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10 Child Actors Who Became Awesome Adults

By Judy Berman on

Child actors get a bad rap. In fact, even Flavorpill isn’t immune to making fun. But we have to admit that a good number of them have managed to avoid the stereotypical fate (drugs, nervous breakdowns, reality TV) and carve out pretty inspiring lives for themselves. For this list, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite former child actors who have done awesome things as adults; they aren’t all Hollywood A-listers (although some definitely are), and some aren’t even in the industry at all anymore, but they’re all making a great contribution to pop culture or the world at large. Check out our list — and tell us who we missed — after the jump. … Read More

Film

Trailer Park: Badasses and Battleships

By Jason Bailey on

Welcome to “Trailer Park,” our regular Friday feature where we collect the week’s new trailers all in one place and do a little “judging a book by its cover,” ranking them from worst to best and taking our best guess at what they may be hiding. This week, we’ve got ten to show you
— everything from new Soderbergh and Clooney movies to, yes, a film adaptation of a board game. Check ‘em all out after the jump. … Read More

Film

Rate-a-Trailer: Paul

By Sam Schlinkert on

Simon Pegg and his frequent co-star Nick Frost team up as both writers and actors in Paul, what looks like a parody of your typical road trip buddy comedy. Naturally the “best buddies,” a pair of comic book geeks traveling near Area 51, encounter a smoking alien (voiced by Seth Rogen), and that’s when the “trip of a lifetime” really begins. Jason Bateman plays a stern-faced, Men in Black-esque government agent, which should be hilarious (director Greg Mottola helmed a few episodes of Arrested Development), and the cast is rounded out by Kristen Wiig and sci-fi staple Sigourney Weaver. Despite an all-star ensemble, the success of this movie will rest heavily on Pegg and Frost. If internet rumors are to be believed, we need to wait for the red band trailer for the majority of the Superbad/Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead-style laughs. Which makes sense. Check out the teaser after the jump and let us know what you think. … Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. ICANN has approved the creation of a .xxx domain for porn, which is great news for really dumb people searching for adult content online. [via The Daily Beast]
2. When you cut thousands of people waiting in line for the new iPhone 4 you will get booed — even if you are… Read More

Web

What’s on at Flavorpill: Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Judy Berman on

Today at Flavorpill, we got a glimpse of what 10,000 yoga mats will look like in Central Park at our massive Yoga at the Great Lawn event. It takes place June 22, and registration ends the 15th. Have you signed up yet? We admired the gorgeous poster for Sofia Coppola’s new movie… Read More

Film

Rate-a-Trailer: The Switch

By Caroline Stanley on

In this film, which was originally titled “The Baster,” Jennifer Aniston plays Kassie, a single woman who is ready to have a baby. Jason Bateman stars alongside as her neurotic best friend Wally, who wishes that she wanted him and his sperm. Patrick Wilson is the donor. Or at least that’s what Kassie thought — in reality, a drunken Wally pulled a switcheroo at what looks like an artificial insemination party. Flashforward seven years, and Kassie is the proud mother of an extremely neurotic 7-year-old who happens to share many character tics with Uncle Wally. Test audiences hated it. We think it sounds way too much like that Jennifer Lopez movie, The Back-up Plan. What do you think? … Read More

Daily Dose

Daily Dose Pick: Extract

By Jason Jude Chan on

A decade after Office Space, writer/director Mike Judge salutes Labor Day with a new workplace comedy about blue-collar incompetence.

Jason Bateman stars as the owner of a flavor-extract factory employing a staff of dunces. While he deals with his passionless marriage and his lust for a sly new hire, a worker’s oddball accident threatens to ruin the company’s future. The farcical plot is anchored by Judge’s keen sense of workaday humor and a gallery of memorable losers, topped by Ben Affleck’s loony, long-haired slacker. … Read More

Film

Sneak Peek: George Clooney in Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air

By Caroline Stanley on

According to Slashfilm, Jason Reitman’s follow up to Juno is an adaptation of Walter Kim’s novel Up in the Air that stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, and Danny McBride, and will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month. It tells the story of Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert who falls in love with another traveler just as he’s about to reach his goal of one million frequent flyer miles. Find the official movie poster after the… Read More

Web

What’s on at Flavorpill: Links that Made the Rounds in Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we laughed at this New York Times piece on the etiquette of texting at the dinner table. Especially the dad who didn’t want to give up his iPhone. Remember when it used to be scandalous when families would eat in front of the TV? We geeked out over this NSFW … Read More

Music

Why Chris Brown is Awesome, Arrested Development is a Tease, the Economy Still Sucks and Much, Much More!

By Iza Wojciechowska on

Brown wins everything at AMAs: Chris Brown swept the American Music Awards yesterday, winning three prizes including Artist of the Year, which he claims should have gone to Coldplay. (Incidentally, Coldplay went home empty-handed, which might explain why they’re breaking up.) Rihanna — Brown’s girlfriend and everybody’s obsession — was named favorite female artist for both R&B and pop/rock. We’re imagining they went home and talked about how cool they are. [Reuters]

No Doubt back in action: After Gwen Stefani did a little solo stint and had a baby, No Doubt is back. The band will allegedly be recording and touring in 2009. After a long hiatus will they have lost their charm? We doubt it. [Stereogum]

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