Posted January 9th, 2009 in category Movies
Ben Stiller accepts Best Comedy at the Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Awards
With the new year upon us, Hollywood is gearing up for the awards season. At last night’s 14th Annual Critics Choice Awards, triple-threat writer/director/actor Ben Stiller picked up the Best Comedy for his latest hit, Tropic Thunder.
In the first award of the night, [...]
Posted December 12th, 2008 in category Movies
Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in 'Tropic Thunder'
Now that he’s gotten a Golden Globe nom for his role of Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder, Tom Cruise tells E! Online that we may be seeing more of his beefy-armed alter-ego:
“I’ve talked about doing different videos with the character. I’ve started working with Ben [...]
Posted September 21st, 2008 in category Movies
In a Salon.com editorial, author Lynn Harris examines resurgence of the word “retard” as used in Tropic Thunder and concludes,
Ultimately, anti-”retard” activists are trying to do what I didn’t do while that fellow fixed our ceiling fan: Say something. Or at least to get people, perhaps especially people like me — who found the Simple [...]
Posted September 21st, 2008 in category Ben Stiller
Ben just appeared on one of the UK’s leading chat shows, Friday night with Jonathan Ross. He talked about the origins of Tropic Thunder, including his early attempt to audition for Platoon, as well as his appreciation of Tom Cruise.
Posted September 16th, 2008 in category Movies
Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller and Jack Black at Tropic Thunder premiere
The Stiller-Black-Downey lovefest continued for its London premiere today, as thousands of fans lined up to greet the stars at Leicester Square. Apparently, no jeers from protesters were to be found, but plenty of cheers from moviegoers.
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Posted September 1st, 2008 in category Movies
Ben Stiller’s big-budget action-satire Tropic Thunder has taken the third weekend crown, fending off the weak assault by Vin Diesel’s Babylon AD. Thunder earned an estimated $14.3 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend, bringing it up to nearly $87m domestically.
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