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Here is some news that will sure turn your stomach – The Situation, aka Mike Sorrentino, from MTV’s Jersey Shore is set to make more than a whopping $5 million this year.
He will get $60,000 per episode of Jersey Shore after bonus incentives, based on ratings. While event appearances will bring him in $1 million (he gets between $15,000-$50,000 for each one). He’s also going to have a workout video, a chewable supplement line for GNC, a book deal, a rap song for iTunes, endorsements with Reebok, Vitamin Water and a vodka company as well as a clothing line with Dilligaf.
His manager said, “We are really excited about all the opportunities coming Mike’s way, he has been able to secure many endorsement deals, business opportunities and additional television offers based on the success of the show. Our goal has always been to try to build a brand if the situation presented itself. If you are a noncelebrity on a reality show, you are given an opportunity, it’s a platform. You have to use it intelligently.”
This means that he is going to earn more than the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Anna Paquin, Michael Cera and Matthew Morrison.
All this from just drinking, partying and being a douchebag for MTV. Let me go weep for society right now.
source: ‘Jersey Shore’s’ Situation to earn $5 mil in 2010 [The Hollywood Reporter]
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Michael Cera‘s new movie is about him battling the evil ex-boyfriends of his girlfriend, or something silly like that. In honor of this, Vulture have come up with a list of the most evil boyfriends in movie history. Take a look at theirl ist…
11. Hardy Jenns, Some Kind of Wonderful
A perfect candidate to someday wind up in a Bret Easton Ellis novel, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer) is the spoiled, rich, preening slimeball who can’t quite understand that his popular girlfriend, Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), is really through with him — this despite the fact that she’s already agreed to go out on a date with the totally average Keith (Eric Stolz) in John Hughes’s infamous teen classic. Like most spurned boyfriends in coming-of-age flicks, Hardy has a plan for revenge — and like most spurned boyfriends in coming-of-age flicks, he fails.
10. Buzz Gunderson, Rebel Without a Cause
The leather-jacketed, pomaded high-school gang leader Buzz Gunderson (Corey Allen), who torments sensitive new loner Jim Stark (James Dean), is the Ur-evil boyfriend of American cinema, the smug thug who inspired generations of bullies in later coming-of-age films. But the others were cardboard cutouts compared to him. Buzz was more than just an unthinking brute; he even copped to liking Jim and admitted that he was really just bugging him out of boredom. And he never really lost the girl, either; rather, Buzz died a horrific death when his car went off a cliff during a game of chicken and exploded on the rocks below, sending the lovely Judy (Natalie Wood) into the arms of his primary victim.
09. Johnny Lawrence>, Karate Kid
“Strike first! Strike hard!” The eighties fascination with bullies, martial arts, and blond jock assholes realized its apotheosis in Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), the always-ready-to-explode disciple of the all-evil, all-the-time Cobra Kai dojo in The Karate Kid. As the ex-boyfriend of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills, jealous, hair-trigger-tempered Johnny had plenty of reasons to administer beatings on Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), the weak-looking new kid who dared to show an interest in her. So when Daniel finally launched that crane kick and brought Johnny down, it was more than the feel-good climax of a box-office hit; it was a pop-culture comeuppance of mythic dimension. So much so that Zabka could basically only ever play bullies from then on.
08. Zachary ‘Sack’ Lodge, Wedding Crashers
The ultimate philandering, manipulative preppy, Zach Lodge (Bradley Cooper) — self-declared fiancée and ultimately failed groom to Rachel McAdams’s Claire Cleary — is kind of a classic eighties-style bully armed with aughts-style money and firepower. When he’s not shooting his competitors in the ass, he’s siccing private investigators on them. And Cooper is so perfect in this part that we’re kind of amazed he ever managed to break out of the dickhead-boyfriend ghetto and actually become a real leading man.
07. Chuck Cranston, Footloose
Since Footloose is essentially a remake of Rebel Without a Cause with preachers and dancing, it falls upon Bonnie Tyler–loving white trash Chuck Cranston (Jim Youngs) to take the Buzz Gunderson role, tormenting Ren McCormick (Kevin Bacon) while beautiful girlfriend Ariel (Lori Singer) cheers him on. However, Chuck gets neither the momentous, fatal flameout of Buzz (instead, he is humiliated in a game of tractor chicken with Ren) or the uplifting redemption of Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid: After Ariel dumps him, he returns to torment Ren during the film’s climactic dance scene and is disposed of handily.
