Yes, the new Jenna Elfman sitcom Accidentally on Purpose is about a career woman in entertainment journalism who finds herself impregnated by an unsuccessful slacker.
But it's not inspired by Knocked Up, executive producer Claudia Lonow said at Monday's Television Critics Association fall TV tour. In fact, it's based on the real life of Time movie critic Mary Pols, who wrote about her unexpected pregnancy in the memoir Accidentally on Purpose: The True Tale of a Happy Single Mother.
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Seth Rogen says Katherine Heigl is a hypocrite for labeling their 2007 hit Knocked Up sexist.
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In the January 2008 issue of Vanity Fair, Heigl infamously said that she found the Judd Apatow comedy "a little sexist" because it "paints the women as shrews." But Heigl's latest cinematic offering, The Ugly Truth — in which her morning show producer must endure a series of tests about romance by Gerard Butler's chauvinistic correspondent — doesn't put women in a better light, according to Rogen and Apatow.
"That [movie] looks like it really ...
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Have you read this story? Time magazine is reporting that a group of high-school girls in Gloucester, Mass., who are all under the age of 16, made a pact to intentionally get pregnant and raise their children together. I'll let you excavate all the sad details of that situation on your own, but it got me thinking: What has happened that teenagers want to have children?The Today show reported on Friday that teenage pregnancy rates have gone up for the first time in 15 years. Referencing the Time story, they offered a group of experts who offered possible explanations for the intention to get pregnant at such a young age. One proffered that having a baby is akin to having a pet that offers you unconditional love. Another argued that having a baby is the latest fashion accessory, made popular by the media coverage of young, unwed celebrities whose "baby bumps" are all the rage these days.At the box office, Knocked Up wrestled — albeit comically — with the difficulties of be...
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Its official After months of murmurings Seth Rogen is set to star as the Green Hornet in the upcoming eponymous film Per EW Rogen will play the storys hero Britt Reid a playboy with time and money on his hands He inherits his dads newspaper and starts fighting crime at night with his buddy Kato Rogen and writing partner Evan Goldberg are writing and producing the film The Knocked Up star may seem like an unlikely choice to play a studly winged crusader in a deal that could end in a stinging disaster Yet similarly surprising choices have worked out to be inspired ones in other such flicks like Tobey Maguires Spider-Man and even Robert Downey Jrs Iron Man How do you think the Hornet casting will fly You have time to mull it over The movie opens in June 2010 Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide to catch more of RogenMore Buzz About Rogen149 Wolverine Meets His Maker and Other Movie News149 Watch Video Seth Rogen on The Pineapple Express149
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The launch of Flash Gordon gave Sci Fi Channel its most-watched series premiere for the year to date, delivering 2.1 million total viewers. So, should I book that Q&A with Gina Holden (aka Dale Arden)?.... 300 last week topped the DVD sales chart for a second straight time, while Disturbia was the No. 1 rental.... DVD release dates have been set for Knocked Up (Sept. 25) and Hollow Man: Director's Cut (Oct. 16).... Food Network premieres Zane Lamprey's Have Fork, Will Travel Sept. 4 at 9:30 pm/ET.... Sell This House host Tanya Memme has launched an album, Gemini. See her site for deets.
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