'Vanity Fair' Nominates McLovin As A Rising Star Of Tomorrow
Posted by Seth at 8:10 AM on July 1, 2008
Burned once by the infamous Class of 2000, upon whom they bestowed their Vanity Fair ® Fresh Faces™ Seal of Approval—only to see each and every cover subject's careers offed in increasingly elaborate, Final Destination-esque death sequences—the celebrity-fellating periodical of record is taking no chances with its current "Hollywood's New Wave" issue: Virtually every actor below the age of 18 to earn so much as a single line of dialogue on an episode of iCarly has been profiled in their Bright Young Hollywood portfolio, each posing seductively in their very own Annie Leibovitz "just fucked" portrait. Among the inductees is Superbad star Christopher Mintz-Plasse. We shit you not: McLovin gets to answer his own Pimply Proust Questionnaire:
CHRISTOPHER MINTZ-PLASSE Age: 19. Hometown: West Hills, California. Breakthrough role: "McLovin" in Superbad. Upcoming film: Little Big Man. First "Hollywood" moment? "Well, I'm a Jessica Alba fan, so the first time I met her kind of blew my mind because she was a huge fan of me. I was like, 'Really?' "
Number of shoes in your closet? "Three. My basketball shoes and then my two pair of Vans that I wear. That's all I wear, really. I slip on Vans. I'm lazy." Favorite accessory? "I always have got my iPod on me. It's safety, so when people are yelling 'McLovin' at you, you can't hear them." BlackBerry or iPhone? Verizon Chocolate. What's on your iPod? "Sublime, Incubus, Chili Peppers, Muse, the Killers, Parliament-Funkadelic, Led Zeppelin, the Doors. God, I could keep going." Xbox, Wii, or PlayStation? Xbox 360. Madden or Halo? Call of Duty. Last book you read? "You're going to hate me for this, but I have not read a book in many years. I have just been reading scripts nonstop."
We're going to ignore the scripts-over-books-reading comment, mainly cause 98% of L.A.-based actors are guilty of the same thing, and at least he had the McBalls to admit it. Instead we'll focus on what is likely going to be the saddest thing we'll hear this week. (And this comes after witnessing Corey Haim squelching down Defamer-induced sobs.) We refer, of course, to his admission, "I always have got my iPod on me. It's safety, so when people are yelling 'McLovin' at you, you can't hear them." Why! Oh why, do we build up our adolescent-teen-sex-comedy supporting-dweebs only to tear them back down again? Do you hear us, Grease's Eugene, Meatballs's Spaz, American Pie's The Sherminator, and the entire cast of Revenge of the Nerds? You can't shut us out, no matter how loudly the volume is turned on your personal stereos. We're calling you by your actual names.

Pictured, Hollywood New Wave member Christopher Mintz-Plasse and several fresh-faced starlets, hanging from a high tree limb like some lost simian tribe of crisp-whites-wearing future superstars.
- Bright Young Hollywood [Vanity Fair]

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kookla
Posted 9:05 AM 1/7/08
I still yell out "Spicoli" when I see Sean Penn because that dude never wears an iPod.
kookla
Huge Tracts of Land
Posted 8:43 AM 1/7/08
The tree photo confuses me. And frightens me a little. To think, whilst strolling in a park, a future-has-been or almost-right-now-has-been has been could drop out of a tree and plum land on you!
Huge Tracts of Land
CrankYank
Posted 8:26 AM 1/7/08
Vanity Fair has embraced their fate and featured new stars already passed their brief prime.
CrankYank
Leviticus_71
Posted 8:25 AM 1/7/08
Wow...I guess i've never actually taken stock of the fall from grace for all of those famous nerds. Although I might have to argue that Anthony Edwards went on to future success after revenge of the Nerds.
Leviticus_71
aspiringexpatriate
Posted 8:23 AM 1/7/08
"at least he had the McBalls to admit it"
Nice.
aspiringexpatriate
Nunya B
Posted 9:45 AM 1/7/08
You know, nothing about McLovin in that article depressed me so much as either
1) Jonah Hill continuing to be famous (at least McLovin was funny in Superbad!)
or
2) Joe Jonas and I apparently having the same taste in music and shoes.
Nunya B
atypicalxian
Posted 10:18 AM 1/7/08
hanging from a high tree limb like some lost simian tribe of crisp-whites-wearing future superstars
I love the writing on this website.
atypicalxian
Stylist Mick
Posted 10:46 AM 1/7/08
Billy Zabka thinks his mentioning on this list is hilarious.
Stylist Mick
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 10:46 AM 1/7/08
X or Meth? Pot or Booze? Shoplifting or Huffing? Rape by Assistant or Dating Spencer? Molested or Faux Virgin? Misspelled Chinese Tattoo or Cutting? Maddox or Pho-Maddox? Ratner or McG?
Little Mintz Sunshine
Mark Graham
Posted 11:30 PM 1/7/08
@Nunya B: Speaking of Jonah Hill...

Mark Graham
MrRewrite
Posted 1:39 AM 2/7/08
looking at this picture of jonah and these two girls i feel something coming up in my throat, brb...
MrRewrite
TheQuestion
Posted 1:39 AM 2/7/08
@Mark Graham: That picture just convinces me that the universe is an unjust place.
TheQuestion
Baronzemo
Posted 2:06 AM 2/7/08
Uncle Grambo please! Everybody knows extras holding is like crafty to above-the-line "character" types-even Michigan midgets-or especially them;
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Baronzemo
TillieHarper
Posted 2:24 AM 2/7/08
I don't know what a 'McLovin' is.
TillieHarper
SanFranBetsu
Posted 3:04 AM 2/7/08
@TheQuestion: Don't fret. Everyone knows that even hot chicks find funny men with big wallets sexy! Get ya some money and your day will come!
SanFranBetsu
feministress
Posted 5:16 AM 2/7/08
Every time I receive my gifted Vanity Fair in the mail, I, too, mug a "just fucked" Leibovitz. I mean, does the mag even have a gag reflex left?
feministress
DanLar75
Posted 4:42 AM 3/7/08
Christopher Mintz-Plasse a 'star of tomorrow'?
I seriously need someone to put me in contact with Vanity Fair's dealer. Cause the shit they are smoking is POTENT!
DanLar75
kylo4
Posted 3:27 PM 3/7/08
Are they crazy? Like Napoleon Dynamite or Steve Urkel, he'll always be remembered for that role. He's going to have a hard time breaking out of it. If they're counting his blow up just for Superbad than I agree, but they said the same thing about Jon Heder as well and look at what happened to him.
kylo4