Chris Brown, a man already linked to violence and destruction on a regular basis, hit up Rihanna’s Halloween party last night dressed as … a stereotypical Islamic terrorist. Here’s the singer and his crew, Taliban style: The 23-year-old and his pals donned beards, turbans and fake guns as they made their way to a TSA Watch List Greystone Manor in West Hollywood. “Ain’t nobody F–king wit my clique!!! #ohb,” Chris tweeted, classily. Chris Brown himself hasn’t commented beyond that, but his mother, Joyce Hawkins, weighed in: “HALLOWEEN IS FOR FUN NOTHING MORE THAN JUST FUN.” “GET A LIFE PLEASE.” Thanks, Joyce. We’ll do that. It’s not like your boy goes out of his way to court controversy. Halloween is the time for shock value, but still. You’d think a convicted woman-beater with obvious rage issues might opt for a costume a little less provocative. You know, like Green Man from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia . Or Karrueche Tran . What do you think of Chris’ costume? Good fun or goodness, what is he thinking? Harmless fun! Offensive and insensitive! View Poll »
The actress filed for divorce from Jimmi Simpson, who stars on It#39;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, last month. Lynskey, who plays neighbor Rose on the CBS hit, cited “irreconcilable differences” in the Sept. 25 filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Both Lynskey and Simpson waived the right to spousal support. The couple tied the knot on April 14, 2007. They separated on April 9 of this year, according to the court papers. They have no children.
‘I was trying to destroy myself physically,’ McElhenney says of gaining 50 pounds to play Fat Mac, one of MTV News’ Top 50 TV Characters of 2011. By James Montgomery Rob McElhenney as Fat Mac in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Photo: Joey L./ FX Gregor Samsa became an insect. Hulk Hogan dyed his beard black and joined the nWo. Metallica used to be awesome. Transformations are as much a part of life as eating, breathing and making fun of Lulu, yet rarely are they as unexpected as the grand, grotesque metamorphosis Rob McElhenney pulled off on the seventh season of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” when he turned the formerly fitness-obsessed Mac into a bulbous, bloated buffoon … mostly because he thought it would be funny. But McElhenney was also making a deeper point, too. By gaining 50 pounds of solid fat, he took a not-too-subtle jab at one of TV’s oldest tropes: Namely, that as shows go on, characters don’t age and they seemingly get better-looking. It’s the kind of deconstructionist slant that has made “Sunny” a cult favorite and made Fat Mac one of the year’s best characters. Because while, sure, it was funny to watch him inject insulin into his ginormous gut, you couldn’t help but ask yourself why there aren’t more characters like him on network shows. So, in celebration of Fat Mac’s inclusion in MTV News’ Top 50 TV Characters of 2011 , we spoke to McElhenney about piling on the pounds, the silky comfort of Tommy Bahama shirts, and how, someday, he hopes to be considered “the De Niro of basic-cable comedy.” MTV News : First off, congratulations on making our list of the Top 50 TV Characters of 2011. Fat Mac actually came in at #8 on the list. Rob McElhenney : I made the top 10? F— yeah! That’s really awesome. Who was ahead of me? [We start reading McElhenney the list, but he makes us stop when we reveal that Snooki came in at #3.] What? Are you f—ing kidding me? I refuse to hear anything else. Jesus Christ. MTV : Mac’s transformation was one of the television highlights of the year, and not just because it’s funny to see him, you know, lug around a garbage bag filled with chimichangas. You just don’t see characters put on that kind of weight on sitcoms now, or really ever before. McElhenney : Yeah. Vanity is such a huge part of television, and if you watch any average sitcom, you notice that the actors get better-looking as the years go by. And I caught myself sitting in the editing room last year, looking at myself, and I said, “Man, I don’t look very good in this scene; I should try to find a different shirt or something next time.” And I realized, “Wow, that is the first time I’d ever really thought that.” So I realized I needed to go in the extreme opposite direction. It’s always been our goal to do the opposite of what any sitcom on network television would do, so that’s what I did. MTV : So it went beyond, just, “It would be funny to see Mac gain an obscene amount of weight …” McElhenney : It wasn’t just a stunt. I thought, if we were being true to the characters, and we were really showing what these people would look like if they lived the way that they claimed to live, this is what we would look like. All we do is sit around and drink and eat terrible food, and there’s certainly no exercise going on, and we don’t seem to really care about our health. So when you hit a certain early-30s, mid-30s