Videogum » Amy Poehler http://videogum.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:45:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Here Are Some Afternoon Links! http://videogum.com/388051/here-are-some-afternoon-links-85/list/ http://videogum.com/388051/here-are-some-afternoon-links-85/list/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:30:46 +0000 Kelly http://videogum.com/?p=388051
  • Vulture has an interview with Bryan Cranston that you should read aaaaannd… -Vulture
  • AV Club has an interview with Giancarlo Esposito that you should ALSO read! Soak it all in before it’s all over. -AV Club
  • Please watch Russell Brand play a total Johnny Depp weirdo in this new Noel Gallagher music video. Really cementing his position as our favorite guy, this guy! -Stereogum
  • Movie producer Rick Schwartz wants to talk to you about why movies suck so much lately. -Grantland
  • Here is a commercial for a Keyboard Cat doll? I don’t know if this is real. It certainly looks like it’s real and it wouldn’t SURPRISE me if it were real, but I don’t know. I half really hope no one every buys this and then I half really hope that everyone buys it for me. -TheDailyWhat
  • Want to watch Amy Poehler, Aubry Plaza, and Rashida Jones eat candy for a few minutes? You do! I know you do because I did. -Buzzfeed
  • I know this is none of our business, but would you like to read about the weekend Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively had together in Boston? -Dlisted
  • Did you know that Pink was going to be in a movie? That’s weird. I don’t think I would like to see Pink in a movie. Is she still married to that BMX guy? I know they got a divorce a while back, but did they get back together? Very important question. -JustJared
  • Beavis and Butt-Head are back? -Celebuzz
  • Cinemark theaters will not carry Tower Heist if they release it On Demand for $59.99!!!!!!!!! SIXTY DOLLARS!!!!! TO SEE A MOVIE!!!!!!!! IN YOUR HOME!!!!!!! That is the craziest thing I’ve ever read. I know that they aren’t, but I hope Cinemark is not going to show it if that happens just because of how ridiculous it is. -Movieline
  • Have you met Sesame Street’s new hunger muppet Lily yet? -Salon
  • Image via -Slashfilm
    • ]]>     8     Read “Ron Swanson’s Nature Diary,” An Excerpt From The Parks and Recreation Book (?) http://videogum.com/384221/read-an-excerpt-from-the-parks-and-recreation-book-ron-swansons-nature-diary/books/ http://videogum.com/384221/read-an-excerpt-from-the-parks-and-recreation-book-ron-swansons-nature-diary/books/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:15:38 +0000 Kelly http://videogum.com/?p=384221 Apparently there’s a Parks and Recreation book coming out next week? Called Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America? I had no idea! Anyway, here’s an excerpt for you to enjoy. What a nice surprise.

    ]]>     3     Here Are Some Afternoon Links! http://videogum.com/375582/here-are-some-afternoon-links-70/list/ http://videogum.com/375582/here-are-some-afternoon-links-70/list/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:15:40 +0000 Kelly http://videogum.com/?p=375582
  • This week’s Videogum Movie Club movie is Drive. GO SEE IT! It is very good. Then let’s meet back here and talk about it on Monday. -Drive Trailer
  • Speaking of Drive, Ryan Gosling is adorable and very nice in this interview. Read his parts with a Ryan Gosling voice in your head. -Vulture
  • There’s a new episode of FilmDrunk’s podcast, and on it they interview one of the guys from Shut Up, Little Man. Do you want to listen to it? If so, -FilmDrunk
  • Nicolas Cage is a vampire, worth $1,000,000.00. -TheDailyWhat
  • Victoria Beckham’s tiny infant looooooves Prada. I’m so sure, Victoria Beckham. Also when I was young you made me hate my curly hair because I wanted straight hair like you. So thanks a lot. -Dlisted
  • Kieran Culkin is dating Scarlette Johannson apparently, which may seem odd, but really who wouldn’t date a Culkin just for the chance to have a Culkin baby. Even though they invariably grow up weird, they are just the cutest little kids. Right? -TheSuperficial
  • It’s Amy Poehler’s 40th birthday today, yay! Celebuzz has put together a video of her ten funniest moments. Cool, great! -Celebuzz
  • Tyrese says Michael Bay is a barking dog or something like that. -Movieline
  • Salon has put together a couple of breakouts from the Toronto International Film Festival. Check them out, eh? Why not? You love movies. -Salon
  • Here is part of the Brad Pitt interview that everyone is talking about because of how he disses JenAn. I can’t believe the entire world still talks about their 10000 year old relationship. If I were AngJo I’d be piiiisssed. -JustJared
    • ]]>     10     Quote Of The Day http://videogum.com/369831/quote-of-the-day-9/interviews/ http://videogum.com/369831/quote-of-the-day-9/interviews/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:15:04 +0000 Gabe http://videogum.com/?p=369831 “Will and I are having a lot of problems. Will Arnett and I are getting a divorce. Yeah, I just had my second child.” – What Amy Sedaris Tells People When They Think She’s Amy Poehler

