Ben Stiller handed them out to cast and crew at the conclusion of a punishing 13-week location shoot as a gesture of thanks but also contrition: T-shirts that read “I survived Ben Stiller’s comedy death camp.”
Sitting at a bayside restaurant in Vancouver, where he’s currently filming “Night at the Museum 2,” Stiller—who co-wrote, directed, co-produced and [...]

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Twenty-two years ago, Ben Stiller got a meeting for “Platoon.”
Not an audition. A meeting.
Stiller was just starting out and had exactly one credit on his resume — an episode (a very special one, no doubt) of the CBS sitcom “Kate & Allie.” “I got there, and Oliver Stone looked at me and, said, ‘You’re cute,”’ [...]

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Actor describes his career successes, gratitude for island living during Maui Film Festival; other movie stars lauded
Just as Pierce Brosnan was being introduced at a Maui Film Festival tribute at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa on Thursday night, the rain began to really come down.
“I’m deeply proud to be here,” began the actor.
“We’re [...]

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PIERCE BROSNAN prepared for his musical role in upcoming summer (08) blockbuster MAMMA MIA! by performing to the ocean on the beach near his Kauai, Hawaii retreat.
Too nervous to belt out the Abba songs he performs for the film’s soundtrack to friends, family and holidaymakers, the former James Bond hit the shore as the waves [...]

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A (Kauai) Hawaii farmer has named a baby yak JACK after the calf’s mum attacked JACK BLACK while she was pregnant.
The funnyman was shooting new film Tropic Thunder on Kauai when he approached the mum-to-be on a hike.
Co-star Brandon T. Jackson recalls, “We were going down a steep hill and then a yak, who was [...]

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Check out the trailer for Ben Stiller’s new flick, “Tropic Thunder”, which was filmed right here on Kauai. The movie, with the tagline “Sh*t Blows Up”, stars Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., and Nick Nolte.
www.tropicthunder.com
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