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Roger Ebert Apologizes For 'Too Quick' Ryan Dunn Tweet

Film Critic calls 'Jackass' star's death 'tragic' while reiterating previous message about dangers of drinking and driving.
By Gil Kaufman


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Film critic Roger Ebert took some intense heat on Monday for his tweet about the car-crash death of "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn and Dunn's friend Zachary Hartwell. Although police are still investigating the cause of the crash, Ebert's quip that "friends don't let jackasses drink and drive" incensed Dunn's friends and fans.

Best bud Bam Margera responded, "I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day and piece of sh-- Roger Ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents ... about a Jackass drunk driving and his is one, f--- you! Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat f---ing mouth!"

Ebert seemed to backtrack on his comment on Tuesday (June 21), offering his condolences to Dunn's and Hartwell's loved ones. "To begin with, I offer my sympathy to Ryan Dunn's family and friends, and to those of Zachary Hartwell, who also died in the crash," wrote Ebert, who is a well-known and widely followed Twitter user. "I mean that sincerely. It is tragic to lose a loved one. I also regret that my tweet about the event was considered cruel. It was not intended as cruel. It was intended as true."

Although he appeared to be apologizing for the haste of his tweet, Ebert did not completely back down from his comments, adding, "I have no way of knowing if Ryan Dunn was drunk at the time of his death. What I knew before posting my tweet was that not long before his death, he posted a photo on [Tumblr] showing himself drinking with two friends ... What did I mean by that? I meant exactly what I wrote. I wasn't calling Ryan Dunn a jackass. In Twitter shorthand, I was referring to his association with [the movie and show] 'Jackass.' I thought that was clear. I note that Bam Margera uses the word 'jackass' in the same way in his tweet."

Ebert then referred to an NBC Philadelphia report that noted that stories posted Tuesday morning mentioned that Dunn reportedly drank three light beers and three shots before leaving the Barnaby's pub in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and that Margera's mother, April, told the station that Dunn was a notorious fast driver and she counseled him to slow down "every day" following a bad car crash more than a decade ago.

"I don't know what happened in this case, and I was probably too quick to tweet," Ebert wrote. "That was unseemly. I do know that nobody has any business driving on a public highway at 110 mph, as some estimated — or fast enough, anyway, to leave a highway and fly through 40 yards of trees before crashing. That is especially true if the driver has had three shots and three beers. Two people were killed. What if the car had crashed into another car?"

The film critic concluded his post by reiterating "friends don't let friends drink and drive."

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Elle Fanning's Super Starbucks Run

Looking to get caffeinated, Elle Fanning was spotted on a Starbucks run in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon (June 21).

Joined by her mother Mary, the ?Somewhere? actress looked lovely in a long flowing skirt as she grabbed her beverage and headed off to a nearby mall.

Elle recently told press that she received some priceless advice from her pal and ?Super 8? producer Steven Spielberg.

"Steven told us to have balance, to still go to school and have the balance of your regular life. I think me and my sister sort of have kept up with that. When we're not in movies, we're just at home being normal. That's what you have to have. You have to have a separate life in a weird way."

Fanning also confessed to being an amateur fashionista. "I am obsessed with clothes. I love fashion. The best part of my day is figuring out what I am going to wear. I love vintage. Today my mom was like, 'We have to clean up your room, like, tonight.'"

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Ryan Dunn's 'Jackass' TV Stunts: A Retrospective

From sewage-diving to corn-sledding, the late star's antics were sure to make viewers laugh and gasp.
By Gil Kaufman


Ryan Dunn in "Fisherman's Wharf" on "Jackass"
Photo: MTV

He was one of the less outspoken members of the "Jackass" crew, but late, bearded prankster Ryan Dunn made up in destruction and indelible stunts what he lacked in loudmouth bravado. The 34-year-old skateboarder, who died in an early morning car crash on Monday in Pennsylvania, stood his ground alongside such fellow daredevils as Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera and Steve-O in the "Jackass" TV show and movies, as well as on his 2005 MTV anti-home-improvement show "Homewreckers," the Margera-led spin-offs "Viva La Bam" and "Bam's Unholy Union," and his recently launched G4 show, "Proving Ground."

While some of the "Jackass" crew were known for placing themselves in front of paintball firing squads, walking on giant stilts off diving platforms or staging elaborate pranks on passersby, Dunn's "specialty" was riding BMX bikes into muddy creeks, getting slathered with nasty fish and human excrement and being dragged behind four-wheelers on all the wrong sleds.

In memory of Dunn, we decided to take a look back at some of his most memorable TV moments. (Head over to the Movies Blog for highlights from Dunn's "Jackass" movie career.)

