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Remember the Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore global-warming pitch at the Academy Awards? Before they spoke, the screen at the back of the stage flashed not-so-subliminal messages about how to save the planet. My personal favorite was "Ride mass transit." This to a conclave of Hollywood plutocrats who have not seen the inside of a subway since the moon landing and for whom mass transit means a stretch limo seating no fewer than...
...felt the role was too similar to ones he had played before. Ferrell had no such qualms even though he has made lots of sports movies (Talladega Nights, Kicking & Screaming and Semi-Pro, a basketball comedy shooting in Los Angeles and set for release in 2008) and is Hollywood's active leader in self-humiliation. Is there a person in the English-speaking world who hasn't marveled at the topography of his naked torso? "I heard the premise and thought, Gosh, that could be really funny." And? "That was it. I'm not a big overthinker...
...Murray comparison is apt in a few ways. Both have made forays into drama without repudiating their comedy (or drawing much attention to themselves; Ferrell's Golden Globe nomination for 2006's Stranger Than Fiction is among the better-kept secrets in Hollywood.) Both are also among the few people who can carry a blockbuster comedy without a net. "When you're doing an out-and-out comedy," says Ferrell, "the notion of preparing for a character--I hope I don't reveal too much of myself here--but, uh, no, I'm not doing anything." he says, laughing. "Obviously...
...Hollywood the liberal weepie hibernates for most of the year, only to emerge in time for Academy Award consideration. Frequently, the top Oscar has gone to films of social or political sentiment, from The Life of Emile Zola and Mrs. Miniver to Dances with Wolves and Braveheart. In 2005 the Christian right's attacks on the mercy-killing plot of Million Dollar Baby may have been the spur for the Oscars that went to the film and its star, Hilary Swank...
...while the screen alternates between scenes of a Chinese woman turning the pages of Mao Tse-Tung’s “Little Red Book” and slowly rotating 360-degree panoramic views of Rudolph Schindler’s Kings Road House in West Hollywood...