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Jason Bateman’s Fast iPhone Excuse

Annoyed with reports that he was privy to celebrity iPhone line-cutting privileges last week, Jason Bateman has taken to Twitter to explain the situation once and for all. “There wasn’t one boo. Not one hiss. The Apple guy brought me in away from the paparazzi. Period.” Bateman then went on to remember his time in that muggy, slow-moving line at the Grove fondly: “I was content in line. I wish I’d stayed.” [ Popeater ]

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Guess Which Piece of Crap Armond White Called a ‘Humanist Work of Art’?

NY Press critic Armond White and I have had our differences but not strictly due to his unfailing contrarian streak. The man who last week vilified the roundly beloved Toy Story 3 has this week managed to join the 8 percent of critics willing to stand behind Grown Ups — a film that hangs its hat on the attenuation of fart jokes, peeing in pools and 4-year-olds breastfeeding. But! It’s not that he doesn’t get it. The “humanist” joke is on you , dear reader — all the way down to the Mike Leigh and Jean Renoir comparisons. Seriously.

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