BOW BEFORE TRONBOWSKI.  Just because it’s an obvious mash up doesn’t mean it’s not an awesome mash up.  (I’ll be seeing Tron Legacy tonight, btw. Hope to tell you about it reaaal soon, man.) |via SergioLeoneIFR|

Eminem teaming up with Sons of Anarchy creator to play a boxer. Kurt Sutter’s Southpaw will star Eminem in a boxing movie which will be a metaphor for his career. “…because his own life has been a brawl.”  After Marky Mark’s The Fighter and Channing Tatum’s Fighting, the crazy thing is that the fighting movie with Eminem might actually be the least wigger-y.|Deadline|

Dino De Laurentiis Co. remaking 1984′s Firestarter. Hoping to start a new franchise, the company is expected to reimagine the little girl who can set fires with her mind from the Stephen King book with “more edge.”  Oh, so Chris Evans as The Human Torch wasn’t “edgy” enough for you, assh*les?  Good thing they’re remaking these, it’s not like Stephen King has a lot of books to choose from. |Variety|

Paul Rudd is lookin’ good, braaaah…

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Confession time: I love 8 Mile.  I watch it every damn time it comes on HBO and have half the rap battles memorized (“This guy’s a gangsta? His real name’s Clarence.”).  The only non-actor I can remember who basically played himself as well as Eminem did in 8 Mile was Howard Stern in Private Parts.  Yes, I realize that’s a pretty small list. But dammit, Eminem is coming back to movies, and that makes me happy.  …No, no, that’s okay, I’ll stuff myself in the locker.

Eight years later [after 8 Mile], Eminem is primed to make his return — a sexy return at that. It’s not a highly personal tale, nor an ’8 Mile’ sequel, but rather Fernando Meirelles’ upcoming sex-themed drama, ’360,’ placing him face to face with some of Hollywood’s best talent. Meirelles is the man behind ‘City of God,’ ‘The Constant Gardener’ and ‘Blindness,’ and he’s already tapped both Rachel Weisz and Anthony Hopkins for roles. Now, with the latest report from Production Weekly’s Twitter feed, we’ve got Eminem and Frances McDormand circling. [Moviefone]

City of God might be in my all-time top 10, but I don’t even want to see this movie. I just want visit the set and see B Rabbit and Tony Hops have a rap battle in front of the lunch truck.  And then maybe have France McDormand tell Em he’s a “dope rapper” in her Fargo voice.  …Yes, a boy can dream.  Oh would you look at that, spilled nacho cheese on my shirt.

Confirming the rumors, Eminem says he was in on Bruno’s flying 69 prank at the MTV Movie Awards.

“Sacha called me when we were in Europe and he had an idea to do something outrageous at the Movie Awards. I’m a big fan of his work, so I agreed to get involved with the gag.”

“I’m thrilled that we pulled this off better than we rehearsed it.  It had so many people going “nuts” so to speak. Everyone was blowing me up about it.  After the ceremony I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about 3 hours. Especially after I saw it on air.” [RapRadar]

So yeah, there you have it. Guess he has a better sense of humor than people give him credit for.  Though I think it would’ve been more “outrageous” if he’d squished a baby or something.  All he did was get balls in his face.  I call that “Thursday.”  Anyway, I’m kind of bored of this story now.  I’m gonna go find out what’s up with this Jon & Kate business. I hear they’re fighting!

As you’ll no doubt see everywhere today, here’s the video of Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno in a jockstrap being lowered from the ceiling directly onto Eminem’s face.  That’s accuracy.  They must’ve had to practice that a lot.  Eminem either wasn’t in on it, or is great at acting like what you’d imagine Eminem to act like.  It’s a good thing he doesn’t take himself too seriously.  And right before he storms off, they cut to a shot of Zachary Quinto.  I’m not sure if that’s because his eyebrows make him seem more expressive, or because Bruno had just yelled “I’ve already got a boyfriend.”

I confess I haven’t been following comic books since… well, since I turned 12 and started reading books without pictures or protagonists who wear spandex.  I know, I know, feel free to not invite me to your next party.  Anyway, point is, I haven’t been following comic books lately, so tell me: are ridiculous celebrity cameos the only thing keeping them afloat these days?  How does Eminem help the Punisher, anyway?  “Let’s go, Slim, you distract him with your slick flow while I blow his face off with a shotgun.”

…And don’t even think about making a Proof joke, you sick f*cks.

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