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The following article was published on Rotten Tomotoes News, May 8, 2007
"About a month after Ivan Reitman announced he was in possession of a new draft for an "Old School 2" script, star Luke Wilson got excited. He hasn't been privy to the screenplay but he's already committing to it.
"That's the best news I've heard," Wilson said. "I'm always kind of hoping in the back of my mind for Will [Ferrell] and Vince [Vaughn] to kind of bomb so they have to do it because I need it. That would be great." (HAHAHAHAHA!)
As long as the original screenwriter and director are in place, Wilson has no concerns for the sequel's quality. "I always had confidence that if Todd Phillips, who directed it, and Scot Armstrong, the guy that he wrote it with, I just know they wouldn't want to ruin the goodwill of the first one of the people who seemed to like it. So I just would figure would have to be just as good if not better but that's pretty cool."
With at least a third of the acting team ready to go, Reitman should really messenger a copy over to Wilson's office. " I always get people asking and I just never know. It's the kind of thing where once a year, somebody will call like my agent or something and say, 'Would you be up for doing Old School 2?' I always say, 'Yeah, definitely.' It'll probably end up being me and two guys besides Will and Vince."
Keep on wishing, Luke! :D
Sick Aniston pulls out of TV show appearance
Jennifer Aniston was forced to cancel her appearance on America's The Tonight Show last night after she was hit by a severe cold.
The actress started losing her voice at the premiere of her new movie Rumor Has It on Thursday and phoned in sick to Tonight Show host Jay Leno early yesterday to cancel her appearance after losing her voice altoghether.
Leno replaced the actress with Scrubs star Zach Braff but decided not to waste the personal questions he had planned for Aniston.
Upon asking the actor about his romance with Vince Vaughn - Aniston's boyfriend - Braff quipped, "I'm in love. I don't like to talk about my private life but things are going well," before adding, "I really prefer doing interviews as Jennifer Aniston."
Get better, Jen!
"According To New Lifetime Television Poll, Women Would Rather Kiss Brad Pitt Than Vince Vaughn Under The Mistletoe"
The rest of the poll can be found here
I like the response to this letter from Ted Casablanca's The Awful Truth:
Dear Ted: I've tried, and I've tried, but I just don't get the Jackass dude. Can you explain the attraction to Johnny Knoxville? Mary M. HoustonDear Ass-Gripe:
Sure, it's something rarely witnessed in Hollywood: a sense of humor. You think Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Johnny got ahead on their devastating good looks?
Hee.
Us, Star magazines win the sleazy Cheeseball Awards
By PETER CARLSON
Washington Post
Found here.
WASHINGTON - It's high time for those high-minded, highbrow media critics to get down on their knobby knees and apologize to the hardworking men and women of America's cheeseball magazines.
These snooty, snotty critics are forever yapping about how magazines just don't spend time and money to really dig deep into the stories they cover.
Well, maybe that's true for trivial topics like global warming or the budget deficit or genocide in Sudan, but it's definitely not true for one of the great epics of our time: the star-crossed love triangle of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.
When it comes to Brad & Jen & Angelina and now Vince Vaughn, who may or may not be Jen's new squeeze, nothing can stop America's great cheeseball magazines, which are, of course, Us and Star. Say what you want, they've stayed with this story for months, spending a fortune to chase the libidinous celebs around the world, following every twist of the story, even some that weren't, in the strictest sense, actually true.
Look at this week's Star. Not only does it have a piece on Jen and Vince's "Steamy Nights Together!" and a "World Exclusive! �� Brad & Angelina to Wed!" �� but it also has an interview with the grandmother of the Ethiopian baby that Angelina recently adopted.
"When Star learned that Angelina Jolie was adopting a child in Ethiopia," writes editor Joe Dolce, "we rushed two reporters to the scene. They immediately flew to the capital city of Addis Ababa and then made an arduous six-hour trek �� by jeep over rough, rugged roads �� to the tiny village of Awassa, where Angelina's baby was born."
Very impressive!
But no more impressive than Us, which ran a story on the adoption (and Brad & Angelina's subsequent weekend getaway in France) that credited no fewer than 12 reporters: one in Ethiopia, one in France, two in London, three in New York, four in Los Angeles and one in Chicago. Us also called in not one but two handwriting experts to analyze an autograph that Aniston recently gave to a fan in Chicago, which showed that Jen is "very private" and that love is important to her.
This is the kind of no-stone-left-unturned reporting that ought to win awards. But the high-minded, highbrow folks who bestow awards would rather eat worms than give one to the cheeseballs.
Fortunately, we are lowbrows, so we've created our own Cheeseball Magazine Awards for excellence in covering Brad & Jen & Angelina & Vince.
Most Thought-Provoking Headline: Star. "Brad Gets Naked With Angelina!"
Best Question: Us. Discussing how Brad's love for Angelina lured him into aiding her refugee work, Us asked the question on everyone's mind: "Could Aniston's loss be the developing world's gain?"
Best Freudian Analysis: Star quoted a "longtime friend" of Aniston saying, "Brad felt Jen has never resolved the feelings of abandonment that began when her father, John, left her mom, Nancy."
Most Creative Use of Alleged Experts: This was a tough call. Both mags have burrowed deep into their Rolodexes, dialing up scads of shrinks, body-language experts, relationship gurus and countless unnamed alleged insiders. But Us took the prize for quoting in a single issue (Jan. 31) the author of the book Breakup Girl to the Rescue! plus the author of Will Our Love Last? plus the author of The Love Compatibility Book, as well as "the creator of DivorceBusting.com."
Best Advice to a Member of the Love Triangle: Star, for calling in "former supermodel" Janice Dickinson to offer sage advice to Aniston on how to win Brad back: "Have a showdown with Angelina Jolie. Hell, you and Angelina ought to have an affair! You'd be a hot couple!"
Most Prodigious Use of Exclamation Points!!: Star!! It's not even close!!!
Best 180-Degree Reversal: After running a cover story on the alleged Aniston-Vaughn romance on July 11, Us reported this week that "there have been no signs of romance."
Biggest Screw-Up: Star, for its Jan. 17 cover story: "Brad & Jen Back On! It's Baby Time!" Oops!
Weirdest Simultaneous Cover Headlines (particularly when you consider that if both were true, the story would have ended right there):
Us, Feb. 14: "Brad Wants Jen Back!"
Star, Feb. 14: "Jen Fights to Get Brad Back!"
Best Reason for Continuing the Brad & Jen & Angelina & Vince Madness for at Least a Few More Months: Less room for stories on the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes affair.