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Will Ferrell

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    February 9, 2012

    Today in High School Cheerleader-Coach Rants: Y'All Are a Bunch of "Highfalutin' Heifers"

    When it comes to high school-coach rants, we have to admit we are only familiar with football coaches. And even the worst of those never called us "highfalutin' heifers," but it's probably because we were all pretty low-falutin'. A cheerleader coach at Cypress Woods High -- one who had obviously r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Love is the Answer: Ten Classic Light Rock Tunes on Dan Seals' Birthday

    Today would have been the 64th birthday of Dan Seals, one half of England Dan and John Ford Coley, the songwriting duo that had a big hit with "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" and a minor one with "Love is the Answer." He also had a string of chart hits in country music in the '80s and '90s. Unf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Modern Holiday Classics Veer Off from Feelgood and into Cynicism

    This week, as Christmas movies began their assault on cable and network television, it occurred to us that in the past decade or so, holiday film tastes have begun to veer from lighthearted feelgood affairs and straight into stress-filled, caustic celebrations of the things we will all hate for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Perry's Prayerapalooza: Let the Downsizing Begin (Also: Worst Fast Ever)

    The responee to The Response has been underwhelming.​Rick Perry's famous call for the nation's governors to come to Houston this weekend to pray and fast is looking more and more like a mistake to all but the religious right. Of course, if he's looking to win a GOP primary, he may just get by ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    10 Sequels That Don't Need To Happen

    Please god, no...​For those who've been pining for the return of the "Blue Steel" and the "Magnum," your patience is about to be rewarded: Ben Stiller is dead in the middle of promoting "Little Fockers," out Dec. 22, but he's already got his eye on yet another sequel: "Zoolander 2." Stiller ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    The Best of the Fest! Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2010

    Please god, no...​For those who've been pining for the return of the "Blue Steel" and the "Magnum," your patience is about to be rewarded: Ben Stiller is dead in the middle of promoting "Little Fockers," out Dec. 22, but he's already got his eye on yet another sequel: "Zoolander 2." Stiller ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    Elf Quote-Along

    Please god, no...​For those who've been pining for the return of the "Blue Steel" and the "Magnum," your patience is about to be rewarded: Ben Stiller is dead in the middle of promoting "Little Fockers," out Dec. 22, but he's already got his eye on yet another sequel: "Zoolander 2." Stiller ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Food in Film: Top 5 Food Moments in Christmas Movies

    Christmas movies aren't all about plaintive children and heartfelt homecomings. Some of the best culinary scenes in cinema occur in seasonal flicks. Here are five to feast your eyes on: 5. Macaulay Culkin's monstrous ice cream sundae in Home Alone. Abandoned for the holidays by his distracted fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Top Ten Quotes from the Movie Elf

    Santa is coming! I know him!​We at Hair Balls can spend a lot of time doing really worthless things like quoting movies. We've been known to have day- or even week-long e-mail exchanges with friends simply quoting lines from movies like Stripes, which is why we were happy to read about Alamo D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Justin Bieber: Why Are We Going Saturday?

    dailyhaha.comWill Ferrell: Not a fan.​Justin Bieber is much more than a Twitter phenomenon and the most-copied hairstyle since Jennifer Aniston. He's also a living, breathing, 16-year-old human being who will perform at Toyota Center Saturday night. From what we can tell, tickets are still av ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    The Top Five Saturday Night Live Musician Impressions

    ​In the wake of the recent news that feted comedian/actor/YouTube sensation Jay Pharoah - above, known for his spoofs of A-list bait like Drake, Chris Tucker, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Eddie Murphy, and President Obama - will join the cast of Saturday Night Live when its 36th season premieres September ... More >>

  • Film

    September 9, 2010

    Cop Out

    Will Ferrell and Adam McKay re-team, with decreasing ­returns.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Top Eight Weirdest Saturday Night Live Musical Moments

    ​This past Saturday was Steve Martin's birthday and, if you're old enough, you may remember back to a time when the snow-capped comedian/actor/musician was more than just a comedy archaeologist, exhuming the corpses of classic comic franchises and defiling the shit out of them. No, he actually ... More >>

  • Film

    August 5, 2010

    Cop Out

    Will Ferrell and Adam McKay re-team, with decreasing ­returns.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Will Ferrell: Win Passes To The Other Guys And See His Five Best Funny Or Die Videos

    Will Ferrell has been a little uneven in his comedies lately -- Land of the Lost and Semi-Pro, for instance -- but you know the slump won't last. Not only because he's inherently hilarious, but because we've got Funny or Die providing all the evidence we need that he hasn't become some secluded sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Will Ferrell Proves Astros Minor-League System Really Is A Joke

