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In today's Tweet Beat, Judd Apatow was only, like, this far away from Robert Pattinson, Snooki is late to the party on Betty White, Adrienne Maloof channels Cal from Titanic and Nicole Richie knows who to be thankful for. More »
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Here's a first look at Girls, the Judd Apatow-produced series from HBO about women in their 20s trying to make it in New York City. While you're busy trying to decide if this falls more into the "Revamped Sex & The City" or "What I Thought MTV's Awkward Was Going To Be" category, let me give you a few more details. The show stars Lena Dunham (of Tiny Furniture fame) as our dry, lovable protagonist and Jemima Kirke and Allison Williams (daughter of Brian Williams, FYI) as her two besties. From this short preview, we're not entirely sure that Apatow will have redeemed himself on the matter of his track record with female characters, or whether Dunham actually will turn into the "voice of a generation." The series premieres in April; until then, we'll walk the tightrope between high hopes and managed expectations. More »
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In an interview due out in October's Playboy magazine, Paul Rudd spoke about working with Judd Apatow and how the director prefers the actor to have a little more meat on his bones. But it's no trouble, as Rudd says he doesn't mind because he "likes the excuse to eat bacon." Don't we all? More »
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Good news and bad news: The good news is that Melissa McCarthy, who was hilarious in Bridesmaids, has joined the cast of a comedy being directed and written by Judd Apatow. It's exciting because Apatow — who produced flicks like Anchorman, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Pineapple Express and directed, produced and wrote The 40-Year-Old Virgin — can help catapult McCarthy into superstardom where she belongs. She's got impeccable comedic timing, and unlike the women who usually get to hang with the funny guys in these movies, she is not thin and blonde. Non-skinny dudes like Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and Jason Segel have no problem finding work on funny flicks, but the ladies — like Katherine Heigl and Christina Applegate — are always slim like ladies are supposed to be. More »
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Bridesmaids has passed the $100 million mark, which means you're about to see more R-rated comedies starring, and to some extent aimed at, women. More »
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Recently, Bridesmaids director Paul Feig stopped by and showed us how much he loves vaginas. Or at least, making movies with people who have them, and endorsing blankets that claim to be as soft as them. (Yes, we know the proper term is vulva). More »
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Now that Bridesmaids has shown Hollywood executives to be mistaken in their box office assumptions (if not fixed all show business sexism ever), here's a moment for its stars and creators to bask. More »
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This weekend, Bridesmaids made at least $24 million, well beyond the expectations of Hollywood prognosticators. The critics loved it; word of mouth is good-to-excellent. Is Hollywood going to get a clue? More »
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If Bridesmaids had to be directed by a dude, we're seriously glad it was Paul Feig. More »
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Everyone who cares about showcasing funny women knows there's a lot riding on the success of Bridesmaids, opening this weekend. Director Paul Feig has said, "I kept thinking, ‘If I blow this, I'm going to ruin it for these women for years and years.'" More »
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Amid the retrospectives and interviews populating women in comedy week week over at Splitsider, there's the now-customary debate over the paucity of women in comedy writing jobs. And, maybe, some reasons to be optimistic. More »
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No Strings Attached director Ivan Reitman says his movie is "really a feminist-based R-rated film whose tonality is really different than the movies that Judd Apatow has made." After all, it was written by a 28-year-old member of the Fempire. More »
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After ordering a pilot, HBO has picked up Lena Dunham's comedy Girls for a full series. Judd Apatow will co-executive produce the show, which is about "the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of three girlfriends in their early 20s." More »
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Last night, I happened to cross paths with Judd Apatow, and couldn't help but ask about the ladies — particularly since he's executive-producing a female-centric pilot for HBO. Basically, he thinks the criticisms were cooked up by the Internet. More »
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We've already given HBO credit for heavily recruiting female talent after a season of bromance. Now we're happy to hear that the bromance king himself, Judd Apatow, is teaming up with a rising star, Lena Dunham, for an HBO pilot. More »
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Apatow responded to a critique of his work, adding, "There is no way to portray comedians without having them tell a lot of [dick] jokes. If I was a hundred percent accurate I would have doubled the dick joke count." More »
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, is about Michael Cera battling his lady's evil exes. But while there was some dubious fashion on display, nothing was as alarming as our hero's lower half: More »
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Judd Apatow has announced he's developing a new Pee-wee Herman movie because, "Let's face it, the world needs more Pee-wee Herman." Paul Reubens and Paul Rust are co-writing the script, which focuses on "a gigantic adventure." [Variety via AICN] More »
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• Making a big deal about this video of Miley Cyrus giving a "lap dance" is just silly.

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• Does Beyoncé really have a tattoo on her hand which reads "Brooklyn"?

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Is Kristen Wiig SNL's next breakout star? And has Judd Apatow learned anything about female characters? Warning: weddings are involved. More »
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• Mark Wahlberg married his longtime girlfriend Rhea Durham yesterday in a small ceremony in Beverly Hills. "She looked like a princess and beyond stunning. Mark looked ecstatic," says a source. So much for Nicole 4 Eva! [People]

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Critics say Judd Apatow's Funny People, which opens today, is more nuanced and mature than his previous films, but still surprisingly funny for a comedy about dying. More »
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• Joe Jackson says the rumors that Michael Jackson has a secret son, 25-year-old Omer Bhatti (not pictured!), are true. "I knew he had another son, yes I did," said Joe.

