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Archived Ben Stiller gossip from August 2008. Click here to return to all the hottest Ben Stiller gossip.

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'Tropic Thunder' Braces For 'Retard' Backlash
Defamer  22 clicks Gossip!
Several months ago, the red-band trailer for Tropic Thunder suggested that not only could Ben Stiller's Hollywood satire be summer's most surefire gutbuster, but also that its trailer-within-a-trailer — featuring Stiller...more
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Tom Cruise's Thunder feet
Female First  21 clicks Gossip!
Tom Cruise amazed co-stars with his fancy footwork in 'Tropic Thunder'. The actor plays a balding computer geek and studio boss in the new comedy, and performs a hip-hop dance for party guests during his brief cameo. Comment on this A...more
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Ask Robert Downey Jr. Who He'd Like To 'Smoke a Blunt …
Defamer  18 clicks Gossip!
Can't a little movie like Tropic Thunder catch a break? The Ben Stiller comedy has thus far managed to survive racism, ratings, "retards," and American Idol — and that's before it's even come out (Friday, August 13...more
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DreamWorks Goes 'No Retard,' Yanks 'Simple Jack…
Defamer  18 clicks Gossip!
Well, that was fast: Mere days after first drawing attention on a disability issues blog (and eventually going under magnifying glasses at the NY Times and here at Defamer HQ), DreamWorks's mock Web site for Simple Jack is gone. The site ...more
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Seth Rogen, superstar
Lainey Gossip  24 clicks Gossip!
Early reviews for Pineapple Express have been generally positive…if raunch and dirty is your thing. Raunch and dirty is totally my thing. Naturally I have to see Pineapple Express, although it sucks you can’t drink in the theatre. My buzz...more
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You Guys MUST See Tropic Thunder
Evil Beet Gossip  30 clicks Gossip!
I just got back from the press screening of Tropic Thunder, the new Ben Stiller flick, and I have to say that it was the funniest movie I’ve seen in years. Seriously. Fucking hilarious. Amazing. I laughed non-stop. Everybody in it is freaki...more
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Tropic Thunder Storms Entertainment Weekly
Just Jared  21 clicks Gossip!
Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. do a group interview and talk about about their new movie Tropic Thunder, coming out August 13th. On if they have ever came on set drunk: Jack Black - No. I had an improv class in high school and I c...more
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Disabilities Groups Plan to Boycott Tropic Thunder
Evil Beet Gossip  29 clicks Gossip!
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I had the opportunity to see the absolutely hilarious Tropic Thunder at the press screening and I LOVED it. However, Robert Downey Jr is in blackface, like, the entire time. In fact, it was about halfway through th...more
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Disability rights groups plan boycott of “Tropic Thunder…
Celebitchy  25 clicks Gossip!
Tropic Thunder, a comedy out this week that parodies the movie industry, has drawn criticism from disability rights groups over the repeated use of the word “retard” to refer to a character played by Ben Stiller. Stiller plays an actor tr...more
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Tropic Thunder Boycott
Gone Hollywood  13 clicks Gossip!
A coalition of disabilities groups is expected as early as Monday to call for a national boycott of the film Tropic Thunder because of what the groups consider the movies open ridicule of the intellectually disabled. The film, a movie-industry s...more
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Tropic Thunder
Perez Hilton  16 clicks Gossip!
Several groups that advocate for the disabled are calling for a boycott of the new film Tropic Thunder, starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Tom Cruise and Robert Downey, Jr. The groups state that the movie is depicting a negative portrayal of those wit...more
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Tommy Girl Wants "Big Hands…
Dlisted  28 clicks Gossip!
Tommy Girl makes a cameo in the upcoming "Tropic Thunder" and Ben Stiller told Elle Magazine (via MSNBC) that Tommy had some specific thoughts about his character. Ben said, Tom said I want to play the studio guy. I want to dance, and...more
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Retarded
Webster's Is My Bitch  16 clicks Gossip!
A national boycott for the film Tropic Thunder, the "comedy" starring Jack Black, Ben Stiller, and a blackfaced Robert Downey Jr., is being organized; and amazingly, it has nothing to do with the fact that one of the main characters is in...more
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Tom Cruise Wanted Big Hands For Tropic Thunder
I'm Not Obsessed  19 clicks Gossip!
Tom said I want to play the studio guy. I want to dance, and I want to have big hands.' Id never thought about the size of a characters hands, ever. Tom was doing this little dance, and I was like, This is insane. If this thing was on YouTube, it...more
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'Retard' Wars Heat Up as 'Tropic Thunder' Boyc…
Defamer  17 clicks Gossip!
After two consecutive close calls, The Dark Knight's stunning box-office reign faces another formidable challenger this week with Tropic Thunder. Not that Ben Stiller's film is necessarily favored to knock the blockbuster off — at l...more
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Ben Stiller Regrets Raising His Kids In LA
I'm Not Obsessed  14 clicks Gossip!
Fires, riots and serial killers. Sounds exactly like the Upper West Side to me. LOL. Ben Stiller says he regrets raising his kids in LA. There just isn't enough... excitement on the West Coast. "Raising them here is different because I was r...more
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Tom Cruise says he wants to dance and have big hands
Celebitchy  15 clicks Gossip!
When I think of Tom Cruise a lot of words come to mind. Wee. Peculiar. Elfin. What I dont think of are big strong man hands. But being that Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise and thus quasi-delusional by his very definition, he has no clue that the rest of...more
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Tropic Thunder
Perez Hilton  23 clicks Gossip!
As previously mentioned, a number of disability groups are calling for the boycott of Tropic Thunder because of its portrayal of the mentally challenged. Director/Writer/Star Ben Stiller just spoke to MTV about the outcry. He says: "It...more
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Standing by Her Man…
Evil Beet Gossip  42 clicks Gossip!
Katie Holmes and her new haircut flew back from New York so that they could be two feet taller than Tom Cruise at the LA premiere of Tropic Thunder. Also there: Alicia Silverstone (remember her?), John Krasinski and Jodie Foster, along w...more
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Katie Holmes And Tom Cruise Steal The Tropic Thunder
I'm Not Obsessed  32 clicks Gossip!
You can't expect anyone else to matter when Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise hit the red carpet. Even if it's technically not their movie to promote. Out of the 7 pages worth of photos I could purchase this morning of the Tropic Thunder premiere, ...more

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