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20 August 2008 10:31 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

TheBadandUgly.com today posted a selection of set pictures from Shawn Levy's upcoming sequel "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian," which is scheduled to open May 22, 2009. In the shot above, you can see Ben Stiller as lead character Larry Daley and Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart (far left). Also starring are Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Bill Hader, Dick Van Dyke and Jake Cherry.

Click right here to see all the set pictures.

Franck Tabouring

19 August 2008 11:57 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Win a Sleepypod Cat Carrier Kit! Coco Rocha stars in a Barneys tale The foods that rob your bones Flashback: Ben Stiller does Bono What if there were only 38 states? Domino's is introducing sandwiches! Get your kids ready for Fall with adorable Janie and Jack's coats Check out the Emmy nominees for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Ten jobs that will keep you in demand for years to come The how-to lounge: confrontation via email Lance Armstrong is a champion water waster Stephen Colbert scores an iPhone with a Satc ringtone? What do you think of Jessica Szohr's faux 'locks?

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18 August 2008 6:28 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Matthew McConaughey has defended controversial new movie Tropic Thunder against disability advocate groups, who claim the comedy is irresponsible.

The actor, who has a cameo in the Ben Stiller film, was stunned to find protestors at the movie's Los Angeles premiere last week (ends15Aug08).

They were there protesting the use of the word 'retard' in the film and one scene, in which Stiller and co-star Robert Downey Jr.s' characters poke fun at the mentally disabled.

But McConaughey insists those who fear the film sends the wrong message should at least see the movie, which debuted at number one on Sunday.

Writing on his MySpace.com blog, the Sahara star says: "If you see it, I think you'll agree that all the touchy humour is in context, and in no way mean spirited or irresponsible."

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18 August 2008 7:45 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson kept their shades on late Saturday night while grabbing Mexican food and heading over to the theaters to watch Tropic Thunder. They weren't the only ones who wanted to watch Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in action, the movie took the top spot at the box office this weekend. LL and Samantha look like they are doing just fine despite all of the most recent rumors about Lindsay's previous relationship with Courtenay Semel. Whether or not Lindsay used to be with Courtenay, it seems pretty clear who she wants to spend her time with right now. Source

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18 August 2008 7:28 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

It has been 5 long weeks however The Dark Knight has finally been dethroned from the Us top spot. Tropic Thunder starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. took around $37 million, compared to The Dark Knight's $16 million. Although, it did make more than Star Wars: The Clone Wars which took around $15 million.

The Dark Knight has just crossed the $800 million mark worldwide and has overtook Star Wars to become the second highest grossing film ever in the Us. Batman overtakes the Star Wars…

Liam

18 August 2008 6:00 AM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

It was all smiles, stuffed animals, and Suri-loving for the Cruise family in NYC this weekend. After Tom put a huge smile on Katie's face taking her to rehearsal on Friday, the family met up for a walk downtown. Later they got all dressed up for dinner at Nobu with Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor and their daughter Ella — perhaps a little early celebration of Tropic Thunder's top spot at the box office this weekend. Tom and Suri dropped off Katie at rehearsal on Saturday and then headed to Chelsea Piers, before Tom tucked in his sleepy baby and was off to Giants Stadium for the Jets-Redskins game that night. On Sunday, Katie and Suri played on the slides and swings at Central Park and went shopping in the West Village. Watching sweet Suri grow up helps us understand why some think she calls the shots in the Cruise household.

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18 August 2008 2:00 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder has topped the Us box office in its first weekend on release. The war comedy debuted to a £26 million gross, ending The Dark Knight's month-long reign at the top of the chart. The top ten also featured new entries in the form of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (number three), Mirrors (number four) and Woody Allen's latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (number ten). Last week's number two Pineapple Express slipped to number five while The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (more)

By Simon Reynolds

17 August 2008 6:25 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ben Stiller's hilarious new war movie Tropic Thunder has ended Batman's reign at the top of the U.S. box office.

The comedy, which features Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise, grossed $26 million (GBP13 million) in its first weekend on release in America, giving the film a $37 million (GBP18.5 million) five-day tally.

But there's still plenty for the cast and crew of Batman's The Dark Knight to celebrate - by scoring a healthy $16.8 million (GBP8.4 million) over the weekend, the film becomes the second-highest-grossing film ever, according to new estimates.

