Marvel Wants ‘Anchorman’ Director Adam McKay To Helm One Of Their Upcoming...
Shutterstock An interesting thing about Marvel Studios is their willingness to give comedic writers and directors a crack at their iconic heroes. It’s paid off handsomely so far: Captain America: The...
View ArticleRon Burgundy Stopped By The Comedy Central Roast To Defend Justin Bieber
With all these comedians burning Justin Bieber tonight, someone found the will to stand up and say, “Enough!” That person was Ron Burgundy, who took to the dais and set everyone straight about...
View ArticleWatch This News Anchor Go Full Ron Burgundy, Get Tricked Into Saying A Line...
It’s a trick exactly as old as all those Anchorman quotes we’ll never stop beating into the ground. A news anchor is known to faithfully read whatever the teleprompter puts in front of his face, so...
View ArticleAdam McKay Is In The Running To Direct All Of Marvel’s Upcoming Superhero Movies
Getty Image Seems as though Marvel Studios has a bit of an Adam McKay infatuation. Last we heard, the director of Anchorman and co-writer of Ant Man may direct an upcoming Marvel movie. Speculation was...
View ArticleYou’ll Love These Brick Tamland Quotes From ‘Anchorman’ As Much As He Loves Lamp
Dreamworks A hefty majority of the humor in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues comes from the channel 4 news team. While they all had a shared sense of male...
View ArticleAdam McKay Knows What ‘Anchorman 3’ Will Be About, If He Ever Ends Up Making It
DreamWorks Pictures Adam McKay has a new film, The Big Short, coming out. Our own Mike Ryan called it a “smart, infuriating look at the financial collapse,” starring the smart, pleasant to look at,...
View Article12 Surprising Facts You Might Not Know About ‘Anchorman’
DreamWorks Pictures It’s been 12 years since Ron Burgundy wowed us all with his machismo and his mustache, but besides his glorious mustache, his mad flute skills, and his affinity for scotchy scotch,...
View ArticleWith ‘Entourage’ arriving soon, we examine classic films about boys being boys
Warner Bros/MGM-UA A few nights ago, Warner Bros. hosted a very canny event that our own Louis Virtel attended at the Playboy Mansion, a screening of “Entourage” that may have felt like virtual reality...
View ArticleOur favorite ensemble comedies, in honor of the ‘Entourage’ movie
In theory, “Entourage” seems like a better fit for movies than TV: The characters are broad, quippy, and ridiculous, and you wonder how tough it would be to sustain that level of mania for seasons at...
View Article25 Years in LA Part 3: Showtime, the Silverado, and the rise of Ain’t It Cool
Dreamworks The first and most important thing that happened as a result of the staging of “Sticks and Stones” at the Met Theater as part of the Act One Festival was that Scott Swan and I got our first...
View ArticleIt’s Turtleneck Weekend at the Movies: Ranking the 12 Greatest Turtlenecks in...
After a long history at the fringes of film wardrobe, this weekend the long-sidelined turtleneck takes its place front and center at the multiplexes. In both of this weekend's major releases – “Steve...
View ArticleApplegate, Kunis, and K-Bell team to be ‘Bad Moms’ for ‘Hangover’ creators
Good idea, Hollywood. “Bad Moms” began life as a film with Leslie Mann set to star and Judd Apatow producing, but that's changed now. Instead, writer/directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore of “The...
View ArticleA regular column returns with a look at an unproduced Aziz Ansari script
One Thing I Love Today is a daily column dedicated to putting a spotlight on some pop culture item worth your attention. After all, there's enough snark out there. Why not start every day with one...
View ArticleThe ‘Anchorman’ News Team ‘Watching’ World Series Game 7 Is A Thing That Exists
The 'Anchorman' news team watches the @Cubs win the World Series. pic.twitter.com/16QbyCVEZA — Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) November 16, 2016 First of all, please disregard the text in the tweet. “The...
View Article‘Anchorman’ Originally Involved Killer Orangutans And Was Too Weird For Paul...
DreamWorks Pictures Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a modern comedy classic, and many, including Ron Burgundy himself, would call it Will Ferrell’s best film. “The one that stands out as the...
View ArticleHere’s The Trailer For Ron Burgundy’s Book, ‘Let Me Off At The Top’
As if the umpteen thousand different Dodge Ram commercials weren’t obvious enough, Will Ferrell and Co. are doing everything they possibly can to monetize Anchorman: The Legend Continues before its...
