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Will We See Lady Gaga, Other Star Cameos In The Muppets DVD Extras?

After years of rumors and vague responses about Lady Gaga‘s appearance in The Muppets, the cameo sadly wound up on the cutting room floor due to time constraints. Moviehole.net reports that it involved Gaga and her entourage — Ed Helms, John Krasinski and possibly Eric Stonestreet — in a showdown with Miss Piggy. And they may or may not have done a version of Madonna‘s “Vogue.” We fail to see how ANY OTHER plot point could have been more important than this. But we are still crossing our fingers that this makes it to the DVD extras.

Moviehole has a whole list of cameos cut from the original script. Elmo, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Rachael Ray, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Christian Bale, Kathy Griffin, Anne Hathaway, Katy Perry and George Clooney were all on the wish list. Of course, many of those stars happen to be very busy and couldn’t squeeze a Muppet shoot into their schedules (Elmo). But a couple of other big names shot scenes that we’re hoping to see one day: Jason Segel‘s Forgetting Sarah Marshall co-star Mila Kunis and Ben Stiller.

Given the movie’s strong performance at the box office over the holiday weekend (natch, it couldn’t beat Breaking Dawn Part 1, but it was a respectable second place), maybe some of those clever cameos will make it into another Muppets movie?

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Top 10 Idiotically Cute Things About Our Idiot Brother

The new film Our Idiot Brother hits theaters today and having seen it at a screening, we have two words for you: Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd. However, our bud Rudd is only one of many cute parts in the endearing, if slightly sappy, comedy, so without further ado here are 10 idiotically cute things about Our Idiot Brother…

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It’s The Clueless Reunion We’ve Been Waiting For!

We’ve harbored lusty feelings for Paul Rudd ever since he wooed us as nerdy, moody, Rock the Vote-y Josh in Clueless, AKA the best thing birthed by the 90s besides the original Real World cast. Rudd met up with his Clueless co-star, Alicia Silverstone, at the NYC Our Idiot Brother premiere last night and damn, have they aged well. Or rather, not at all. Look at these two! Just stunning, we say, and yes — still cute. Is it possible Paul’s a vegan too and vegetable juice is a magical elixir?

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Megan Fox’s New Job Is A Pool-Side Breeze

This is rather different from her treatment on the Transformers set, from which she was ignominiously fired thanks to her various tiffs with director, Michael Bay. Megan Fox posted a new photo on her Facebook page showing her in a radically changed set. The movie she’s involved in is a Judd Apatow flick called This is 40, and is reportedly a spin-off of Knocked Up. Megan has a small role in the movie which also stars Apatow’s wife, Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd. Also, Jason Segel and Chris O’Dowd who the actress is seen posing with in a pool.

The happy trio posed between takes for the shot and Megan wrote, “On set of This Is 40 with Jason and Chris…Two very handsome, very tall, VERY funny men.” Good to know she’s having a blast and not fighting with her director this time. Her co-stars seem to be on pretty sweet terms with her as well. Leslie Mann told MTV in a recent interview, “Megan Fox is so funny. She’s hilarious. You wouldn’t, I don’t know if other people expect it, but I think she is really funny. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.” We’re going to withhold judgement on that one, but we’re happy to see Meggy looking so relaxed!

[Photo via Megan Fox's Facebook Page]

Rosario Dawson Grabs Paul Rudd’s Junk, Is Our Personal Hero

We never imagined anyone would be able to touch an A-lister’s junk and stand up for women’s rights at the same time. But as always, we’re painfully incorrect. At Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards, Rosario Dawson grabbed Paul Rudd’s crotch after unexpectedly leaping on stage. Apparently Rosario didn’t take kindly to presenters Rudd and Eva Mendes‘ sketch, which hilariously featured Rudd repeatedly grabbed Eva’s breasts. Haha, yeah, what a knee-slapper. You two should take your show on the road!

“I’m a women’s rights activist and I was getting a little tired that he was grabbing her boob onstage for half an hour,” Dawson told Access Hollywood. “Nothing bad, but it was funny.” In case it seems like such a beautiful moment had to be choreographed, apparently Dawson decided in the moment to take the stage. “I was sitting there with my fork like, ‘If he doesn’t stop, I’m going to stab him with my fork,’” Rosario said. “So I got up there and I stabbed him with my fork, and he didn’t stop, so I was like, alright, I’m going to grab his package.” We didn’t even notice the fork in her hand until right now! Wow, we look forward to the day when we’re famous enough to make our opinions known by grabbing celebrities’ wieners. Until then, we aren’t allowed back on the N train.