"Poo Dive"
When MTV News sat down with the crew last fall, the "Jackass" stars agreed that one of their all-time favorite stunts was Dunn's first one for the original TV show, in which he dove into a tank of sewage.

"I loved when [Bam Margera] made Ryan jump into the poo factory, the 'Poo Dive' I think we called it," creator Jeff Tremaine said. " 'Cause that was horrible, but the best part was ... revealing his tattoos that we didn't know about. That was the first time we ever met Ryan." Dunn made his infamous dive while wearing just tighty whities that were duct taped onto his body and a snorkel. Though pal Bam Margera was grossed out by the floaters, Dunn called the dive, "exhilarating ... my skin is silky smooth!"

"Fisherman's Wharf"
"Why do I always do the jobs that make me smell real bad?" Dunn lamented as he agreed to dive into 32-degree water in San Francisco. After being tossed into a giant vat of sardines while wearing a black peacoat and fisherman's cap, Dunn emerged covered in slime, only to sit in an empty tank and get covered in sardine juice and a torrent of tiny fish.

"Snake River BMX"
Among Ryan's best bike gags on "Jackass" was the one when he tried to ride a crappy banana-seat bike up a ramshackle ramp and over a freezing, boggy creek. He never got close to hitting the landing ramp on the other side and eventually the cops arrived to break up the party.

"Corn Sledding"
Ryan looked supremely confident as he was pulled by a four-wheeler on a plastic sled through a cornfield at high speeds on "Jackass." He was impressively able to hang on for long periods and even got a bit patriotic when he was handed an American flag to wave on his ride. He finally bailed after being pulled over a hill and smashing his tailbone.

"Ice Barrel Jumping"
Dunn donned a blue unitard and matching crash helmet for a "Jackass"-staged barrel jumping competition against Big Brother magazine editor in chief Dave Carnie. He made it pretty easily over two barrels but got racked hard when the tally was upped to five. While Carnie easily cleared the hurdles, Dunn repeatedly landed on the cold, hard ice, eventually getting smashed over the head with a metal pail by Carnie.

"Office Chairs"
Wearing his best regular-guy drag (a lame suit and tie and nerdy eyeglasses), Dunn rode an office chair down a skate ramp in a joust with fellow "Jackass" and CKY regular Brandon DiCamillo. The pals smashed into each other in spectacular fashion over and over. Dunn later tried the trick while sitting behind a desk complete with computer and monitor.

"Hot Dog BMX"
Again taking his chances on a skate ramp, Dunn donned a hot dog suit and rode his BMX bike down into a spectacular crash. In true "Jackass" fashion, as he lays prone, a crew member runs up and squirts mustard in his mouth and all over his face.

Do you have a favorite Ryan Dunn stunt? Let us know or share your thoughts in comments below.

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Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake Hit 'Bad Teacher' Black Carpet

'She just doesn't belong in school,' Diaz tells MTV News of her naughty character at comedy's New York premiere.
By Jocelyn Vena


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NEW YORK"Bad Teacher" stars Justin Timberlake, Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel came out on Monday night for the premiere of their raunchy comedy. And Diaz, who plays couldn't-care-less teacher Elizabeth Halsey, told us she why she loved the role.

"It was a lot of fun. Elizabeth was such a well-written character," she told MTV News on the Ziegfeld Theatre's black carpet. "It was easy to play her; it was easy to say the words. She was so well-defined."

For photos of the stars walking the black carpet, click here.

Cameron's character is very naughty, and her co-stars Tom Lennon and Phyllis Smith ("The Office") jokingly admitted that they might have paid more attention in school back in the day if a teacher had been as sexy as Diaz, a sentiment the A-list star completely understood.

"I think that's why people love Elizabeth," Diaz said. "It's because everyone wants to be her, even for an hour, maybe a day. If you get away with a week — oh my gosh! I got to play her for six weeks. So yeah, it was a lot of fun."

As it turns out, it isn't just Elizabeth's attitude that's fierce, but also her killer sense of style. Diaz fully embraced the teacher's fashion sense in the Jake Kasdan-directed flick. "The wardrobe is really good. Elizabeth is a working girl, if you know what I mean," she laughed. "So she has to look a certain way: She's always either coming in from the night before or going out and she never wants to be mistaken as a teacher and she wears [Christian] Louboutins every day of her life and she just doesn't belong in school."

Check out everything we've got on "Bad Teacher."

