Is there a Nobel Prize for fart jokes?
Paul Krugman, credit: Träger des Preises für W
Tonight marks the opening of Russell Brand’s new comedy, Get Him to the Greek, in which he reprises the role of the hilarious enfant terrible rocker Aldous Snow from 2008”s Forgetting Sarah Marshall. This time he and Jonah Hill take off on a cross-country odyssey with the goal of getting Snow to L.A.’s The Greek Theater in time for a show. I haven’t seen the film, (yes, loyal readers, I was shockingly left off of the guest list for the Hollywood premier), but according to A.O. Scott’s New York Times review, his colleague Paul Krugman (Times columnist, Princeton economics professor, Nobel Laureate) makes a cameo. In honor of that surprising news, we give you a list of other notable cameos by famous personages.
Marshall McLuhane in Annie Hall: In the famous cinema queue scene in Annie Hall, Allen pulls a living, breathing McLuhane into the film to settle a dispute about the famous academic’s theories.
Kurt Vonnegut in Back to School: What could be better than a Dangerfield/Vonnegut tag-teamed term paper?
(video NSFW)
John McCain and James Carville in The Wedding Crashers: One pals around with Palin, the other was Bill Clinton’s campaign manager, but McCain and the Ragin’ Cajun both shook hands with this guy in the wedding crashers.
Count Basie in Blazing Saddles: The inimitable Count brings his orchestrations to the desert in the Mel Brooks’ classic.
Before you see Get Me to the Greek, read up on Russell Brand’s real life bad boy antics in his memoir MY BOOKY WOOK.
Burton & Depp versus Jim & Arnold
In honor of the opening of Tim Burton and Johnny Depps’ Alice in Wonderland tomorrow, the always superb Vulture blog catalogs Cinema’s 15 Greatest Actor/Director pairs. Cameron & Schwarzenegger; Scorsese & DeNiro; Allen & Farrow–they’re all there.
We won’t spoil the whole piece for you, but here’s a fun tidbit from the entry on John Landis & Eddie Murphy:
We’ll let Landis explain this one: “The guy [Murphy] on Trading Places was young and full of energy and curious and funny and fresh and great. The guy on Coming to America was the pig of the world — the most unpleasant, arrogant, bullshit entourage … just an asshole.” Amazingly, they did actually work together again after that (on Cop III), but it’s safe to say it ain’t happening again.
Our Favor!te Things 2009: RuPaul
The second installment of Our Favor!te Things 2009 comes from RuPaul. Fabulous? We’d say so.
Favor!te Films: UP, Whip It, 500 Days of Summer, Zombieland, District 9, This is It, September Issue, Taking Woodstock, Whatever Works
Favor!te Fashion Item: Aaron Barak/Open Tote
Favor!te Albums: Cheryl Cole “3 Words,” Mariah Carey “Memoirs…” and Whitney Houston “I Look To You”
Favor!te Songs:
1. I’m So Paid… Akon 2. Ball Wit Me… Trina
3. H.A.T.E.U… Mariah 4. Nothin’ But Love… Whitney
5. Hush Hush… Pussycat Dolls 6. 1st & Love… Brandy
7. Knock You Down… Keri Hilson 8. You Only Live Twice… Nancy Sinatra
9. Fight For This Love… Cheryl Cole 10. Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart… Alicia Keys
Favor!te Concert: Kylie Minogue: Hollywood Bowl
Favor!te Book: Malcolm Gladwell “Outliers”
Favor!te TV shows: Judge Judy, Jeopardy & Family Guy
Favor!te Blog: Dlisted.com
Favor!te Real Housewife: “Prostitution Whore”
Favor!te You Tube Video: Charlie Bit Me Auto-Tuned
Bonus Coverage:
What are you most excited about for 2010?
My new book Workin’ It: RuPaul’s Guide To Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Style and the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race
Who do you most want to smooch on New Year’s Eve? Adam Lambert
RuPaul skyrocketed to international fame with the release of the CD, “SUPERMODEL OF THE WORLD,” which was followed by roles in several feature films, hosting a TV talk show and a syndicated radio show, many high profile endorsement deals (including a beauty contract with M.A.C Cosmetics), blockbuster success with THE RUPAUL DOLL™, sold out nightclub appearances worldwide, a best-selling autobiography and fundraising millions of dollars for people living with HIV/AIDS. RuPaul is currently the producer and host of the globally popular TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race and the author of the upcoming book, Workin’ It: RuPaul’s Guide To Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Style
