Will Arnett & Jason Bateman: A Bromance Is Born

May 19th, 2013 8:35am EDT
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We love a good bromance.

And a new one just cropped up Thursday while Will Arnett and Jason Bateman were promoting the return of their series, Arrest Development.

The funny men were photographed holding hands while they strolled through the streets of New York.

The PDA duo also handed out some frozen bananas with nuts from Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand in Times Square. And of course they flooded Twitter with crazy puns.

On Wednesday Jason tweeted, “Perfect weather for banana grabbing, lunch time in Times Square tomorrow”

And, right before their photo opp, Will wrote, “@batemanja...
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Ben Affleck Designs Limited Edition Shoe Line For Charity

May 15th, 2013 7:42pm EDT
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Philanthropic actor Ben Affleck has teamed up with a footwear brand to design a limited edition shoe collection in aid of his Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI) charity.

The Argo director, who founded ECI in order to help communities in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, has collaborated with TOMS shoes to create the line, made from brightly colored Congolese Textiles.

TOMS already operates a charity initiative which donates a pair of shoes to an impoverished child for every pair sold and, in addition to the existing practice, bosses at the company have also agreed to donate $5 towa...
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Scottish AC/DC Fans Launch Kickstarter Campaign For Bon Scott Statue

May 15th, 2013 2:21am EDT
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Fans of AC/DC have launched a $77,500 fundraiser to generate cash for a monument honoring late frontman Bon Scott in his hometown in Scotland.

Sculptor John McKenna was commissioned last year to design a statue commemorating the star, real name Ronald Scott, and devotees of the band have ramped up funding for the project in Kirriemuir.

Local community group DD8 Music has launched a campaign on fundraising website Kickstarter.com, and organizers aim to raise $77,500 for the monument.

DD8 committee member John Crawford tells Classic Rock magazine, "Kirriemuir was the home town of a litt...
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Green Day To Release Skateboard Line To Raise Money For Children's Hospital

May 14th, 2013 6:16pm EDT
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Green Day have joined forces with a skateboard company to create a line of boards inspired by the band's latest multi-album release to raise money for charity.

The punk rockers have teamed up with Real Skateboards, one of the biggest board companies in the country to benefit the Children's Hospital & Research Center in Oakland, California, where the sister of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong works.

Real Skateboards co-founder Jim Thiebaud is a long-time friend of Armstrong and collaborated with the band on the custom boards, which feature designs mimicking the graphics for their Uno!, Dos!...
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Canadian Astronaut Covers David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' From The International Space Station

May 13th, 2013 11:48pm EDT
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On Sunday, David Bowie's 1969 classic song Space Oddity was covered by a Canadian astronaut.

230 miles above the Earth, Commander Chris Hadfield recorded his version of the intergalactic hit to mark the end of his time on the International Space Station, posting his music video online ahead of his scheduled return to Earth the following day.

In the clip, Hadfield sings Bowie's track while strumming an acoustic guitar, floating effortlessly around the craft and gazing out of a window into space.

In a post on his Twitter page, Hadfield writes, "With deference to the genius of David Bowi...
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Jake Gyllenhaal Delights Military Veterans With Poetry Reading, Donates $5000

May 9th, 2013 5:10pm EDT
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On Wednesday, Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal showed his support for our nation's heroic military veterans with a poignant poetry reading at a charity event in New York City.

The actor who star in 2005 war drama Jarhead, which is based on the real life experiences of US Marine Anthony Swofford, read the poem Dulce et Decorum Est by British soldier and leading World War I poet Wilfred Owen at the inaugural Words of War event for the Headstrong Project.

Gyllenhaal also presented the foundation, which provides mental healthcare and support for war veterans, with a donation of $5,00...
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The Beastie Boys Release Limited Edition Watch To Support Adam Yauch Park

May 9th, 2013 4:16pm EDT
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On Tuesday, the surviving members of rap pioneers The Beastie Boys released a limited-edition line of watches on to fund programs at a neighborhood park named in honor of late band member Adam 'MCA' Yauch.

Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz and his fellow Beastie Boy Michael 'Mike D' Diamond presented the line of brightly colored timepieces on the band's official Facebook.com page on Tuesday and all stock was sold out within 30 minutes.

The nautical-themed $75 accessories, created in partnership with officials at watchmakers Nixon Time Teller Pieces, feature an image of Diamond dressed in a yachti...
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Tom Hanks Is A Real Hero In 'Captain Phillips' Trailer

May 8th, 2013 3:43pm EDT
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Heads up, Academy voters. Hollywood's very favorite good guy is bringing it again.

This time, Tom Hanks stars as a real American hero in Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips, the gut-wrenching trailer for which is now in.

The film depicts the true story of Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage by Somalian pirates in 2009 after they boarded and seized the U.S.-flagged and unarmed cargo ship Maersk Alabama. He'd surrendered himself to the vicious group in order to protect the nineteen crew members on board who were then able to hide from the ship's attackers. After a dramatic five da...
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Michael Caine Opens Up About The Origin Of His Garlic Phobia

May 7th, 2013 10:39pm EDT
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Veteran British actor Michael Caine has an intense hatred of garlic following his tour of duty in the Korean War, because enemy soldiers chewed the pungent onions on the battlefield.

The Cider House Rules star was sent to the Far East in 1952 as part of his national service with the British Army, to aid South Korean troops in their battles with North Korean rivals.

United Nations forces had developed a way of using their sense of smell to detect Chinese soldiers, who were aiding the enemy - but the experience put Caine off garlic for life.

The 80-year-old actor tells Esquire magazine,...
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Ricky Gervais To Donate To Charity If He's Ignored On Twitter

May 6th, 2013 4:27pm EDT
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Renowned British comedian Ricky Gervais has offered to donate $16,000 to charity if his fans ignore him on Twitter.com.

On Monday, The Office creator, a regular user of the website, told his followers he was willing to make a donation to a good cause if they could resist the urge to 're-tweet' his messages.

He began with a lowly $1,600 but rose to $8,000 as the astonished funnyman continued to see his fans break the rules and nullify his offer.

His pledge eventually rose to $16,000 and it appeared the increased offer worked - no one had repeated his messages as WENN went to press, lea...
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