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thedailywhat:

Movie Audition of the Day: On the heels of two unsuccessful attempts at securing a part in the upcoming live-action Yogi Bear adaptation, actor T. J. Miller (Hud from Cloverfield) decided to go for broke with the single greatest audition tape ever produced: Miller, with help from the fine folks at the Hollywood Animal Ranch, recorded himself reading lines with a real-live bear.

Bonus: It totally worked! Warner Bros. CEO Barry M. Meyer saw the video and offered Miller the role of Ranger Jones.

Moral of the Story: When all else fails — film yourself feeding marshmallows to a bear with your mouth.

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brooklynmutt:

Colbert on Palin’s Book:

“And I was struck by the subtitle: ‘An American Life.’ And that is so fitting, because in her 413-page autobiography, just like America, nothing is ever Sarah Palin’s fault.

“The shopping sprees, that was all the idea of some bad people on McCain’s staff,” Colbert continued, while the words on screen read “The devil made her wear Prada.”

“And the Katie Couric interview?” Colbert asked. “Katie’s entirely to blame.” (“For turning on the camera,” the screen read.)

“And it’s certainly not her fault that much of the book isn’t ‘accurate,’” Colbert said, making quotation marks with his fingers. “That’s the fault of the Associated Press. As Palin explained on her Facebook page, ‘The AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released. We’ve heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, ‘fact checking’ research!’

“Where Palin’s concerned, fact-checking and opposition research are the same thing. Because she knows the facts are out to get her. And the fact that this book is a steaming pile of shit? Also not her fault,”

via rawstory