Friday, March 27, 2009

Owen Wilson


Owen Cunningham Wilson grew up in Dallas, Texas. He went to high school for two years. He was expelled his shophomore year for stealing the teacher's book for "help" with his homework. He then went to two years of military school in New Mexico. His first film was Bottle Rocket. Then, he went on to act in The Cable Guy, Anaconda, and Armagedon. In 2000 he got his big break in acting along side of Jackie Chan in Shanghai Noon. Then he landed a the role of "Hansel", in Zoolander. He played a arch rival to Ben Stiller. He was a new coming model and beat Stiller for model of the year. He has memorable lines, such as,"Matilda, can I call you Maltil?" He then went on to star in the star studded film, The Royal Tennebaums. His brother Luke Wilson also starred in it. Then he went on the box office flop, I-Spy along side Eddie Murphy. He plays a detective who falls in love with a double agent.
In 2005 Owen starred along side Vince Vaughn in the box office smash, Wedding Crashers. It is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. They play best friends who crash weddings together to get girls. Then, at one of the weddings, both Vaughn and Wilson fall for bridesmaids that are sisters. Some of the best quotes are, "I'm reading don't kill myself books."-Wilson "I thought you said the book wasn't yours?"-Vaughn, "It's not mine, but I glanced at it."-Wilson. They make a hilarious duo. His love interest is Rachael McAdams. They make a good couple, but when they meet at the wedding she is engaged to Sak; really mean rich man. Owen and Vaughn stay at the home of the Cleary's, the girls they are trying to land. Each wedding they go to they come up with a back story. They also have a lot of funny rules to wedding crashing. "No excuses play like a champion."
Wilson has also been the voice for Lightning McQueen in Disney and Pixar's cars. He is said to return for cars 2 to come out in 201l. He also starred along side Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson in You Me and Dupree. He plays Randolf Dupree, Dillon's free loading childhood friend. He seems to mess everything up with Hudson and Dillion's relationship, but he makes really big comebacks. He was later said to be dating Hudson. They ended their relationship in May 2007. Wilson in August of that year Wilson attempted suicide. He was being treated for depression at that time.
He most recently starred along side Jennifer Aniston in Marley and Me. It was just recently released on DVD. He is rumored to be dating Kate Hudson again; and there is speculation that they are engaged to be married in June of this year.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Vince Vaughn


Vince Vaughn grew up in Illinois and graduated from Lake Forest High School where he football and wrestled. After a car wreck leaving him unable to go into athletics he decided to become an actor. He landed a Chevorlet comercial and later moved to Hollywood.
His first big break into the film industry was his role in the movie Swingers. Then Steven Spielberg cast him in Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World. Then he played a minor role in the film Rudy. Then, he starred along side Jennifer Lopez in "The Cell". This was role got him noticed in the film world. He also starred in Old School and Zoolander, catergorized him as part of the frat pack. We also played Wes Mantooth in the film Anchorman. He is quoted, "Dorothy mantooth is a saint."
Next he acted in Starsky and Hutch and Dodgeball. The hilarious comedy where he plays Peter La Floure, the owner of Average Joe's Gym. In order to save his gym he tries to raise money with his buddies by winning a dodgeball tournament. "If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball." Next, came the box office smash, Wedding Crashers, where he stars along side Owen Wilson. They, literally crash weddings. It is one of my favorite comedies. They are the perfect pair. He also acted in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, then dated Jennifer Aniston. He was always in the public after the high profile relationship. He also starred in the Break Up with Aniston. They, however,ended their relationship December of 2006. Vaughn also starred as Santa claus's brother Fred Claus. This past winter he starred along side Reese Witherspoon in the holiday comedy, Four Christmases. They play a couple forced by the wheather to visit all four sides of their families for Christmas. He is currently working on the film Couples retreat and is rumored to be engaged to Kyla Weber.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Will Ferrell


