1. The Real World: D.C. was the least-watched season in the series’ history. Gawker says that it’s time to put to put the old poodle down. Do you agree? [via Pop Candy]
2. Previously unreleased Bob Dylan material will be featured on the soundtrack of My Own Love Song, a new film starring Renée Zellweger and Forest Whitaker. [via TwentyFourBit]
3. Marisa Meltzer‘s guide to girl-band-movie clichés. [via Slate]
4. Meet Greg Packer, the first geek in line for an iPad outside of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. [via HuffPo]
5. Greenberg director Noah Baumbach may re-team with his film’s star, Ben Stiller, on an adaptation of the children’s book Mr. Popper’s Penguins. [via Variety]
Ben Stiller, who’s currently promoting his new Noah Baumbach movie, Greenberg (which opens in New York and LA this Friday), recently dropped by Between Two Ferns for an interview with Zach Galifianikis. Among the topics discussed: the “Blue Steel” look from Jewlander, a possible lighthouse attendant role for Zach in A Night at the Museum 3, and possible regrets Ben might have about not following his parents into comedy. Watch the video after the jump, and get the details on our Greenberg giveaway. One lucky winner will take home a green iPod shuffle and a James Murphy sampler!
In the trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg, Ben Stiller (who plays the title character) complains that no one calls him on his birthday anymore, writes an angry letter to Starbucks, and worries that he’ll catch the illness that’s afflicting his dog. “I’m freaked out by you kids because your parents were too perfect at parenting, all that Baby Mozart and Dan Zanes songs. You’re all ADD and carpal tunnel,” he says to a room full of 20-somethings. “I hope I die before I end up meeting one of you in a job interview.”
Yes, it looks like Greenberg, which comes out next March, is Baumbach’s take on aging. After the jump, check out the first trailer and follow along as we pass premature judgment.