06. Doctor Manhattan, Watchmen
This will probably upset some people, but sorry, Doctor Manhattan (Billy Crudup) totally counts. Yes, he’s ostensibly one of the heroes of Watchmen, and yes, his self-sacrifice at the end of the film is kind of touching. But we can’t really forgive him for working as the superhuman arm of imperialist U.S. foreign policy, abandoning humanity, and totally neglecting Silk Spectre (thus letting her fall into the arms of Nite Owl, who is kind of the Eric Stoltz of the Watchmen universe). Also, he may have given his girlfriends cancer.
05. Jim, Edward Scissorhands
Presumably tired of playing the nerdy kid in eighties John Hughes movies, Anthony Michael Hall put his growth spurt to good use and kicked off the nineties by playing Kim’s (Winona Ryder) rich, homicidal boyfriend in Tim Burton’s masterpiece. Paranoid and intense, Jim is the perfect foil for Edward (Johnny Depp) and his symbolically gifted but dangerous hands — when Edward accidentally cuts Kim, Jim is there to hurl accusations and go ballistic. Indeed, Jim is so unpleasant, so despicable a character that when he’s finally stabbed in the abdomen and falls to his death from a window, nobody even flinches — even though this is ostensibly a sweet-natured, family-friendly movie.
04. Jason Dean, Heathers
Here’s a good one — J.D. (Christian Slater) is both evil movie boyfriend AND James Dean–esque new rebel in town. In truth, he initially seems to be a gift from heaven for poor Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder), who has had it with the cliquishness of her posh high-school friends. J.D.’s playful cruelty (feeding his and Veronica’s victims drain cleaner, say) seems like a breath of fresh air at first, until Veronica (and the audience) realize that this guy might actually be not so much a misunderstood bad boy and more a — how do you say — demon from hell.
03. Early Grayce, Kalifornia
The boyishly deranged, bearded companion to Adele Corners (Juliette Lewis, who often found herself in movies like this), Early Grayce (Brad Pitt) is that uniquely American phenomenon: the charismatic serial-killer boyfriend. Such types aren’t just murderers, they’re forces of nature who reveal important symbolic truths to the other, ostensibly more normal characters. In this road movie, Early’s counterpart is psych student and journalist Brian Kessler (David Duchovny), who learns that he needs to get his hands dirty if he is to understand the psyche of a sociopath. It wasn’t much of a hit when first released, but this cult item provided an early (heh) sign of Pitt’s appeal; a year later, he’d become a bona fide superstar with roles in Interview With a Vampire and Legends of the Fall.
02. Chris Wilton, Match Point
Unlike most of the other boyfriends on this list, Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is actually the protagonist of Woody Allen’s caustic late-period classic. But that doesn’t stop the ambitious, coldhearted tennis pro from being a homicidal jerk — first cheating on his fiancée (Emily Mortimer) with voluptuous American actress Nola Rice (Scarlett Johansson), then murdering Nola (and her neighbor) when she refuses to get an abortion. And here’s another thing that distinguishes Chris from most of the other evil boyfriends on this list: The bastard totally gets away with it.
01. Frank Booth, Blue Velvet
“Why are there people like Frank?” asks Kyle MacLachlan’s Jeffrey Beaumont in David Lynch’s masterpiece, and the question is as much a cri de coeur for humanity as it is an expression of fear. The oldies-loving, Amyl-nitrite-breathing Frank (Dennis Hopper), the childlike, sadomasochistic criminal at the heart of this noir fairy tale, is an existential fact — pure, distilled evil. True, he’s more a kidnapper than a lover — he’s holding the family of Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) hostage — but in the sinister, constantly shifting world that Lynch creates, Frank is the ultimate bad boyfriend, the guy who corrodes your soul even after he’s gone. And he’s also wickedly charismatic — how else could he have compelled generations of hipsters to abandon Heineken in favor of Pabst Blue Ribbon?
I think it’s a good list overall, I think they got it right. Who would you have added or replaced from this list?
source: The Eleven Most Evil Boyfriends in Movie History [Vulture]
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There are many actors who’s acting skills are very limited and proof of this is the fact they always play the exact same role all the time, except the character has a different name and is in a different movie but it’s basically still the same. Here is a list of 10 actors who always do this.
10. Jennifer Aniston
Role he plays: Working girl, generally blue collar ie (waitress). She is unlucky in love. She has some troubles finding a man but comes across a man that is perfect for her. They hit it off but something gets in the way through courage and struggle, she ultimately finds happiness within herself and gets the man.
Movies: The Good Girl, He’s Just Not That Into You, Office Space, Friends, The Break Up. Etc.