    Photo courtesy Round Rock ExpressRojo Johnson, on the run​MLB.com has a report on the newest reliever on the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express.He's Billy Ray "Rojo" Johnson, an American raised in Venezuela who recently got out of prison for the "illegal importation of countless sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Get Lit: Neil Diamond is Forever: The Illustrated History of the Man and His Music by Jon Bream

    ​Neil Diamond's hipster cachet has increased greatly in the past few years: The Rick Rubin albums, Saving Silverman, ultimate Neil tribute band Super Diamond and Will Ferrell's deadly funny SNL impression, in which "America" is presented as an anti-immigration number. But his fans have long been a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Pop Rocks: New Blood For Hollywood. Please

    ​I used to review movies (over here, if you care), an endeavor I had to quit for a variety of reasons: my hectic neurosurgery rotation, for one, as well as the increasing physical demands of the new Mrs. Vonder Haar, Carla Gugino. But among the non-imaginary factors influencing my decision was the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2009
  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    In Honor Of Will Ferrell: The Five Biggest "Summer Blockbuster" Duds

    That thud you heard last weekend was Will Ferrell's career settling noisily back to earth. With a budget estimated at over $100 million, Land of the Lost was supposed to propagate the 2009 summer blockbuster season (handily inaugurated by the new Star Trek) and continue Ferrell's successful box-offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    The Five Best Dom DeLuise Movies, Such As They Are

    Dom DeLuise -- actor, chef, and father of that guy who was on 21 Jump Street -- passed away Monday at the age of 75. Rather than wallow in misery and grief at the loss of another of cinema's titans, we prefer to look back fondly at a movie career mostly spent co-starring alongside Gene Wilder and B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    For April 15: Five Movies About Taxes

    April 15 each year brings with it the journalistic challenge of covering yet another "last-rush filers" story, or some clever way to say that it's the deadline for getting your return in. (We still wonder if anyone's ever been prosecuted because their return had an April 16 postmark.)The subject of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009
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    December 18, 2008

    Elf

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  • Film

    August 21, 2008

    Schoolhouse: The Rocker

    Rainn Wilson comedy is more childish pop than hardcore funny

  • Film

    August 21, 2008

    Not to Be: Hamlet 2

    Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, this movie is simply tragic

  • Film

    July 24, 2008

    Men Will Be Boys in Step Brothers

    Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2008

    Twelve Best Sports Books of All Time

    Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that

  • Film

    June 12, 2008

    Kick Ass: The Foot Fist Way

    Tae kwon do comedy stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    Q&A: Rich Williams of Kansas Talks History, Houston and Will Ferrell

    Tae kwon do comedy stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    John Royal’s Top Ten All-Time Greatest Sports Movies

    Tae kwon do comedy stars a truly cringe-tastic Danny McBride

  • Film

    February 28, 2008

    Personal Foul: Semi-Pro

    Will Ferrell's umpteenth sports comedy is only half bad. His half.

  • Home Entertainment

    August 30, 2007

    They Killed the Dog

    Will Ferrell's umpteenth sports comedy is only half bad. His half.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2007

    Drenched In Blog: We Wanna Get High, So High

    Will Ferrell's umpteenth sports comedy is only half bad. His half.

  • Film

    June 7, 2007

    The Wendell Baker Story

    Wendell Baker is a dysfunctional Wilson family affair

  • Home Entertainment

    December 14, 2006

    Farce of a Champion

    Wendell Baker is a dysfunctional Wilson family affair

  • Culture

    December 14, 2006

    Don't Hate the Guayabera!

    Wendell Baker is a dysfunctional Wilson family affair

  • Film

    November 9, 2006

    Anchor man?

    Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.

  • Film

    August 3, 2006

    Crash Test Dummy

    The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap

  • Home Entertainment

    July 27, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of July 25

    The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap

  • Home Entertainment

    May 18, 2006

    This Time It's Serious

    The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap

  • Film

    December 22, 2005

    Springtime for Mel

    Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

  • Home Entertainment

    December 15, 2005

    Love the Sin

    Brooks's latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

  • Film

    June 23, 2005

    Cursed

    Bewitched delivers just what you'd expect: absolutely nothing

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2005

    Fun with Guns

    Have a blast at the Lone Star Shoot

  • Film

    May 12, 2005

    The Will to Win

    Ferrell kicks and screams his way to another hit

  • Culture

    November 6, 2003

    Free Will

    Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    Sister Laughter

    Houston's newest all-female comedy troupe makes its debut

  • Film

    February 20, 2003

    Will to Power

    Mr. Ferrell comes into his glory in Old School

  • Film

    October 7, 1999

    Geek Orthodox

    Superstar's Shannon makes a strangely affecting nerd

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