Up All Night was actually a decent show: Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett and Christina Applegate can't not be funny and it's hard not to like a show with a cute baby in every episode. But ever since Applegate announced she won't be returning to the show, it has basically been falling apart.
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Fox Searchlight has had quite a year. Between Beasts of the Souther Wild, Sound of My Voice, The Sessions, and now their latest Sundance hit, The East, the company is setting a standard in distribution, putting out films that deserve to be seen and heard with the backing of a company who can provide a home for the artists behind them. And with some of the most talked about films of the year having had their premieres this weekend at Sundance, distributors are chomping at the bit to obtain their festival favorites Yesterday, Relativity Media broke records with their acquisition of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon's Addiction for a staggering $4 million dollar price—unusual for a Sundance feature. But now it looks like Fox Searchlight is about to one up them—set to pay a hefty $10 million for The Way, Way Back. From the writers of The Descendants Nat Faxon and Jim Rash in his directorial debut, the film is an eccentric coming-of-age story starring Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Maya Rudolph, and Rob Corddry. Here's what critics are saying about it thus far:
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Instead of ending the year with a slew of Best Of lists, BlackBook asked our contributors to share the most important moments in art, music, film, television, and fashion that took place in 2012. Here, Joe Reid writes about Maya Rudolph's return to Studio 8H as host of Saturday Night Live.
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Actress and writer Jennifer Westfeldt makes her directorial debut with 'Friends With Kids.' Here, her costar Adam Scott talks to her about the challenges of making a movie.
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Maya Rudolph hosted SNL last night. While she didn’t do her well-known impersonation of Whitney Houston, she did bring back Beyonce, Maya Angelou, and Bronx Beat. Justin Timberlake stopped by for a hilarious take on Bon Iver, Amy Poehler proved why she is and always will be the best, and Sleigh Bells rocked "Come Back Kid" and "End of the Line."
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● You can retire your "FREE EARL" tees, because it seems like the Odd Future rapper has at last returned from his Samoan exile. [RapFix]
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If you loved Bridesmaids but wanted to see more scenes of screaming women giving birth, I've got good news: a huge chunk of the Bridesmaids cast, including Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, and Chris O'Dowd, have reteamed -- this time with Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt -- for a comedy about parenthood and sex.
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