Hollywood

Wanna know what movie magic is? Casting.

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Do they?

Also, that's the largest amount of time any adult should devote to "Tooth Fairy".

[Bottoms Up via The HD]

Daniel gave aspiring actor Brian Atene one last shot at fame.

Didja hear? James Franco and Anne Hathaway are hosting the 2011 Oscars together!

According to producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, "James Franco and Anne Hathaway personify the next generation of Hollywood icons? fresh, exciting and multi-talented."

Also, prone to hours of masturbation. Icons, ladies and gentlemen. Icons!

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Remember when we all pledged four or more dollars to the restoration of Stephen Baldwin? Well, apparently our donations helped! Because he's now posing with his 2010 Lotus Eagle outside Katsuya!

Stephen has officially been restored.

Seeing the fancy car, body guard, douche face trifecta of Hollywood stardom, it is clear our efforts did not go to waste.

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In tonight's episode, Daniel said that if you can find all 52 of him in his huge picture of Hollywood, you and your family will get to spend Christmas with him at his vacation house in Aspen.

That was a joke, of course.  Don't cancel your trip to Grandma's.  Those tickets are nonrefundable.

But that doesn't mean you can't waste hours zooming and panning until you've found every single Daniel Tosh in the image…

CLICK HERE TO BE TAKEN TO GIANT PHOTO!

As I have stated many, many times in the past, I work in Hollywood.  (Well, not literally.)

As someone who understands the "Hollywood system," allow me to explain the recent phenomenon known as Anne Sellors.

How do you suddenly gain 4 million times more interest in your acting career in a matter of just a few days?  It's quite simple actually, and I've added some notation to her IMDB page to help explain it.

First, note that she hasn't acted in over 25 years.  This is called "playing hard to get" or "making your adoring audience wait."  By not accepting any offers — passing up roles I can only assume she received requests to play such as Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs or Beth Wagner in Road Trip — she built what we in the industry call "buzz."  Brilliant.

Second, as you can see, she chose to start her career in television.  Genius!  The small screen is an obvious stepping stone to the "big" screen.  That's just how screens work.  It's science.

Third, she went uncredited — another major coup.  By not getting your name out there, you avoid the possibility that someone might sully it.  Hollywood superstars regularly get their images dragged through the mud by paparazzi and general public alike.  Keeping your name off the credits will guarantee that you won't become the next Miley Cyrus — despised by everyone!

But most importantly is the role: "Woman who urinates herself."  How powerful was Anne Sellors' performance?  So powerful, they didn't even give her character a name.  Her acting ability was so strong, they could simply refer to her character by her action!  Astonishing!

Pay close attention to the life and career of Anne Sellors, aspiring thespians!  There is so much that can be learned from her.

So much.

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I'm going to speak on behalf of all females and say that this version of The A-Team actually looks better than the version starring Bradley Cooper. I know, right? It's crazy!

But Hollywood needs to stop messing around with remakes if they're just going to produce the exact same movie with a new generation of actors. Let's shake things up. Let's get The a-Team into production!

I would watch it. You would watch it. And everyone that watches Our Little Life, The Little Couple, Little Chocolatiers, and Little People, Big World would watch it.

And yes, Little Chocolatiers does exist. TLC programming is the BEST!

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There is an affliction in our country… the disease of horrible movies.  And Hollywood is not here to help.  Hollywood does not care about you.

You may think Hollywood makes the movies they think the most people want to see.

Wrong.

Hollywood makes the movies it thinks will make the most money… or at least some money.  One way to guarantee you'll make some money is to work within a franchise — a concept that has a built-in audience.

Movies in a franchise don't have to be good; they just have to be good enough to keep the fans happy and make them want to see the next movie in the franchise.  It's a vicious, all-consuming cycle.  An addiction really.  (Anyone who can't stop watching The Office even though we all know it's been terrible for over a season and a half knows what I mean.  Many people fell victim to a show called Lost just this past week.)

What kills the franchise is when a movie fails to "recoup" — it doesn't make back the money the studio spent.

So how do you kill a movie franchise?  A lot of people think that if you say bad things about a movie or give a movie a bad review, that a movie will go away.  Not true!  Bad word of mouth can actually make a movie stronger!  Any press is good press.  Because what matters isn't what people say about a movie, but whether or not people buy tickets.

I say we take a stand here and now… with possibly the worst movie franchise entry ever conceived, Sex and the City 2.

If we want to kill Sex and the City — and we do! — it's not good enough to get people to say bad things about the movie: We need to keep people from buying tickets to see the movie at all.

That's why I've created the Facebook group "I Pledge to Stop Speaking to Anyone Who Sees 'Sex and the City 2' Forever."  If these people know they will be ostracized from society forever, maybe they'll do what's right and not see this movie.  Maybe they can break the cycle.

Help your friends help themselves.  Let them know that if they choose to see this movie for any reason, they will never be spoken to again.  FOREVER.

You can help end the affliction of terrible movie franchises.  You're just a click away.

Variety reported yesterday that teen Internet sensation Fred has found a home for his move, Fred: The Movie.

The home: Nickelodeon — the place where everyone wants their movies to premiere… far more prestigious than those pathetic movie theaters!

But in all seriousness, when a movie with theatrical aspirations lands on television, that's not a good sign no matter how much spin the producers put into the situation.

As a "Hollywood insider," let me breakdown what this Variety article is really saying.  My additions in bold.

Internet sensation "Fred" is coming to Nickelodeon….

"Fred" centers on a socially awkward and emotionally immature kid with a wild imagination. Cruikshank's videos have been viewed over 500 million times which everyone knows has no proven crossover to traditional media success.

Robbins initially optioned "Fred" as a feature — but decided to bypass the studio system since no studio wanted to be associated with this terrible movie and fund much of the production (which clocked in at a little over $1 million) himself leading to Robbins third divorce.

"I knew if we went through the typical development scenario, it would have taken three years to figure out how to write a decent script featuring such a poorly developed character and provide Fred with enough formal acting training to make him watchable — and 'Fred' would have been too old for us to quickly cash in on," he said grappling for a reasonable excuse. "It would be over like my marriage."

Instead, Robbins and company quickly tapped Goodman, who's known to be willing to put in two weeks worth of work for $160,000, to write the movie, which was then shot in November. Robbins later screened a chunk of "Fred" to Nickelodeon topper Cyma Zarghami, who quickly made a play for it before they threatened to make her watch any more.

Hopefully they won't revoke my Hollywood card for giving you guys the inside scoop.

[via Mashable]