There’s a lot of potentially humiliating stuff going on in Ryan Gosling‘s Breaker High, the Canadian sitcom that helped launch the Drive actor’s career in 1997, back when he was just a hunky teen. Between Ryan’s faux-Brooklyn accent, the insanely flamboyant hockey coach, and the fact that the show revolved around a high school located on a cruise ship, it’d be understandable if Ryan wanted to toss all copies of this show into the Atlantic and never look back. But really, is it any worse than any other early embarrassing celeb role? From Jack Black to Jennifer Aniston to Renee Zellweger, plenty of A-listers have had to take some Z-list roles when they were starting out. If you had to chose one from our humiliating list (and you do!), which cringe-worthy part do you think is the most regrettable?
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Matthew McConaughey Turns Marlboro Man: Love It Or Hate It?
Howdy, partner! While last night’s Bernie premiere wasn’t the first time Matthew McConaughey has shown off his new ‘stache, his decision to top off his ensemble with a cowboy hat certainly brings out the Marlboro Man vibe—or the John Holmes vibe depending on your cultural reference point. Do you dig the look, or would you rather he bring back the smooth-faced Surfer, Dude aesthetic we’ve seen for years? Check out the gallery below for shots of mustachioed Mateo with wife Camila Alves and co-stars Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine. You have to assume movie is relatively serious if Jack isn’t pulling his Kung Fu Panda craziness on the carpet.
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A.I Contestants Old And New, Celebrities, Watch As Scotty McCreery Wins American Idol
Scotty McCreery is the new American Idol! The teenaged country singer beat Lauren Alaina to win the the title which capped off a spectacular show. The two hour Season 10 finale took place at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles and they really packed in as much as they could. Beyonce dazzled on stage, Jennifer Lopez sparkled in a very JLo-esque jumpsuit and old and new American Idol contestants turned up in hordes. Like Sanjaya Malakar — remember him? A lot of this seasons contestants got to sing with their idols like Tony Bennett, Tim McGraw, Tom Jones, Judas Priest …. and Lady Gaga! Jack Black rocking out? Classic!
But more than anything, we were just happy to see some of our contestants and winners of past American Idol’s. Adam Lambert who was so glam it hurt, Allison Iraheta, Jason Castro (with his preggers wife Mandy Mayhall), Kris Allen… the list goes on. We’ve put a gallery of arrivals at the event so you can memory check everyone who came. Congratulations, Scotty! Can you believe he’s just 17? What a massive moment for country music.
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Brangelina Skip Kung Fu Panda 2 NY Premiere, Jack Black Unleashed
There are two types of Jack Black movie premieres: Jack Black movie premieres where he’s the biggest star there, and those where he’s not. Oh sure, he clowns around either way, but when he’s the top dog, that’s when we really get to see the man wild out. So with Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie skipping today’s Kung Fu Panda 2 premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in NY, the only person who could compete with Jack for star power was Lucy Liu and uh…yeah, it was Jack’s big moment. Check out the gallery for a taste of the poses and faces JB dropped on his panda people in the Big Apple.
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Brad Pitt Skips Cannes Award Ceremony For Kung Fu Panda 2 Premiere
Wow, maybe family is the most important thing for Brad Pitt…that or he’s afraid of Angelina Jolie‘s sex grotto. Terrence Malick‘s Tree Of Life won the Golden Palm, Cannes’ highest honor, this weekend, but Pitt—who produced and starred in the film—wasn’t around to soak in the praise. No, the two-time Academy Award nominee had jetted back to Hollywood to stand beside his wife at the Kung Fu Panda 2 premiere in khakis and a matching tan shirt, leaving non-famous producers Bill Pohlad and Dede Gardner to accept the award for the reclusive Malick and ridiculous Pitt. It looks like Brad took Malick’s message of love and family to heart and knew his time was best spent with people dressed like pandas, and friends like Jack Black and Seth Rogen, rather than the cineastes of Europe. Plus, again, the sex grotto.
Check out the gallery to see photos of Lucy Liu, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Marcia Gay Harden and other stars who probably would have rather been at Cannes. But not Brad!
