We live in a crazy, fast paced world, and as the great philosopher Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” And you would hate to miss Eva Amurri Martino in a bikini top. … read more
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Ellen DeGeneres married George Clooney. Lara Spencer rode around in a stroller. And Lester Holt sang some blues with Al Roker on stage. Indeed, Halloween 2014 got off to a creative and hilarious start this morning, as numerous talk show hosts around the country kicked off the holiday by dressing as everyone from Amal Alamuddin to Prince George . Talk Show Host Halloween Costumes 1. Ellen DeGeneres Dresses as Amal Alamuddin Yes, Ellen DeGeneres will take fake George Clooney as her husband. She’s dressed up as Amal Alamuddin and we love it. Which crew got decked out as characters from Orange is the New Black? Who donned some serious mom jeans? How did The Today Show pay tribute to Saturday Night Live? And how totally awesome is Ellen DeGeneres?!? All good questions. All of which will be answered when you toggle through the above photo gallery and get a look at some of the celebrity costumes already on display this year. Which is your favorite? Decide now and remember: be safe tonight. Be smart. And have fun!!!!!!!!!!! 13 Best and Worst Celebrity Halloween Costumes 1. Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus has selected her Halloween costume. She’s going as Lil Kim. What do you think?
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Jessica Biel has been the center of pregnancy rumors already, but it looks like they have just been confirmed, with the star congratulated on her “impending motherhood.” Biel’s pal and InStyle editor Ariel Foxman posted a #TBT pic of the actress with the telling caption “Congrats @jessicabiel on your impending motherhood.” “Looking forward to the red carpet maternity style pix to come #tbt.” “Impending motherhood” and “Red carpet maternity style” don’t leave room for much ambiguity, unless she’s just reading Jessica Biel pregnant rumors on THG. If so, we suggest calling the star before posting online next time. It’s The Hollywood Gossip, after all, not The Hollywood Jessica Biel Fact File. Although it looks very much like she and Justin Timberlake are expecting . Another recent report indicated that Biel is three months along and due in April, after she was seen wearing some loose-fitting clothing during a recent hike. Meanwhile, Timberlake shared his first ever Instagram photo with Biel, showing them sitting on a bench on a cliff overlooking the ocean in New Zealand. He captioned the pic with one of the best Ferris Bueller’s Day Off quotes : “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Might he be musing on his impending fatherhood? Looks like it! Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake: Through the Years 1. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Pic Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are so hot. Just look at them. Is your screen about to melt or what?
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Facebook.com – Become a Fan! Twitter.com – Follow Us! Jeffrey Jones gets some shopping in at The Grove Shopping Center on a refreshing spring day, and when asked what his favorite 1980’s movie is — he can’t recall a single one! He seems to have forgotten he was in one of the best 80’s movies of all time (Of all time!) — Ferris Bueller’s Day Off!
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Film narration carries the dubious reputation of being a fallback trick for lesser directors, a device to trot out when other more classically visual narrative devices fail. In the same way that long, unbroken takes supposedly signify expertise, the use of narration often serves lazy critics with an easy indication that the director has lost the plot. Still, even the most anti-narration snob would have to concede that the larger film canon contains some pretty notable exceptions to this rule. The Naked City, A Clockwork Orange, Sunset Boulevard, GoodFellas, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Big Lebowski, The Shawshank Redemption — all use narration, and far from stalling story or characterization, with them it pushes everything forward. Rather than quibbling over the merits of the device itself, acknowledging those notable examples of its effective use would at least seem to necessitate deeper analysis. If some filmmakers have successfully used it, serious students of film should probably take a closer look, if only to better understand the exceptions that prove the rule. To that end, we could loosely categorize film narration into four different groups according to two distinctions: the distance of the narrator’s involvement with the film’s conflict and themes, and the directness with which the narrator addresses the viewer. The first distinction is represented on one end of the spectrum by films like Taxi Driver , where the narration directly clues the viewer in to the motivations of a certain character or elaborates on the conflict that drives the film forward. Taxi Driver is an especially good example of the so-called involved voiceover, because it gives a first-hand view to the inner workings of the main character Travis Bickle’s demented psychology, fleshing out his odd behavior with an equally discomfiting internal monologue. Watching Bickle talk to his own reflection while parading an arsenal of homemade weapons is certainly harrowing, but to hear him detail the skewed reasoning behind his plotting with talk about “a real rain that will wash the scum off the streets” only adds another level to his menace. On the other end of this “involvement spectrum,” we see films like The Royal Tenenbaums , which feature a totally detached third person narrator who nonetheless comments meaningfully on the film’s action from afar. Played with a perfect mixture of somber knowingness and monotone disinterest by a heard-and-not-seen Alec Baldwin, the voiceover for Tenenbaums still adds layers of thematic meaning to much of what goes on. Whether by adding back-story, as when the narrator informs the audience of the divorce of Royal and Ethel Tenenbaum in the first scene, or character insight, as when he explains in one scene that Royal “didn’t realize what he had said was true until after he had said it,” the voiceover’s apartness actually serves as a useful perspective from which to view the action along with the audience and insert helpful cues along the way. The second distinction, having to do with the directness of address, or the level of audience engagement of the narration, involves how forcefully the narration is meant to appeal to the viewer. With films like High Fidelity or Annie Hall , for instance, the narrator grabs the viewer by the lapels and demands attention, speaking directly into the camera with vocal inflections suggesting conversation rather than monologue. This is probably the trickiest sort of voiceover to pull off, and the one that grates the worst when done wrong. The other end is