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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Trailer Is Here

4:00AM Foster Kamer | The Office prettyboy John Krasinski was the first to get a movie based on a David Foster Wallace book off the ground, into production, and into release. The trailer’s finally arrived. It did pretty well at Sundance. How’s it look? More »
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John Krasinski And Emily Blunt – Engaged!

2:01PM Jess McGuire | Normally I am quite happy to break out the bubbly at the first rumour of impending nuptials (sorry, Miranda and Orlando), but today I can actually legitimately cheer on a couple whose engagement has been officially announced by their “people”. Congratulations, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt! More »
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The Year Of Awkward Young Men

6:43AM Natasha VC | Leading men are dead. Who are the symbols of movie male virility in 2009? Gentle, sensitive, geeky male outsiders with a love of Lou Reed and snug hoodies! It’s time to sack up and throw away the sweater vest. More »

John Krasinski Is A Hideous Man

7:30AM STV | Six years ago, before John Krasinski was John Krasinski, his crazy dream of filming the story collection Brief Interviews With Hideous Men was little more than just that. More »

Today in Sundance Hell: Blaxploitation Lives!

3:31AM STV | In the latest roundup of news from the frozen, overcaffeinated Park City frontier, Sony bets on black, Ashton Kutcher gets it on (and on) and Uma Thurman revolutionises Sundance fitness. More »

The 10 Celebrities With The Most To Lose at Sundance ‘09

1:43AM STV | Sundance affords as many opportunities for career setbacks in 10 days as it does for meteoric advancement — not even Robert De Niro or Dakota Fanning could get out of Park City alive. More »

John Krasinski’s Harmonising with Aimee Mann Not Quite Jim-and-Pam Level

3:45AM Kyle Buchanan | John Krasinski is a true renaissance man: in addition to his work on The Office, he can count a Sundance directorial debut and a facility for Muppet arms to his credit. Still, one thing that may need a little more work is his incipient singing career, which he humbly debuted this past weekend in Los Angeles. More »

Jim and Pam Sittin’ In A Tree…

3:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Our country is self-destructing before are very eyes. Banks are collapsing, wars are raging, politicians are canceling their appearances on Letterman, but at least we can still rely on true love. That’s right, on last night’s hour-long season premiere of The Office, we finally got the satisfaction of seeing … um, well, something that can only be described as an epic spoiler. Fans of The Office who dutifully tuned into NBC last night, please follow along after the jump to continue the conversation. Those of you who DVR’d it, well, you might want to continue along to another post. More »

Help Us Cast ‘The Michael Phelps Story’

3:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Now that Michael Phelps has finally won more gold medals than Geena Davis, we can get down to the real business at hand: the swimmer’s showbiz future. Sure, there’s bound to be an awkward SNL-hosting stint yet to come, but as the boys at THR note today, most Olympians have to reconcile themselves to appearing in Duracell commercials or baring their midriffs opposite the Village People. Thus, let’s focus on more positive matters, like casting the Michael Phelps Movie of the Week: More »

Top Five Most Cringeworthy Facial Hair Moments In Cinematic History

8:15AM Molly Friedman | We didn’t think it was possible, but the insanely dateable John Krasinski is not looking so hot these days. Due to an upcoming role in the Sam Mendes-directed Farlanders, John is sporting a nasty beard that resembles something one of the Geico cavemen would wear. And while we’d never judge an actor for tossing out their razors for months for the sake of their craft, this terrible beard inspired us to take a look back at the most cringeworthy facial hair in cinematic history. From one actor’s frizzy salt-and-pepper rat’s nest to one mustache’s journey inside another man’s taint, our top five lie after the jump: More »