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Big Bumps, Beautiful Women On Display At Bridesmaids Premiere
We don’t get it. Scheduling the release of Bridesmaids for the weekend after the Kate-William wedding would have made perfect sense. Instead, the film doesn’t come out until the 13th, while the red carpet premiere in LA went down last night, immediately before the royal ceremony—guaranteeing galleries of the gala won’t be today’s most gawked-at. Ooh wee, what’s up with that? What’s up with that?
Nonetheless, stars like Kristin Wiig, Jon Hamm, and Rose Byrne looked terrific outside the Mann Village Theatre, with Maya Rudolph bringing along one hell of a baby bump (why Jack Black was so proud of his belly we’re not quite sure). See more photos from the scene in the gallery below.
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The Top 25 Fictional Stoners In Cinematic History
While the negative effects of smoking marijuana have been portrayed on film for over seventy years, the current age of stoner-friendly cinema can largely be credited to one Judd Apatow. As the unofficial ringleader of the Frat Pack, he wrote, directed and produced a veritable bumper crop of pro-Mary Jane films over the last half-dozen years or so. Films like Knocked Up, Pineapple Express and Superbad worked very hard to smash the stigma that the Reagan administration attached to the cannabis plant, and their tremendous success at the box office unquestionably played a role (albeit, likely, a minor one) in the “Legalize It” movement that is slowly gaining steam in both Red and Blue states.
Although Apatow had nothing to do with this weekend’s release of the latest entrant in the stoner-friendly canon, the medieval fantasy Your Highness (get it?), we here at TheFABLife figured now is as good a time as any to countdown our all-time, Top 25 fictional stoners in cinematic history. From the trailblazing likes of Cheech Marin to the nonsense-spewing Jay of Clerks fame, from the highly paranoid/confessional behavior of Nicole Kidman’s character in Eyes Wide Shut to the perpetually buzzed Wooderson in Dazed and Confused, we hope you enjoy this look at cinema’s most baked characters, maaaaaan!
Beastie Boys’ Fight For Your Right: Revisited Trailer Released
Back in January we reported that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch‘s battle with cancer was successful, and since his treatments have ended, the band has been busy. They’ve been working on their latest album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, which will release on May 3, and they made a short film called Fight For Your Right: Revisited, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The trailer for the short was just released online and as you can imagine, the film revisits and reenacts the Boys’ famous “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” video and consists of wall-to-wall celebrity cameos. Check out the who’s who of Hollywood comedians (and Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci which … sure, why not?) in the video above.
Stars Get Slimed On Stage At The 2011 Kids Choice Awards
How could we resist showing you these? Considering most celebrities are groomed to an inch of their lives before being unleashed in public, how awesome is it to see them with green goo dripping off their perfect faces. Vindication! Heidi Klum, Jack Black, Josh Duhamel, Jim Carrey and Johnny Depp all got a dose of slime at the 2011 Kids Choice Awards on Saturday.
But through laughing hysterically at them, we also learned a couple of things about these stars. For instance, Johnny Depp is just plain badass. Forget sliming him, he got a gun and slimed the audience! Also, Heidi Klum is awesome, even covered in green slime. We’re trying to think of other supermodels who would allow that stuff to come within a five mile radius of themselves and can’t think of even one. Lastly, Josh Duhamel somehow looks gorgeous in a weird purple bowtie. Josh also looks gorgeous covered in slime. Don’t believe us? Check out the photos below! [Photos: Getty Images]
Jack Black, Ashlee Simpson Treat Their Kids To “Milk And Bookies”
Don’t worry, folks: Milk And Bookies isn’t about introducing kids to the joy of gambling. A gaggle of celebrity parents showed up at the 2nd annual “storytime celebration” in LA, including Jack Black—who read aloud with sons Samuel and Thomas—and Ashlee Simpson, stepping out on the carpet with son Bronx for the first time after separating from husband Pete Wentz.
See more adorable photos of celebs with their tots in the gallery below. Maya Rudolph looked like she could have birthed another one on the carpet!
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