Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s Dumb and Dumber To has debuted the first trailer along with a poster featuring returning Dumb and Dumber stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. The long-awaited sequel finds Lloyd and Harry “on a road trip to find a child Harry never knew he had and the responsibility neither should ever, ever be given.”
In addition to Carrey and Daniels, the cast includes Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle, Kathleen Turner, Rachel Melvin, Brady Bluhm, and Steve Tom.
The studio’s also announced they’re looking for two people who look like Lloyd and Harry to cruise around America in the Mutts Cutts van. Here are the details:
“We need two really cool people just like Harry and Lloyd to take a ride in our mint condition shaggin’ wagon all the way from NYC to LA in time for the premiere of our new movie, Dumb & Dumber To.
If you’re ready for the wide open plains of the Rockies, sleeping in the back of a van, picking up awesome hitchhikers, and pissing in beer bottles, then you’ve come to the right place, partner!**
But before we decide which of you buttfish get to ride, you’re gonna need to make us a video showing why you’re worthy of crossing the country in such a cherry ride. So get ready to fire up your betamax cameras, America!
The contest starts July 15, so write it on your hand or sign up below to get updates and alerts mailed directly to your ‘e.’ *** Or keep hitting refresh until something changes.
Jimmy Kimmel took on Gerard Butler in a battle to see who could take the most ‘twofies’ with random strangers on Hollywood Blvd, and apparently it was a good day to attempt to take twofies in Hollywood. Both Kimmel and Butler (soon to be heard in How to Train Your Dragon 2) found plenty of strangers to take photos with, but there could be only one winner…
Richard Dunn was stuck overnight at the McCarran International Airport in Vegas and rather than just pull up a chair and try and catch forty winks, Dunn decided to make the most of being stranded at the airport by creating his own music video. The airport was deserted except for the cleaning crews and over the course of a few hours using just his iPhone, some tape, and his camera bag, Dunn created a music video set to Celine Dion’s “All By Myself.”
Featuring scenes of Dunn sitting outside the women’s restroom, looking dejected riding an escalator without a soul in sight, and singing his heart out to a gigantic carved turtle, the incredibly fun video was watched over 2.2 million times in just two days after it was uploaded to Vimeo.
Rose Leslie stars in 'Honeymoon' (Photo Credit: Magnet Releasing)
The new clip from Magnet Releasing’s Honeymoon spotlights actress Rose Leslie who has spent the last few years increasing her fan base substantially with her role as Ygritte in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Leslie stars in the thriller Honeymoon alongside Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber and Hanna Brown, and Magnet’s set to release the film in theaters and on iTunes/On Demand on September 12, 2014.
The Plot:
Young newlyweds Paul (Harry Treadaway) and Bea (Rose Leslie) travel to remote lake country for their honeymoon, where the promise of private romance awaits them. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took place in the woods.
Gerard Butler’s back providing the voice of Stoick the Vast in the animated sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 heading to theaters on June 13, 2014. Stoick’s the chief of the Vikings who inhabit the town of Berk and he’s also the father of Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel).
In this interview courtesy of 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation, Gerard Butler discusses his character, Stoick’s relationship with his son and Astrid, and what’s going on in Berk. Butler also talks about the animation of the sequel and how much he enjoys working with director Dean DeBlois.
The Plot:
The thrilling second chapter of the epic How to Train Your Dragon trilogy brings us back to the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years after the two have successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. While Astrid, Snoutlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds.
When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons.
Columbia Pictures hasn’t released the trailer but they did reveal the first footage from the action drama Fury starring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal, Logan Lerman, and Michael Pena. The just-released video is a short featurette on the tanks and the tank unit at the heart of the film, with director David Ayer, his cast, and producers discussing the making of the movie.
Columbia Pictures will release Fury in theaters on November 14, 2014.
The Plot:
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy (Brad Pitt) commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse in 'Pretty Little Liars' (PHOTO - ABC FAMILY/Gilles Mingasson)
ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars will be kicking off its fifth season on June 10, 2014 at 8pm ET/PT, but even before it debuts the network’s decided it wants even more of the teen drama. Pretty Little Liars will be returning for a sixth and seventh season as just announced by Tom Ascheim, president ABC Family, and Kate Juergens, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development and Chief Creative Officer.
The decision likely wasn’t a difficult one for the ABC Family executives as PLL is the network’s #1 series, drawing in 3.8 million total viewers. It’s also the most tweeted-about scripted series of all time, according to ABC Family.
Season six will kick off in mid-2015 followed by season seven in mid-2016.
“Pretty Little Liars has taken its place in the zeitgeist and reigns supreme in pop culture,” said Ascheim. “I am glad to bring another two seasons to our audience because ‘A’ has a lot in store for our Liars.”
The returning cast includes Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Tyler Blackburn, Lucy Hale, Ian Harding, Laura Leighton, Shay Mitchell, Janel Parrish, and Sasha Pieterse.
