Thursday, June 12, 2008

carell vs. myers

it's officially ugly.

This Variety article has some interesting facts like:

Last month, Carell hosted the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" on NBC. That's the kind of free publicity that can't be bought. That is, until the "Get Smart" team learned that Paramount had bought the first spot on the show for an ad of "Love Guru," toplining Myers in his first major live-action role since the "Austin Powers" franchise.
NBC, with ties to Carell because of "The Office," appealed to Paramount and forged a compromise whereby a spot for DreamWorks/Par's August comedy "Tropic Thunder" would air at the first break instead of "Guru."


In turn, NBC agreed to step up its promos for the "Saturday Night Live Best of Mike Myers" special.

Gross!
And if this rivalry (or Mike Myers in general) bothers you like it does me (doubtful) stay the heck away from the Venice/La Cienega intersection. There are like 5 Love Guru billboards. I'm not joking. One of them actually says "His Karma is Huge".
Gross gross gross. Get over yourself Mike Myers.

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