Trailer: ‘Friends With Kids’ starring Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Megan Fox, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd

Friends With Kids is a daring and poignant ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends’ relationships and wonder if there’s a better way. They decide to have a kid together – and date other people.

There are big laughs and unexpected emotional truths as this unconventional ‘experiment’ leads everyone in the group to question the nature of friendship, family and, finally, true love.

Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Kristen Wiig, Megan Fox, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd and Edward Burns

Directed by: Jennifer Westfeldt

In Theaters: March 9, 2012
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Jon Hamm: “I don’t find myself funny. I find myself smart enough to stand next to funny people”

As AMC period drama Mad Men films scenes for its fifth season, due to begin early next year, series star Jon Hamm recently talked with Moviefone about his role in upcoming film Friends with Kids and his future in the comedy world.

“I do love comedy. I’ve been a fan of it since I’ve been a little kid,” said the 40-year-old actor, who plays womanizing advertising executive Don Draper on the show that sparked AMC’s foray into original programming.

Still, might he stick to more serious fare? “I don’t find myself funny. I find myself smart enough to stand next to funny people. And I think that goes a long way for me.”

Plenty of people would disagree with Hamm on that last one, as he recently had a hilarious turn on NBC’s 30 Rock and has hosted Saturday Night Live not once, not twice, but three times since his star ascended in 2007. “Fortunately, there’s a place for me in that world and I’ve been asked by very funny people to stand next to them and bathe in the funny…” he continued. “Whether it’s Tina Fey on 30 Rock or Kristen Wiig in Bridemaids,it’s been a really nice counterpoint to kind of my day job.”  Read more

“Bridesmaids” Chris O’Dowd on his new found fans: “It was a very strange sensation to hear myself being, ‘awed.’ It’s very odd”

The new comedy hit “Bridesmaids“ won over audiences this weekend, and one particular newcomer has women audibly ogling aloud in theaters and declaring their love via Twitter.

Chris O’Dowd, a 31-year-old Irish actor who lives in London, plays Officer Rhodes. He is still adjusting to the movie’s success saying, “I’m overjoyed that it’s doing so well, it’s a hell of a ride!”

Dowd says it was a long improv session with “Saturday Night Live” star Kristen Wiig that helped him land the role. “Kristen was there with Judd and  Paul. We sat down and read this script, then we did a half an hour of improv… it went really well. Kristen is so easy to work with and she’s just an amazing improviser.”

Dowd first approached the character with an American accent, but it was his native Irish tongue that helped close the deal. “I went in and did it with an American accent, like I do in most auditions. It went fine, but the director knew some of my work, so he asked me to do it with my accent and it worked out better,” he says. “I think they went for it in the end because they liked the idea of it being – it was never going to be formulaic – keeping any kind of normal structure away from it by putting this accent which is somewhat askew with the rest of the story, interested them.”
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Don Draper says, ‘What?”

I have no other reason of posting this except to say that I find it funny.

Here’s a compilation of Don Draper (Jon Hamm) saying, “What?” from Mad Men‘s first four seasons.

How do people find time to do this?

Trailer: Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’

Sucker Punch: An epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary.  from trailers.apple.com

Director: Zack Snyder

Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac

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Trailer: Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch: An epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, but her incredible adventures blur the lines between what’s real and what is imaginary…with potentially tragic consequences.

Director: Zack Snyder

Cast: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac

Click below for the trailer

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Trailer: The Town

The Town: Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang’s latest job, when they briefly took a hostage–bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall). Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name… and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug…not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path.

Director: Ben Affleck

Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper

Trailer is after the jump
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Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall on auditions, performing and waiting for your moment

Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall, stars of the new Ben Affleck directed film, The Town, talk about the film, auditions and how they got their start.

W: Did you both have to audition for The Town?

Jon Hamm: I was on a list of people that the studio was considering. They go down the list, basically.

Rebecca Hall: I don’t think I was on a list. I auditioned. My agent flew me to New York because I couldn’t afford to pay the airfare, and then if I got it, I’d pay her back. I met Ben in some hotel room and we chatted for about two hours. I didn’t hear anything for about three months, and then I got the call.

W: Rebecca, your audition for Vicky Cristina Barcelona consisted of Woody Allen making sure you could do an American accent. The Town is set in Boston—is your accent Bostonian?

Hall: No. It’s general American, because I’m meant to be a yuppie from Marblehead who’s moved into a rough area. Her accent has little bits of Boston and little bits of “I’m tough.” I was determined to make her quite streetwise and savvy and strong. I was nervous about portraying the woman who gets subjected to violence and then becomes the love interest, victimized and fragile, of a protective man.

W: When did you both realize you wanted to perform?

Hall: I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.

Hamm: I played Winnie-the-Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing up in front of people and looking like an idiot. In high school I was a middle linebacker and I played Judas in Godspell.

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Emmy Roundtable: Dramatic actors talk about their performances

This years Emmy nominations are coming up and The Hollywood Reporter got some great actors together for a lively conversation.

Watch as Matthew Fox, Jon Hamm, Bryan Cranston, Alexander Skarsgard, Ray Romano and Matt Bomer answer questions like: Whats the best thing about being an actor & if they watch their own performances?

Watch it – it’ll definitely make you laugh!

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Cast and Crew of ‘Mad Men’ sing along to ‘Bye Bye Birdie’

Here’s a video of the cast and crew of Mad Men singing (and lip syncing) to Bye Bye Birdie.

They start filming season 4 in a couple of days and I absolutely cannot wait!

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