Save the Date

<i>Save the Date</i>

A keen observation of the transition from artsy hipsterhood to responsible adulthood, Michael Mohan’s Save the Date examines the difficulties young adults face considering grown-up phases like marriage when half of their parents have divorced. With irrepressibly appealing performers playing flawed characters, he strikes a chord that resonates, even if some of the notes are a bit familiar....  read more

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Watch the Trailer for Save the Date, starring Alison Brie and Lizzy Caplan

Watch the Trailer for <i>Save the Date</i>, starring Alison Brie and Lizzy Caplan

Two of cult television’s favorite sidekicks get to step into leading roles in Save the Date, which premiered earlier this year at Sundance, and will be available On Demand starting Nov. 8 and in theaters Dec. 14. Alison Brie (Community) and Lizzy Caplan (Party Down) play sisters who are dating two best friends. One is eager to settle down, while the other isn’t sure what she wants. Also in the film is Caplan’s one-time co-star Martin Starr (Party Down), as well as Geoffrey Arend ((500) Days of Summer) and Marc Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World). Watch the trailer below....  read more

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Lizzy Caplan: More Than a Mean Girl

Lizzy Caplan: More Than a Mean Girl

Lizzy Caplan is having a moment, and not in the way her Mean Girls character Janis Ian, the mouthy high school sidekick, had moments opposite Lindsay Lohan.  read more

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Bachelorette

<i>Bachelorette</i>

Bachelorette may not be a sequel to Bridesmaids, but the comparison is inevitable and deserved: Both center around jealous maids of honor whose friendships with the bride are tested in the run-up to the big day. Both feature raunchy humor directed at female audiences. Both start with the letter “B.” But whereas the pedigree of last year’s double-Oscar nominee lies in television sketch comedy and sitcoms, Bachelorette originated on the stage, and writer-director Leslye Headland mines material as portentous as the Seven Deadly Sins. The result is a sister film that’s less fun but more poignant in its examination of...  read more

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Lizzy Caplan Confirms Party Down Movie

Lizzy Caplan Confirms <i>Party Down</i> Movie

"Yeah, it's happening, for sure."  read more

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Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan to Star in Showtime's Masters of Sex

Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan to Star in Showtime's <i>Masters of Sex</i>

Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan are set to star in Showtime’s Master of Sex, which is a look into the lives of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Masters and Johnson researched human sexuality in the 1960s and helped liberate many of the attitudes towards sex.  read more

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Lizzy Caplan Joins the Cast of New Girl

Lizzy Caplan Joins the Cast of <i>New Girl</i>

It's always nice to see Party Down alumni doing well in the biz. TVLine reported yesterday that the short-lived comedy's witty female lead Lizzy Caplan will make an appearance on Fox's new hit comedy New Girl as part of a multi-episode story arc.  read more

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Party Down Stars Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan Reunited in Will Ferrell-Produced Comedy

<em>Party Down</em> Stars Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan Reunited in Will Ferrell-Produced Comedy

Beloved, gone-too-soon series Party Down will see an unofficial reunion as stars Adam Scott and Lizzy Caplan will join Kirsten Dunst and Casey Wilson in the forthcoming Will Ferrell-produced indie comedy tentatively titled Bachelorette....  read more

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HBO Developing I Don't Care About Your Band, Lizzy Caplan to Star

HBO Developing <em>I Don't Care About Your Band</em>, Lizzy Caplan to Star

Some good news for readers still weeping/wailing/gnashing teeth over Party Down....  read more

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UCB's Matt Walsh Talks Improv Stoner Comedy

UCB's Matt Walsh Talks Improv Stoner Comedy

The movie will feature funny people from Party Down, The Office, Tenacious D, The Daily Show, Superbad and more...  read more

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