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Tropic Thunder takes Best Comedy at Critics’ Choice

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, [...]

Tom Cruise hopes to revisit Grossman

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 [...]

Salon takes on the “r-word”

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 [...]

Stiller on UK’s Jonathan Ross

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.

Tropic Thunder Premieres in UK

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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Tropic Thunders to Third Weekend Win

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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