09. Katherine Heigl
Role he plays: Uptight, strong willed and hard-working shrew who loosens up through the progression of the movie because she is paired with a man who is her opposite. They bump heads through out the movie but ends up falling for the man she would have not picked for herself.
Movies: Knocked Up, Killers, The Ugly Truth
08. Bruce Willis
Role he plays: Badass cop/detective with a hard exterior. As the movie progresses he find his hard exterior being softened by his troubled past and finally begin to understand his perspective. He sometimes cracks jokes to lighten up the mood. He kicks some more ass and saves the day.
Movies: Every single Die Hard film, Hostage, Cop Out
07. Samuel L Jackson
Role he plays: He is yelling….a lot.
Movies: S.W.A.T., Pulp Fiction, Snakes On A Plane, Jackie Brown, Deep Blue Sea etc.
06. Cameron Diaz
Role he plays: Hot girl who is hot. Makes herself look ugly/stupid and acts a fool to play down her hotness. This is usually done by wearing a ridiculous outfit or the over usage of slapstick comedy.
Movies: My Best Friend’s Wedding, There’s Something About Mary, The Mask, The Charlie’s Angel movies, etc.
05. Will Smith
Role he plays: Non-threatening black man in a position of authority ie (cop, detective) who is stern yet approachable. Uses comedy to lighten the mood. Makes white people un-clutch their pearls.
Movies: Men in Black movies, Wild Wild West, I Robot, Bad Boys movies, Independence Day, etc.
04. Seth Rogen
Role he plays: Overeweight, unnattractive looking average joe who has a fixation for marijuana. Uses self-deprecating humor to show his humility. Goes for women that are out of is league physically and is aware of that fact.
Movies:Knocked Up, 40 Year-Old Virgin, Pineapple Express, Funny People, etc.
03. Will Ferrell
Role he plays: Vapid, clueless, stupid yet loveable man-child. He does things that grown men should not do and thus creates laughter. This is usually done with over the top outfits and animated reactions.
Movies: Step Brothers, Zoolander, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Blades Of Glory, etc.
02. Morgan Freeman
Role he plays: Level headed and wise old negro with a voice that can soothe your pain. Usually conveniently shows up in a movie to offer advice.
Movies:Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, Bruce Almighty, Se7en, Driving Miss Daisy, etc
01. Michael Cera
Role he plays: Socially awkward and scrawny adolecent who is a virgin. He is not like the other guys because he listens to The Shins and collects vinyl. He is sensitive and wears Vans sneakers. He likes girls that are out of his league but ultimately gets them to fall for him with his innate charm and boyish good looks. So basically, he just plays himself.
Movies: Superbad, Youth In Revolt, Arrested Development, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Paper Heart, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Basically everything he’s ever been in ever.
I agree with every single one of these and what makes me sick is they all make shit tons of money from basically playing the same role in every single movie. Then again I can’t really hate on them, if people are stupid enough to buy into their crap then why should they stop? Who would you add to this list?
source: 10 Actors Who Play The Same Role Over And Over [ONTD]
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Amanda Seyfried’s Sex Scenes – City Rag
Does Jay Leno Deserve The Backlash? – Pop Eater
Nadya Suleman In A Bikini! – The Dirty
Victoria Beckham’s Scary Idol Face – Anything Hollywood
No More Free Cars For Tiger Woods – The Superficial
More Doom & Gloom Surround Brangelina – Popbytes
What’s Up With Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Vagina? – Drunken Stepfather
Eff You, NBC & Jay Leno – College Candy
Hilary Clinton To Help With Haiti Catastrophe – Zelda Lily
Eva Mendes Sells Jeans With Her Jugs – Celeb News Wire
You Should Fear Katy Perry – Celebrity Smack
Michael Cera Loves His Groupies – Tabloid Prodigy
Mischa Barton Is Playing A Hooker – Holy Moly
Shia LaBeouf Reads About Elephants On Acid – Pacific Coast News
Tiger Woods Is In Sex Rehab – Celebslam
Kate Gosselin Has Found A Job – ICYDK
Ha Ha, PETA Is Stupid – Litely Salted
Joey Tribbiani Gone Grey – Photos – Hollywood Dame
Heidi Montag Kidnapping A Publicity Stunt? – Allie Is Wired
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Here Come The Twoobs – City Rag
Joey Fatone Is A Dad Again! – Pop Eater
Amanda Seyfried Kisses A Girl – Holy Moly
Alicia Keys Whispers Sweet Nothings To Andy Samberg – F-Listed
Tiger Woods In Sex Rehab? – Zelda Lily
Freaky Sex Robot: Roxxxy – Celebrity Smack
Cybill Shepherd’s Son Is A Thug – Celeb News Wire
Paula Abdul May Have Found Work – Fatback Media
Jennifer Lopez Is Never Going To Quit – ICYDK
Heidi Montag Releases Her Garbage Onto The Planet – Litely Salted
There Is No Cumming On Alan Cumming’s Face – Tabloid Prodigy
Phoebe Price Is Clownin’ Of The Day – Drunken Stepfather
Pete Wentz Is Wishful Tweeting – Wonderwall
Audrina Patridge Dating Texas Former Backup QB – The Dirty
Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel Split – Anything Hollywood
David Beckham Shows Off His New Tattoo – OMG Blog
Hugh Jackman Splashes Around, Shirtless – Yeeeah!
