Will Ferrell

The Oscars Should Be More Like The Golden Globes

The recent Golden Globes telecast was so rivetingly entertaining that the Oscars need to do exactly what they did in order to approach watchability on February 24. IMHO, they should: *Tell Seth MacFarlane that he will now have two cohosts--Tina and Amy. They were brilliantly wry and need to be ad ... More >>

Watch Will Ferrell's Secret Old Milwaukee Super Bowl Commercial

FYI, New Yorkers: you probably haven't seen the greatest Super Bowl commercial -- ever. Last night, football fans in Glendive, Montana, Sherman, Texas, and Ardmore, Oklahoma, saw Will Ferrell's latest spot for Old Milwaukee. The comedian has previously shot ads for the Midwestern beer brand and, ea ... More >>

Will Ferrell Will Eat Garbage and Human Hair If You Vote

In case you're on the fence about heading to the polls tomorrow, Will Ferrell is offering a home cooked meal for your vote. The comedian released his latest Obama endorsement video yesterday and explains to viewers that he's willing to do just about anything in the name of the POTUS. What exactly do ... More >>

Hijinks and F-bombs on The Campaign Trail

A political goof

Michael Kors Made Liz Taylor Cry--And Other Fascinating Stories

Last night, mega designer Michael Kors spilled some fully baked beans to fashion biggie Fern Mallis at the 92nd Street Y. Christian Freedom was at the event and jotted down every terribly chic word:

DANDY RANDY

The swag comedy of Aziz Ansari

Casa de Mi Padre

Man Child en Español: How Did Will Ferrell's Casa de Mi Padre Happen?

This Week in the Voice: Andy Warhol's New York, 25 Years On

​This week in the Voice, out today, Camille Dodero writes about Andy Warhol's New York, and what it looks like more than two decades after the Pope of Pop's death: "In other words, 25 years ago, the famous man who had famously written his own script finally had it taken away. New York City is, ... More >>

The Worst Movies Of The Year: My Picks

Or let's just say my least favorites, since I didn't see everything, as hard as I tried. Thor Sorry, I thought this warrior-banished-to-earth romp didn't work on most levels. The action wasn't thrilling, the humor wasn't funny, and the whole thing seemed as silly as the outfits. But it made $181 ... More >>

I Have A New Halloween Costume!

​I ditched the spangly bodysuit years ago because (A) I got tired of explaining that I was a gay sperm cell and (B) I once lent it to a friend and he scored a much bigger hit with it than I did. That did it--garbage time. I also dumped the hamburger suit because it started looking like it had ... More >>

Five Movies I Wouldn't Watch Again, Even With A Gun To My Head

​In other words, I wasn't terribly fond of the experience. The five counter-classics are: *Dear John I wanted to write a letter to the screen saying, "Make this drippy romance stop!!!" *The Tree of Wooden Clogs A slow, placid, impenetrable foreign film about peasants, this won raves fr ... More >>

The Week in Food Blogs: Pop-Up Dinners, Beachside Bars, Dining Pet Peeves

This week is food blogs ... Eater rounded up 12 can't-miss pop-up dinners and specials around the city this month. Grub Street considered that maybe we should be judging wines by their labels. Atlantic Life had Sara Jenkins waxing poetic about why restaurant food will never measure up to home coo ... More >>

Will Ferrell, Down and Out, in Everything Must Go

The Beastie Boys Get Back In Time In The Star-Packed "Make Some Noise" Video

​The Beastie Boys' video for their throwbacky new single "Make Some Noise"--off Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2, which comes out May 3--picks up right as the rager chronicled in the "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" video is letting out, with Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, and Elijah Wood pl ... More >>

Live: Dierks Bentley Brings Out "Will Ferrell" in Long Island

No cowbell The Jägermeister Tour featuring Dierks Bentley, Josh Thompson, and Sean Patrick McGraw Long Island Community Bank Theatre at Westbury Sunday, March 27 Better than: Staving off the Sunday night blues with a screening of Talladega Nights. For much of his show on at the former Westbury ... More >>

ON THE COUCH

Get interviewed in front of a live audience

SNL's Men Get Films Careers, But the Women Don't

​Why is it only the male stars of Saturday Night Live who end up with the big movie careers? Flip back through the years, and think about it: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and tons more e ... More >>

Who's The Funniest Male Comic in Films Today?

