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Will Ferrell stories: 23 news summaries

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 The Worst One-Note Actors 

They grind out the same performance again and again

Oct 7, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - "It’s a sad time to be a cinephile," laments Branwyn Lancourt, who heaps particular scorn on "one-note wonders"—actors who give the same performance in every film. He lays out the 5 worst offenders for Faster Times:
  • Kristen Stewart. Her acting is nothing more
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film • Jennifer Aniston • Michael Cera • Ben Stiller • actor • Will Ferrell • Kristen Stewart

 Will Ferrell and Pals: 
 'Save Our Health Execs' 

'What's so American about competition?' asks snarky video pushing for public option

Sep 22, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Will Ferrell thinks we need to remember the people who really matter in the health care debate: insurance executives. The comedian has produced a star-studded parody ad for MoveOn.org in which he and his fellow actors decry the evils of the reform movement. “Why is Obama trying to... More »

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parody • health care reform • MoveOn.org • Will Ferrell • Jon Hamm • public option

 All-Time Best 
 TV and Movie Drunks 

Norm, Frank the Tank make the list

Sep 19, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone likes a funny drunk, right? Barstools lists the most lovable movie and TV boozehounds of all time:
  • Who comes to mind first? Norm Peterson from Cheers, of course. "The crowd shouted 'Norm' every time he walked through the door to belly up to the bar."
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entertainment • television • alcohol • alcoholism • The Office • sitcom • Charlie Chaplin • Will and Grace • Will Ferrell • movies • drunk • Billy Bob Thornton • John Belushi • Cheers • Animal House • Old School

 Stars Bomb at the Box Office 


Aug 21, 09 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood executives are scratching their heads over why so many mega-wattage stars are failing to fill movie houses. A record number of usual box-office successes like Denzel Washington, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks came up short, in some cases not even attracting enough viewers for producers to break... More »

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Hollywood • Julia Roberts • Denzel Washington • movie deal • movie financing • Will Ferrell • movie ratings • movie star

analysis

 What Hollywood 
 Learned This Summer 


Jul 9, 09 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood is in the middle of an illuminating summer. The season started strong, with Star Trek, The Hangover, and Up, before things seriously cooled off, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some big releases await, but here are some of the lessons learned so far:
  • Playability has eclipsed
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entertainment • box office • Eddie Murphy • Star Trek • Will Ferrell • movies • Terminator Salvation • summer movies • The Hangover • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

OPINION

 Ferrell's Career 
 Looks Lost Indeed 


Jun 8, 09 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost is so far a box office bomb, and that’s no accident, Chris Nashawaty writes in Entertainment Weekly. It’s “just the latest proof that Ferrell’s shtick—the clueless, self-deprecating blowhard man-child—is growing stale.” Step Brothers, Semi Pro, The ... More »

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entertainment • film • comedian • Will Ferrell

 Top Saturday Night Live Alums 

Stars who made it big after the show

Jun 5, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not all Saturday Night Live alums go on to bigger and better things after leaving the show. Time pronounces the top 10 who did.
  • Will Ferrell has come a long way since those cheerleader sketches. His latest flick, Land of the Lost, opens today (and judging from the
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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Tina Fey • Bill Murray • Al Franken • Chris Rock • Sarah Silverman • Eddie Murphy • Will Ferrell • Sarah Palin • John Belushi • Janeane Garofalo • Chevy Chase

movie review

 Land of the Lost  
 Better Off Extinct 

Will Ferrell not enough to save picture

Jun 5, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Land of the Lost remakes the 1970s TV series, sucking Will Ferrell into a parallel universe that mushes past, present, and future together. Keep this flick out of your own future, critics say:
  • “The only marginally interesting, if unsurprising, thing about the pricey movie spinoff is that a
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entertainment • film • movie review • Will Ferrell • Jay-ZTV

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Mel's Lover Still 
 Pregnant: Sources 

Plus, A-Rod moves on, and more

May 19, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mel Gibson’s lover is pregnant—yes, the National Enquirer said so two weeks ago, reports the New York Post, but now sources close to Gibson have confirmed Oksana Grigorieva is expecting. Elsewhere:
  • Also from the Post, Alex Rodriguez has moved on from Madonna to Kate Hudson. The two
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entertainment • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • gossip • Conan O'Brien • Pearl Jam • Kate Hudson • Michael Jackson • Mel Gibson • Will Ferrell • celebrity pregnancy • Oksana Grigorieva


 Ferrell Tests 
 His Mettle on 
 Man Vs. Wild 

Man vs. Wild appearance will air in June

Apr 16, 09 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Will Ferrell fans can watch the funnyman eat reindeer eyeballs, drink his own urine, and rappel down frozen waterfalls in a June episode of Man vs. Wild. Ferrell joined host Bear Grylls in Sweden—where the pair also improvised snow shoes and foraged for food—to tape the popular Discovery... More »

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television • reality TV • Discovery Channel • Will Ferrell • movie tie-ins

