May 7, 2013 marks National Teacher Day, and to honor those who have educated and inspired us, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite onscreen teachers.

Dewey Finn (Jack Black), “School of Rock” (2003)

Dewey Finn may have been a rowdy, unemployed wannabe rock star, but after scheming his way into the classroom he became a new kind of role model. Dewey taught his students the true meaning of rock ‘n’ roll and encouraged them to rock out in every aspect of their lives.

Memorable Quote: “I have been touched by your kids... and I'm pretty sure that I've touched them.”

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Jack Black's band Tenacious D is set to team up with songwriting comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords for a comedy rock festival.
 
The School of Rock star and bandmate Kyle Gass want to set up a event which will focus on their unconventional musical style.
 
Black brushed off any hints of a rivalry between his band and Flight of the Conchords stars Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement insisting they would love a partnership with the pair.
 
He tells Rolling Stone, "We actually have been talking about joining forces, because we've always wanted to do a double bill. We're working on a festival, c...

Jack Black will follow in the footsteps of Quentin Tarantino, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Lewis and Billy Crystal when he is inducted into New York's legendary Friars Club.

A host of comics and former colleagues will poke fun at the School of Rock star's career at the organization's annual 'roast' next April.

Black jokes, "What did I get myself into this time? I'm searching for a loophole in my contract, maybe there's a way I can weasel myself out of this thing. Those b**tards are going to brutalize me, but Jerry Lewis assured me it's going to be the highlight of my career, so I guess I got...

Jack Black is planning to reunite the cast and crew of his hit film School Of Rock for a big party next year to mark 10 years since the movie's release.

The funnyman played an aspiring rock star who becomes a substitute music teacher and forms a band with his students in the 2003 musical comedy, which featured iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove in her breakthrough role.

Now, he hopes to bring the cast all back together in 2013 for a bash to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its release.

He tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "We're all going to get together for a party."

Black als...

The darkly comic docudrama "Bernie" details the unusual friendship between a likable Texas mortician and a wealthy but reviled widow, and the shocking crime that followed.

Inspired by Hollandsworth's 1998 Texas Monthly article that first caught the attention of Linklater, "Bernie" takes place in Carthage, TX, where effeminate mortician Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) enjoys a reputation as a friendly and upstanding member of the community. Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), on the other hand, couldn't hold a lower position on the local social scale.

Repressed and bitter, nasty Marjorie...

Actor/singer Kyle Gass has credited his Tenacious D bandmate Jack Black with saving him "from the abyss" by sending him to rehab last year.

The funnyman admits he fell into a spiral of self-hatred and began getting high on marijuana brownies every day until Black stepped in.

Opening up about his treatment for the first time, Gass reveals it was Black who "saved me from the abyss" when his behavior flew "out of control," telling The Sunday Times Magazine, "I went insane last year. I had to be sent away to the loony hatch. Just rehab. I was eating large amounts of marijuana in brownies......

On Saturday, a concertgoer was stabbed in the middle of Jack Black's Tenacious D set, forcing the group to cut the show short.

Guitarist Black and singer Kyle Gass were performing at Mandalay Bay's House of Blues in Las Vegas when a fight broke out. One person was stabbed in the leg and taken to the hospital. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Police have one man in custody and are not looking for any more suspects, according to 8 News Las Vegas.

It wasn't the only concert chaos over the weekend. On Friday, a Jason Aldean fan was shot after attending the country star's show in North...

George Clooney gave President Barack Obama's re-election campaign a huge boost after making $15 million at a fundraiser on Thursday night.

The Oscar-winning hunk invited 150 celebrities and VIPs to the dinner at his Los Angeles mansion in a bid to raise donations to help Obama get into office for a second term when America goes to the polls in November .

Superstars including Barbra Streisand, Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Salma Hayek and Jack Black were out in force for the event, which cost a $40,000 -a-head.

The dinner raised $6 million while online ...

This Friday, James McTeigue's film "The Raven" hits the theaters with John Cusack starring as a fictionalized version of Edgar Allan Poe. Cusack is one of those rare teen stars who smoothly made the transition to leading man without missing a beat. Barely a film season goes by that doesn't include a movie with Cusack in it. So to honor the popularity of one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors (and Edgar Allan Poe enthusiast) we give you five fun facts about John Cusack.

1) A native of Evanston, Illinois, Cusack is a Chicago sports fan, touting allegiance to both the Chicago Cubs and Chi...

John Cusack was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. He was joined by his sister Joan Cusack and former co-stars Jack Black ("High Fidelity"), Dan Akroyd ("Grosse Pointe Blank"), and Billy Bob Thornton ("Pushing Tin").

John and Joan have starred together in films including "High Fidelity," "Say Anything" and "Sixteen Candles."

The actor tweeted, "Thank you for all the good wishes for the star - right next to singing cowboy gene Autry and across the street from musso and franks ! Nice!"

