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Manohla Dargis Is Over Judd Apatow And His Merry Band Of Man-Children

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 »

3:20 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Jessica
7,978 views, 108 comments

Latest by Isisdancer: Oh and Will Ferrel(Augh can never remember how to spell names!) is hilairious. We watch Anchorman all the time at more »

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Now That Her Paycheck Has Cleared, Katherine Heigl Calls Knocked Up "Sexist"

Katherine Heigl tells the January issue of Vanity Fair that, although her co-starring role in Knocked Up launched her career into the A-list stratosphere, she now feels that the movie was "a little sexist." While Heigl's comments echo Slut Machine's issues with the Apatow blockbuster, it's a little disingenuous to cash the $300,000 paycheck and, after you've reaped the benefits of the movie's success, slag your character to a major magazine. Heigl obviously read the script before she committed, so she knew what she was getting into, though now she claims, "It was hard for me to love the movie." Then again, she also criticizes Grey's Anatomy, telling VF she's upset because of a sweeps-week stunt that had her character, Izzie, boning down with her married best friend. Let's get this straight: "ratings ploys" are bad, but shilling for a Grey's Anatomy-themed line of scrubs is totally fine. More »

9:30 AM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By Jessica
10,142 views, 136 comments

Latest by TastyBites: @bess marvin, girl detective: Ooh, anyone His Dark Materials? She could be Mrs. Coulter under this description. Okay, I'm done geeking more »