Don’t let the fact that the actress is 65 year-old Helen Mirren stop you from clicking. She looks good for a 65 year-old! If I look that good at 65, I’ll be getting my kit off all over the place! Bathtubs, bedrooms, playgrounds, don’t matter.

Here’s the photo series. You know you’re going to click it, so just go ahead.

[New York Magazine]

Brought to you by The Disney Channel. That’s how Matt Damon describes the prospect of a Palin presidency…

We at Criticker don’t often get political, but The Palin Show has been the most riveting piece of entertainment we’ve seen in ages. And Damon’s right about one thing: the prospect of this person as President is equal parts absurd and terrifying …

Fine. Then, just let’s settle back with this clip of Sarah Palin holed up in Alaska, preparing for her first national interview, via Andrew Sullivan:

At the young age of 50, Bernie Mac has passed away from complications of pneumonia. He was probably best known from his self-monikered television show The Bernie Mac show, though he had a strong presence in cinema, too, as one of the stars of Ocean’s Eleven through Thirteen.

If you’ve got a little time and are feeling sentimental, check out this clip of Bernie from The Original Kings of Comedy — one of his highest rated films among the users of Criticker. Hilarious.

Bernie is still set to appear, post-humously with Samuel L. Jackson in “Soul Men” and with John Travolta in “Old Dogs”.

It’s tragic, and always shocking when rich celebrities die from illnesses as ordinary as pneumonia. The loss came as a surprise to his family and friends… and we’ll all miss the comedy that Bernie still had left in him.

photo credit: howie berlin

What a tragedy – what are these movie stars doing to themselves?

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday of a possible drug overdose in a Lower Manhattan apartment, the New York Police Department said. Heath Ledger was unresponsive when a housekeeper found him in a Manhattan apartment Tuesday.

The Academy Award-nominated actor was 28.

Ledger was found naked and unresponsive, facedown on the floor at the foot of his bed by a housekeeper trying to wake him for an appointment with a masseuse. Read the Full Story here / Source: CNN

Media Video Coverage:

• Report about Legder’s Death
• Ledger’s Body being removed

A sad day.

Film.com profiles 6 young actors that might make it to Hollywood’s A-List and become “the next Tom Hanks”. We’re not sure how Jonah Hill made it onto this list, or why Tom Hanks is being put on a pedestal, but that’s beside the point. Here are the six on Film.com’s short list:

• Jonah Hill
• Jamie Bell
• Emile Hirsch
• Patrick Fugit
• Shia LaBeouf
• Michael Cera

To spice things up, we’ve made a Amazon Unspun widget. Vote for your favorite young actor, or add others (under 25 years old, please) and let’s see who the Criticker Community likes!

I just recently watched Drunken Master and was stunned by his stunts. Famously, these stunts often go wrong, which this video entertainingly demonstrates.

[via: Gorilla Mask]

[via: film drunk]

They would look nice in our Criticker office.

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