Jezebel: Jason Segal

For Christmas, Starlets Are Getting Attack Charges To Go Away

Irin Carmon — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:26:00 EST

Merry Christmas to Lindsay Lohan: The Betty Ford employee who told TMZ that Lindsay "ripped a phone from her hand causing a severe sprain" doesn't want her prosecuted.
And Demi Lovato's black-eye dispute has gone away quietly too!

Gone To Pot: Screenwriter On Natalie Portman's New Stoner-Road Trip Comedy

Irin Carmon — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:40:00 EST

Natalie Portman's cannabis connections: Next fall's Your Highness, admissions of college weed-smoking, now Best Buds. "Everyone has a cause. Some people have cancer, some have literacy. Mine is proving that women smoke weed too," its screenwriter Jamie Denbo tells us. More »

Paul Rudd And Jason Segal: Dynamic Duo

Hortense Smith — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST

[New York City, March 6. Image via WENN.]

Manic Pixie Dream Girls Are The Scourge Of Modern Cinema

Jessica G. — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:00:00 EDT

The always-relevant Onion A.V. Club has coined a term for the type of movie girl-woman whom we've long despised: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. The A.V. Club defines the MPDG as "that bubbly, shallow cinematic creature that exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures." Our own Sadie had a fantastic rant about this particular kind of flighty creature, whom she termed "Amazing Girls," or, ideal muses whose beauty, sweetness and gentle, studied eccentricity renders them entirely docile. Of all the MPDGs listed by the A.V. Club, the most pernicious of these cinematic sweethearts is far and away Natalie Portman's irksome moppet in Garden State. More »

Forgetting Sarah Marshall: "Raunchy", "Painfully Intimate", "Partially Undercooked"

maria — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:00:00 EDT

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Judd Apatow movies may be redundant at times, and the female characters can be a little shrieky and flat, but fuck it: His flicks are funny. That's why critics are checking out the latest "Apatow-esque" film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, to see if his brand of humor is still fresh. (Apatow produced the film, but did not write or direct). The movie follows Peter (Jason Segal), an endearing slacker, who gets dumped by his starlet girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), after she meets a Lothario rock star (Russel Brand). Peter mopes around for a bit before going off to Hawaii to cheer himself up: Only to find he's staying at the same hotel as Sarah and her new boyfriend. Peter meets a new girl, Rachel (Mila Kunis), and awkward post-break up hijinks ensue! But is the film funny? The reviews are mixed. After the jump, read the critics have to say and see if you're still charmed (if you ever were) by Apatow's "endearing dude"-centered films. More »