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VIDEO: So That’s Why Hereafter Was Nominated for an Oscar

Perhaps in response to all those people left stymied by Hereafter ‘s Oscar nomination for visual effects (especially when Tron: Legacy got shut out of the category, poor thing), Warner Bros. have released a shot-by-shot reel showing how VFX supervisor Michael Owens and Scanline VFX put together that nine-minute opening tsunami sequence. And when you see how the live-action parts came together combining CG, green screen, water tanks, and on-location photography — well, “Oscar-nominated Hereafter ” doesn’t sound so silly anymore.

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VIDEO: So That’s Why Hereafter Was Nominated for an Oscar

Humor! Action! Kat Dennings! Now THIS is a Thor Trailer!

Can we all agree that the Thor marketing materials thus far have been a little less than thrilling? Good. Because now we really have something to look forward to from the Kenneth Branagh-directed Marvel actioner — an epic-scale tent pole set on two worlds with a sense of humor about itself, lots of swirling, hammer-smashing action, fantastical villains and creatures to ogle, and the acknowledged fetishizing of Chris Hemsworth’s abs.

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Humor! Action! Kat Dennings! Now THIS is a Thor Trailer!

Naked Ping Pong Trumps Stars in A Girl Walks into a Bar Trailer

The trailer for Sebastian Gutierrez’s A Girl Walks into a Bar features of a number of faces you may recognize, including Danny Devito, Josh Hartnett, Zachary Quinto, Rosario Dawson and Carla Gugino. They spend the entire trailer firing self-conscious dialogue at each other, waving around guns and sometimes doing sexy dances (not Devito, don’t worry). But really all you’re going to remember here is the room full of no-name actors playing ping-pong totally naked.

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Naked Ping Pong Trumps Stars in A Girl Walks into a Bar Trailer

Naked Ping Pong Trumps Stars in A Girl Walks into a Bar Trailer

The trailer for Sebastian Gutierrez’s A Girl Walks into a Bar features of a number of faces you may recognize, including Danny Devito, Josh Hartnett, Zachary Quinto, Rosario Dawson and Carla Gugino. They spend the entire trailer firing self-conscious dialogue at each other, waving around guns and sometimes doing sexy dances (not Devito, don’t worry). But really all you’re going to remember here is the room full of no-name actors playing ping-pong totally naked.

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Naked Ping Pong Trumps Stars in A Girl Walks into a Bar Trailer

REVIEW: Unknown Actually Just Tired, Familiar Same-Old From Liam Neeson

When someone makes a list of the most influential movies of the last decade — has EW done that yet? — The Bourne Identity should get its own category, not only because of the ruthless efficiency of its action sequences but also for the detached competence of its star, Matt Damon, whose deportment while stalking the gray, shadowy streets of West Europe suggested a man on a mission while lost in a dream. In the intermittently diverting Unknown — there could also be a compilation of movies with that title — Liam Neeson borrows from the Bourne playbook, as an American stranded in mysterious Berlin, his brow knitted even deeper by the fact that, after recovering from an accident, he’s been replaced in his life by someone claiming to be him.

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REVIEW: Unknown Actually Just Tired, Familiar Same-Old From Liam Neeson

‘Actresses are Reportedly Human’: New York Times Digs Into Female Celebrity Interview Eating

If you’ve read a celebrity profile about an ingenue in the last few years — or even few weeks — the chances are good that you’ve seen some variation on this introduction: “[Insert starlet here] loves breakfast so much that when I met her for an interview, she was already chowing down on [insert unexpected food here].” Well, courtesy of film publicist Jeremy Walker , there’s finally a term for this ever-present cliché: DIPE.

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‘Actresses are Reportedly Human’: New York Times Digs Into Female Celebrity Interview Eating

‘Superman’ Charlie Sheen Calls The Dan Patrick Show to Address Chuck Lorre

“We have to now call it The Charlie Sheen/Dan Patrick Show ,” so said Charlie Sheen on the phone with Dan Patrick again on the Wednesday morning edition of The Dan Patrick Show . You’ll recall that Sheen spent 28 minutes on Monday discussing his dislike of sobriety and the Albert Pujols-like value he holds to CBS, but in their latest chat the star seemed most concerned with his Two and a Half Men producer, Chuck Lorre.

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‘Superman’ Charlie Sheen Calls The Dan Patrick Show to Address Chuck Lorre

‘Friend’ of Lindsay Lohan Who Booked Her on The Late Show Actually Just Her Father

You can’t make this stuff up. That mystery Lindsay Lohan representative who called The Late Show with David Letterman and said the troubled star wanted to read the Top-10 list on Thursday? Turns out it was her father Michael. He tells TMZ that Linsday “knew full well” about the appearance, and was happy to appear, until her actual representatives shut it down. Lamented Papa Lohan. “Anything positive that I bring into her life … [her people] try to nix it.” SFX: Cuckoo clock. [ TMZ ]

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‘Friend’ of Lindsay Lohan Who Booked Her on The Late Show Actually Just Her Father

Never Say Anything: Justin Bieber Tells Rolling Stone His Thoughts on Abortion, Health Care

The 10 Most Delightfully Goofy Television Opening Credit Sequences Of All-Time

You might not realize this, but The Amazing Spider-Man — the Marc Webb-directed reboot of the Spidey mythology due in theaters next summer — already exists. Sorta: The Amazing Spider-Man was actually the title of a late ’70s made-for-TV movie and subsequent series. Revisiting that long-forgotten series is a peek back in time because it comes from that strange era (or, depending on your perspective, great era) of television: The late ’70s to early ’90s. A time which gave us some of the goofiest opening credit sequences in the history of the medium. In the spirit of the original Amazing Spider-Man , let’s look at ten of the cheesiest television opening credits of all-time.

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The 10 Most Delightfully Goofy Television Opening Credit Sequences Of All-Time