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4 September 2008 12:18 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Director Ben Stiller and actors Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man) and Nick Nolte talk about their roles, and the filming of “Tropic Thunder,” by director Ben Still and co-starring Tom Cruise and Tobey Maguire. Plot: Ben Stiller directs and stars in a high-concept action comedy about a film crew struggling against Murphy’s Law during the production of a big-budget war film, and just what happens when the actors become possessed by the bravura of their onscreen counterparts. Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, and Nick Nolte co-star in this DreamWorks production. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “Tropic Thunder” movie clips and news.

Brian Corder

3 September 2008 5:02 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

GQ celebrated its men of the year at the Royal Opera House in London last night ranging from Mark Ronson to Orlando Bloom, both of whom came with their beautiful dates. Mark Ronson had his younger lady model Daisy Lowe while Orlando and Miranda continued to be one of our favorite hot couples. Elizabeth Hurley may have been of the wrong gender to win an award, but as usual she raised the sexy level in her tight little dress. Mark took home the Alfred Dunhill Maverick Award as a “gentleman of independent or non-conformist views or actions” while Steve Coogan won an award for Acting and Gordon Ramsay for being an entrepreneur. To see more than 30 images from the party including Gordon Ramsay, Elle MacPherson, Elizabeth Hurley, Josh Brolin, Elton John, Steve Coogan, Dave Grohl and others just read more Images include: Gordon Ramsay, Elle MacPherson, Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom,

Molly

1 September 2008 1:10 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Following our interview with Andrew Fleming and writer Pam Brady, we are joined by Steve Coogan. Rather well-groomed considering I've recently seen him in the film sporting a seventies hairstyle and donning a white robe. Coogan takes the role of Dana Marschz (a name tapped on throughout the film), a failed actor who's drama career includes illustrious adverts including being the frontman for Herpecol, a herpes treatment - I'm having herpes outbreak, but you'd never know it." His only salvation comes in teaching drama, staging oddball plays like "Erin Brokovich" with the aid of his two keen students Rand (newcomer Skylar Astin) and Phoebe Strole. When Erin Brokovich gets an appalling review by young column writer, the ever-impatient principal Mr. Rocker (Marshall Bell) closes down the program due to school district cutbacks. The only way to save the day is to write an original play and, you guessed it "Hamlet 2

31 August 2008 1:22 PM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Are you open-minded and are keen to laugh yourself silly? Catch Andrew Fleming's "Hamlet 2," an uproariously funny comedy starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Amy Poehler and Melonie Diaz. Fleming, known for his work on "The Craft" and "The In-Laws" co-writes alongside Pam Brady of "South Park" and "Team America: World Police" fame, a film that, depending on your frame of mind, you'd either completely fall in love with, or just won't watch due to its somewhat controversial nature... We have a chat with Andrew Fleming and writer Pam Brady about the Focus Features distributed film destined to be loved and loathed all at once. Brady and Fleming talk about David Arquette's character, a "caveman" type who was always a pretty quiet character, getting Catherine Keener to join and more...

29 August 2008 12:16 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Steve Coogan has admitted that playing flawed characters is more enjoyable that those who are "cool". In an interview with The A.V. Club, the comic claimed that he had forged a career out of playing buffoons such as Alan Partridge. He said: "I've done a whole bunch of stuff where I just make a complete ass of myself. I've been doing it for 20 years, so I just gravitate towards it anyway. "I'd rather do that than do the stuff where I'm supposed to be trying to look cool (more)

By Simon Reynolds

28 August 2008 3:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

The unthinkable has happened -- Steve Coogan treaded on William Shakespeare's grave and created the super-saucy Hamlet 2. But as the film continues to expand its screening reach, I thought I'd go back in time -- way, way back in time, beyond many of the Hamlet films that have graced our Shakespeare-insatiable eyes.

The above film was not meant to be a comedy, but you have got to see the silent version of Hamlet above. The music alone is peppy enough for a dance, and I keep expecting some comedy troupe to pop up and wreak havoc in the scene. But this is the ghost scene from the silent, 1913 adaptation, so it's serious. Really.

