Archive for the 'Vince Vaughn' Category

Looks like the transition to fatherhood has been both smooth and pleasant for Vince Vaughn.

Here's what he had to say about it:

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Another early Christmas present!

Just wonderful!

Vince Vaughn's wife, Kyla Weber, has given birth to the couple's first child on Saturday morning, a baby girl named Locklyn Kyla Vaughn!

A family friend says:

"Both of them couldn't be happier to welcome their sweet little girl into their family! They're having so much fun together and they're so excited to be first-time parents!"

Faboosh! We're so thrilled for you two!

We hope baby and mom have a healthy and happy holiday!

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The director finally speaks!

Ron Howard, director of the Vince Vaughn movie, The Dilemma, isn't backing down and says that the "gay" joke will remain in the film when it comes to theaters January 14.

Howard wrote a letter on Friday to the L.A. Times, explaining his decision:

"[Vaughn's character] has a mouth that sometimes gets him into trouble and he definitely flirts with the line of what's okay to say. He tries to do what's right but sometimes falls short. Who can't relate to that?

We never expected [the joke] to represent our intentions or the point of view of the movie or those of us who made it.

I don't strip my films of everything that I might personally find inappropriate. Comedy or drama, I'm always trying to make choices that stir the audience in all kinds of ways. I defend the right for some people to express offense at a joke as strongly as I do the right for that joke to be in a film. But if storytellers, comedians, actors and artists are strong armed into making creative changes, it will endanger comedy as both entertainment and provoker of thought."

He added though, that it was "appropriate" to remove the joke from the trailer, "in light of some events that surrounded the release of the trailer. The Dilemma is a comedy for grown-ups, not kids."

We're glad he decided to take the joke out of the trailer, but we still don't quite agree with his reasoning to keep it in the film.

Thoughts??

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He's not going to take it anymore!

Elton John told sources "Enough already!" at the AIDS Foundation's An Enduring Vision benefit in New York.

Referring to the gay" joke that was featured in the trailer in Vince Vaughn's upcoming movie The Dilemma, Elton agrees with friend Anderson Cooper's urging to get the joke taken out of the movie.

He says

"[Anderson] is one of the most important people on television. His heart is in exactly the right place — same as mine. He thinks the way I do. He’s intelligent, and he’s on the side of what we’re on. I hate bigotry. I hate racial hatred. I hate sexual hatred. I mean, Anderson is on our side."

We agree with Anderson too!!

With so many people protesting the trailer, do U think this will affect Vince Vaughn's new movie??

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Vince Vaughn finally responded to the controversy surrounding the "gay" joke in his upcoming movie, The Dilemma, but according to GLAAD, his justfication for using the word isn't going to fly!

GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios counters:

"Jokes can bring people together, but they can also push us apart. When 'gay' is used as a pejorative, it frequently sends a message—particularly to youth and their bullies—that being gay is wrong and something to laugh at. We invite Vince Vaughn to work with us and help ensure that gay youth and those perceived to be gay aren't in harm's way by such jokes."

Unfortunately, we have to agree.

We have to lead by example, and help our youth understand that there is nothing wrong with being gay, and that jokes like that have no place being perpetuated anymore - especially not as a means to market a film!

Thoughts??

After the sizable reaction from people AGAINST it, we don't think it will happen!

Vince Vaughn is telling sources he hopes that the "gay" joke that was removed from the trailer of his new film, The Dilemma, actually makes the movie.

"Let me add my voice of support to the people outraged by the bullying and persecution of people for their differences, whatever those differences may be. Comedy and joking about our differences breaks tension and brings us together…Drawing dividing lines over what we can and cannot joke about does exactly that; it divides us. Most importantly, where does it stop."

We think it stops just at the point of giving the word "gay" a negative connotation. We're all for breaking down walls and equal rights for all, even in comedy, but in this instance, we think the "line" of decency is being taken for granted.

What do U think?

(Check out the trailer again above.)

We think he has every right to be as upset as he is!

Anderson Cooper recently revealed that he was offended by the trailer for Vince Vaughn's new comedy, The Dilemma, because in it, one of the characters uses the term "gay" in a negative manner!

He explains:

"I was sitting in a movie theater over the weekend and there was a preview of a movie, and in it, the actor said, 'That's so gay,' and I was shocked that not only that they put it in the movie, but that they put that in the preview, they thought that it was okay to put that in a preview for the movie to get people to go and see it. I just find those words, those terms, we've got to do something to make those words unacceptable cause those words are hurting kids. Someone else I talked to recently said that the words people use and the things people say about other kids online, it enters into their internal dialogue. And when you're a kid, it can change the way you see yourself and the way you think about yourself, and the worth that you give to yourself. I think we need to really focus on what language we're using and how we're treating these kids."

Completely, 100% correct!

It's completely irresponsible to use that sequence as a means to promote the film! What kind of message are they trying to send? And the self-referential, "Oh no, it's okay because I'm not using it as homosexual gay!" is just BS, as far as we're concerned.

We hope that people will start to take this matter seriously, and realize that the ways that we speak to and treat one another filters down to younger people, who may not have the maturity yet to fully grasp and understand what they're recycling from us!

And it's time to teach them that the term 'that's so gay' is WRONG!

Thanks for bringing awareness and standing up for what's right, bb!

Check out the trailer for yourself (above). Thoughts??

And so he did!

Vince Vaughn was back home in Chicago this weekend and what better way to spend quality time with his mother than to go…SKYDIVING!

The pair took the plunge nearly 13,000 feet into the sky alongside members of the Army’s Golden Knights!

And it's all caught on film!

Check out Vince and his mom jump out of an airplane together! (above)

Crazy!!!!