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  • ‘Brady Bunch’ Super Bowl Ad for Snickers Features Danny Trejo as Marcia Brady and Steve Buscemi as Jan Brady

    A Brady Bunch-themed Super Bowl ad for Snickers features gnarly action star Danny Trejo playing the 1970s teen icon Marcia Brady.

    For those who remember, Marcia Brady, played by Maureen McCormick, 58, was the hippest teen that every girl wanted to be and every guy wanted to date.

    In a moment of genius, the ad team at Snickers came up with the idea to star Danny Trejo as the eldest daughter of the Brady Bunch clan.

    “My agent called me and said, ‘Danny, I have a surprise for you. They want you to play Marcia Brady,” Trejo said. “I’ve been nurturing a career of being a bad guy for 20 years and [you want me to] play Marcia Brady.”

    It’s an awesome ad that brings back memories of some of the more popular episodes from the show, including one when Marcia breaks her nose after Peter Brady throws a football at her face and another when sister Jan Brady — played by another tough guy, Steve Buscemi, in the ad — laments that it’s always all about “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia.”

    Yep, genius!

    Danny Trejo said he was excited to play the teen idol, although his family thought is was a little weird when he told them he would play the Brady Bunch star.

    “I just couldn’t believe it. So I read the commercial, and it was funny. It’s going to be an amazing commercial,” said Trejo. “When I said I’m going to play Marcia Brady … they all kind of looked at me,” said Trejo.

    Check out this fun video about the making of the Brady Bunch-themed Superbowl Snickers ad that I’m sure will take some people back.

  • Boardwalk Empire Renewed for Fifth and Final Season

    HBO’s popular hit series Boardwalk Empire is coming to an end. The upcoming fifth season will be its last. The show’s creator Terence Winter said, “We’re thrilled to get the go-ahead for a fifth season of Boardwalk Empire. After much discussion with my creative team and HBO, we’ve decided to wrap up the series after such a great run and look forward to bringing it to a powerful and exciting conclusion.”

    The show takes place in 1920s and 30s Atlantic City, NJ. It features Steve Buscemi as power-hungry millionaire Nucky Thompson. The drama examines the corruption of power and politics during the prohibition era when many politicians were just as crooked as mobsters.

    The show is not ending because of a lack of popularity or ratings. Although the period drama never reached the heights of The Sopranos or the critical acclaim of The Wire, it has been a steady earner for HBO and currently ranks third in the ratings to Game of Thrones and True Blood. The show has won a total of five Emmy Awards.

    There are plenty of loose ends for season five to tie-up. Nucky’s brother Eli, who ratted him out to the Feds, has been sent to Chicago where he’ll meet up with the likes of Al Capone. Gillian is in prison and suffering from a nervous breakdown. Chalky will certainly look to avenge the death of his daughter. What’s to become of the evil Dr. Narcisse? How far will J. Edgar Hoover go in his war on the mob?

    Winter and company will have to complete their series arc in just 12 episodes. The final season will air this fall.

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  • Steve Buscemi Steps Up To Help Little Boy With Blood Disorder

    Steve Buscemi used his celebrity name for a good cause this week when he signed up to be a bone marrow donor and attended a drive to benefit a 2-year old boy with a life-threatening disease.

    Owen Hogan was diagnosed with aplastic anemia earlier this year and his father, a Brooklyn firefighter, wanted to do something to help in the fight for his life. Tim Hogan organized a bone marrow drive on Tuesday with the Friends of Firefighters charity, and when Buscemi heard what was going on in his old neighborhood, he jumped in to help.

    The “Boardwalk Empire” actor, who used to be a firefighter before he was called to acting, said he was happy to help and attended the drive from 10 a.m. until noon in order to draw in donors.

    “Firefighters are not good at asking for help. You know, they’re used to helping others so that’s what I love about this organization, Friends of Firefighters, because they actively seek out the families that are in need,” he said.

    Buscemi is busy with his successful HBO series, but his next project is an unusual film called “The Cobbler“, which also stars Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman, Method Man, and “Downton Abbey” star Dan Stevens. The movie tells the story of a man who repairs shoes for a living and finds he can step into the lives of the people the shoes belong to.

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  • Steve Buscemi Is Directing a Vampire Weekend Concert, and YouTube Is Streaming It

    Hey, if you need something to do Sunday night while you DVR Game of Thrones, Vampire Weekend is performing at Tribeca, Steve Buscemi is directing it, and YouTube is streaming it.

    This concert marks the 12th in the American Express Unstaged series, and partnership with AMEX, YouTube, and VEVO.

    “On Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, Vampire Weekend will perform a concert directed by none other than award-winning actor, director and producer Steve Buscemi to close out this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. And the best news of all is that you won’t need tickets to the Roseland Ballroom to take in the show. You can experience the entire event from the comfort of your couch via YouTube.”

    If it seems odd that Steve Buscemi would be directing a Vampire Weekend concert, well, it’s not. First off, this kind of thing has happened before (famous Hollywood figures directing YouTube concerts) and second, this:

    Makes more sense now, huh?

    Vampire Weekend’s new album, Modern Vampires in the City, will be released on May 6th (U.K) and May 7th (U.S.). You can check out Vampire Weekend’s YouTube channel here, which is also where you’ll find the concert at 9 pm Sunday.

  • Hulu and Roku Team Up For a Father’s Day Deal

    Hulu and Roku Team Up For a Father’s Day Deal

    In honor of Father’s Day, Hulu and Roku have teamed up to provide a deal that just might be good enough to get your dad to cancel his cable subscription. The special bundle comes with a Roku HD player, 6 months of Hulu Plus, and an HDMI cable, all for only $80. If you’ve wanted an excuse to get a streaming player such as a Roku, this might be your best chance to get one at a low price until Black Friday comes around. The Roku deal is available for purchase from the Roku website for a limited time only- the offer expires on Father’s Day, June 17.

    Meanwhile, Hulu is promoting the deal over at the Hulu Blog. Eric Berman, Manager of distribution partnerships at Hulu, relates an anecdote involving his father and a Roku in the blog post:

    Last year, I set up a Roku and Hulu Plus on my dad’s huge, brand new TV. Now it was my turn to introduce my dad to some of my favorite shows. The pressure was on to deliver great TV.

    I brought up a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, and after laughing hysterically at Steve Buscemi’s Batman clip, we began diving into a whole slew of classic SNL clips. And just like old times, he turned me to one of his favorites: the John Belushi “Samurai Hitman.”

    The Batman video Berman refers to is embedded below, and it actually is pretty funny. It perfectly demonstrates how Christian Bale’s edgier, more serious Batman is still as silly as the other live action Batmans, just in his own gravely-voiced way. Also, more Steve Buscemi comedy acting always welcome.