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6:41AM Brian Moylan | [Not to be outdone by Gibson, Bill Murray caps off a career working with gophers and groundhogs by unveiling this fierce-looking Badger at the Fantastic Mr. Fox press conference today in London. Image via Getty]
Bill Murray’s Badger Is Not Mel Gibson’s Beaver
6:41AM Brian Moylan | [Not to be outdone by Gibson, Bill Murray caps off a career working with gophers and groundhogs by unveiling this fierce-looking Badger at the Fantastic Mr. Fox press conference today in London. Image via Getty] 
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What Do You Think About The Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer?
7:13AM Natasha VC | Oh, Wes Anderson! It looked as though you squandered your immense talent with a spate of insufferably quirky, predictable, awkward young man flicks. Could a stop-motion kids’ film bring you out of your self-parodying slump? More »
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Bill Murray Gave ‘McG’ The Headbutt To The Face You’ve Been Longing To Give Him
8:02AM the cajun boy | Maybe you’ve heard of Joseph McGinty Nichol, popularly known as “McG,” director of such films as Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and the upcoming Terminator Salvation. Perhaps you’d like him to get beat up, if only because he calls himself McG? If so, don’t fret—-Bill Murray already did it. More »
Put Sigourney Weaver in ‘Ghostbusters 3,’ or ‘Alien 5′ Gets It!
7:44AM Kyle Buchanan | Now that talk on a possible, long-gestating Ghostbusters sequel is heating up, MTV spoke to Sigourney Weaver about her potential involvement (when will someone call Peter MacNicol? We’re dying over here!). Weaver admitted that she’s supposed to call Bill Murray next week about the project, adding, “I would hope that my little [movie son] Oscar would be one of the Ghostbusters even if I’m not in it!” Careful, Sigourney — you’re giving producers some Seth Rogen casting suggestions. Weaver also revealed that she’s been talking to Ridley Scott about a potentially radical overhaul of the Alien franchise: More »
Here’s What Happens When ‘SNL’ Does a Debate Sketch Without Tina Fey
2:15AM Kyle Buchanan | After weeks of massive ratings and huge buzz derived from its Tina Fey-as-Sarah Palin guest appearances, Saturday Night Live extended its political satire into special Thursday episodes beginning last night. So how did the Not Ready for Primetime Players weather the transition to the only NBC timeslot not currently bought up by Barack Obama?
Buh Bye Frappuccino! How Britney Got Back In Shape
10:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Though we may go back and forth on whether we want our MTV, one thing we can all agree on is that we want a Dirt Sandwich. Like your favourite music channel in its heyday, it’s packed with pop stars (Britney! Sanjaya!), celebrity antics (Bill Murray skydiving) and even the occasional bit of sobering news (Christina Applegate’s mastectomy). And that whole “quick-cut MTV editing” thing? We got that, too. Sit back, put down your remote control, and let Molly McAleer take you on a psychedelic trip through the world of celebrity infotainment that would make even a Radiohead video seem banal. And if you don’t watch? Katherine Heigl is gonna point and laugh at you. WATCH VIDEO More »Divorce Filing Contains All The Stuff You’d Rather Not Know About Bill Murray
3:45AM Seth | There really is no pleasant way to spin a story in which one the great American comedy icons is accused in a court filing of chronic infidelity and physical abuse (save your comments—Charlie Sheen is far from an American comedy icon), so we’ll leave it to The Smoking Gun to fill you in on the ugly details of the Bill and Jennifer Murray divorce: More »
Bill Murray’s ‘Stupid Country Bumpkin’ Look Doesn’t Impress Greta Scacchi
8:10AM Molly Friedman | We’ve had a thing for Bill Murray since the first time we saw clips of his pity-me-but-look-at-me skits on SNL right up until his sad lonely guy role in Lost In Translation, when his grey hair and inability to smile deflated our crush ever so slightly. But unlike actress Greta Scacchi, who blabbed to a London paper about the night he innocently asked for her number and was harshly rejected by her and the too-cool group of Eurotrashy friends she rolls with, we’d never resort to the level of cattiness the Italian quasi-star did today: More »
Barack Obama Reels From Scarlett Johansson Paternity Claim
3:40AM Defamer Hollywood | Congratulations go out this morning to Paste Magazine, winners of the race to reclaim Scarlett Johansson as the precocious nubile muse we knew and loved prior to this week’s grim news of her engagement to marry… never mind. What’s important here are her “Five Dads” pervily cited in the magazine’s new cover story — Woody Allen, Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and, ahem, Barack Obama. After the jump, if you have the stomach for it, see if you can match the pop culture father figure to Scarlett’s eyelash-batting, daughterrific praise. (Bonus points if you can accurately guess which one will give her away! It’s even harder than Mamma Mia!)