NBC​I'll get to the ladies later. But which goofy male refugee from TV does the suckerfish faces and pants-dropping tricks that make you smile the hardest? *Steve Carell. He does a mean deadpan and is refreshingly willing to play douches. *Ben Stiller. I'm guessing his recent venture into r ... More >>

Obligatory Weekend Awkward Collabo Video Roundup: Conan O'Brien and Friends Say Farewell to the Tonight Show with "Freebird"; Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Bono Do Damage During the 'Hope For Haiti' Telethon

It took braver men than us to sit through the entirety of the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon--our taste for artist self-martyrdom/self-aggrandizement is minimal, and since we have no desire to talk to George Clooney or Stevie Wonder personally on the telephone by way of giving money to a desperatel ... More >>

Why This Decade Sucked, #2: Geeks Spittin' Like Gangstas

​ We will, in the closing days of this wretched decade, list the Top Ten reasons why it sucked. We're behind schedule, so here are four for the price of one. Previous reasons: social media ruined the internet, artists joined the farm league, New York turned into America, guilty pleasures witho ... More >>

When Did You Stop Watching SNL?

​The grandaddy of late-night comedy shows, Saturday Night Live, got a boost when Emmy awards went to Tina Fey's priceless Sarah Palin impression and Justin Timberlake's equally riotous impersonation of a host. And they just got even bigger buzz when a new cast member dropped the f bomb and Ma ... More >>

The Briskly Vulgar The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Regarding That Time Article About Hipsters, People Who Wear Cowboy Hats (!?!) and Berets (!?!?!) and "Sneer When You Cop To Liking Coldplay" (Okay, Fair Enough)...

Those aren't [cough] "hipsters" in your picture. That's a pregnant lady and five of her friends, who're down for the weekend from Boston for her baby shower. Walking behind them? A Dominican family who runs a bodega on the South Side. The dude on the far right? Okay, you got one: he's the guy Wil ... More >>

Will Ferrell Eats Reindeer Eyeball with Bear

Last night, Man vs. Wild starring Bear Grylls became Men vs. Wild, as Will Ferrell joined Bear in the deep hinterland of Sweden's arctic tundra. Ferrell struggled to keep his sense of humor during a meal of reindeer head and the difficult days hiking through the snow, but still managed to keep Bea ... More >>

Letters

This Week in the Voice

You may have heard of the former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, Judith Kaye. But do you know the man who replaced her, Jonathan Lippman? Do you know he never practiced as an attorney, and barely served as a judge? So how'd he get appointed to this exalted position? Connections, baby -- chief ... More >>

Busched and Ambushed in The Third Story and You're Welcome America

Charles Busch delves deep in narrative; Will Ferrell skims over Bush's veneer

This Week's Voice: Cat Power, Jazz Consumer Guide, Martha Cooper, Gomorrah, The International, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, and More

Cat Power photo by Stefano Giovannini In this week's Village Voice Music Section, Rob Harvilla does live karaoke at the Apollo with Cat Power. Tom Hull gives us 2009's first Jazz Consumer Guide. Aidan Levy on downtown jazzbo Andrew D'Angelo's fight with cancer. Annie Fischer remembers the young ... More >>

Ferrell's W Spoof Bright Spot on Dark B'way

We thought its opening was poorly timed, but at the New York Post Michael Reidel informs us that You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, Will Ferrell's one-man George W. Bush comedy show, leads Broadway with a $5 million advance sale and is considering extending its eight-week run ... More >>

Hilarious Will Ferrell Interview!

A Q&A before he brings Bush to Broadway.

DON'T THROW ANY SHOES . . .

. . . It's just Will Ferrell

Ferrell, Reilly, McKay Will Be Boys in Step Brothers

The middle-aged comics still don't wanna grow up. Yay.

The Foot Fist Way: Truly Cringe-Tastic

Or at least star Danny McBride is in this tae kwon do comedy

BACK AT WORK

We just want these comedians to have something to do

When Private Parts Grow Faces

'Blades of Glory'

NY Mirror

Anchor Man?

Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificial comedy

Crash Test Dummy

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

Heading South

Revolver evolves the Winter Music Conference; MisShapes invade Miami

'Winter Passing'

The No-Commitments

Frat-Packers Vaughn and Wilson look for booty, find adulthood in hollow but charming comedy

Oh, the Nora, the Nora: Every Little Thing She Does Is Tragic

Film

NY Mirror

Ferrell and Unbalanced: Non Sequiturs Nearly Anchor Spoof

Lone Gunmen

The Elfin Man Takes Manhattan, Faces the Wrath of Caan

Schoolhouse Rot

P.S. Your Frat Is Dead