In the announcement, HBO’s president of programming Michael Lombardo said of Stiller,

“Ben Stiller continues to be a major, multi-talented star because of his discerning ability to embrace creative and innovative projects – whatever the medium.”

Lombardo also added:

“We were enormously pleased that Ben responded to this extraordinary work from Jonathan Safran Foer.”

Foer, who penned the All Talk pilot, is best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005). A film adaptation of the latter is expected to debut in cinemas later this year.

Digital Spy reports that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Scott Rudin will also executive produce alongside Stiller, Foer and Eli Bush and that Emmy winner Alan Alda is currently in talks to star opposite Stiller in the series.

Filming for the show is expected to begin sometime in mid-2012.

In addition to All Talk, Ben Stiller – best known for his roles in There’s Something About Mary, Zoolander, Dodgeball, and Meet the Parents – will next direct, produce and star in comedy remake The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Are you a fan of Ben Stiller’s work? Will you be catching the pilot of HBO’s All Talk when it hits TV screens across the country?

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It was previously reported all over the internet that Hollywood couple Jenifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were planning a super secret quickie wedding in Cabo, Mexico.  Well times they are a changin as the couple has now changed their plans due to the leak.  Supposedly, according to Hollywood Life, they will be tying the knot in New York City .

According to a source who dished out the plans to OK Magazine, the wedding will go a little something like this. The couple has already picked a location and have written their own vows.  After their nuptials in a private ceremony they will be having a private shindig with their friends, including Jennifer’s parents this time.  Some of the rumored guests are Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Robert Downey Jr., Chelsea Handler, “yoga guru Mandy Ingber” and Andrea Bendewald.

Jennifer will be sporting a brand new custom dress made by designer Carolina Herrera while her hair is going to be done by her long time stylist. Justin’s buddy, Terry Richardson, will be on hand to take all the photos. The reception will be a gorgeous shindig where Cristal will be the beverage of choice and the caviar will will served by the truckload.

The couple plans on heading to Mexico for the honeymoon, where they are going to spend some much need time alone.  The source told OK Magazine that  “Jen’s in a super place at the moment. She’s on an all-time high,”. I am sure Justin is having a blast too, considering his wife to be was just named “The Hottest Woman Ever To Live”.

I can promise that I know who will not be on the guest list…Angelina Jolie.

What do you think of Jennifer Anniston and Justin Theroux’s pending nuptuals?

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Three weeks after the Brett Ratner directed movie Tower Heist reaches theaters the Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy starring film will be offered to customers through video on demand (VOD).

The movie will release on November 4 and then three weeks later customers will be able to rent the movie on their TV for a cost of $59.99.

The move comes after a similar decision to release movies as videos on demand two months after their theatrical debut for $30 causes an uproar among theater owners and filmmakers.

The studio promises that the new price ceiling is only a test and only Comcast customers in Atlana, GA and Portland, OR will be able to take advantage of the $60 test pricing at this time.

The planned maneuver is a simple way for Universal Pictures to do a quick cost/reward analysis to determine if VOD movies can earn more than movies at major theaters when released in short succession from the movies official premiere date.

While purchasing a $60 movie won’t make sense for everyone a large family with 3 or 4 children should be able to save money on admission and snacks given the recently astronomical price increases theaters have provided.

Would you be willing to drop $60 to watch a movie at home? While I appreciate movie studios attempting to find new revenue models the pricing seems a little bit steep, even for the best of movies.

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles had honored Ben Stiller by naming him this years winner of the  Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy.

Stiller joins a prestigious group of BAFTA nominated actors and actresses that includes Helena Bonham Carter, David Yates and John Lasseter.

According to BAFTA Los Angeles chairman Nigel Lythgoe:

“Ben Stiller is a master of comedy who, just like the legendary filmmaker for whom this award is named, embodies the remarkable multi-hyphenate talents of actor, writer, director and producer.”

The announcement comes as Stiller’s new movie Tower Heist prepares for release, that movie co-stars Eddie Murphy and is directed by Brett Ratner.

During his career Stillers movies including the Meet the Parents series, There’s Something About Mary and both Night at the Museum films have earned over $5 billion.

In 2010 the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy was awarded for the first time, the winner? Betty White.

The Britannia Awards will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on November 30.

In celebration of Ben Stiller’s nomination feel free to share your favorite funny moment from the comedian, I’m going to take the easy way out and say anything that he did in Zoolander and the milking scene in Meet The Parents.

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Tom Cruise was a mess on the red carpet for the L.A. screening of Tropic Thunder, and it was up to Katie Holmes to save the day (okay, night) with un-wiglike hair and not-so-mumsy PVC and satin. She was accessorized by something else as well– her weirdly expanded belly that looks like it’s on the fence of being an F.B. (Food Baby).

Maybe Tom is just distracted by new career plans that might branch off into the world of comedy with “Food Fight,” about ” a snooty New York chef (Cruise) who must cook meals at a school cafeteria.”

Get a load of Katie Holmes’ kinda-sorta baby bump.

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