He stars in "The Raven," which hits theaters Friday, April 27. He plays autho...

This week there will be a little something for everyone in theaters. You’ll have the chance to see the Jason Segel relationship comedy “The Five-Year Engagement,” the John Cusack gothic thriller “The Raven,” the swashbuckling animated adventure “The Pirates! Band of Misfits,” the Jason Statham action vehicle “Safe,” the indie drama “Sound of My Voice,” the foreign crime thriller “Headhunters,” the dark dramedy “Bernie,” and the coming-of-age flick “Girl in Progress.”

MY PICK FOR THE WEEK: The Five-Year Engagement

Later in the week, I will be covering IFF Boston, so look out for reviews o...

Jack Black got deadly serious for a prison trip to visit the killer he portrays in new movie "Bernie."

The star tackles dark drama in the new Richard Linklater film - about a Texas funeral director who murdered a wealthy widow - and he met the man he plays, Bernie Tiede, behind bars at an East Texas penitentiary.

Director Linklater feared Black would not consider a prison trip, but he was more than happy to sit opposite the man he was about to portray.

Black tells Nylon magazine, "I was a little nervous about it (meeting). You don't really wanna go to a maximum-security prison.

"(There ...

Val Kilmer has made a cameo appearance in a new skit for Jack Black's rock group Tenacious D and is shown taking a bullet for the funnyman in a bid to get the band back together.

The group is preparing to release a new album, Rize of the Fenix, in May and a new comedy video to promote the record shows the Batman Forever star diving in front of Black as his bandmate Kyle Gass aims a gun at him.

Kilmer, sporting a fake bullet wound, then acts out giving a dying speech to Black, imploring him to reunite Tenacious D.

He says, "Don't worry, Jack. It was worth it. See, I didn't take a bulle...

When an evil oil man discovers black gold beneath Muppet Theater, Kermit recruits a Muppet super-fan and his two best friends to help gather up the gang for a telethon that will save the venue from being razed and replaced with a giant oil pump in "The Muppets."

Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) never met an oil field he couldn't suck dry. So when Tex discovers a bountiful reservoir right underneath Muppet Theater, he begins drawing up plans to claim the land and start drilling. Little does Tex realize that devoted Muppets fan Walter is currently in Los Angeles with his best friends Gary (Jason ...

Jack Black has come to the defense of The Muppets after Courtney Love reportedly accused the popular puppets of destroying Kurt Cobain's legacy by covering a Nirvana song in the latest movie.

The Hole star was said to be fuming to discover Smells Like Teen Spirit was used in The Muppets film in a scene featuring Black, and is reported to have told pals the cover was "raping" her late husband's work.

However, Black is adamant no offense was intended as he is a big fan of the Nirvana frontman.

He tells E! Online, "I beg to differ... That's absurd, absurd, absurd... I personally hold no ...

Jack Black is just your average friendly neighborhood killer -- complete with ultra-moustache.

Black and his "School of Rock" director, Richard Linklater, have reunited for "Bernie," a pitch-black crime comedy based on a real-life 1996 murder case in Carthage, Texas.

Black plays the title role, a mortician whose reputation as the nicest guy in town doesn't get tarnished too much after he offs an elderly millionaire widow (Shirley MacLaine), an intolerable shrew whom most of the townsfolk believe had it coming.

The trailer doesn't make "Bernie" look like anything special, but it's good t...

In "The Big Year," three fanatical bird-watchers (Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black) spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the United States. However, they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.

Stu Preissler (Martin) plays a successful businessman,He wants to retire in the woods of Colorado with his wife because he's had it with the corporate rat race. Unfortunately, just when he thought he was out, his business associates ...

Comedian Jack Black has given a group of sick teens something to smile about after attending a special prom for kidney disease sufferers in California.

The School of Rock star delighted more than 400 youngsters on Sunday as he dressed up as a king for his appearance at the 13th annual Renal Teen Prom at the Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks.

He took to the stage to belt out a number of songs with Glee pianist Brad Ellis and spent the rest of the night mingling with guests and posing for photos with dialysis patients.

The Renal Teen Prom, organized by the Renal Support Network, is...

The Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right (Revisited)" video, featuring Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride as the aging rap trio, has topped a new poll to find the music promo of the year.

The actors battle their future selves, played by Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly, in the hilarious short film, released to promote the rap group's acclaimed 2011 album "Hot Sauce Committee Part Two."

The video beat Ke$ha's "Blow" and Tyler, the Creator's "She" in Spinner.com's end-of-year round-up.

Lana Del Rey's "Video Games and Money" and "Run" by UNKLE featuring Nick Cave round out ...

The saga of Po continues in "Kung Fu Panda 2." The new adventure finds the newly anointed Dragon Warrior (voice of Jack Black) teaming with The Furious Five to safeguard the Valley of Peace.