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Reese Witherspoon Hits First Premiere In Almost Two Years

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Reese Witherspoon isn’t red carpet shy, but the actress doesn’t hit movie premieres as often as you might assume. In fact, last night’s premiere How Do You Know was her first appearance at one since Monsters & Aliens in March 2009. Sure, she hasn’t actually made a movie since Monsters & Aliens, but that doesn’t mean she can’t show up at a former co-star’s to be supportive, like Seth Rogen and Tony Danza did last night. Don’t tell us those guys have more time on their hands—Tony’s got papers to grade!

See more photos of the bash in the gallery below—looks like Paul Rudd’s not really into posing for fans!

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Paul Rudd Starts An Epic Bromance…With President Obama?

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Jason Segel is going to be man-sobbing his eye-bros out with jealousy when he gets wind of Paul Rudd and President Obama’s new friendship. Rudd’s How Do You Know co-star Reese Witherspoon described his visit to the White House, and the magic moment that occured between POTUS and Paul. “We went to the Oval Office, and there was Hillary Clinton having a meeting with Joe Biden. It was insane. Then Obama came out and he turned to Paul and said, ‘I loved you in I Love You, Man.’ I grabbed Paul and I was like, ‘Are you freaking out right now?’ He’s like, ‘I’m freaking out!’” We cannot decide who should be freaking out more in this situation: the President of the United States or the President of our hearts (Which one is which? Even we don’t know).

Unfortunately, Witherspoon did not get to share in the brotherly love, as her proximity to Barack made her brain power down. When Obama asked what they were working on, Reese stuttered “We’re doing a movie and…uh, I’m playing a character, who, uh…I’m working with Owen, uh…Owen…’ I could not remember Owen’s last name. And Paul goes, ‘Wilson!’ Like it was a party game.” You know, if we ever got invited to the White House, we’d remember all of the Wilson brothers names. That’s all we’re saying. We also play a mean game of pick-up, Barry! [Photo: WENN]

Paul Rudd And Jennifer Aniston: Co-Stars Then And Now

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The last time Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd starred in a film together, it was 1998 and the film was The Object Of My Affection, about a pregnant woman and her gay roommate, and Steve Zahn. The world was a simpler then. Will and Grace was barely a glimmer in NBC’s eye, so the concept was fresh. Big hats and bigger blazers on women were still cool. And Aniston wasn’t even married, let alone divorced and spinstery. And Steve Zahn co-starred in literally everything.

But it’s 2010 now and Rudd and Aniston are working together again on the upcoming film Wanderlust, directed by The State’s David Wain, and things have really changed. In this one, they’re an actual couple, for starters. Style-wise, big hats came, went, and came back again. (Blazers, not so much.) And most importantly, Paul Rudd has stayed just as hot and gotten way more famous. What’s unfair is how neither of them seems to have aged. Twelve years later, they both look amazing. Must be that secret Hollywood youth serum (coconut water mixed with ground up L. Ron Hubbard powder, we hear) that keeps them spritely.

For more photos of the actors on the set of Wanderlust, filming in New York City, check out our gallery.

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Zooey Deschanel And Rashida Jones To Play Lovers In Paul Rudd Movie

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Well here’s a pairing certain to get Funny Or Die dorks excited. The Hollywood Reporter says that Zooey Deschanel and Rashida Jones will play a couple in the upcoming movie My Idiot Brother, concerning a slobby Paul Rudd‘s attempts to avoid living at his uptight mom’s by staying with his ambitious sisters instead (Elizabeth Banks and Emily Mortimer will join Deschanel as his siblings). While Deschanel and Jones have never worked together before, both are popular hipster daughters of behind-the-scenes legends (cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and producer Quincy Jones), both have musical careers and both have spent plenty of time playing girlfriends in bro comedies (Jones even played Rudd’s in I Love You, Man).

While the coupling of Deschanel and Jones should help Brother pass the Bechdel Test, it’s kind of disappointing their scenes will just be background for a more gender-centric You, Me & Dupree. Banks, Deschanel, Jones, Mortimer have all done time in the comedy trenches (and we’re guessing the same will go for whoever plays the mom)—will this movie let them show their skills or just have them gawking at Rudd’s goofiness? We should find out sometime next year.

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Will Ferrell Wants A British Bar

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As Guy Ritchie’s traditional London pub is reported to be under threat, keen boozers need not worry that there’ll be a gap in the oh-I-don’t-want-to-go-to-a-celebrity-bar-I-love-drinking-in-a-real-place market for “down to earth” stars. Comedy star Will Ferrell now wants to get in on the pub act, and scarily, reckons he could turn a business venture into a new comedy film.

“I wouldn’t want a celebrity place, it would be an old-fashioned pub. I would be hands-on. I could get some great material off all the regulars. I am sure there would be a film in it,” he threatens says. We can’t wait for the subsequent movie, where Will will depict a “typical” Brit landlord called Dick Cockney and Paul Rudd co-stars as the hilarious drunk regular Boozy McHound. Or something. [Photo: WENN]