represented by narrators who speak with an authoritative, almost historical tone, rattling off characters’ back-stories with seemingly little consideration of who may be watching or why. I found the tone of the initial voiceover by Cate Blanchett as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring especially removed in this sense. Galadriel is involved in the goings on of the film’s story, interceding at several key moments throughout the saga, and yet she could not be more tonally remote from the audience. In fact, that is half the pleasure of Galadriel’s narration: She sounds like she’s speaking to the viewer from another world. The importance of this relative level of audience engagement reveals itself most in unreliable narration. For instance, the main character from Memento narrates intimately, always invoking the viewer’s sympathies, and yet because of Leonard’s particular character quirks, this closeness proves false by film’s end. If a diversity of type speaks anything to the value of a particular storytelling device, then film narrators definitely don’t deserve their bad reputation. Then again, if the domination of last weekend’s Oscar ceremony by The Artist shows anything, those purely visual filmmaking elements still very much strike the critical fancy, as they should. The simplest and best criterion for judging the effectiveness of narration will always be its facility to complement the moving pictures themselves. Nathan Pensky is an associate editor at PopMatters and a contributor at Forbes , among various other outlets. He can be found on Tumblr and Twitter as well.
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From VW’s ‘Star Wars’ spots to Brad Pitt’s Heineken run, advertisers have long used films in their Big Game commercials. By Eric Ditzian Matthew Broderick in his Honda CR-V commercial Photo: Honda Super Bowl kickoff is just days away, and while we couldn’t be more psyched to watch the New York Giants dismantle the New England Patriots (because, folks, that’s what will happen, end of story), we’re nearly as pumped to check out the game’s high-profile movie ads. Every year, corporate America pours millions of dollars into movie-related spots — some starring Hollywood A-listers, others riffing on classic films — in an attempt to convince inebriated football fans to buy cars, beer, junk food, deodorant and whatever else we probably don’t need but which might make our sad, empty lives have more meaning. At least that’s how we think ad agencies approach the biggest sporting event of the year. In preparation for the commercial excellence coming our way Sunday, we took a look at Super Bowls past — as well as this year’s pigskin classic — to pick the 10 greatest movie-related ads of all time. 10. Honda’s Riff on “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” This one sneaks onto the list neither because it’s a great commercial (it’s not) nor because it’s hilarious to see Matthew Broderick once again telling us that life moves pretty fast (it’s just depressing). No, this 2012 Honda ad makes the cut because there’s never, ever going to be a “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” sequel, and if this is a close as we get, hey, we’ll take it. 9. Nissan’s “Top Gun” Pigeons Imagine being inside an ad agency when some creative exec pitches an ad in which a bunch of flyboy pigeons take flight, to the tune of “Top Gun” hit song “Danger Zone,” and attempt to poop all over a Nissan Maxima, but the car is too damn speedy and the birds — one of them voiced by “Cheers” mailman John Ratzenberger — can’t unload on it. And the Nissan suits say, “Hell yes! Let’s fork over a million dollars and air this baby during the Super Bowl.” The late ’90s were weird. And awesome. 8. Budweiser’s Alcoholic Dog Would a dog’s most traumatic memory be the time he tried to chase after a Bud truck? Would this be the recollection a dog, in the best tradition of a method actor, turns to on a movie set to cry on cue during a maudlin death scene? Do dogs drink beer? Listen, it’s the Super Bowl. These things don’t have to make sense. 7. Visa’s Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Everyone’s favorite movie-related drinking game made a very amusing appearance in the 2002 Super Bowl, as Kevin Bacon attempted to pull off what just might be a bit of credit-card fraud. Now drink! 6. Heineken’s Brad Pitt Beer Run We suppose there’s a world in which Brad Pitt doesn’t have an army of underlings to send out on a beer run and instead has to stroll, under cover of darkness and as a thousand rabid paparazzi converge on him, to the market to pick up a six-pack. In a far different world, Heineken spent roughly the GDP of a third-world country to hire Pitt, license the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” and produce ad in 2005. 5. FedEx’s “Cast Away” Resolution Who didn’t want to ring Tom Hanks’ neck in “Cast Away” and be like, “Dude, just open that FedEx box, ’cause there’s totally a satellite phone, a GPS locator, a fishing rod and a water purifier in there”? This 2003 Super Bowl ad gave us the next best thing. 4. Noxema’s Cream Ad with Farrah Fawcett and Joe Namath This ad, starring the movie star and the New York Jets QB, might not make it by today’s network censors. So it’s simply amazing that it aired during the 1973 Bowl and had Namath cooing, ”I’m so excited, I’m going to get creamed!” as Fawcett slid into frame. 3. Pepsi’s Michael J. Fox Apartment: “Apartment 10G” (1987) In 1987, Michael J. Fox had it all — except some Diet Pepsi to offer his very new, totally bodacious next-door neighbor. So MJF does what anyone in his position would do: He jumps out his window in the rain to fetch her some calorie-free pop. Gentlemanly! Of course, when he returns with soda can in hand, he learns the new gal has an equally gorgeous roommate. Both of them love Diet Pepsi. And Michael J. Fox. City living is the best! 2. Volkswagen’s Bark Side Eleven dogs. One “Star Wars” theme song. Nothing more needs to be said. In fact, nothing is said the entire time (in the same, savvy style as spot ). Just Budweiser’s 1995 frog watch it before it airs during this year’s game. Genius. 1. Volkswagen’s Force When a little boy clad as Darth Vader held up his hands, attempting to use the Force to start a Passat, he also jumpstarted the hearts of every Super Bowl viewer on the planet. Last year’s classic ad was the perfect synthesis of everything a Big Game spot should aspire to be: cute but not too cute, funny without trying too hard, nostalgic yet utterly fresh. Though we somehow doubt parents raised on “Star Wars” rushed over to the local VW dealership seeking the sense of familial togetherness apparent in the commercial, that’s not really the point (at least outside ad agencies and automobile manufacturers). Honestly, most of the people talking about the ad probably couldn’t even name what kind of car the kid Force-ifies. What’s key is people were talking — and still are talking a year later. For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com .