Personally, I just love the part where the ghost pops up. Special effects have come a long way, eh? And for all of those actors these days who talk about the struggles of acting when

Monika Bartyzel

27 August 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

After five days in limited release, Hamlet 2 is opening wide today (Wednesday) but ticket sales for it are likely to be as lackluster as the reviews for it, analysts suggest. The movie follows the formula developed to scientific precision by the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team who made the Airplane movies a generation ago: keep the jokes coming fast enough and the audience won't notice the bad ones because the good ones will keep them laughing. The problem with Hamlet 2, several critics seem to suggest, is that the bad ones outweigh the good. As Claudia Puig observes in USA Today: "Its sharply funny moments make its lack of consistency all the more evident. The movie ends up feeling like a collection of moments, rather than a coherent quirky comedy." Stephen Holden concludes in the New York Times: "It all adds up to the kind of bad family entertainment likely to raise only a few eyebrows." Many of the critics, even those who rap the movie mercilessly, at least give its star, British comedian Steve Coogan, high praise for his performance. Not so Kyle Smith in the New York Post, who says that he had been a fan of Coogan "until now." In this movie, he writes, Coogan mostly "makes silly faces and falls down frequently." As for the movie itself, Smith notes that "there's a long, long sequence in which a chorus of gay men sings "Maniac," which could have been funny if it had run 10 seconds instead of several minutes. Then there's another long, long sequence in which the same men sing 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' which is as redundant as Richard Simmons in drag."

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27 August 2008 1:55 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Take a look at the latest movie poster featuring actress Catherine Keener ( The 40 Year Old Virgin ) from the upcoming comedy “Hamlet 2″ by director Andrew Fleming (Nancy Drew) and starring Steve Coogan ( Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian ), Evan Adrian, Natalie Amenula and David Arquette (The Tripper). Plot: In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Coogan) rallies his Tucson, Az students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Hamlet 2 movie clips and trailers.

Brian Corder

26 August 2008 12:01 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Director Ben Stiller talks with Cinetorium about his latest film “Tropic Thunder” starring Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Tobey Maguire and Ben Stiller as Speedman. Plot: Ben Stiller directs and stars in a high-concept action comedy about a film crew struggling against Murphy’s Law during the production of a big-budget war film, and just what happens when the actors become possessed by the bravura of their onscreen counterparts. Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, and Nick Nolte co-star in this DreamWorks production. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “Tropic Thunder” movie clips and news.

Brian Corder

25 August 2008 4:33 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Independent, Romance, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, Box Office, Cinematical Indie

The dog days of summer hit the indie box office this weekend, as the top earner was a film in its third week of release. Elegy, directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz, expanded from six to 92 theaters and grossed $5,546 per screen, according to estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo. The adaptation of a novel by Philip Roth has not been universally praised, but maintains a strong 74% positive rating at Rotten Tomatoes. I can't help but conclude that Penélope Cruz is the art house crowd's answer to Megan Fox, because . . .

. . . Cruz also stars in Vicky Christina Barcelona (pictured), which made $4,339 per screen in its fairly wide (692 theaters) second week. Woody Allen's latest features other pretty people such as Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson, of course, and has very good reviews behind it,

Peter Martin

23 August 2008 2:42 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

His role as faux film director Damien Cockburn in Tropic Thunder was fleeting and forgettable, but Brit funnyman Steve Coogan is the sacrilegious heart and soul of Hamlet 2, a film as offbeat, laughable and endearing as the play it portrays. As the failed actor, Dana Marschz, who resorts to teaching high school drama in Arizona, Coogan is positively hysterical, beaming optimism at every obstacle - a disposition that nearly smacks of mental disability. Coogan's unique delivery and wit is something you'll either embrace up like Jesus' love - Coogan, after all, does play the messiah in "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" - or, like pleated khakis, it may not be your particular style. Hamlet 2 is arguably Coogan's coming out party, speaking strictly in terms of his stateside career. The comedian has been around for some time across the pond, but largely has gathered small roles domestically - literally, as

Kevin Powers

22 August 2008 5:14 PM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

At the San Diego Comic-Con this year, I had a chance to interview writer Pam Brady, director Andrew Fleming and star Steve Coogan from the Sundance hit Hamlet 2. The first question I had for Coogan was, “Have you no shame?” Fortunately, the guy doesn’t. It is his commitment to do ...

Kevin Carr

22 August 2008 3:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Comedy, Interviews, Cinematical Indie

Steve Coogan, 42, is perhaps best known for his TV persona, the part-arrogant, part-clueless sports announcer Alan Partridge. And though Coogan could go on playing him forever, he has instead used his budding American film career to branch out, try different things. His collaborations with "serious" director Michael Winterbottom were a good start; 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006) earned rave reviews here in the States. He appeared opposite big stars such as Jackie Chan (Around the World in 80 Days) and Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum, Tropic Thunder) and answered the call of a handful of cult directors, making small appearances in films by Jim Jarmusch (Coffee and Cigarettes), Sofia Coppola (Marie Antoinette) and Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz).