range, it’s going to start to fall apart. So, to me, it was less of a stunt or a gag and more of an actual representation of what Mac really might look like at this point in his life. MTV : So once you decided you were going to gain the weight, how’d you go about doing it without, you know, totally destroying your body? McElhenney : Oh, I was basically trying to destroy myself physically as much as I possibly could. I was trying to eat around 5,000 calories a day, and at first I was doing it as healthy as possible, but after like the 3,000th calorie of grilled chicken breast and rice, you realize you literally have to consume twice as much volume as opposed to just eating a cheeseburger. So after a while, I started eating a lot, a lot of doughnuts. It was really hard, man. The key to it was force-feeding myself this milkshake that I made every day that had weight gainer, chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream, and creatine, which creates bloating, and force-feeding myself two of those every day, and those were about 1,000 calories a piece, and that’s what really put it over the edge. MTV : You know, it’s funny, because you hear about all these actors gaining or losing weight for roles, and they’re almost always lauded for doing so. Does it bother you that, after going through so much, people only see Fat Mac as this sort of stunt? McElhenney : Well, I’d like to enter that conversation. You know, “the De Niro of basic-cable comedy.” [ He laughs. ] Nah, it doesn’t bother me. We’re not that kind of show. But I don’t think people understand how hard it was to just gain all this weight. I started at 162 and I got up to 212 … and I was also working out, just doing, like, powerlifting, because I noticed that most of my weight was just going to my gut, and it wasn’t filling out everywhere else and it wasn’t really playing, so to create that sort of non-defined, smooth look, I had to lift weights, and then the fat just sort of sat on top of the muscle. I was trying to create David, and as we all know, Michelangelo had to start with a slab of marble and then whittle it down. So I was just creating the slab. MTV : Another great thing about the character this season is that he introduced the Tommy Bahama shirt into the national conversation. McElhenney : [ He laughs. ] I see a lot of people wearing them. And I think middle-aged guys wear them because they think it hides their gut, and it doesn’t. In a bizarre way, it makes them look bigger, and originally I was wearing these super-tight T-shirts, and since my fat was kind of rolling out from underneath it, you would think that you would look bigger onscreen that way, as opposed to this big, flowing shirt. But for whatever reason, they actually accentuate the size. They’re like a muumuu. And the truth is, once you slip one of those bad boys on, they’re unbelievably comfortable. They’re made out of silk, and they really just flow and they breathe, and I was like, “Goddamn, I kind of really love these shirts.” I took some home, but my wife [“Sunny” co-star Kaitlin Olson] wasn’t having it. MTV : One of the key episodes this season was “How Mac Got Fat,” which, as the title implies, explained why he put on all the weight. There are scenes of you in flashback when you were skinny. Can you explain the backstory of that episode? McElhenney : We shot it last season, and it was a completely different episode and we were going to air it this year, because we had one less slot last year. So that was always the intention, and then as we started the season, and I went through this endeavor, we realized we couldn’t just air this episode because it wouldn’t make sense anymore. So we sort of broke down the episode and said, “How can we tell this as a flashback, and create this as being the reason why Mac did this in the first place?” So we rewrote it, based on the cut and based on the footage we had, and then we went back and created this completely different episode. It was literally the last thing we shot this season. MTV : So, finally, we know you’ve dropped most of the Fat Mac weight now. Looking back, how do you feel about the entire endeavor? McElhenney : Yeah, I’ve dropped almost all of it. I think the remaining 10 to 12 pounds are probably just going to stay. I’m OK with that. [ He laughs. ] And, you know, I’m really happy I did it. It was hard, but it was worth it. I can tell you right now that this never would’ve happened on network television. Because when I would’ve gone in to pitch it to the network executives, they would’ve said, “Absolutely not.” Because the glamour is such an important part of how they sell their shows, so trying to make the actors look as good as they possibly can is an important part of the process. And our show has never been about that. MTV will reveal the best artists, songs and movies of the year. Come to MTV News each day to see more big reveals and check out more of MTV’s Best of 2011 music, TV, movies and news coverage.
Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame are expecting a baby – the second in as many years for the married couple! Son Axel was born to the couple last September. Soon he’ll have a baby brother to play with! “We’re having a boy! We’re so happy that Axel gets to have a brother so close in age. And that I get to add another set of balls to my very, very male world,” Kaitlin Olson said in a hilarious statement to TV Guide . “We recently found out I was pregnant during my mom’s birthday weekend in Ojai. I was instantly so proud of this baby for already knowing how to make someone else’s special occasion all about him.” The couple’s Always Sunny co-star Glenn Howerton, who plays Kaitlin’s brother, and his wife welcomed their first child last month, while Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis are expecting their first in December. Olson and McElhenney have been married since 2008. Congrats to all!
The happy couple married in 2010. The new mom#39;s co-star TJ Thyne took to Twitter to share the happy news after. “CONGRATULATIONS EMILY D!!!!!!!!!!!!” he Tweeted. “Yay yay yay!!! :o)” Bones#39; Emily Deschanel and her husband, It#39;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-star David Hornsby, welcomed their first child Wednesday. His name is Henry. Shortly after her sister Emily announced the news, Zooey Deschanel could hardly contain her excitement, Tweeting: “I am super excited to be an aunt!”
Bones ‘ Emily Deschanel and her husband, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-star David Hornsby, welcomed their first child Wednesday. His name is Henry. The happy couple married in 2010. The new mom’s co-star TJ Thyne took to Twitter to share the happy news after. “CONGRATULATIONS EMILY D!!!!!!!!!!!!” he Tweeted. “Yay yay yay!!! :o)” Congratulations to Emily and David! Shortly after her sister Emily announced the news, Zooey Deschanel could hardly contain her excitement, Tweeting: “I am super excited to be an aunt!” Bones returns November 3 with a slightly shorter season due to Emily’s pregnancy (also playing out on the show). Zooey is now starring in New Girl . [Photo: WENN.com]
Bam Margera, Johnny Knoxville and two ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ stars attended Wednesday’s service. By Mary J. DiMeglio Johnny Knoxville with Ryan Dunn’s family and friends at Dunn’s memorial service in West Chester, PA, on Wednesday Photo: Amy Dragoo/ AP Images WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania — Hundreds of Ryan Dunn’s friends and family members flooded a suburban Philadelphia funeral home Wednesday for a private memorial service to honor the “Jackass” star, who was killed in a fiery car crash early Monday morning. Described as “a celebration of Dunn’s life,” the service in West Chester, Pennsylvania, lasted more than four hours. The daredevil’s famous friends who gathered included best friend and “Jackass” cohort Bam Margera — who attended with his wife, Missy, and parents, Phil and April Margera — Johnny Knoxville and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” actors Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney. The Kings of Leon, who became close with Dunn last year, also paid tribute to the star Wednesday night during their show in London’s Hyde Park. Frontman Caleb Followill asked the audience to toast “a friend of ours who’s passed away,” adding, “This is for Ryan,” before playing “McFearless,” from 2007’s Because of the Times. Earlier in the week, bassist Jared Followill tweeted, “I’m heartbroken to say that our great friend we made over the last 8 months has passed away. Honestly in shock. Devastated. RIP Ryan Dunn.” Accident-reconstruction teams have estimated Dunn’s 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 was traveling between 132 and 140 mph in a 55 mph zone when it collided with a guardrail around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The Porsche then went soaring through about 40 yards of trees before hitting one and bursting into flames. Dunn, who recently celebrated his 34th birthday, will reportedly be buried in Ohio, where he was born. The website for the DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith and Boyd funeral home, where the service was held, says a public memorial will be announced at a later date. Dunn’s obituary requests contributions be sent to Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids , a foundation the country singer started in 1999 to raise money for children’s charities. On Tuesday, a very-distraught Bam Margera spoke to a local Fox affiliate, telling a reporter, “I’ve never lost anybody that I care about; he’s my best friend. “He was the happiest person, the smartest guy with so much talent,” he continued. “He had so many things going for him. … It is not right.” Bam’s mother said she considered Dunn her son. “He’s gonna be really missed by everybody,” April Margera told NBC News on Tuesday. “[I’m] sick because it’s a waste, sick because I loved him, sick because he was talented, sick because I can’t believe he’s gone.” The “Today” show reported that Dunn’s family members flew to West Chester from Ohio and Florida to plan his funeral, telling NBC News, “We are devastated by the loss. Ryan will be greatly missed, but he will forever be in our hearts.” According to a preliminary toxicology report by the Chester County coroner’s office, Dunn’s blood alcohol level was 0.196, more than twice the 0.08 legal limit in Pennsylvania. The report also says there were no “drugs of abuse” detected in Dunn’s system. The coroner’s report lists blunt force trauma and thermal trauma as the official causes of death for Dunn and his passenger, 30-year-old Iraq war vet Zachary Hartwell , who was credited as a production assistant on “Jackass Number Two” and was working with Dunn on his new G4 show, “Proving Ground.” Dunn grew up in New York before moving to West Chester, where he hooked up with Bam’s CKY crew. He kicked off his career doing stunts and skateboard tricks in a series of online videos, which eventually led to his part in MTV’s “Jackass” in 2000. He also appeared on “Viva La Bam” and “Bam’s Unholy Union,” in addition to the three big-screen “Jackass” adaptations. He was the star of his own short-lived MTV show, “Homewrecker,” and co-hosted G4’s “Proving Ground,” which premiered last week but has since been pulled off the network’s schedule. Share your memories of Ryan Dunn on our Facebook page or in the comments below. Related Videos Remembering Ryan Dunn Related Photos Ryan Dunn: A Career In Photos
Keith Brown, the father of a former classic piano-playing group titled the 5 Browns, was sentenced in court today. In February, the 55-year old pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three of his kids many years ago, a crime for which he’ll spend at least a decade in prison. He’ll spend 10 years to life in Utah state prison, a clerk court confirms. Brown’s crimes took place between November 1990 and October 1992; and March 1997 and March 1998. Daughters Desirae, 32, Deondra, 30, and Melody, 26, have issued a statement saying they came forward about the incidents once rumors that their father would be managing a new band – comprised of teenagers – began to circulate.
One is a politician, the other a humanitarian. And now Arnold Schwarzenegger and Angelina Jolie can both add a new title to their resumes: comic book hero. The former Governor of California will soon be transformed by none other than legendary writer Stan Lee, who has created The Governator and tells Entertainment Weekly of the character: “[He] is going to be a great superhero, but he’ll also be Arnold Schwarzenegger. We’re using all the personal elements of Arnold’s life… Only after he leaves the governor’s office, Arnold decides to become a crime fighter and builds a secret high-tech crime-fighting center under his house in Brentwood.” Jolie, meanwhile, is the latest in a long line to be honored by Bluewater Productions. That company has also published comic books for Lady Gaga, Justin Biber, Robert Pattinson and many others. “I learned a great deal about her struggles and triumphs as an award-winning actress, mother and humanitarian,” writer Brent Sprecher said of working on the fictional adventure. He also gave her a giant rack. Check it out above!
Emily Deschanel is pregnant! The 34-year-old actress and her husband, David Hornsby, are expecting their first child, her sister Zooey Tweeted and Emily’s rep later confirmed. The Bones star and Hornsby, a writer-actor best known for his role as Rickety Cricket on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia , began dating in 2007. The couple got married in an intimate ceremony in L.A. last September. Deschanel is due later this year. Congratulations to the parents-to-be!