Christina Aguilera Has An Itchy Vagina – The Superficial
Are You Ready For ‘American Idol‘? – College Candy
Paris & Nicky Hilton Feel Like They’ve Lost A Sister – Hollywood On Crack
Gretchen Rossi Is A Singer Now? – Hollywire
Robert Pattinson Or Michael Cera To Play Spider-Man? – Hollywood Dame
Conan O’Brien Quits That Bitch – Allie Is Wired
Popularity: unranked [?]
The 10 Most Hated Celebs Of 2009 – Bumpshack
Lindsay Lohan Got Off To A Classy Start – City Rag
Lenny Kravitz Denies Leaking Michael Jackson Track – Pop Eater
Amy Winehouse Laughs In The Face Of January Detox – Holy Moly
Say Hello to Deepika Padukone – F-Listed
Gerard Butler Needs To Go Back To The Gym – Popbytes
Matthew McConaugheyWelcomes Another Little Surfer – Celebrity Smack
Hayden Panettiere Dating Giant With Cool Name – Celeb News Wire
Julie Benz Is Going To Be Stripping Soon – Fatback Media
Michael Cera Is Douched Up “Jersey Shore” Style – ICYDK
Perez Hilton In A Bikini…ROFL – Drunken Stepfather
Megan Fox Is Still Not Trying To Look Like Angelina – The Superficial
Kim Kardashian Whores Out Her Twitter – Litely Salted
Elton John Helps Eminem With His Drug Habit – Hollywood Dame
Kristen Bell…Lesbian? – Hollywire
Much Like Santa, Your G-Spot Isn’t Real – College Candy
Seth Rogen Is A Geek At Heart – Pacific Coast News
Victoria Beckham Looks Fierce In All White – Tabloid Prodigy
He’s Selling His Seed: Vincent Gallo – OMG Blog
Heiress Casey Johnson Dead At 30 – Allie Is Wired
Popularity: unranked [?]
Jon Gosselin Bags Another One – The Superficial
Will The Real Megan Fox Please Stand Up? – F-Listed
Courtney Love Makeover 2.0? – Celebrity Smack
Jennifer Aniston’s Mother Thought She Was Ugly – Celeb News Wire
Photo: Britney Spears’ Butt Sweat – City Rag
Jack Nicholson Is Creepy Limber – Popeater
Jamie Hince Gets Into Kate Moss’ Shorts – Holy Moly
Jon Hamm On The Red Carpet – Popbytes
Michael Cera Is Back On The Market – Hollywire
Bill Clinton Frees The Imprisoned Journalists – Ninja Dude
Jessica Simpson Feels Like Someone Died – ICYDK
Sienna Miller Is Still A Skank – Websters Is My Bitch
Jennifer Love Hewitt Is Still Fat? – Yeeeah!
Josh Duhamel Doesn’t Use Pathways – Pacific Coast News
Lindsay Lohan Tries To Go Incognito – Socialite Life
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Nominations! – Allie Is Wired
Popularity: unranked [?]
Kelly Clarkson Has A Taste For Flesh! – The Superficial
Ciara’s Sweet Tweets – City Rag
Afternoon Pick-Me-Up: Ana Sofia Henao – F-Listed
AnnaLynne McCord Looking Hot – Celebrity Smack
Jon Gosselin Might Be Dating On His Show – Fatback Media
Ryan Gosling Attracts Fans Like Flies – Socialite Life
Michael Cera Is A Prick – Websters Is My Bitch
Lindsay Lohan Wants To Play Marilyn Monroe – Anything Hollywood
Kevin Federline Is Filming A Reality Show – ICYDK
Ashley Tisdale Didn’t Like Kissing Zac Efron – Popeater
Michelle Heaton Hosts A Fashion Show – Holy Moly
Jude Law, Just Because He’s Cute – Popbytes
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Drunkon – Celeb News Wire
Mel Gibson Isn’t Really Beating Anyone Down – Ninja Dude
Leona Lewis Rescuing A Homeless Bunny – Allie Is Wired
Popularity: unranked [?]
