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Wisten to the Weal King’s Speech from The King’s Speech

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Thank goodness for the BBC Archives. Unearthed in conjunction with the release of The King’s Speech comes the actual climax of the film (spoiler?): King George IV’ s country-rallying speech on the eve of World War II in 1939. How does the famously public-speaking-averse king sound on these dusty recordings? Like some combination of Tweety Bird and Bill Nighy at the beginning of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , naturally!

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The Cast of Community Reimagined as The Avengers

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

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Spider-Man Injury Update: Safety Inspectors Plan to Visit Production

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If Broadway had an NFL -like injury report, Julie Taymor’s production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark would be listed as “questionable.” In the wake of Monday night’s latest injury — when a stunt performer fell nearly ten feet into a pit beneath the stage — safety inspectors with the New York State Department of Labor will pay a visit to the production. “We’ll be talking to the production team, checking the harnesses, cables, and other equipment, and trying to determine what happened, and we’ll have more information after that,” said a department spokesman to the Times . Developing… [ NYT /ArtsBeat ]

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Spider-Man Injury Update: Safety Inspectors Plan to Visit Production

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If Broadway had an NFL -like injury report, Julie Taymor’s production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark would be listed as “questionable.” In the wake of Monday night’s latest injury — when a stunt performer fell nearly ten feet into a pit beneath the stage — safety inspectors with the New York State Department of Labor will pay a visit to the production. “We’ll be talking to the production team, checking the harnesses, cables, and other equipment, and trying to determine what happened, and we’ll have more information after that,” said a department spokesman to the Times . Developing… [ NYT /ArtsBeat ]

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Another Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Injury and 6 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

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Also in this Tuesday edition of The Broadsheet: James Franco is doing more stuff… A Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor passes away (but he’s not the one you’re thinking of)… The Arab League and Steven Spielberg reportedly don’t see eye-to-eye… and more ahead.

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Breaking Bad Emmy Winner Aaron Paul Will Come to Your Christmas Party for $16,000

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Perhaps the nearly year-long break between seasons of Breaking Bad has finally gotten to Aaron Paul. Either that, or he just likes that being famous means you can get paid thousands of dollars to drink eggnog at some millionaire’s Christmas party in Arizona. Paul — who won an Emmy for his Bad performance over the summer — was given $16,000 by entrepreneur Jason Hope to attend his lavish Christmas party, alongside fellow compensated guests like Snooki ($17,500) and Bruce Jenner ($15,000). Hey, it beats making crystal meth. [ TMZ ]

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Hanna Trailer Teaches How to Train Your Assassin

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When a trailer starts with Eric Bana telling a young girl who was raised in the woods, “You’re dead. I’ve killed you,” you know you’re in for something a little different. Especially when the next shot is of said girl running and screaming like a banshee over a pulsing score from the Chemical Brothers. Thankfully, the trailer for Hanna never looses steam, veering wildly from Kick-Ass -style cool to fairy-tale wonder to the tender, coming of age moments of the titular young assassin, played by Saoirse Ronan. Oh, and it’s from the director of Pride and Prejudice and Atonement .

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Tracy Morgan Gets a New Kidney For Christmas

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You can scratch “a kidney for Tracy Morgan” off of your holiday gift list because the 30 Rock star already underwent the organ transplant two weeks ago. To recover, Morgan will take a two or three episode hiatus from 30 Rock . EW reports that Liz Lemon will explain Tracy Jordan’s March absence “by saying he has some sort of a meltdown because of a good thing that’s happened to him.” Sounds like someone might get a little Oscar love for Hard to Watch: Based on the Book Stone Cold Bummer by Manipulate . Get well soon, Tracy! [ EW ]

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Watch Family Guy Parody Return of the Jedi, With Bonus Alec Baldwin Joke

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If you always thought that Return of the Jedi would benefit from toilet humor, good news: Seth MacFarlane has reimagined the Richard Marquand classic to do just so in Family Guy ‘s third and final Star Wars parody: It’s a Trap! The feature, which will be released on DVD tomorrow, includes Han Solo flatulence jokes, Paraplegic Joe as Jabba the Hut and a cameo from Pee-wee Herman. If that isn’t enticing enough, allow MacFarlane to sell you on the latest George Lucas homage: “It’s more of exactly the same kind of jokes you’ve seen in the other two. So if you like those, this is the same and you’ll enjoy it just as much.” Take your first look ahead.

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Who Had the Worse Weekend: How Do You Know or the NY Giants?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by | Comments Off on Who Had the Worse Weekend: How Do You Know or the NY Giants?

Man, oh, man, what a weekend for sadists. If watching a bloated cultural institution run aground in front of millions of viewers — thus squandering its talent and goodwill before finally collapsing beneath the weight of ego, misjudgment, bad decisions and competitive pressure — is your idea of a riotous spectacle, you were in all kinds of luck. But enough about How Do You Know .

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