The action movie, starring Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger, has now amassed more than $471 million (GBP235,500) in U.S. ticket sales. Only Titanic has made more at the box office.

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17 August 2008 1:11 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

By Franck Tabouring

Weekend of August 15 – 17, 2008

Ben Stiller’s action comedy “Tropic Thunder” kicked “The Dark Knight" off its throne at the North American box office this weekend with $26 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Since its release Wednesday, “Thunder” has lifted its domestic total to $37 million. Starring Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr., the movie follows a group of actors who are pursued by ruthless criminals after their director drops them off in the middle of the jungle.

Slipping to No. 2, Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” took home $16,7 million this weekend, bringing its total gross to $471.4 million after five impressive weeks in release.

Debuting in third place with $15.5 million was Warner’s computer-animated action adventure “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” which serves as an introduction to the upcoming television series of the same title.

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17 August 2008 11:07 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

The 31-day stranglehold on number one is over. The Dark Knight has finally surrendered the top spot at the U.S. box office, but it did not go quietly. In fact, while most every analyst predicted a drop to third place, the Batman sequel stood its ground and only slipped to second place, passing Star Wars on the all-time list of top-grossing movies in the process; it now only trails Titanic.

The new champeen is Tropic Thunder, which did not put up great numbers over its first five days. As a matter of fact, Pineapple Express, last week's number two film, opened more strongly over the same number of days. But the Ben Stiller comedy did outperform the rest of the field each day, so it sits with $37 million so far, according to Box Office Mojo, about five million less than I would have expected.

The Dark Knight wound up

Colin Boyd

16 August 2008 9:00 PM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

If you can take your eyes off of Robert Downey Jr. in blackface when you see Ben Stiller's war-flick spoof "Tropic Thunder," you'll notice the film-within-a-film's spectacularly inept director, Damian Cockburn, sending his actors into the jungle. He's played by Steve Coogan, who's been a household name in the UK for more than a decade and has made a career out of playing arrogant jerks in way over their heads.

Us moviegoers probably know him best for playing smarmy record-label honcho Tony Wilson in

By LAURA VOGEL

16 August 2008 12:31 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

We scoffed at last week's run-and-hide approach employed by Pineapple Express and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, hoping to avoid Olympic Fever by opening on Wednesday. It's hard to say whether or not the Olympics really would have caused a lot of damage to a traditional weekend, but we're not laughing this week. Michael Phelps has been in the water.

Yes, the swimmer's assault on history may come at the expense of Tropic Thunder. The new Ben Stiller-directed comedy co-starring Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. has not exploded the way a movie of its caliber normally would. There are really only two logical explanations: Michael Phelps and the Stiller Backlash that also sunk (pardon the pun) The Heartbreak Kid last fall.

Tropic Thunder will most likely still be a big hit, but its numbers since Wednesday are nowhere near what I would've thought. According to Box Office Mojo,

Colin Boyd

16 August 2008 9:37 AM, PDT | From JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news

Still more Tropic Thunder outrage. The head of The Arc—the world's largest grassroots organization supporting people with intellectual and developmental abilities—is calling on Ben Stiller to have a sit down and meet with people with disabilities and their families, to help him understand why his movie offended them. They're also demanding that Stiller, Paramount and DreamWorks issue an official apology. So, funny little trivia I found out. The Arc was originally an acronym. When it started, the organization operated under the name The Association of Retarded Children. Since expanding its function beyond children, they stopped calling themselves that.

Arya Ponto

16 August 2008 12:57 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Watch the latest Spill.com movie review of the upcoming comedy “Tropic Thunder” by director Ben Stiller and starring Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Tobey Maguire and Ben Stiller as Speedman. Plot: Ben Stiller directs and stars in a high-concept action comedy about a film crew struggling against Murphy’s Law during the production of a big-budget war film, and just what happens when the actors become possessed by the bravura of their onscreen counterparts. Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, and Nick Nolte co-star in this DreamWorks production. - Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest “Tropic Thunder” movie clips and news.

