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Video of the Day: Barbie and Ken (and Some Guy) Make a Porno

Emily Farris — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:29:00 GMT

We watch a lot of videos here at Scanner. We laugh at some, roll our eyes at others and even get turned on by a few. Then we click out of the window and move onto the next sex scandal or ridiculous tabloid news story or four and call it a day. Little thought is given to the people who create said videos, or in the case of the Barbie Porn YouTube videos, who is actually doing the voiceovers.

When we do think of such things, however, we are forced to consider the question: to dump or not to dump the guy who makes Barbie porn for the Internet?

Watch the video and then let us know.

[Videogum: That's Your Boyfriend: YouTube Barbie Porn Voice Actor]

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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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Sloppy Seconds: Guy Ritchie's Death Threat

Emily Farris — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:51:00 GMT

You know, tomorrow isn't all about Obama vs. McCain; it's also about discrimination and hatred. Comedian Ben Lerman would like all cocksuckers (both male and female) to unite in opposition to Proposition 8. And he wrote a little song about it. [Ben Lerman]

Pete Seger just discovered the Internets. "An internet magazine! So you don't have to cut down trees. I'll be damned." [Pitchfork]

Zack and Miri's attempt to make a porno for some dollar bills failed movie executives miserably. [Vulture]

Are you at all surprised that Sarah Palin's SNL episode got better ratings than the angry grandpa's? We're not. [Us]

Yes, Joaquin Phoenix is really quitting acting for good this time. For real. Seriously. [People]

So, did Bert and Ernie make the timeline of landmark gay moments in television? [Mercury News]

A crazed 16-year-old Madonna fan stormed the set of Guy Ritchie's newest film with a knife, screaming, "I love Madonna, where's Guy? I am going to kill him! I'm Madonna's biggest fan! I'm going to kill Guy." [FameCrawler]

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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