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cover BY JAY BOBBIN story
R iverdancers, beware: Mike Myers is
hosting the MTV Movie Awards
again.
When that role first was filled by the
“Austin Powers” creator-star and
“Saturday Night Live” alum in 1997, he
brought down the house with an
energetic, hilarious “Lord of the Dance”
spoof. He still loves devising his own
choreography, so Myers doesn’t deny a
possible sequel when he presides again at
the MTV event Sunday, June 1, at the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. the
“I couldn’t be more excited,”
friendly and low-key Myers says of his
second stint as host, which follows his
2007 Movie Awards appearance to
receive the career-honoring MTV
Generation Award. “I am 99 percent
ham and one percent water, so for me,
any chance to perform is great, I love
working in front of live crowds, and that’s
one of the things I have missed about not
being on ‘Saturday Night Live.’.
“When I’m making movies, I try to
make the crew laugh, because I want
what happens on the set - and what were
recording on film - to be a party. That’s
why I can’t wait to do the MTV Movie
Awards again, because it’ll be that in
front of a live house.”
With five bids, the comedy “Superbad”
is the most-nominated movie in the
ceremony. “Juno” is next with four
nominations; three each have gone to
“Enchanted,” “Knocked Up,” “Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World’s End” and
“Transformers.”
celebrity scoop
O “House” April, n medical this Thursday Fox’s is melodrama filming Monday in the late
last episode of its writers
strike-shortened fourth season.
For Omar Epps,
s who plays Dr. Eric
Foreman - one of
the team at New
Jersey’s Princeton
Plainsboro
Hospital that
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
Actors contending to receive the
ceremonial “golden popcorn” bucket
include recent Oscar winner Javier
Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”),
Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Megan
Fox, Katherine Heigl, Angelina Jolie,
Shia LaBeouf, Ellen Page, Adam
Sandler, Will Smith and Denzel
Washington.
The trademark irreverence of the
MTV Movie Awards, which includes
such categories as best kiss and best
fight, suits Myers’ style ideally. It also
works for him as a means of promoting
his newest film, “The Love Guru,”
which opens June 20. He plays Pitka, a
relationship-expert wannabe, in the
comedy that also stars Jessica Alba and
Justin Timberlake.
“The last time I hosted, I was just
launching a new character, Austin
Powers,” Myers recalls. “I love this new
character. It’s my favorite one I’ve ever
done, but with this (award show), I also
get to work with some old friends.
“I’m one of the few guys who almosr
exclusively wrote his own stuff on
‘Saturday Night Live,’ but I hung out
with the other comedy writers. A lot of
those friends come to my aid, as they
have throughout my whole career.
Many people have thrown down jokes
for me, as I have for them; it’s a great
community and a very joyful
experience. I’m not one of those people
who fall out of love with comedy the
longer they do it. I only fall more in
love with it.”
House (Hugh Laurie) - it doesn’t
quite feel like the end of a season.
“I don’t really count this
season,” he says, “since the strike
took away, for us, eight shows. It’s
a big deal in terms of the story. I’m
just looking forward to the next
season - pick up, start all over
again.”
Among the actors on hand this
day are Olivia Wilde, Kal Penn
and Peter Jacobson, who play the
three new members of House’s
diagnostic team of doctors.
Not on set are Jennifer Morrison
or Jesse Spencer, whose characters,
Drs. Cameron and Chase, were
with Foreman on House’s original
team.
They’ve moved on to other jobs
in the hospital, and House
conducted a process to rebuild his
team, now led Foreman.
BY KATE O'HARE
As to how he felt about the
shake-up, Epps says, “That part
was fan. You get into a rhythm,
but there’s a fine line between
rhythm and formula. Obviously,
it’s a procedural show, but there
comes a point where the audience
knows what’s going to happen
before it happens.
“I thought it was great for them
to break it up when they did. ... It
was a good curvebali.
Foreman’s still around but
remains as much of an enigma as
ever.
“I do like that,” Epps says. “I
get to go places in subde ways, but
they haven’t pinned him down yet.
It’s cool. We don’t know that
much about him.
“He has a shaky past. His
mother’s sick. He has no love life.
... But it is interesting to not be
into one
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