His name appears alone above the title of his new film, Hamlet 2, in which he plays Dana Marschz, a washed-up

Jeffrey M. Anderson

22 August 2008 2:02 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Fandom, Contests, Insert Caption

Welcome back to another edition of Insert Caption -- the game where we definitely rock it with sexy Jesus all night long. Last week we asked you to strap in Statham-style and race to be the first one to knock us over with a caption for an image from the flick Death Race. Congrats to all three of our winners -- your thirst for speed, prison humor and bald men is quite inspiring to us all.

1. "You sank my battleship!!" -- Jason F.

2. "Unfortunately, the Death Staring Contest proved unpopular." -- Dan N.

3. "In the prisons of the future, its all about survival of the baldest." -- Ben K.

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This week we're trading in our set of death wheels for a little fun with the theater kids as they rock it out in the new comedy Hamlet 2.

Erik Davis

22 August 2008 1:43 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Focus Features released another funny movie poster from the upcoming comedy “Hamlet 2″ by director Andrew Fleming (Nancy Drew) and starring Steve Coogan ( Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian ), Evan Adrian, Natalie Amenula and David Arquette (The Tripper). In this clip Dana Marschz played by Steve Coogan tries to fit an apple into a power juicer. Plot: In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama teacher (Coogan) rallies his Tucson, Az students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Hamlet 2 movie clips and trailers.

Brian Corder

22 August 2008 1:29 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British funnyman Steve Coogan owes his blossoming Hollywood career to Ben Stiller's obsession with one of his comedy creations.

Coogan claims Stiller hunted him down and convinced him to star in 2006 film Night at the Museum - after getting hooked on the Brit's character Alan Partridge, a failed TV presenter.

The 42-year-old also appears in Stiller's latest movie Tropic Thunder.

Coogan explains his big break, "He tracked me down in the U.K. and said he wanted to work with me. He'd become slightly obsessed with Alan Partridge for a period, which in America is quite odd."

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22 August 2008 5:04 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Funnyman Steve Coogan loves to put himself in embarrassing situations onscreen - because he has learned not to take himself too seriously.

The Tropic Thunder star admits he has a high tolerance for humiliation after realising he will never be a "cool" actor.

He says, "I got over the wanting-to-be-cool thing a long time ago, and found it quite liberating. Once you stop worrying about how you might be perceived - even in character - it's strangely freeing.

"So I've actually gravitated towards doing things that are uncomfortable and embarrassing, and I enjoy it."

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22 August 2008 4:39 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Want to laugh yourself silly? Catch Andrew Fleming's "Hamlet 2," an uproariously funny comedy starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Amy Poehler and Melonie Diaz. Fleming, known for his work on "The Craft" and "The In-Laws" co-writes alongside Pam Brady of "South Park" and "Team America: World Police" fame, a film that, depending on your frame of mind, you'd either completely fall in love with, or just won't watch due to its somewhat controversial nature. Coogan takes the role of Dana Marschz (a name tapped on throughout the film), a failed actor who's drama career includes illustrious adverts including being the frontman for Herpecol, a herpes treatment - I'm having herpes outbreak, but you'd never know it."

22 August 2008 3:30 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Steve Coogan as Dana Marschz and Amy Poehler as Cricket Feldstein in Hamlet 2

Photo: Focus Features Here it is, a publicist's nightmare. Hamlet 2 is a film that really doesn't have an audience, at least not a target one. It seems Focus has been hell bent on trying to create a little controversy around the film's portrayal of Jesus as a "Sexy Jesus" but it seems most people have turned a deaf ear. That isn't to say Hamlet 2 isn't a funny film, because it really isn't all that bad, it's to say it is something of an enigma that isn't quite sure of exactly what it is as it mixes racy comedy with personal drama giving the studio nothing to sell, not even a big name actor. At times raunchy and at other times sweet, Hamlet 2 centers on Dana Marschz a washed up actor turned failed high

Brad Brevet

22 August 2008 12:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ben Stiller was so desperate to work with funnyman Steve Coogan he flew to Britain to offer him a job.

Coogan stars in Stiller's movie Tropic Thunder and has since been hired for the U.S. comedian's next project Night at the Museum 2.

And Coogan confesses Stiller was so keen to work with him, he tracked him down to his native Britain.

The 42-year-old says, "He tracked me down in Britain, told me he was a huge fan, and said he wanted me to be part of his creative life, and now we're doing Night at the Museum 2 together.

"Doing Tropic Thunder was great fun, but he's a very tough director. When he's directing, he can be a bit of a bastard, but in the nicest possible way."

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