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Lady Gaga, Weird Al Find 'Happy Ending' After Parody Beef

'She's totally cool and she really likes the parody,' Al tells MTV News of 'Perform This Way.'
By Jocelyn Vena


Weird Al at the "Bad Teacher" premiere
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All is well between Lady Gaga and "Weird Al" Yankovic. After some initial drama over his parody of "Born This Way," Gaga eventually gave Al her stamp of approval.

When MTV News caught up with Weird Al on Monday night at the "Bad Teacher" premiere in New York City, he told us the pop star is actually of a fan of his track, "Perform This Way."

"Where we stand is my music video 'Perform This Way' world-premiered [Monday] and is doing quite well," he said. "My album comes out [today]," he said of Alpocalypse, which was released on Tuesday (June 21). "It all got resolved."

On the Gaga parody track, he sings, "Got my straight jacket today/ It's made of gold lamé/ No, not because I'm crazy/ I perform this way." Then he goes on to lampoon, among other topics, that famous MTV VMA meat dress: "I strap prime rib to my feet/ Cover myself with raw meat/ I'll bet you've never seen a skirt steak worn this way."

Initially, it seemed Gaga wasn't too pleased with the song's lyrics, but according to Al, she has come around. So, what exactly happened between Al and Mother Monster before things got straightened out?

"It was a big misunderstanding, miscommunication," he explained. "The bottom line is it's a happy ending. Lady Gaga approves it; she's totally cool and she really likes the parody."

In the brand-new video, Al portrays Gaga in some of her signature looks, from her Grammy egg to her bubble dress, but it wasn't easy to narrow down wardrobe for the clip.

"It's a challenge because she's got so many different looks," he said. "I mean, she's got such a bigger-than-life persona, so a big part of figuring out the video is figuring out how we're going to do two-dozen costumes in three minutes. On top of putting my head on a woman's body, that was difficult as well. So [making the video took] a lot of CG effects and wardrobe, basically."

Gaga isn't the only superstar lampooned on Alpocalypse. Al also has some fun with Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and T.I., to name a few. "It's very eclectic, it's very odd, which I guess you come to expect from a guy like me."

What do you think of Weird Al's "Perform This Way" video? Tell us in the comments!

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'Footloose' Star Kenny Wormald Reveals Secrets Behind Exclusive Trailer

'I was blown away,' actor tells MTV News of seeing footage for the first time.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Amy Wilkinson


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"Footloose" star Kenny Wormald sidled up to his computer, hit play on the trailer for his remake of the classic 1984 flick and quickly realized he'd made a big blunder.

"I watched it alone in my house, and that was a mistake, because I thought I was going to scream!" the dancer-turned-actor told MTV News. "I was blown away."

By now, though the 26-year-old has had time to settle down, he's no less pumped about the film, which hits theaters on October 14 and which he calls "all new, but it also pays homage to the original." To celebrate our debut of the trailer, Wormald gave us a call and revealed some secrets behind the new footage.

Backflips and Angry Dances
The most iconic scene in the original flick features a young Kevin Bacon going wild in a warehouse, dancing and flipping like he's trying to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. The new movie, as the trailer hints, re-creates that scene. Wormald himself busted out the great majority of those moves but had to make way for the experts from time to time.

"We called it the angry dance," he explained. "There's some crazy stuff going on in that scene — some gymnastic stuff that is a little bit from the original and they wouldn't let me do some of it. It's just when it comes to the death-defying stunts — flips and stuff — that's not me. They were like, 'I don't think so. Sit down, Kenny!' "

Wormald again had to step away from the cameras when it came to a perilous backflip seen early in the trailer. "All of the dancing is me," he said. "But that flip isn't me — but don't tell anyone!"

The Exploding Bus
Late in the trailer, we get a glimpse of Wormald racing a bus, followed quickly by a gnarly explosion. Turns out, that scene is an action-movie tweak to the original's tractor chicken race.

"They made it really climactic," Wormald said of the original scene. "But if you think about it, tractors only go five miles per hour. So I think [director] Craig Brewer wanted a more badass version of the chicken race."

The Boston Accent
Bacon's character hails from Chicago — a northern boy who moves into a southern town and brings an urge to boogie with him. But from the minute Wormald opens his mouth in the new trailer, we can tell he's not from Chicago. Instead, he speaks with a thick accent, one not originally part of the script but which the Boston-born actor introduced to the project.

"They went into casting thinking it would be the same [as the original]. But when I went in there, I wanted to be different than the other guys. I knew it was a kid from up north going down south, so I made a decision to use my Boston accent in the audition," Wormald told us. "As I kept getting closer and closer to booking it, they never said don't use the accent. And then I booked it and they said, 'We're going to change it from Chicago to Boston.' They dug it."

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