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• Jennifer Lopez "threw a fit" when guests were late to her 40th birthday bash:

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In advance of the release of his new movie Funny People, Judd Apatow is telling the media that he's not a sexist, and that Seth Rogen is a modern-day Robert DeNiro. More »
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• "We're very much in love. Especially her. We're actually going to tie the knot next Tuesday." — Gerard Butler, joking with Conan O'Brien about the Jennier Aniston rumors. He continued:

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• Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have broken up. Again. This report claims:

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What is your motto? "Less jizz, more heart." [Vanity Fair] More »
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• It's unclear why Kiefer Sutherland allegedly headbutted fashion designer Jack McCollough. Some say McCollough bumped into Brooke Shields, but his rep says, "he was the victim of a vicious, violent, unprovoked assault." [People]

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• Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight was in a three-car crash yesterday. He was not injured, but two other people were taken to the hospital by ambulance. [LA Times]

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Yesterday, we posted about the Vanity Fair shot in which funny dudes recreate a 2006 cover — with bodysuits. Today, the annoyance is spreading around the web: More »
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When we got the tip this morning that a woman was anonymously Tumblring her abortion, my first though was, oh Christ. I figured it would be some sort of Vice-ian shock value rant. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the blog "What To Expect When You're Aborting," is both funny and servicey! The tagline to the site is "I'm 23. I'm knocked up. And I don't want to keep it. You can fuck yourself, Judd Apatow," which endeared me to the writer immediately, and she also has a list of five movies that "aren't so hot on abortion." (Sample: Cheaper By the Dozen -Really? After 9 kinds no one decided to pop in a diaphragm?) More »
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Writer/Producer/Director/Hollywood sweetheart Judd Apatow's alleged sexism has been oft-discussed 'round these parts, and in her review of the new Apatow production Step Brothers, the NY Times' Manohla Dargis explores Judd's comedic man-child meme and rips it a new asshole. Quick plot summary: Step Brothers stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, and the two lumbering 40-somethings play losers who still live with their respective parents and love Star Wars. Emotionally stunted grown dudes who have trouble relating to women and play with toys. Sound familiar? More »
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A reader recently wrote in to call Seth Rogen out for his remarks to Vanessa Grigoriadis in August's Elle — especially his allegation that the filming of Knocked Up was totally "open and communicative and input-driven" and that Katherine Heigl should've said something if she disapproved of the film. Marie Claire is cracking the Rogen backlash too, deriding "doughy Seth Rogen" in an article titled, "Huggable, Yes. But Hot? Not So Much." Our reader has a point — Rogen certainly wouldn't be the first man to mistake an environment where he's comfortable for one where everyone's comfortable, and it's quite possible that Heigl's input wouldn't have been as welcome as his. But Rogen comes off pretty well in the rest of the Elle interview, and I think he deserves a little defending. Here's why: More »
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You Don't Want To Mess With The Zohan is a movie that may not appeal to anyone with PC-sensitivities, a gag reflex, or an education beyond the 7th-grade level. The film follows Zohan (Sandler), an Israeli counter-terrorism soilder who is tired of his violent lifestyle and dreams of leaving Israel to cut hair (in the style of Paul Mitchell circa 1987) so he moves to New York where he is hired as a hairdresser by a beautiful Palestinian woman (Emmanuelle Chriqui) where he makes up for his lack of hairdressing experience by servicing the older female clientèle. Hilarious, right? After being discovered by a Palestinian cabbie (Rob Schneider) Zohan must battle his old enemies, as well as a greedy developer for some reason. Oh, and Mariah Carey makes an appearance! Surprisingly, this movie is co-written by Judd Apatow, whose silly-with-a-heart style of comedy had helped turn Sandler into one of the biggest comedians of the '90s. Why did Sandler and Apatow make this movie? That seems to be the question on the reviewers' minds, who can't decide if they love the film or hate it. The reviews after the jump. More »
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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 »
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The great irony of Katherine Heigl getting quoted saying she was annoyed that all the women in Knocked Up were portrayed as "humorless and uptight" is that she did it in the magazine that last year gave Chris Hitchens a platform for arguing that all women were humorless and uptight. (Hey females, you know what's funny?? When you complain about how no one thinks you're funny!!!) Okay, seriously though, now Juno comes along, and it's supposed to be this awesome feminist response to Knocked Up, the only problem is that the dialogue is just a little bit too funny. Not realistic enough! Too caught up in its own cleverness! And then today, we get, only because we've been waiting too long for someone else to weigh in on this subject, a deconstruction of the two back-to-back scenes that define the gender tension of Knocked Up: the part where the dudes go to Vegas and do mushrooms, and the part where the girls go out and get negged from the very club Heigl met the father of her very large fetus, with the bouncer's memorable line "I mean you're too old for this club, not...for the Earth." More »
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A few hours ago we got an email from a friend who attested to be the only person under the age of 63 who did not love Superbad. "Did you not find the period blood stuff offensive?" she wanted to know, referring to the scene in the movie at which a drunk girl exacts revenge against her boyfriend by humping Jonah Hill on the dancefloor, only to smear his thigh with thick, crimson period blood. Hmmmmm. We thought about it for a few seconds. Well, it was sure ... gross... but upon reflection, well, we'd never seen period blood employed in a gross-out comedy before, and actually maybe it was a small victory for feminism! Or as Defamer Seth put it: THE ANTI MENSTRUAL BLOOD SLAPSTICK PATRIARCHY HAS BEEN OVERTHROWN!' 'MAY IT RAIN MENSTRUAL BLOOD UPON US!' More »
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