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Category: Celebrities
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SXSW Review: 21
A special screening of the new film 21 took place at the Paramount Theater in Austin, TX as part of the SXSW Film Festival. The film is about a group of MIT students who travel to Las Vegas on weekends to count cards and win big. After the screening, members of the cast and crew…
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Trashwire’s Wil Chinchilla to cover SXSW 2008
An astounding nine regional movie premieres will be taking place at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin, TX. All of these premieres are early screenings of new mainstream movies that will serve as a testing ground for how the films will be marketed and distributed to the rest of America. The…
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One man, one interview with Pablo Francisco
Pablo Francisco has been doing stand-up since he was 17 when he entered his first comedy contest in Tucson, Arizona. His comedy has been readily available through the internet with recent remakes of his “preview man” voice jokes. He has been featured on Mad TV, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and recently at the…
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D-listers unite for ‘The Celebrity Apprentice’ on NBC
The Celebrity Apprentice made its debut last night on NBC. The cast included some famous faces as well as individuals who could barely be called “celebrities”. The most horrifying contestant has got to be Omarosa. In the first challenge, the teams ran hot dog carts in New York and tried to raise money for charity.…
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“Everyone knows it’s Butters!”
Eric Stough is not Trey Parker’s little brother, though many people believe he is because he looks and behaves like the sweeter, younger version of the South Park co-creator. In fact, Stough, the inspiration for the Butters character, has been close friends with Parker since middle school and is, in many ways, the fifth Beatle…
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Britney’s “comeback” can’t save boring VMAs
Her performance had been hyped up for months before hand and was discussed practically nonstop on the VMA pre-show. With all the buzz that went into it, I was expecting her to do an elaborate 10 minute showcase, proving to everyone that she still had a career. Instead, I watched in horror as a chunky…
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“Trapped in the Closet” returns
R. Kelly is back with more episodes of Trapped in the Closet, airing right now on IFC.com. For those who don’t know, Trapped in the Closet has become a musical sensation and made R. Kelly even more infamous than those sex tapes he made with underage girls. Billed as a “Hip-Hopera”, Trapped is the story…
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The Lonely Island hits the big screen with ‘Hot Rod’
Hot Rod is the feature film debut from The Dudes of The Lonely Island. Andy Samberg stars as Rod Kimble, a lovable weirdo in the Napoleon Dynamite vein, who aspires to be a great stuntman like his deceased father. Rod is supported by his stunt crew of Rico (Danny R. McBride), Dave (SNL‘s Bill Hader),…
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‘Hey Paula’ your career is over!
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Media Big-Shots Go Crazy for Sanjaya
What could make a crowd of distinguished journalists lose their minds like a gaggle of teenage girls? Trashwire found out at this years White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in DC.