When a new adversary launches a treacherous bid to seize control of China and obliterate the martial arts, Po must look back to his enigmatic origins in order to unleash his true potential and defeat his most powerful opponent to date.

Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Michelle Yeoh provide addition voices for this sequel directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson from a screenplay by Jon...

When I heard a while back Disney had acquired rights to Jim Henson’s Muppets, it didn’t really surprise me. These cats are pretty much trying to monopolize everything and anything (ask MARVEL if you don’t believe me.) It was only a matter of time before they put these puppets to work. At first I didn’t think much about it because I was never really a hardcore fan of these particular characters. But I was intrigued because I had seen them on TV as a kid. But I will go on record and say I was anxious about this film.

"The Muppets" follows Walter (Peter Linz), the world's biggest Muppet fa...

Clumsy Will Ferrell was left red-faced after collecting the coveted Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night - he broke the award by accidentally dropping it.

Ferrell received the honor during a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and Jack Black opened the show with a song and dance number dedicated to his pal.

The School of Rock star led the crowd in a rendition of Queen's We Will Rock You, changing the words to "Will, Will, Will, will rock you," before adding, "Will Ferrell, did you notice how I changed it from We Will Rock You?.....

You've got some seriously diverse choices at the theater this weekend: "Footloose" (Julianne Hough), "The Big Year" (Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson", and The Thing (scary!!!)!

So what's your poison? You'll find me at "Footloose" ... obviously!

Two Jews on Flim - By Joan Alperin Schwartz: What does a Fork tailed Flycatch, a Yellow Crested Finch and a Pink Footed Goose have in common with Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin? They are all in a new comedy called 'The Big Year', directed by David Frankel (Devil Wears Prada)

The Big Year refers to a real life competition where birders (people who are obsessed with our feathery friends) race to see, who can spot the most species of birds, within a calendar year.

Sounds exciting? Well if it does, then this is the film for you to see.

When 'The Big Year' begins, we meet thre...

KUNG FU 2 Awesome Packs will be available with expected pricing as low as $25 on DVD and $30 on Blu-ray. Consumers who purchase this DreamWorks Animation signature entertainment experience on Panda 2sday will get both an awesome and affordable holiday gift – over $75 in value.

In the action-filled companion story Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters, Po and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu’s greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox and Master Croc. Kids can then follow in Po’s footsteps to become a kung fu master with Kung Fu Panda World, the ...

Funnyman Jack Black is set to perform a one-off gig to raise awareness and funds for an autism organization.

The School of Rock star, who fronts rock group Tenacious D, will be performing at the Autism is Awesomism show at The Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday as part of a new TV series, called Everyday Health.

Organizers are aiming to educate fans about the condition, while the gig will also benefit The Miracle Project, which helps youngsters with autism express themselves through music, dance and acting.

Actor Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in an independent musical with the Hollywood screenwriter/director who helped to land him an Oscar nomination in 2002.

The Ghost Rider star earned Academy Award recognition for his turn in Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation and now the pair is set to reunite for forthcoming project, Frank or Francis.

Comedians Steve Carell and Jack Black are also attached to the movie.

Plot details have yet to be released, but the story is said to revolve around an author called Frank, who clashes with an online blogger named Francis, reports trade paper Daily Variety.
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The Hangover Part II has made U.S. box office history after grossing $86.5 million in its opening weekend to score the biggest comedy debut ever.

The Hangover sequel, starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis and set in Bangkok, Thailand, easily stumbled its way to the top of the box office chart, having taken $118.1 million since opening across America on Thursday.

It is expected to rake in a few more million in ticket sales once figures from America's Memorial Day long weekend are counted on Monday.

Jack Black and Angelina Jolie's animated comedy Kung Fu Panda 2 opened in...

Once upon a time in the year 2008, an animated film titled ‘KUNG FU PANADA’ was released, and took the world by storm. Oddly enough, prior to the film’s release, I will be honest and say I had ZERO interest. I’m a fan of Jack Black, as well as the rest of the cast, but there was something I felt was too superficial about it which made me believe it was simply JUST ANOTHER kiddie’s flick! Time went on, it was taken down from the theaters, and all I kept hearing was how awesome the film was. Months went on, and once its DVD was released, I bit the bullet, and decided to give this film my time...

Last year, I wondered if, in the midst of Simon’s departure and one of the show’s worst seasons both from a quality and ratings standpoint, if the finale of this show was going to be worth the mega-diary treatment next year.

Well, it turns out it is, as ‘Idol’ came back better than anyone could have realistically expected. I couldn’t be happier, and here’s the mega-diary to prove it!

8:04 – 4 Minutes in and we still haven’t finished the introductions. But at least we got a Lori Loughlin sighting!

8:04 – Really? Scotty fans packed the RBC Center to do…nothing? They can’t even do that for ...