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...That's a figure familiar for decades through Bob Hope and Steve Martin films, and in TV shows like Get Smart.) With a story assist from Reilly, Ferrell wrote the script with Adam McKay, a fellow alumnus of Saturday Night Live and director of two Will winners, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. The new movie also explores the comic notion of man-child that goes back to the silent era (Harry Langdon's basic character was that of a deranged baby) and early talkies (the Three Stooges). But today they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Step Brothers: "Oh, Grow Up!" "Never!" | 7/24/2008 | See Source »

BORAT and Anchorman to star as Holmes and Watson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...your movies, which was your favorite character to play? -Alex Saenz, Tipton, IowaBrick Tamland [from Anchorman] was pretty fun. I just laughed until I cried every day on that movie. And I didn't have to do very much. I just kind of stood there in the background, and Adam McKay, who directed Anchorman, would instruct me to just say whatever I wanted to say, to find an opening and say something-usually a non sequitur of some sort. It could not have been more fun. To play a person who was completely disconnected with reality was just a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Steve Carell | 6/19/2008 | See Source »

...tried to add something new. Not even Ferrell can save the film, which flounders helplessly from the start. Ferrell is a natural comedian who’s at his best in films like “Wedding Crashers” and last year’s “Anchorman.” But even he could not turn a script that was disastrously half-baked (to put it lightly) into something halfway decent. For a comedy, “Semi-Pro” provoked remarkably few laughs. For a comedy featuring Will Ferrell, it provoked shockingly few. Moon (Ferrell...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Semi-Pro | 2/29/2008 | See Source »

...were vocal about the paparazzi after Princess Di's death. Who do you blame most for the current celebrity-news frenzy? -Stephanie Gilmore, Ocala, Ola.I am the son of an anchorman. I am a First Amendment guy. In a statement after Diana's death, I said the only thing worse than out-of-control photographers with no sense of conscience would be trying to restrict them. You can't restrict freedom of speech or the press, even if it is miserable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for George Clooney | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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