Will Ferrell is a comedic genius. He has done it all, anything from SNL, the big screen, and even a class day speaker for the 2003 Harvard graduates. Saturday night live made him famous, but his comedic movies are what have given him his super stardum. He has been in several classic comedies over the past two decades. America just can't get enough of Will Ferrell.
He is from Irvine, CA. His dad, Lee Ferrell, was the keyboardists for the Rightous Brothers. He attended University of Southern California, for sports broadcasting. He was in the fraternity Delta Tau Delta. He is a member of Hollywood's Frat Pack.
Ferrell started his path to fame on SNL. He played many iconic characters such as: Harry Caray, Alex Trebek, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, Al Gore, Robert Goulet, Shaft, Saddam Hussein, and the cow bell player.
His first big break on the big screen was with SNL costar Chris Catan, on the Night at the Roxbury. They played club-going brothers who dreamt of owing their own night club oneday. He also has starred in Superstar, as Sky Corrigan, Old School, Kicking and Screaming, he played a soccer coach, and Elf, where he plays Buddy the Elf. He has also starred in Blades of Glory along side John Heder, Talledega Nights, the ballad of Ricky Bobby. He and John C. Reily play childhood best friends who grow up to become famous Nascar drivers; Ricky is the number one, but that is theartened by a new comer to Nascar, John Gerade. Then, this past summer, the duo teamed up again; this time playing stepbrothers. Ferrel's mom marries Reily's dad. At first the two hate each other and they are forced to share a room, but after meeting Ferrel's brother, they bond over mutual hatred for him.
Ferrel has also played minor roles in Zoolander and Wedding Crashers, although in Wedding Crashers he has a minor role, he really adds to the overall film. He plays the original wedding crasher, Chaze Reinhold. Ferrell has also made several small skits for funnyordie.com. He gets a friends small daughter Pearl, to act as a landlord and a criminal detective. In the landlord, Pearl is theartening to kick Ferrell out of his apartment if he does not pay his rent. She says things like, "I gotta get my drink on." and "Can I have four beers?" It is hilarious. He also has another skit with Pearl where she plays the criminal detective. Ferrell plays a criminal being questioned and only Pearl can get him to crack. She holds the phone up to her ear, Ferrell asks who are you calling and she says, "911, oh wait I'm a cop. Hello, hell someone's coming for you." Then she gets Ferrell to crack.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Dane Cook





Dane Cook is one of the most well known standup comedians of today. He has done several shows and even did a few tours. His most recent tour was, "Vicious Circle", one of his most famous acts was the B and E. He says, "I know what some of you are thinking, 'Dane does that mean bacon and eggs'?" He replies, "No, but I could also do bacon and eggs cause thats f***in delicious." He also says that when you do a B and E you must take someone who does not want to go. So he says that he calls up his friend to tell him of his plans and his friend replies, "Whatever you're thinking of doing Dane, No!" Then, Dane threatens him and he eventually agrees. Then, they go driving around looking for the perfect house and they spot it. Dane says, "That's it, that's the house." Then, his friend and him park a distance away so that they have to go through bushes and yards, then Dane's friend says, "Dude, I hear a car." Then, Dane turns around a sarcastically says, "Yeah, the world is full of them, you're going to hear a lot of them for the rest of your life. But if you hear a whale tell me that S**t" So, finally they make it up the steps to the door and Dane walks up and kicks it down. He says, "It was at that moment that I realized that I did not want to do a B and E, I just wanted to kick a door down." He also goes and kicks the closet door down. He also goes on to say that he relizes that he should've taken some stuff because of what it did to the family. He says the family arrives home from dinner and a movie, "mom, dad, and adopted son David." The dad has to be the hero and says, "Everybody wait, just wait." Then, he goes and checks and nothing is missing. The family says, "What did he take?, What did he take? and why did he kick down the closet door there isn't even a locking mechanism on it." He states that the parents say, "If we don't figure out I want a divorce." He also starred in "Employee of the Month", as Zack along side Dax Shepard and Jessica Simpson. He was in the film, "Good Luck Chuck", along side Jessica Alba. He was also in, "Dan in Real Life". He also stared in, "My Best Friend's Girl", along with Kate Hudson and Jason Biggs. He plays a man that dates women who recently break up with their good-guy boyfriends to test the waters.