Paul to introduce One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
April 8th, 2008


Fun news for those in the NYC area! Paul will be giving a short speech and introducing a showing of the classic 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Rubin Museum of Art on Friday April 11th at 9:30pm.

Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17 Street
New York City
212.620.5000 ex 344

The showing is free with a $7 bar minimum. See the graphic below for full information or visit the website rmanyc.org. Any pictures/audio/video from anyone who goes would be much appreciated :)

See the full graphic with other events listed. Fun fact: The Rubin Museum is the first museum in the Western world dedicated to Himalayan Art


Gym Teacher: The Movie Press Release
March 13th, 2008

Law & Order: SVU star Christopher Meloni slips out of his usual dramatic groove to star in Nickelodeon's first family primetime movie, in the original comedy, Gym Teacher: The Movie, to premiere this August (date and time TBD). Joining Meloni in the film will be co-star Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy) and Nickelodeon's Nathan Kress (iCarly), in a combination of stars and story that will delight and entertain both kids and their parents.

Meloni steps into the sneakers of underdog Dave Stewie, a humiliated former gymnastics gold medal contender-turned gym teacher who gets a shot at redemption as he vies for the coveted Gym Teacher of the Year Award. But with dorky Roland Waffle (Kress) new to his team, Stewie's no shoo-in, and the coach and the gym-averse kid get mutual makeovers in their bid to be winners.

As the slightly bonkers principal of Hamm Lake Middle School, Sedaris' Abby Hofmann holds a not-so-secret crush on Stewie. David Alan Grier's prep school coach, Shelley Bragg, is dedicated to proving Stewie a failure and bringing the trophy home for himself. Chelah Horsdal gets Stewie's heart-a- thumping and complicates his life as Hamm Lake's new English teacher Winnie Bleeker, who just happens to be Roland's over-protective widowed mom. Playing himself, former Olympian Bruce Jenner turns up in a cameo as Stewie's idol.

Gym Teacher is a Nickelodeon production in association with Dolphin Entertainment. Executive producers are Lauren Levine (Bridge to Terabithia, Shredderman Rules!), Stanley M. Brooks (Broken Trail), Jim Head and Bill O'Dowd. Paul Dinello (Strangers with Candy, The Colbert Report) directs a teleplay by brothers Daniel and Steven Altiere.

Read the full press release.


March 3rd, 2008
Current TV has a great video up from when Paul and Amy were doing publicity for the Strangers With Candy movie in the summer of 06. The topic was whether Paul knew how much discussion there is on the imdb.com message board about how hot he is . Amy Sedaris comments from off screen. A must watch!

 

Dan Dinello has also put up a video of a movie called Tree Surgeon that Paul, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris and Mitch Rouse worked on. Stephen stars as a troubled tree surgeon. There are a lot of SWC undertones to this and even some lines that are later worked into the show. Paul's part isn't big but this is too bizarre to not watch.

 


February 23rd, 2008
Be Kind Rewind is IN THEATERS NOW!! To find out movie times near you, go to fandango.com and enter your zip code. Check out the trailer below and then grab some friends and go see it! It has an amazing cast (made only better by Paul of course) and a truly original storyline. Visit the Be Kind Rewind official website.

 

 

   


February 11th, 2008
Paul worked with Amy Sedaris on this adorable new advertisement for Microsoft Office 2008 called Rabbit Rescue. It features Amy working in a cupcake shop, Dusty Food Cupcakes (the actual name she gave to her cupcake business she runs out of her home) and she has a legion of bunny workers who help her get her unorganized paperwork in order.

 


Stephen Colbert's audiobook I Am America (And So Can You!) which Paul abridged and appears on has been nominated for 3 Audies, the awards given for outstanding audiobooks. It is nominated in the following categories: Achievement in Abridgement, Humor, & Multi-Voiced Performance. If you would like to hear the audiobook for yourself check it out at amazon.com. It features several guests besides Paul including Amy Sedaris David Pasquesi & Greg Hollimon and is "shouted by the author". Thanks to No Fact Zone for the info

An IMDB.com page has also been set up for the TV movie Paul is directing (see more info below) Gym Teacher: The Movie. Christopher Meloni (of Law & Order: SVU) is listed as the lead right now, although I'm sure the listing is subject to change. As always, if anyone has anymore information, please email me!!


January 31st, 2008
T-minus 23 days until Be Kind Rewind opens! Director Michel Gondry "sweded" his own trailer of the movie, including Paul's part. Check it out here. It's very cute and funny. Also check out the myspace page for the soundtrack with great tunes from Jazz great Fats Waller and original tracks by Jean-Michel Bernard which can be bought on Amazon.com.


January 23rd, 2008
Paul is set to direct the Nickelodeon TV movie called "Gym Teacher". Here is some information:

Title: GYM TEACHER, TV Movie for NICKELODEON. EXEC PROD, Daniel Altiere, Jim Head, Steve Altiere, Lauren Levine, Stanley M. Brooks; PROD, Scott McAboy; DIR, Paul Dinello; SCR, Daniel Altiere, Steve Altiere. Contract: AFTRA. Shoot Dates: January 22, 2008 (in Vancouver, Canada). Breakdown-- Shelly Braggs: 35-45, African-American Male. He's the Gym Coach at an exclusive prep academy, and he considers Dave Stewie and his public school kids trash. Obnoxious and conniving, he never loses an opportunity to mock and humiliate Dave. Shelly is convinced that Dave and his inept new student, Roland, will go down in defeat at the national competition - but when he and Dave later go toe-to-toe in a tie breaker, Shelly realizes that he's been outclassed, as he goes down in well-deserved defeat. Lead; Winnie: Mid 30s, Caucasian Female. A radiantly beautiful woman with "doe eyes and a smile that would pop your kickball (even if you just checked its pressure), she's the kind of girl you would want on your team, for the rest of your life and into the post game." The new English teacher at Dave's school, she captures Dave's adoration at first glance. Widowed in a freak softball accident, Winnie is tremendously protective of her son Roland, the new student who seems certain to ruin Dave's chances of a national title. When Winnie learns that Dave was letting Roland compete in "dangerous" competitive sports, against her wishes, she's livid -- but she is later proud when Roland proves his mettle under extreme pressure. [source]