Topic: Matt-Damon

‘Is It Old?’ Makes Sure You Never Send Your Friends Lame Outdated Internet Memes Again

'Is It Old?' Makes Sure You Never Send Your Friends Lame Outdated Internet Memes Again

In the style of single-serving sites like Is It Christmas and Sometimes Red Sometimes Blue, here’s a new online service that will help you keep your geek cred: Is It Old?, which measures links by “freshness.” That way, when you stumble across a story or meme that’s new to you, you can enter it in and see how behind the curve you actually are, thus saving you the embarrassment of spamming your friends’ Facebook walls with Hipster Ariel or The Room remixes. More »

Hazing Week: 8 Male Actors Who Drastically Lost Weight For A Movie Role

Hazing Week: 8 Male Actors Who Drastically Lost Weight For A Movie Role
50 Cent (Things Fall Apart)
Matt Damon (Courage Under Fire)
Tobey Maguire (Seabiscuit)
Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting)

Later on during Hazing Week, we’ll be talking about the most hardcore on-set training that actors have undergone. But today we’re focusing on how specific stars have risen to the challenge of certain roles. You always hear about women like Renee Zellweger packing on weight to play Bridget Jones, but how about the men who drop to alarmingly low weights for their Oscar bait? More »

Crush Links: New ‘Breaking Dawn’ Photos Revealed

Crush Links: New 'Breaking Dawn' Photos Revealed

• Oops, just kidding! Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are not breaking up. (Hollywood Hiccups)

• And Jada didn’t have an affair with Marc Anthony, either. Phew — so glad that’s cleared up. (Have U Heard?)

• OMFG you guys! New photos from Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn unveiled!! (Celeb Dirty Laundry)

• Who’s hotter, Alexander Skarsgard or Ryan Gosling? Tough call. (Lainey Gossip)

• Winning! Charlie Sheen is getting roasted…here’s a sneak peek. (Hollywood Hiccups)

• With baby number three on the way, the similarities between Ben Affleck‘s personal life and Matt Damon‘s are striking. Weird. (Lainey Gossip)

• And no, Matt Damon is not running for president. How ’bout them apples? (Celeb Dirty Laundry)

Video: ‘Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli’ and 24 Other Amazing Improvised Scenes in Film

Video: 'Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli' and 24 Other Amazing Improvised Scenes in Film

A few months ago we highlighted the best instances of enforced method acting — when directors surprise actors into reacting naturally. In the same vein, you have this great video that’s been making its rounds on the Internet today: Twenty-five standout scenes or lines from famous movies that were totally unscripted. Here, the decisions belonged to the directors or the actors; in many cases, stars like Heath Ledger and Matt Damon were given free reign with how they filled the time. More »

Video: Mila Kunis Verbally Smacks Down a Russian Reporter… in Russian

Video: Mila Kunis Verbally Smacks Down a Russian Reporter... in Russian

This must be the week of celebrities saying what’s actually on their mind instead of a preprogrammed answer. First it was Matt Damon and a cameraman; now Mila Kunis has put a reporter in her place. At the Russian press junket for Friends with Benefits, a female reporter asked Justin Timberlake a question along the lines of “Why movies?” since Hollywood is so mindless (a popular Ukrainian belief). While Justin was unable to answer because of a delay in translating, Mila just jumped in and showed the woman what’s what in her native tongue. More »

Crush Links: McSteamy Needs Only a Week of Rehab

Crush Links: McSteamy Needs Only a Week of Rehab

• Paris Hilton storms out of an ABC News interview after being asked if she’s past her prime. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)

• Eric Dane has checked into “a treatment facility” to deal with his addiction to painkillers… but his rep says he’ll be back to work next week. That’s quick! (Hollywood Hiccups)

• The Two and a Half Men cast aren’t the first to drop trou to promote a TV show. See who did it before, and better. (The Frisky)

• Matt Damon says that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are like “prisoners” because of how they’re getting stopped on the street for interviews. As my grandmother used to say mockingly, Ohh, pobrecitos. (Betty Confidential)

• Yet another celebrity has been invited to the Marine ball — Miley Cyrus! That’s maybe a little shady? (Celebuzz)

Actors Have a Tougher Time Than Directors in Swaying Audiences’ Opinions

Actors Have a Tougher Time Than Directors in Swaying Audiences' Opinions

Even though here at Crushable we cover actors more often than directors, would you be surprised to learn that you could sum up most actors’ screen careers as merely “meh”? Using Rotten Tomatoes’ film ratings, Slate compiled several graphs comparing Hollywood career trajectories for, you guessed it, the average actor and director.

While directors receive higher acclaim as they make more and more movies — honing their skills and really getting to the heart of the stories they want to tell, presumably — actors seem doomed to forever hover around the 50% rating no matter how many movies they star in. More »

Conspiracy Theory: The ‘Hunger Games’ Producers Won’t Let the Cast Bond

Conspiracy Theory: The 'Hunger Games' Producers Won't Let the Cast Bond

Talking about preparing for The Hunger Games, Leven Rambin (she’ll play District 1 tribute Glimmer) said that she would be working a lot with stars Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, and that she thought that the 24 tributes would end up spending a lot of time together: “We’re all in LA training, preparing, and getting our lives in order. I think we’ll all gather and do some bonding.”

But this isn’t a movie about making friends, it’s about hunting other kids to stay alive. With the exception of one’s fellow district mate, each tribute knows nothing about his/her opponents — and prefers to keep it that way so it’ll be easier to kill them. I’m willing to bet that Lionsgate will discourage bonding among the 24 young actors who will face off in the Arena, even forcibly separating them during the shoot. More »

Celebs Like Jennifer Lopez and Mila Kunis Volunteer for Charitybuzz Mother’s Day Auction

Celebs Like Jennifer Lopez and Mila Kunis Volunteer for Charitybuzz Mother's Day Auction

Some moms out there are going to have the most fantastic Mother’s Day ever: For its third annual Mother’s Day Auction, Charitybuzz has a bevy of celebrity prize packages that would delight anyone who follows the goings-on in Hollywood.

This is the site that brought you the chance to have Rainn Wilson visit your office — the current list includes set tours of Entourage, Community, and True Blood; meals with Jenny McCarthy or Jennifer Lopez; Matt Damon recording your voicemail; and even the chance to meet Oprah. More »

St. Patrick’s Day Video: ‘Boston Movie’

St. Patrick's Day Video: 'Boston Movie'

Remember yesterday when I proposed an ensemble romantic comedy celebrating St. Patrick’s Day? Funny Or Die beat me to it, with their new faux-trailer for Boston Movie, a mash-up of every action, drama, and thriller movie set in Boston. OK, so most of the “romance” is substituted with prison brawls and shootouts, but no lie, it’s very, very funny. (These guys love their language, so maybe put in your headphones if you’re watching this at work.) More »

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