, Katherine Heigl, agrees. In the January issue of Vanity Fair, she says she thought the movie was "a little sexist" and said, “It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys." True that, Kate.

[Via Defamer]