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Will Ferrell Adds ‘No Animals’ Clause To Rider After ‘Semi-Pro’ Bear Kills Trainer
8:20AM Seth | Die-hard Will Ferrell fans who endured Semi-Pro will recall a set-piece in which Will’s farm-league basketball team owner Jackie Moon wrestles a bear as a ploy to fill seats. That bear, a 700-lb grizzly named Rocky, fatally attacked a trainer at an exotic animal training facility in Big Bear yesterday. From the LAT: For unknown reasons, the bear lunged at 39-year-old Stephan Miller, a trainer at Randy Miller’s Predators in Action, about 3 p.m. and bit him in the neck, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. [...] She added that officials from Cal OSHA and the state Department of Fish and Game were investigating, and it was not immediately known what would happen to the bear. [...] More »
Will Ferrell Will Do Literally Anything For Your Laugh-Dollars
4:04AM Seth | Tend to the wounds of your ill-advised weekend bear-wrestling adventures with the box office numbers:
At ‘Semi-Pro’ Premiere, Will Ferrell Hints At Sleestak-Related Things To Come
10:30AM Seth | We must hand it to Will Ferrell. Having just delivered another homerun performance as Chaz Bobby Burgundy the Tank in Semi-Pro, the actor is already thinking ahead to his next project, promoting the just -started -filming Land of the Lost adaptation by wearing this Enik- the- Sleestak- inspired smocksuit to last night’s premiere. For purists worried that their beloved, Saturday morning memories of the Marshalls, Cha-Ka, and the rest of the Lost gang might be tainted by crass Hollywood cynicism, fear not: The delightful premise, in which Ferrell stars as an arrogant, womanizing movie star cast in a remake of the Sid and Marty Krofft series, only to discover that real Sleestaks (Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller) exist among us, is post-modern self-referential hilarity at its finest! [Photo: Getty Images] SemiProMovie.com More »
