Sean Penn recently took time out of his busy schedule of saving Haitian orphans using the healing power of scowls to sit down with Zach Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.  Or rather, sit down with Zach Galifianakis’ twin brother, Seth. I don’t want to ruin it by telling you what happens, but I really enjoy this as a non-sequitir:

“Funions needs to be in the movie, he’s got a captain’s hat on him!”

I’m going to be shouting that at strangers all week.  Sidenote: is there a more white name than ‘Seth’?  Preston?  Mort?  Discuss.  Hey, which one of these do you think looks more like Funions?

“What? No, mom, how many times do I have to tell you: I am a serious writer!  Quit riding me, I’ll be up for dinner in a minute.”

Oh thank God, just when I’d seen enough footage of all the ridiculously attractive people in Brazil, Arthouse Films crashes through the window and levels the playing field. Apparently, perfect glutes aren’t the only kind of junk hanging around Rio de Janeiro these days, as featured in director Lucy Walker’s new documentary, Waste Land, the location is also host to the largest landfill in the world. THE WORLD!

*takes pull off inhaler, pets cat, calms down*

Arthouse Films has acquired US rights to Lucy Walker’s documentary “Waste Land” and plans to release it theatrically later this year.

Pic follows Brazilian artist Vik Muniz through the world’s largest landfill in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro — a place called Jardim Gramacho. Muniz took photographs of the people who inhabited the trash city and the art objects they created out of trash, then sold the photos at auction to help raise money for the people. [Variety]

Oh, well sh-t, that’s kind of depressing…um, quick somebody make a dong joke! Below, here’s the official trailer for Waste Land, which has already made a few rounds and received positive reviews within the festival circuit. With no official release date for U.S. screens yet, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for a GIANT pile of garbage.
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Here’s the latest episode of Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, the show that single handedly makes up for the other 85% of their videos starring unfunny celebrities. I don’t have much to add because it’s funny already, but I like the part where Charlize Theron is talking about her dog that has cancer, and Zach Galifianakis holds a video game in front of her face.

ZACH: “What’s his name?”

CHARLIZE: “Old Boy.”

ZACH: “Like, ‘Oh Boy I wish my dog wasn’t sick’?”

Ahh, Zach Galifianakis. He’s like crack for lazy bloggers.
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Due Date already reteams director Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover) with Zach Galifianakis (who recently revealed that his real name is Chad Farthouse), which was more than enough to chub my anticipation boner, but now that Robert Downey Jr. has been announced as his co-star, they’re practically stroking it through my sweatpants.

Downey will play an expectant father on a road trip with a mismatched partner, racing to get to the birth of his first child.  Galifianakis, who delivered a breakout performance this summer in the Phillips-directed comedy “The Hangover,” will play Downey’s road trip mate in a comedy that Phillips calls “a buddy comedy without the buddies.” [Variety]

No one in The Hangover did a bad job, and Todd Phillips is one of the best comedy directors around, but Zach Galifianakis carried the entire movie.  Much like Downey did in Iron Man (seriously, imagine that movie without him: the richest, coolest guy in the world sort of falls for Gwyneth Paltrow?  WOOF.).  So will them together be the best thing ever, or will their respective awesomeness clash somehow?  It sounds like a good idea to me, but then I think you can never have too much of a good thing, which is why I always order my bacon ice cream with a side of explosions and porn.