“Really? Not even one nip?”

Tina Fey is beloved by pretty much everyone not named Taylor Swift, but she’s also a 42-year old mother of two, which means that most of us are pretty cool with the fact that she won’t do nude scenes. But just in case there are still some people out there who would love to see her topless, she reiterated her no-titty stance in a recent interview with Movieline while discussing her new film, Admission, which also stars Paul Rudd. Now there’s an actor I wouldn’t mind seeing topless.

Fey revealed that the film’s script was originally a lot closer to the book, in that there was supposed to be a little freaky naughty sex time between her and Rudd, and those scenes required her to be topless. Sorry pervs, wasn’t gonna happen.

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Despite losing star and super fan Jason Segal, the new and improved Muppets franchise is moving on presumably with most of the same production team intact, as director James Bobin is returning for the next chapter that will feature Kermit and the gang on a European adventure. I don’t even want to continue, because I’m already super excited about the premise alone. But it gets even better, because The Hollywood Reporter is, um, reporting that Christoph Waltz will be the star of the next Muppets adventure. WEEEEEEE! Bingo! How fun!

Like Segal, Waltz will be one of the main human characters in the film, and obviously he won’t be alone.

While the film is expected to have a slew of cameos, as is a Muppets movie tradition, the part of the Interpol inspector is one of a small handful of human roles that will stand apart. The other notable characters, according to sources, are that of a Russian femme fatale and a male lead whose intentions are always in question.

While not very descriptive, Waltz as an Interpol detective sounds great. Hell, Waltz with the Muppets just sounds perfect. The guy is practically a Muppet himself. As for the other characters – the femme fatale and sketchy dude bro – I have some suggestions.

Femme Fatale: Famke Jannsen, Olga Kurylenko… That’s pretty much it.

The sketchy dude is a different task. Is he good guy sketchy or Stephen Dorff sketchy? Plus, we have to replace Jason Segal’s charm and lovable dope routine. Is he American or is he European? Either way, this might be the perfect role for Robert Pattinson in his post-Twilight career. After all, he looks a little like a Muppet, too…

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The back and forth between Chick Fil-A and The Jim Henson Company continues this week, after Henson CEO Lisa Henson announced she was pulling Muppets toys from Chick Fil-A in response to Chick Fil-A President Dan Cathy’s comments in support of “the biblical definition of the family unit,” and Chick Fil-A’s continued support of anti-gay marriage organizations. Chick Fil-A’s response was to claim the toys had actually been removed “because of a safety issue.” That’s all pretty dry, but things took a turn for the humorous when Chick-Fil-A apparently started creating profiles of fake teenagers to defend them from mean comments on their Facebook page, like “Abby Farle” here:

Wow, a stock photo, really? Couldn’t even find a photo of a real teenager? It might be a violation of my parole to say this, but there are a lot of photos of teen girls freely available on the internet. The “derr” was a nice touch though. “Sir? Our focus-group data tells us teenagers often respond to each other with sarcastic gibberish words. …For the life of me, I don’t understand it either, but our research department has never been wrong.”

You can tell Abby Farle was a conservative mouthpiece because she used “derr.” If you’ve seen any Aaron Sorkin shows, you know that when liberal mouthpieces need sarcasm-drenched rejoinders, they use “ya think?!”

[Reddit, Gizmodo, HappyPlace]

We’ve known for a few years that a Fraggle Rock movie was in the works, but it was revealed this week that the movie that was supposed to be released in 2009 finally has writers. And this excites me as a person who spent much of his childhood in front of a TV, because I can’t wait to see Red, Boober, Gobo, Mokey, and the rest of the gang do their thing… *clap, clap* down in Fraggle Rock.

And the excitement is multiplied thanks to the success of Jason Segel’s The Muppets, as he proved that Jim Henson’s lovable characters are still as relevant as ever. Speaking of the Muppets and awesome segues, a “blooper reel” was released this week and it’s just as fantastic as the movie was. You can watch it after the jump while I go speak to my therapist about why I’m so open about being a toolbag.

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Ignore the dates, ya dangus! They're both out on DVD today!

We’ve got an extra-large batch of movies hitting DVD this week, so there’s something for everyone.  Besides the two Oscar winners in the banner pic, there’s another Oscar nominated flick, a movie Vince hated, Asian kids killing each other, Rip Torn, one lucky elephant, Salma Hayek’s American movie debut, Edward Furlong, a fake Bruce Lee, naked Nazis, some clowns, and a few other gems to whet your appetite.

The DVDs:
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Muppets
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Carnage
The Sitter
Battle Royale
From Time To Time
A Lonely Place To Die
Telstar
National Lampoon’s The Legend Of Awesomest Maximus
Roadie
One Lucky Elephant
Roadracers
Pimp
Snow White: A Deadly Summer
This Is Not A Movie
Creature
The Dragon Lives Again
Frauleins In Uniform
Clown Hunt

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