View ArticleDodge Durango Sales Are Through The Roof Thanks To Ron Burgundy
So you know those Dodge Durango commercials starring Will Ferrell in character as Ron Burgundy from Anchorman? The ones he supposedly made 70 of? Yeah, those. According to AdAge, they are helping...
View ArticlePeople Are Buying The Dodge Durango Like Crazy Now, Thanks To… Ron Burgundy?
In a brilliant but arguably overbearing bit of cross-promotion, Will Ferrell recorded some commercials for Dodge as Ron Burgundy, his beloved main character from the upcoming sequel, Anchorman: The...
View ArticleHere’s Your Comprehensive Guide To Ron Burgundy’s ‘Conan’ Takeover Last Night
As we hit on not so long ago, Ron Burgundy pretty much took over Conan last night, finally making Conan O’Brien a man and paying sweet, sweet flute tribute to crack-smoking Toronto mayor Rob Ford. Now...
View ArticleDon’t Act Like You’re Not Impressed: Ron Burgundy Is Going To Canada To Do...
We thought a sports anchor doing his entire report in character and a tandem bike ride with Daft Punk were gonna be the most absurd sports-related Ron Burgundy happenings as we prepare for the release...
View ArticleCheck Out This Local News Team’s ‘Anchorman’ Tribute
I don’t watch my local news for several reasons, with the most notable being that I live in Florida and every newscast starts out with something like, “A local man is in critical condition this...
View ArticleHere Are Two New Clips From ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’
In case you’ve been living under a rock behind Dorothy Mantooth’s house, Paramount and Will Ferrell really, really, REALLY want us all to go see Anchorman: The Legend Continues when it’s released on...
View Article12 ‘Anchorman’-branded products we would totally buy from Ron Burgundy
The “Anchorman” sequel certainly hasn’t been shy about announcing itself these past few months. From Dodge Durangos (which are apparently selling like gangbusters!) to a limited edition batch of Ben...
View ArticleRon Burgundy Did Curling Color Commentary And Sweet Lincoln’s Mullet Was It...
Last week, just before the holidays arrived and distracted us from what is truly important, we shared with you the biggest sports story of the year: Anchorman Ron Burgundy was headed to Winnipeg to do...
View ArticleNeed A Stocking Stuffer? Check Out This Unofficial ‘Anchorman’ Coloring Book
Forgive me if I’m feeling a little festive so early in the month of December, but I’ve been on a quest to find the best possible Christmas present for my postal worker, and I think that I can finally...
View ArticleWill Ferrell Is Hosting SportsCenter Tomorrow In Character As Ron Burgundy
In case you don’t own a television, haven’t spoken to another human being in at least a year, and you never ever leave your home, you might not know that Anchorman: The Legend Continues opens on...
View ArticleSwoon over Steve Carell’s amazing ‘Anchorman’ audition
I would have guessed that Steve Carell’s original “Anchorman’ audition, done back when he was nothing but a lowly “Daily Show” correspondent, was amazing, but it’s still nice to have that fact...
View ArticleWatch Steve Carell In His Original Audition For ‘Anchorman’
Now that Will Ferrell and David Koechner won’t be able to co-host tonight’s 6 PM edition of SportsCenter because of that whole Jameis Winston mess at Florida State (ew, sports, am I right?), we need...
View ArticleIn Case Your Ron Burgundy Fatigue Hasn’t Peaked, Here He Is Covering Iconic...
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a movie more vehemently marketed to sports fans than Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. It doesn’t even open until December 18 and already we’ve had Will Ferrell...
View ArticleChamp Kind Offered Up His Trademark ‘WHAMMY!’ For Colin Cowherd
Almost lost in the neverending rush of viral and mainstream marketing for Anchorman: The Legend Continues – as if we’re not going to see this movie – was this appearance by David Koechner on “Colin...
View Article10 Reasons You Should Watch The ‘Lost’ Sequel To ‘Anchorman’ Before Seeing...
If you’re like us, you’re probably looking forward to catching up with Ron Burgundy and the rest of the Channel Four News team in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Though technically, it’s the third...
View ArticleWatch a hilarious ‘Anchorman 2’ outtake with Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig
I have no idea how much of this amazing scene between Steve Carell’s Brick Tamland and Kristen Wiig’s Chani was improvised, but my instincts say probably a lot of it. How does that background actress...
View ArticleWhat Would Ron Burgundy Look Like With Other Famous Facial Hair Styles?
Ron Burgundy’s mustache might be the most important part of him. But I was curious. What would Ron Burgundy look like with other famous types of facial hair? Would he still be so suave, so manly, such...