Brian Corder

15 August 2008 8:32 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Seen on: August 15, 2008

The players: Director: Ben Stiller, Writers: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen, Cast: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny R. McBride, Brandon T. Jackson

Facts of interest: Stiller also directed "Zoolander," "The Cable Guy" and "Reality Bites."

The plot: A bunch of Hollywood actors are on the run from ruthless killers after their director drops them off in the middle of the jungle.

Our quick thoughts: A solid mixture of satire and spoof, Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder” should wildly entertain those who don’t feel offended by the film’s high dose of rude jokes. DreamWorks’ risqué comedy packs quite a few laughs and boasts plenty of fast-paced action, complete with a brilliant cast of big-time Hollywood players who don’t care to mock their own work.

Franck Tabouring

15 August 2008 1:58 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

It's a very busy weekend at the movies, with three movies in wide release, and several more hoping to grab your dollars on a more limited basis. This is one of the last hurrahs for summer, and certainly, in terms of movies with tremendous financial potential, it's the last big weekend for at least a month.

Probably the most notable new release is Tropic Thunder, the new comedy co-written and directed by Ben Stiller, who also stars opposite Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. They play three of Hollywood's biggest actors whose war movie comes apart at the seams when the fake war they're fighting becomes a real war they don't know they're fighting.

(Check out the official Tropic Thunder site)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a little complicated. There was an animated series called The Clone Wars five years ago, which made sense because we were between Episode

Colin Boyd

15 August 2008 1:33 AM, PDT | From JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news

The following is an interview I conducted with Ben Stiller about Tropic Thunder in March. As the film hits theaters this week, I thought it would be interested to look back at his thoughts after he had just finished his final cut of the film... As you may have read in our ShoWest coverage, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr. threw a party to premiere some footage from their upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder. And if you did read our coverage you know that it was a) hilarious and b) the...

Mike Sampson

14 August 2008 11:31 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

By now, I'm sure you've read all about the numerous controversies Ben Stiller's latest action comedy "Tropic Thunder" has caused over the past weeks. Nonetheless, the nation's top critics offered the film a warm welcome with some extraordinarily positive reviews. But what do the Web people have to say about the new stunt by Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.? Let's find out (I will post my review later today).

• Brad Brevet at RopeOfSilicon: "Stiller shows an incredible ability to manage a highly complex project, which mirrors many big-budget dramas in terms of complexity, but it pieces it all together in such a way you sometimes can forget you are watching a comedy."

• LatinoReview's Ron Henriques: "As I said, Downey Jr. is the hook for this film, but the real shame lies in the fact that the best of what you see of him has already played in

Franck Tabouring

14 August 2008 9:28 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Seriously, I’m asking: will Tropic Thunder, the much-hyped comedy starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. (in black face, no less,) really have enough, well, thunder, to knock The Dark Knight out of its top spot at the box office on its one-month anniversary?

If you think about it, Tropic Thunder has a lot of the same things going for it that Dark Knight did:

A) Controversy. Dark Knight had the morose intrigue of Heath Ledger’s final cinematic turn as The Joker of our time. Tropic Thunder has two major controversies surrounding it: Robert Downey Jr.’s stereotypical portrayal of an African-American, complete with black-face, and, what some “activists” are alleging is the film’s overly-cruel mockery of mentally challenged people. (Regarding Downey in black-face: as a part of that club, I have to say I’m fine with it. Tropic Thunder is a satire, not a spoof,

Kofi Outlaw

14 August 2008 1:35 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

It's easy to forget the clever, absurdist Ben Stiller behind The Ben Stiller Show, especially since the mugging dumbshow Ben Stiller of Meet The Parents is generally much more visible. Stiller's performance is easily the weakest element of Tropic Thunder: Like his Zoolander character, he only has a handful of exaggerated expressions, and he cycles through them on cue. But it's easy to forgive him, given how thoroughly enjoyable Tropic Thunder is on virtually every other count. Where Stiller the actor seems outmatched by the more expressive talents on display, Stiller the co-writer and director contributes a lively, layered comedy packed with cheap but hilarious goofs on Hollywood, from fake trailers for horrible (yet strangely familiar) movies to roman à clef parodies of Hollywood personalities to actors and celebrities outright mocking themselves. The story centers on a big Hollywood war movie on its way down the tubes. It's "a.

Tasha Robinson

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