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VIDEO: Susan Boyle Gags on The View

VIDEO: Leslie Nielsen’s Fart Machine in Action

There have already been a number of phemenomenal tributes to the late Leslie Nielsen, but now Airplane and Naked Gun co-writer/director David Zucker has penned one and it’s both heartwarming and hilarious. There is one brief, eyebrow-raising moment where Zucker writes: “Offscreen, he wasn’t so much of a joke or storyteller…” Fortunately, he immediately qualifies this statement by saying that Nielsen preferred practical jokes and that “the stories are legion about the fart machine…” Too perfect. Let’s go to the videos.

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‘Take This With You:’ Movieline Remembers the Career of Leslie Nielsen

VIDEO: Kurt Russell, Sarah Silverman and Dozens More Sing ‘We Are the World’ for Funny or Die

Considering we’re only about four weeks away from Christmas — insert prerequisite “where did the year go?!” quip here — it’s about that time for celebrities to remember the less fortunate among us. With that in mind, here’s Comedy Death-Ray and Funny or Die presenting “We Are the World 25.75,” an almost anniversary celebration of the Quincy Jones supersong in support of the LA Regional Foodbank. Before you get too excited though, heed the words of Kurt Russell: “I want to stress that these are not good singers. This does not sound good at all.”

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Why Irvin Kershner Mattered

Irvin Kershner has died at the age of 87. He leaves behind some recognizable films ( The Flim Flam Man with George C. Scott; Eyes of Laura Mars with Faye Dunaway) and several sequels of various prominence ( The Return of a Man Called Horse , Robocop II and the renegade James Bond film Never Say Never Again ), never afraid to explore and extend the story of someone else’s work. So, really, it’s not a huge surprise in hindsight that he accepted the challenge of The Empire Strikes Back , the 1980 effort continuing the story that George Lucas started three years earlier with Star Wars . But could anybody have expected Kershner to knock this particular sequel out of the f*cking park?

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Why Irvin Kershner Mattered

Come Into Michael Bay’s Edit Room, and 6 Other Stories You’ll be Talking About Today

Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Meet the UK’ s most censored film in 16 years… Quidditch lingerie is a thing (at least in legal terms)… Erase your memories, Eternal Sunshine … Your first must-read profile of the young Oscar season… and more…

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Come Into Michael Bay’s Edit Room, and 6 Other Stories You’ll be Talking About Today

Naked Gun Actor Leslie Nielsen Dies at 84

Sad news for people who like to laugh: Actor Leslie Nielsen of Naked Gun and Airplane! fame of has died of complications from pneumonia at the age of 84. For my money, there’s no better showcase of Nielsen’s deadpan comic timing and deft slapstick ability than this montage of epilogues from Police Squad! , in which Nielsen fakes a freeze frame at the end of every episode. Check them out along with a reminder of Nielsen’s non-comedy work after the jump.

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Twilight Lover James Franco Incites Mass Hysteria At Actor’s Studio

It appears that in between curating art shows, attending classes, finishing up work on his Three’s Company reboot and a very busy self-pleasure schedule, James Franco was able to sneak away for a taping of Inside the Actor’s Studio — and the audience was out of control. Screaming women, hundreds of rejected fans and one overworked guest who would have likely just slept through the entire presentation were he in the audience.

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Twilight Lover James Franco Incites Mass Hysteria At Actor’s Studio

Kristen Stewart, Emma Watson And Three Other Actors Who Could Replace Emma Stone In 21 Jump Street

Emma Stone recently announced that due to her involvement as a web-slinger’s love interest in the forthcoming Spiderman she would be unable to join the cast of Jonah Hill’s 21 Jump Street remake. Now, it’s hard to be sure if the red-headed upstart is really jumping ship to play Peter Parker’s non-red-headed gal or if she just happened to catch The A-Team OnDemand, but here are five other actors that would make the perfect Officer Judy Hoffs. It’s time to go back to school kids.

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Kristen Stewart, Emma Watson And Three Other Actors Who Could Replace Emma Stone In 21 Jump Street

Justin Timberlake Aggressively Seeks EGO[T]

With all talk on The Social Network ‘s supporting players turning to Andrew Garfield and the two-faced Armie Hammer, everyone’s favorite pop phenom and experimental box user Justin Timberlake feels lost in the mix. Not to worry, though, the man who brought sexy back is arranging and attending press screenings and glad-handing to secure an Oscar nom of his own. He may have two Emmys and six Grammys, but it’s clear this kid is after the Tracy Jordan dream.

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Justin Timberlake Aggressively Seeks EGO[T]