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The mysterious Ferris Bueller-themed Honda commercial that I was telling you about last week has been unveiled. On the one hand, it’s just Matthew Broderick and a string of references to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off , with the actor calling out ill to work to go frolic around town in his Honda CR-V. So technically, no legacies were harmed in the making of this TV spot. On the other hand, for a guy who’s supposed to be having a day off, I don’t know if I’ve never seen Broderick work harder in my life. Anyway, give it a try! It’s only 145 seconds, and will at least buy you a built-in bathroom break this coming Super Bowl Sunday. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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It would be too easy to seethe and writhe with dismay about Matthew Broderick — who’ll turn the big five-O(MG I’m old ) in March — reprising his role as everyone’s favorite truant teen from the ’80s, Ferris Bueller, for Honda. But factor in a 10-second teaser and a few other implications reported this morning, and the spasms of outrage might just ensue involuntarily. Indeed, there is something more than a little destabilizing about a doughy, gray-haired Bueller ripping open his curtains, uttering a midlife-crisis variation on his indelible dictum from the 1986 John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off : “How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?” The new video’s most optimistic observers wondered, “Sequel?”, while a new dispatch from Jalopnik may prompt a more piercing cry of, “Heresy?” A source familiar with Honda’s operations hinted to us earlier this year that the company was going to do a Ferris Bueller -style ad for the Super Bowl starring none other than Matthew Broderick. The source also added that the spot was going to mimic much of the original film, except this time prominently featuring Hondas. The big jump the two valets do in Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari? We hear this time it’s going to be a Honda CR-V. Honda is pouring a lot of money into this ad and, according to our source, hired The Hangover writer/director Todd Phillips to put it all together. Ah… ha . [Cue prolonged silence] I reached out earlier to both Phillips and Hughes’s family for insights and reactions to the news; neither has yet responded, but as far as I can tell, licensing the Bueller likeness is a two-party process involving Honda and Paramount, so you probably don’t have any legal drama or the like to anticipate. Coaxing Broderick, meanwhile, probably wasn’t too hard but couldn’t have been cheap at all . It’s strange, too — I always thought of Sarah Jessica Parker as the paycheck-part pants wearer in the family. According to the teaser’s YouTube page, viewers can “[s]tick it out until the Super Bowl, or take a ‘day off’ on Monday and catch the big reveal.” Your call. Developing… Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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OMG. Matthew Broderick is finally reprising his career-defining role of Ferris Bueller. That’s the good news. The bad? It’s only for a Super Bowl commercial. The sequel to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has been rumored for years, and will likely never happen. Which is probably for the best, as it could never be topped. Perhaps a 30- or 60-second Super Bowl ad – for what, we have no idea, but a teaser for the spot appears below – is the perfect dose of Bueller in 2012. Check out a gray-haired Matthew reenacting a famous scene below: Matthew Broderick Ferris Bueller Ad Tease We don’t know what’s funnier, seeing Broderick as a middle-aged version of Ferris, or that we live in an age where Super Bowl commercials have their own trailers.
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OMG. Matthew Broderick is finally reprising his career-defining role of Ferris Bueller. That’s the good news. The bad? It’s only for a Super Bowl commercial. The sequel to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off has been rumored for years, and will likely never happen. Which is probably for the best, as it could never be topped. Perhaps a 30- or 60-second Super Bowl ad – for what, we have no idea, but a teaser for the spot appears below – is the perfect dose of Bueller in 2012. Check out a gray-haired Matthew reenacting a famous scene below: Matthew Broderick Ferris Bueller Ad Tease We don’t know what’s funnier, seeing Broderick as a middle-aged version of Ferris, or that we live in an age where Super Bowl commercials have their own trailers.
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