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Jeff Who Lives At Home Trailer: Jason Segel, Ed Helms Get Brotherly

Here is a trailer for Jeff Who Lives at Home , which tells the very unusual story of sibling men-children (Jason Segel and Ed Helms) dealing with crises of various import. Epiphanies are had, edgy humor is achieved, Porsches are wrecked. Susan Sarandon cries and enjoys the cathartic eruption of office fire sprinklers. Some kids sing cheerily over the closing credits. It opens March 16. What did I miss?

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Jeff Who Lives At Home Trailer: Jason Segel, Ed Helms Get Brotherly

Man Claims Hangover 2 Is Based On His Life — Well, Except For the Transsexual Prostitute Part

Remember this summer’s Hangover Part II ? The Todd Phillips sequel about American pals who indulge in blacked-out Bangkok escapades involving kidnapped Buddhist monks, a chain-smoking monkey, Toyota car chases, kathoey prostitutes, Russian mobsters and Mike Tyson singing an obscure ’80s song from Murray Head? Well, now someone is claiming that the critically disappointing blockbuster was based on his own life, and he’s suing the filmmakers.

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Talkback: Is Josh Groban Your Next Big Comedy Star?

You raised him up — to the heights of a movie star, I mean! Josh Groban, the affable Oprah favorite with the groin-jitteringly rich voice, was a major perk of Crazy, Stupid, Love as Emma Stone’s all-wrong boyfriend Richard. Now he’s set to star on something called “television” as Ed Helms’ onscreen brother on The Office . Are we at the dawn of Josh Groban’s big-time jump to screen stardom?

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SNL Scorecard: Where the Hell Was Ed Helms?

It’s apparent that there are certain Saturday Night Live hosts whom the show really has no idea how to use — Elton John is a good example from earlier this season. Then there’s the strange case of Ed Helms: For whatever reason, the show decided to pretty much ignore the fact that Helms was host altogether.

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Justin Bartha, Apparent Talking Monkey, Highlight The Hangover Part II Character Posters

Assuming you are still be able to find a theater showing The Hangover Part II , the chances are good that you’ll throw down some hard-earned money when the film premieres over Memorial Day weekend. While the first trailer made Part II look more like a remake than a sequel, the newly debuted character posters highlight two important differences between the franchise starter and its sequel: Namely, Justin Bartha’s existence and speech-prone monkey!

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Justin Bartha, Apparent Talking Monkey, Highlight The Hangover Part II Character Posters

Count the Comedy Stars in Matt Walsh’s Improv Stoner Comedy High Road

Upright Citizens Brigade co-founder Matt Walsh ( Outsourced ) called on a dozen of his fellow comedians to act in his directorial debut High Road , an improvised film about a weed dealer (James F. Pumphrey) torn between his “career,” his musical aspirations, and his pregnant girlfriend (Abby Elliott). Hit the trailer after the jump and see how many of your favorite comedy players, including veterans of The State, Saturday Night Live , and Walsh’s short-lived series Players show up in the lo-fi indie comedy. (Well hello , Horatio Sanz!)

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Return of the ‘Pack: The Teaser Trailer for The Hangover Part II Debuts with Help from Jay-Z

When the trailer for Bruno debuted in 2009 , Universal tried to sell audiences on the critical love for Sacha Baron Cohen’s previous summer comedy, Borat . It didn’t work. Cut to 2011, and here comes Warner Bros. using a similar strategy in the first teaser for The Hangover Part II (it looks like those Roman numerals are part of the official title), which uses quotes about the first film to fill up much of the trailer’s length. Is this highly anticipated sequel doomed to face a Bruno -like box office fate?

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Return of the ‘Pack: The Teaser Trailer for The Hangover Part II Debuts with Help from Jay-Z

Ed Helms on Cedar Rapids, a ‘Big’ Hangover II Spoiler and Sleeping with Ellen Ripley

Ed Helms is noticeably more anxious than the last time we spoke. In 2009, Helms was promoting his supporting role in a little film The Hangover — a film which you’ll recall went on to become the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all-time. Back then, Helms was just a co-star; now he’s both the lead and executive producer on Cedar Rapids , a Sundance favorite about a mild-mannered insurance man from Wisconsin who heads to Cedar Rapids and has more than a few life-changing experiences. As the saying goes, “What happens in Cedar Rapids, stays in Cedar Rapids.”

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Ed Helms on Cedar Rapids, a ‘Big’ Hangover II Spoiler and Sleeping with Ellen Ripley

REVIEW: Ed Helms Serves Up Meager Heartland Yuks in Cedar Rapids

Where would indie cinema be without the hopes and dreams and peccadilloes of the little people? In their ordinary fleece pullovers and loud ties? Miguel Arteta’s alleged comedy Cedar Rapids was apparently made by, and largely for, people who would never go to a place like Cedar Rapids without saying to their friends with a sneer, “Yeah, Cedar Rapids! Can you believe it?” It’s a movie that needs to look down its nose for its laughs, which generally isn’t the best place to find them.

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Help Decode The New Still From The Hangover 2

Warner Bros. just released the first official picture from The Hangover 2 and like a mysterious Renaissance portrait, it appears to be laden with a bunch of clues and hints about the new movie. We’ll have to go full Da Vinci Code on this one. Check it out after the jump!

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