THEATER REVIEW

 
 
 No Misunderestimating 
 Ferrell as Dubya 


Feb 6, 09 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not quite a landslide, but critics mainly agree that Will Ferrell gets his mission accomplished in lampooning the 43rd president with his Broadway show, You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush. Though Saturday Night Live viewers will see the “retread” in Ferrell’s... More »

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Dick Cheney • satire • Broadway • impersonation • Will Ferrell • George W. Bush • You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush • theater reviews

SNL 'Bush' Endorses Squirming 'GOP' Pair

Ferrell's Bush praises 'heavily patriotized' ticket

Oct 24, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Will Ferrell reprised his role as a bumbling George Bush for last night's special edition of Saturday Night Live to force his endorsement on an extremely unreceptive GOP "ticket." Ferrell first explained to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin that the vice president tells a president what to do and... More »

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Saturday Night Live • John McCain • Tina Fey • Will Ferrell • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin

Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance 

Security detail has already toured the studios; Fey may return, too

Sep 25, 08 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin may make an appearance on a Saturday Night Live, where she was so accurately mimicked by Tina Fey on the season premiere, OK! reports. The Republican’s security detail has already cased NBC’s studios in New York. Fey could also come back to reprise her role,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Tina Fey • Janet Reno • Will Ferrell • Election 2008 • Amy Poehler • Sarah Palin • cameo • public appearance • impression

 Kidman Is Most Overpaid Actor 

Ex-husband makes the list, too

Sep 10, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With an ignominious 1:1 ratio of salary to receipts, Nicole Kidman snags the top spot on Forbes’ list of most overpaid movie stars. In other words, her films make a mere $1 for every dollar she’s paid, an average $15 million per flick. Ex-husband Tom Cruise is close... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • film • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Cate Blanchett • Jennifer Lopez • Cameron Diaz • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Garner • Nicolas Cage • actor • Will Ferrell • movie industry • movies • Jim Carrey

OPINION

 Songs Savaged by Pop Culture 

Commercials, YouTube and 'iconic' movie scenes make old faves unlistenable

Sep 7, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some songs simply can't survive the ravages of pop culture. Scott Bennett on College Humor, runs down some tunes he can no longer listen to:
  • "O, Fortuna:" Jackass turned this "orchestral masterpiece" from Carl Orff into something that went from evoking "the struggle of mankind"
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music • commercials • Jackass • Will Ferrell • Circuit City • movies • Internet music • Journey • Charlie's Angels

movie review

 Step Brothers Is Harmless Fun

But don't expect too much from the 'infantile' flick

Jul 25, 08 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Step Brothers is not exactly comedy gold, but it does have some redeeming moments, critics say. While the story of two man-boys forced to live together isn’t always amusing, there are some “funny-gut-busting” scenes spawned from “the comic chemistry of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly,”... More »

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film • movie review • Judd Apatow • John C. Reilly • Will Ferrell

 The 10 Best-Paid Actors 

From the Fresh Prince to Captain Jack Sparrow, stars aren't sweating the small notes

Jul 23, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hancock isn't the "have you seen it" superhero movie of the season, but star Will Smith isn't crying in his beer: The ex-Fresh Prince raked in $80 million in the year that ended June 1. The rest of the Forbes top 10:
  1. Johnny Depp ($72 million)
  2. Eddie
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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • Johnny Depp • list • celebrity • salary • Adam Sandler • Ben Stiller • Forbes • Eddie Murphy • Will Smith • Nicolas Cage • Will Ferrell • Bruce Willis • movies • Mike Myers

 Showbiz Bear Kills Trainer 

Bear in Will Ferrell movie bites trainer's neck

Apr 23, 08 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A grizzly bear used in movies attacked and killed its trainer yesterday in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 700-pound bear, which appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie Semi-Pro, lunged at the 39-year-old man and bit him in the neck. Staff at the animal training center managed to... More »

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animal attack • Will Ferrell • Semi-Pro • grizzly bear • bear

10,000 BC Clobbers Competition

College Road Trip pulls into second place

Mar 9, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Action epic 10,000 BC fought its way to the top of the box office this weekend, grabbing Warner Bros. $35.7 million, Bloomberg reports. The chronicle of a hunter facing massive beasts clambered over another new release, College Road Trip, a family film which took $14 million, as well... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Warner Brothers • Will Ferrell • Vantage Point • Semi-Pro • 10,000 BC • Raven Symone • The Bank Job • College Road Trip

Semi-Pro Bags Box Office Win

The Other Boleyn Girl debuts in fourth with Portman and Johansson

Mar 2, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Semi-Pro shot to number one at the weekend box office but played worse than expected for New Line, banking just $15.3 million, Bloomberg reports. "It's just Will Ferrell in another funny costume," one analyst said. "The act appeared a bit rote this time." An R-rating... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • New Line Cinema • Warner Brothers • Will Ferrell

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