Here’s the scoop on season five’s first episode:
“Moments after where the season four finale left off, Aria and the Liars are reeling from Ezra’s shooting at the hands of ‘A’. The five girls quickly realize that as the one person who truly knows A’s identity, Ezra is in grave danger. While Aria stands watch over Ezra at the hospital, Alison and the PLLs lay a trap to finally flush out ‘A’ but are shocked by who is ensnared. Meanwhile, Holbrook steps up his efforts to find the girls and puts the Hastings family on alert. And as news of Alison’s resurrection spreads, Mona is not pleased.”
Lionsgate broke the news via Facebook that Keiynan Lonsdale has been cast as ‘Uriah’ in the second Divergent movie, Insurgent. Lonsdale’s best known for starring as ‘Ollie’ on the Australian TV series Dance Academy and Insurgent will be his largest American film work to date.
The character of Uriah was actually in the first book of Veronica Roth’s bestselling young adult series and even though he plays an important part in all three books, the character wasn’t included in the Divergent movie. Per the Divergent Wiki: “Uriah Pedrad was a Dauntless-born initiate who became a good friend of Tris following her transfer from Abnegation. Like Tris, he was also Divergent.”
Divergent‘s Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Mekhi Phifer return for the sequel. Among the new cast members confirmed for Insurgent are Rosa Salazar, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Daniel Dae Kim, Suki Waterhouse, and Jonny Weston.
Insurgent will open in theaters on March 20, 2015 release.
Miranda Lambert (Photo Credit: Randee St. Nicholas / 2014 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc)
Miranda Lambert has followed her path with the surefootedness of a high-wire aerialist who prefers working without a net. Betting on herself, sticking to her convictions, doubling down when caution might have seemed the wiser choice – every risk she took and every due she paid led directly to her perch at the top.
“I didn’t go to college because I knew I’d just be wasting my parents’ money. I told them, ‘If you’ll let me pursue music, I’ll make it work.’ At 19, going into Nashville record labels and saying, ‘Hey, I’m gonna do this my way or I’m not gonna do it’ … What was I thinking?” said CMA’s reigning Female Vocalist of the Year, laughing at her own early self-assurance. “I could have lost everything right then! But I knew I had to make the music I wanted to make and sing about what I wanted to sing about. I never was tempted to go in a direction I wasn’t comfortable with. Playing it safe has never been an option.”
This is evident on Platinum, the fifth in Lambert’s line of successful album releases.
During the Platinum sessions, Lambert invited some of her heroes and peers to join in as guest artists. Little Big Town appears as a result of a conversation with Karen Fairchild about “Smokin’ and Drinkin’” (written by Hemby, Luke Laird and Shane McAnally), a song that Lambert had on hold. “Karen said, ‘We’ve heard the song and if you don’t want it, we’ll take it,’” she recalled. “I told her, ‘Well, hey, I want to have harmonies and sound like a bunch of people singing around a campfire, so why don’t you guys just sing on it with me?’”
For “Somethin’ Bad” (Chris DeStefano, Brett James and Priscilla Renea), Lambert chose Carrie Underwood for the vocal thrash-out. “I respect Carrie so much as an artist, as a singer and as a female,” Lambert said. “She’s strong and smart, and we’re two of a kind the way we’ve had to work to get where we are. I was nervous to ask her because I didn’t know how she’d feel about it, but she was right on board.”
But no moment in the recording process gave Lambert a case of rookie nerves as much as working with Vince Gill and the legendary Time Jumpers on “All That’s Left,” a Tom T. and Dixie Hall song she had heard on a bluegrass station while driving home from a Beyoncé concert in Dallas. “I was so nervous and excited to have The Time Jumpers singing on my record that I couldn’t get my act together,” Lambert insisted. “It was crazy. I had to go back into the studio later and sing my part after everybody was gone.”
Now 30 years old, Lambert senses a subtle, shifting wisdom and maturity in herself. She knows that her choices matter. And so far, she says, so good.
“I’ve had the exact career I would want,” she said. “I didn’t shoot to the top immediately. It’s been a slow, steady burn. And I got to do it the right way — my way. I think Platinum is exactly the album I need right now. It’s who I am and where I am at this moment in my life.”
She hesitated, then continued. “You know, at 30, it’s a whole different set of problems to write about but also a whole different set of good things. I really feel like I’m just getting started. I’ve got 10 years behind me but hopefully 30 more ahead.”
The latest TV spot to arrive in support of the upcoming release of Transformers: Age of Extinction is loaded with action and short on character development. But, seriously, when you go to a Transformers film, you’re not expecting anything other than over-the-top action scenes anyway. Starring Mark Wahlberg and minus Shia LaBeouf, the fourth Transformers movie will open in theaters on June 27, 2014.
Directed by Michael Bay, Transformers: Age of Extinction also features Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, T. J. Miller, and Titus Welliver.
The Plot:
Transformers: Age of Extinction begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.
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