Jonah Hill Can Do More Than Just ComedyThis is a pretty neat profile of a post-Moneyball Jonah Hill and his ongoing transition from “the feral, frantic embodiment of teenage id” he […]
ByHallie Cantor
The Fat Kid ConundrumWhen you’ve seen as many movies as I have — and I’d strongly caution against doing so — you start to notice the patterns. Through […]
10 Best One Crazy Night Movies of All TimeYou know the type: Over the course of one incredible evening, our heroes will drive around, find adventure, listen to some tunes, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.
Is Matchbox Twenty Contributing to the Delinquency of McLovin?Yesterday, our sister blog Grub Street broke the exciting news about Christopher Mintz-Plasse, a.k.a. McLovin, being spotted enjoying some food at Diner in Williamsburg on Friday night. But it turns out that wasn’t all — there may have been a drink too!
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Michael Rankin of Diner: ‘I Think That Guy’s McLovin — You
Yesterday we caught wind that Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the actor who played McLovin in Superbad, was at Diner on Friday night. Naturally, we wondered whether he had attempted to procure an adult beverage. And who better to tell us than Michael Rankin, who has been a waiter at the converted twenties railcar for three out of the nine years it’s been serving up slow-cooked American food? Rankin had plenty to say on the celebrity front (Bono biting a bartender?) and the foodie front — including a convincing reason the humble establishment might overtake its neighbor Luger in steak supremacy.
McLovin Eats Out, and Not at McDonald’s
As jaded as we are from combing through gossip columns for our weekly Celebrity Settings feature, there are certain celebs we’d give our middle nut to spot. Case in point: Friday night a friend texted us that she saw Christopher Mintz-Plasse, better known as McLovin from Superbad, leaving Diner in Williamsburg — presumably after eating a “sexy hamburger.” No word as to whether he attempted to purchase a drink with a Hawaiian I.D. (somehow the bartender hadn’t seen Superbad), but it’s good to see McLovin is keeping it low-key despite the mounting Oscar buzz.
Related: Oscar Buzz for McLovin Reaches Fever Pitch [Vulture]
McLovin and Matchbox Twenty in Williamsburg [Gothamist]
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Oscar Buzz for McLovin Reaches Fever PitchJust before we split for the holidays, Vulture made a plea to Oscar voters to not forget one of our favorite movie performances of 2007, Christopher Mintz-Plasse’s as Superbad’s McLovin — turns out someone might’ve actually been listening!
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Year in Review: Vulture Salutes the Wangs of 2007We really wish we were classy enough not to point out that wangs were popping up everywhere this year, but, sadly, we are not — there were dicks all over the place!
Year in Review: Judd Apatow Is the Man2007 was the year that fans who had thought themselves alone in their worship of Judd Apatow watched in bewilderment, then wonder, then outright joy as all of America suddenly and unexpectedly agreed with them.
Paul Dergarabedian Watch: The $4 Billion SummerYesterday, the summer of 2007 made box-office history, passing the $4 billion mark to become the highest-grossing summer movie season of all time. And no one was more excited than our friend, Paul D.
Zac Efron Is a Big, Hard-Bodied Liar, TooHe might be a godless hound for budding teen idols like Vanessa Hudgens, but Zac Efron is apparently something else as well: a liar.
McCall Sticks With Hillary
• Barack Obama is making overtures to one of Hillary’s main African-American supporters in New York — pre-Hevesi State Comptroller Carl McCall, once the state’s highest elected black official. McCall says he’ll stick with Hillary. [NYP]
• Yesterday’s favorite tabloid story — a Madison Avenue antiques dealer is suing a homeless guy for standing in front of his windows — got a sequel today: The latter has a friend and patron in multimillionaire Edward Baron Cohen (no relation to Sasha). Which increases the beyond-awesome likelihood we might actually see that suit play out. [NYDN]
• Several Roman Catholic parishes in the city, including Manhattan’s St. Vincent de Paul, are about to close as part of the church’s reorganization. The news itself may be less notable than the fact that the Times appears to have an anonymous source in the church. [NYT]
• Newsday minds the gap — with a scarily comprehensive report on that pesky bit of space between the platform and the train. Turns out it’s a more serious menace than most think, with 900 incidents reported since 1995 on the LIRR alone. [Newsday]
• And you know who we haven’t heard from even once in the whole Jim McGreevey saga? His now-estranged wife, Dina, who’s about to rectify things with a deal for a tell-all memoir. The book will, sadly, be called Silent Partner rather than American Beard. [NYP]