View ArticleChristina Applegate on rediscovering Veronica Corningstone for ‘Anchorman 2’
Christina Applegate deserves credit for helping shape the character of Veronica Corningstone in the first “Anchorman.” In the early drafts I read of the film, she was just as big a weirdo as any of...
View ArticleBoy, That ‘Anchorman 2’ Cast Visit To ‘The Daily Show’ Escalated Quickly
I’m not going to lie, when Danger alerted us yesterday to the entire Anchorman news team appearing on last night’s The Daily Show I imagined an entire program devoted to Paul Rudd dancing and a...
View ArticleChristina Applegate Tells Leno About How She Learned To Play The Clash On...
The endless publicity tour for Anchorman 2 is finally winding down, a contradiction of a statement that still feels accurate. Is there a TV show or magazine Will Ferrell & Co. haven’t appeared on...
View ArticleWill Ferrell explains Ron Burgundy’s feelings on man hugs in ‘Anchorman 2’
When Drew McWeeny sat down with Will Ferrell and David Koechner to talk about “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” quite naturally, the Champ Kind-Ron Burgundy relationship came up. Champ’s feelings...
View ArticleWeekend Movie Guide: Oh Neat, There's A New 'Anchorman' Movie!
Opening Everywhere: Anchorman: The Legend Continues, American Hustle, Walking With Dinosaurs, Her FilmDrunk Suggests: Obviously, you should go see Anchorman because otherwise you won’t qualify for...
View ArticleFlula Borg Is Back With This Techno Banger With The Cast Of 'Anchorman'
Last we checked in with German DJ and YouTube personality Flula Borg, he was having a hard time figuring out why us Americans call football football and helping Dirk Nowitzki give us the latest great...
View Article13 highlights from Will Ferrell’s Reddit AMA: J-Law, Spider-Man and even more...
“I just want everyone to know I’m currently #1 on the Reddit homepage which is amazing, thank you! However, I’m a little bit disappointed because I was led to believe this was for Red Book magazine....
View ArticleWill Ferrell Turns 47: What’s His Most Underrated Work?
Will Ferrell turns 47 today, and now's a good time to announce that he's enjoying a phenomenal career. He was a valuable “SNL” cast member during his entire seven-year run, his movie career is...
View ArticleHappy Labor Day: Gandalf, Black Widow, Luke Skywalker and more cover Wu-Tang...
Warner Bros. Pictures This is beautiful. Wu-Tang Clan's aptly-named 1995 single “Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit” has been covered by an all-star lineup including Gandalf, Patrick Bateman, O-Ren...
View ArticleThe Greatest Comedy Villains Of The Past 20 Years
UNIVERSAL PICTURES What would a great comedy be without a memorable villain? Nothing I tell you! More often than not, villains offer some of the best quotes and scenes in the movie. They must maintain...
View Article5 Marvel movie ideas for ‘Anchorman’s’ Adam McKay
Marvel Comics (CBR) Adam McKay recently revealed in an interview with Crave Online that his involvement with Marvel Studios might entail more than just doing an “Ant-Man” rewrite. The “Anchorman”...
View ArticleJohn Cena Was Ron Burgundy For Halloween, And Nikki Bella Was Tits McGee
I’M IN A GLASS CASE OF NOT SELLING EMOTION! John Cena has been crowned the New King Of Comedy by Hollywood’s funny illuminati, so it makes sense he’d apply that to his Halloween costume. Here’s John...
View ArticleWatch These Australian Newsreaders Get Into An Epic ‘Anchorman’-Style Brawl
Before watching the above video from Australia’s SBS 2, I had no idea who Lee Lin Chin was. Now I know that Chin is a beer-powered super warrior with a taste for blood who can take care of herself. In...
View ArticleAll The ‘Anchorman’ Lines You Know You’re Still Using Everyday
Dreamworks Anchorman is arguably the most quoted since Caddyshack, which is to say that it’s pretty much damned near impossible to go a day without hearing one of your friends spouting off a piece of...
View ArticleThe Truth Is Finally Revealed About Bears Being Attracted To Menstruation
DreamWorks We can all pretend we had heard the myth before the movie Anchorman, but it became the true stuff of urban legends after Brick casually mentioned how “bears can smell the menstruation.” It...
View ArticleHere Are The Outstanding Pop Culture Valentines For Your Sun And Stars
Via PJ McQuade Hodor (Game Of Thrones) card by PJ McQuade, available here. On Monday, we brought you 20 geeky valentines, as is our tradition every year. Today we bring you almost 30 more valentines...
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