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NEWS ABOUT: Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder stories: 13 news summaries

 Men in Black 3 Gets Green Light 

It's unclear if Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones are in

Oct 30, 09 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Men in Black are back … at least, Sony hopes they will be. The studio is moving forward with a third installment in the franchise and has tapped Tropic Thunder writer Etan Cohen for the script. Barry Sonnenfeld is willing to return to the director’s chair, sources tell... More »

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film • Sony • Tommy Lee Jones • Will Smith • movies • Tropic Thunder • Men In Black • Etan Cohen

 Nolte Flees $3M 
 Malibu House Fire 

Star suffers minor injuries

Oct 8, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Grizzled actor Nick Nolte escaped with minor injuries from a fire that gutted the living room of his Malibu home, reports Reuters. The 67-year-old star of Tropic Thunder suffered smoke inhalation and scrapes when he tried to douse the flames with water from a garden hose. Fire inspectors believe the... More »

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Malibu • fire • Nick Nolte • Tropic Thunder • LA County Fire Dept

OPINION

 Time to Ditch the Word 'Retard'? 


Sep 21, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder is just the latest example of how the word "retard" has become a pop-culture phenom, but the movie also has served as a catalyst for disability advocates who claim that the word is offensive and must go, writes Lynn Harris in Salon. Are they right?... More »

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disability • hate speech • Tropic Thunder • disability rights • Down Syndrome

 Bangkok 
 Dangerous
 Hobbles to
 Top Spot

Hitman flick knocks Thunder from top spot in slow weekend

Sep 7, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Cage action flick Bangkok Dangerous stumbled to box office victory during an unusually slow Labor Day weekend, Variety reports. With sales down 17% over last year's holiday, Bangkok needed just $7.8 million to top Tropic Thunder's $7.5 million. Completing the top 5 were The House Bunny ($5.... More »

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film • box office • The Dark Knight • Nicolas Cage • Tropic Thunder

 Thunder Still Roars at Box Office

Stiller flick stays on top

Aug 31, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropic Thunder kept rumbling this weekend with an $11.5 million box office score and a hold on the top spot, Variety reports. The Vin Diesel vehicle Babylon AD debuted in second with $9.5 million, while third-place Dark Knight made history as the second flick ever to bank $500... More »

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film • box office • The Dark Knight • Tropic Thunder

Thunder Rolls at Box Office


Aug 17, 08 6:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood spoof Tropic Thunder bombarded the box office this weekend by banking $26 million in top spot, Variety reports. Batman flick The Dark Knight fell to second but raked in $16.8 million and became the second-highest grossing domestic pic ever. Filling out the top five were Star Wars: The ... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Robert Downey Jr. • The Dark Knight • Ben Stiller • Star Wars • Jack Black • movies • Tropic Thunder

OPINION

How Thunder's Joke Hurts
the Disabled

'Retard' a painful word for mother of daughter with Downs

Aug 16, 08 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patricia E. Bauer suffers every time her Downs syndrome daughter hears the word "retard." When Bauer saw ads for Tropic Thunder, which jokes about retardation, they echoed every insult that her blond, blue-eyed daughter had endured for 24 years. After weeks of debate, Bauer remains stunned by... More »

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marketing • mental retardation • disability • DreamWorks • Ben Stiller • movies • Tropic Thunder • Simple Jack • disability rights

 Cruise's Partner Quits UA

Actor's new role is trying to revive his own career

Aug 14, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next mission impossible for Tom Cruise may be reviving his own career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner is quitting her job as CEO of United Artists just weeks after her husband, Cruise's agent Rick Nicita, left CAA. The changes likely reflect the star's unhappiness... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Tom Cruise • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • DreamWorks • Paula Wagner • United Artists • MGM • The Last Samurai • Tropic Thunder • Rick Nicita • Morgan Creek • Mission: Impossible • Vanilla Sky

MOVIE REVIEW

 Tropic Thunder
 Declares Comedy War

No targets are safe in Ben Stiller's gross-out war comedy

Aug 13, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The action comedy Tropic Thunder, a send-up of Vietnam War movies, crosses some lines—intentionally. In fact, Peter Hartlaub writes in the San Francisco Chronicle, "if you're not offended by at least one aspect of this film, then you're probably not getting out enough." But it has... More »

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Tom Cruise • comedy • movie review • DreamWorks • Robert Downey Jr. • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Tropic Thunder

Glossies

 The 'Summer of Downey'

For the first time, he's a genuine superstar

Aug 11, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - After "many long, cold, hard winters," it's finally the "summer of Downey," writes Erik Hedegaard in Rolling Stone. The success of Iron Man has turned the 43-year-old mercurial actor into a certified mega-star, raising the question of how he will deal with it all. "I'm... More »

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Rolling Stone • Robert Downey Jr. • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Iron Man • Tropic Thunder

Advocates for Disabled Protest Tropic Thunder

Protests, boycott planned over depiction of mentally disabled

Aug 11, 08 4:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Advocates for the mentally disabled are calling for a national boycott of Tropic Thunder, Reuters reports. The film features a character named Simple Jack, played by Ben Stiller, who is repeatedly called a “retard” in the film. "We are asking people not to go to the movie and... More »

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disabled • Tropic Thunder

Studios Bet Big on R-Rated Comedies

Risqué humor draws smaller crowds, but stars can cut loose

Aug 5, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie studios are gambling on R-rated comedies more than ever as audiences open up to raunchier humor and stars push to showcase their talent in a less restricted setting, the AP reports. PG-13 flicks almost always draw bigger crowds, but R-rated features like Sex and the City, Wedding Crashers, and... More »

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Tom Cruise • MPAA • comedy • Sex and the City • Ben Stiller • Jack Black • Knocked Up • movies • Tropic Thunder • R-rated • Wedding Crashers

 A Comic Star is Born? 

Much to his surprise, Danny McBride finds himself in demand

May 29, 08 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - He didn’t plan it this way, but Danny McBride will end up in three of the summer’s biggest comedies, the LA Times reports. In The Foot Fist Way, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder, viewers will see McBride get beaten, shot, blown up with a grenade, and tortured—all... More »

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comedy • Ben Stiller • screenwriters • comedian • Danny Mcbride • The Foot Fist Way • Pineapple Express • Tropic Thunder

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