Taye Diggs Raps And Dances In Offensive Dockers Khaki Commercial There is another “c” word that describes Taye Diggs PERFECTLY, but we’ll just call him a f***ing cornball… Let’s trade Taye Diggs. What is he worth? Can we get anything useful for him? Image via YouTube
In 2007, a dapper young star named Shia LaBeouf appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair next to an interesting caption: “Can Hollywood Turn 21-Year-Old Shia LaBeouf Into the Next Tom Hanks?” Provocative. Of course, LaBeouf’s career shifted from that of a Hanks-ian, potential Oscar nominee to the domain of a de rigueur action star. The youngster may not have followed Vanity Fair ‘s wish list since starring in the first Transformers film, but maybe he scored a more interesting feat — becoming our generation’s Michael J. Fox.
True story: “[T]here’s a spray-tanned John Malkovich going real big ; an absolutely bonkers physical comedy endurance routine from Ken Jeong; Frances McDormand vacillating between phone-in and terrifying commitment as a chief spook; a big and effortlessly campy John Turturro splatter-painting of a performance. That is a lot of actors trying things without much supervision and, to be fair, they’re all winners in the losing battle of man versus machine.” [ The Awl ]
In this weekend’s Larry Crowne , Tom Hanks plays a hardworking retail employee who is laid off suddenly because he doesn’t have a college degree. How did Hanks transform himself from a smooth-talking cross-dresser named Buffy to a dorky community college student who dresses in Dockers and crosses campus on a scooter?