    ]]>     38     Here Are Some Afternoon Links! http://videogum.com/359811/here-are-some-afternoon-links-54/list/ http://videogum.com/359811/here-are-some-afternoon-links-54/list/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:15:12 +0000 Kelly http://videogum.com/?p=359811
  • Sometimes the internet is the worst. And then SOMETIMES the internet puts together a supercut from one of your favorite movies of all time, Clueless, of all of Cher’s outfits and it is the best! -Worn
  • Vulture has thought up some clever plotlines based on behind-the-scenes photos of the next season of Gossip Girl. Why didn’t I do that? HUH? -Vulture
  • Here’s a weird video from Conan of Conan talking about how he wants someone to buy him illegal HGH. Conan! Are you ok! You seem like you maybe aren’t! -Team Coco
  • Did you know that Amy Poehler’s little boy is named Archie? I didn’t! But now I do and so do you! So now that we all know that, here he is making funny faces. -Just Jared
  • Here are a bunch of TV characters who would be besties in real life. Not included: The entire cast of Friends. WHAT GIVES? -Flavorwire
  • Are you thinking of making a raunchy R-rated comedy, but you’re afraid that it won’t be able to break into the top five at the box office? Well! You are worrying about something very strange but here is a list that will make you feel better! -Splitsider
  • Want to watch the Glee cast cover David Bowie’s “Fashion” for Fashion’s Night Out? No? You think it’s not going to be very good? Well aren’t you at least curious about how not-good it will be? Yes? Yes, I got you there? Great! -Celebuzz
  • After the #WillAndJadapocalypse, Salon takes a look at how celebrity gossip destroys journalists’ credibility. Good thing nothing could destroy our credibility here on Videogum because it is so rock solid that nothing could destroy it. -Salon
  • Take a look at Francis Ford Coppola’s sloppy The Godfather notes. Hey! We’re sloppy, just like he is! -FilmDrunk
  • Oh, speaking of movies like that, did you know Al Pachino didn’t want Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface? And then a bunch of other Scarface facts? Did you know these things? -Movieline
  • Paris Hilton’s show got canceled. R.I.P. If any of you guys were still hanging onto your TVs, please deposit them out of your windows. -The Superficial
  • Dave Franco F’ing Dave Franco. That’s all, we’re done here, folks. -Dlisted
    • ]]>     9     Here Are Some Afternoon Links! http://videogum.com/318492/here-are-some-afternoon-links-5/list/ http://videogum.com/318492/here-are-some-afternoon-links-5/list/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:00:27 +0000 Kelly http://videogum.com/?p=318492
  • Conan O’Brien’s Dartmouth commencement speech is very good, no duh, watch all of it. -Team Coco
  • 30 things you might not know about Raiders of the Lost Ark. “I know all of these things already, NEXT.” – A nerd. -ONTD
  • The Weston Cage punch-in-the-face story you’ve been following so diligently has a new development! -The Superficial
  • Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” video, the one we’ve been WAITING FOR, has finally premiered and Rebecca Black and everyone else make an appearance in it. -TheDailyWhat
  • Here’s a good interview with John Slattery, as if there’s any other kind of interview with John Slattery. -Movieline
  • Amy Poehler on the WTF With Mark Maron podcast! -WTF Podcast
  • Political posters for fictional characters. Print them out and hang them in your lockers, everyone will think you are the coolest! -Uproxx
  • Rocky IV: The Musical provides exactly what Rocky IV: The Non-Musical really lacks. -Gorilla Mask
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding‘s Nia Vardalos lets us know what she thinks about Tracy Morgan’s homophobia, finally. -FilmDrunk
  • Tom Hanks to produce and star in a movie about an astronaut toy from a million years ago. -HuffPo
  • Tripadvisor.com reviews of The Overlook Hotel. -McSweeney’s
  • The 30 Rock porn parody, analyzed as both a parody and a porn. -Splitsider
    • ]]>     9     The Leslie Knope Guide To Emoticons http://videogum.com/295701/the-leslie-knope-guide-to-emoticons/webjunk/ http://videogum.com/295701/the-leslie-knope-guide-to-emoticons/webjunk/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:30:28 +0000 Gabe http://videogum.com/?p=295701 This is just straight-up useful is what this is.

    ]]>     31     An Interview With Amy Poehler’s Parents http://videogum.com/279101/an-interview-with-amy-poehlers-parents/behind-the-scenes/ http://videogum.com/279101/an-interview-with-amy-poehlers-parents/behind-the-scenes/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:30:47 +0000 Gabe http://videogum.com/?p=279101 “Will [Arnett, Amy's husband] and Amy like to pretend they’re us. We don’t think it’s very funny, but they think it’s hilarious,” and other gems.

    ]]>     16     Saturday Night Live: Amy Poehler And Katy Perry http://videogum.com/227401/saturday-night-live-amy-poehler-and-katy-perry/tv/late-night/ http://videogum.com/227401/saturday-night-live-amy-poehler-and-katy-perry/tv/late-night/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:30:54 +0000 Gabe http://videogum.com/?p=227401 Uh. Is it just me, or was that one of the worst episodes of Saturday Night Live in a really long time? (Maybe not THAT long.) And I say that as an Amy Poehler superfan! I’m not sure what happened. There were certainly plenty of celebrity cameos to keep things EXCITING (if not particularly funny?), although that might have been part of the problem. Remember how all of these people (Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch) made an appearance just a few short months ago when Betty White hosted? So this time, rather than provide a thrill, it felt well-worn. Tired even. Not that it isn’t great to have the old gang back together, but it’s certainly not ENOUGH. I don’t know, it just never felt like the show found its footing. It had moments, obviously. It’s hard not to have moments in an hour and a half. But mostly the whole thing felt like that interminable “new Showtime show” sketch where it’s like, I think I get what you are going for, Saturday Night Live, but it’s not really working, and you are WASTING Amy Poehler, sir. (Also, go to bed, Katy Perry.)

    But, so, let’s talk about the moments the show did have:

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    ]]>     103     Smart Girls At The Party Is Back! http://videogum.com/192292/smart-girls-at-the-party-is-back/webjunk/ http://videogum.com/192292/smart-girls-at-the-party-is-back/webjunk/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:15:25 +0000 Gabe http://videogum.com/?p=192292 Amy Poehler’s website dedicated to empowering young women to be themselves and achieve their dreams has been updated with new videos! Ladies….

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