Some actors specialize in romantic leads. Others make careers as evil geniuses or nurturing moms. Today, let’s give nerds a place in the sun. They trip, they choke, they make us roll our eyes and shake our heads. Sometimes, they even get the girl (or guy). They are the kids you made fun of in high school — or they’re you in high school. No need to say which.
Woody Allen
Although he played the romantic lead in many of his own movies (especially the early ones), Woody Allen is a nerd extraordinaire. In Play It Again, Sam, he makes a killer first impression on his date by dropping her coat on the floor and then swinging it into some breakables. The agonizing discomfort he goes through in Bananas while trying to buy a nude magazine might literally make you itch. With his thick glasses, unkempt hair, and nervous stammer, Allen remains the gold standard of nerds.
Anthony Michael Hall
Sometimes a director finds a go-to nerd and sticks with him, which is what happened when John Hughes found Anthony Michael Hall. Hall managed a triple dose of teenage awkwardness in Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Weird Science. Whether dancing in a “very hot” manner for Molly Ringwald or recounting his tragic inability to make a lamp that works, Hall is, by turns, cringe-worthy and sympathetic. Getting his pants pulled down by Robert Downey Jr. elevates him to classic status.
Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller perfectly illustrates the nerd necessities. First, an obliviousness to looking and acting stupid. See: Zoolander (pursed lips, odd strut, interchangeable “looks”). Second, incurable klutziness: in There’s Something About Mary, he suffers the ultimate self-inflicted groin injury. Third, a genuine desire to fit in: witness Stiller’s sad attempts to impress — or at least survive — his alarming potential father-in-law in Meet the Parents.
Joan Cusack
Joan Cusack’s character in Sixteen Candles was officially called Geek Girl #1, and her big scene involved banging her headgear against a water fountain as she tried to get a drink. She went on to play a boatload of wacky sidekicks, from the inappropriately loud and brassy (Working Girl) to the frazzled and clumsy (Broadcast News) to the cross-eyed and rather dim (Married to the Mob).
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis elevated nerdiness to an art form, incorporating slapstick, weird costuming, and even weirder voices as he played put-upon working-class heroes in The Disorderly Orderly, The Errand Boy, and The Big Mouth. He could wring laughs and squirms out of a confrontation with a salty bowl of soup (Cinderfella) or an invisible typewriter (Who’s Minding the Store?). Even his smoothies, like Buddy Love, in The Nutty Professor, were dweeby.
Clint Howard
For stellar under-the-radar nerd performances, look no further than the career of Clint Howard, brother of director Ron Howard. He played small but memorable roles in a slew of comedies like the Austin Powers series and Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. He also appeared in B-horror flicks like Carnosaur and The Wraith and some high-profiles (Apollo 13, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon).
Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis rose to prominence on Second City Television, then went on to reprise one of his most notable characters — co-host of The Great White North — in The Adventures of Bob and Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew. His nebbish visage graced Club Paradise and Brewster’s Millions, but he really hit his stride with roles in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Little Shop of Horrors. Moranis impresses most when contrasted with a more confident screen mate, as when he played opposite Bill Murray, in Ghostbusters.
Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong is uncool yet defiant as the repulsive Dudley “Booger” Dawson in the Revenge of the Nerds series. In the first film, he won an arm-wrestling match by picking his nose and grossing out his opponent. He followed up by snorting snow, in Better Off Dead, and displaying his extreme delicacy, in One Crazy Summer. Armstrong went on to roles in other loser-friendly movies like Bad Medicine, Van Wilder, and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
Amy Sedaris
Her résumé is heavy with television roles, but Amy Sedaris’s cinematic turns as a nerd girl are strong enough to warrant inclusion here. As Jerri Blank, in Strangers With Candy (which she co-wrote), she’s painful to watch: seeing a grown woman struggle to fit in with snobby high-school students is almost as excruciating as watching a teen do it. In Bewitched, she played nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz, a role originated by Alice Pearce.
Michael Cera
If anyone can make it desirable to be (or date) a nerd, it’s Michael Cera as Paulie Bleeker, the chronically uncomfortable baby daddy of the title character in Juno. In Superbad, McLovin (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) may have out-geeked him point for point, but Cera’s Evan was still the nerd linchpin. He’s showing signs of inching toward romantic hero (Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist).
source: [american movie classics]
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