Vince Vaughn

MEL GIBSON DOESN’T MIND STANDING NEXT TO VINCE VAUGHN

Mel Gibson has been officially forgiven by Hollywood since he made the movie Hacksaw Ridge. After years of being blackballed by everyone but Jodie Foster, Mel is again being cast in other people’s movies. Right now he’s filming Dragged Across Concrete with Vince Vaughn. They play two cops caught on video brutalizing suspects, who are promptly suspended. They need money and turn to crime. It’s interesting that 6’5” Vince is one of the tallest actors in Hollywood – some actors, like Tom Cruise, refuse to work with him because they will look tiny. We are NOT fond of Mel’s mustache….

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VINCE VAUGHN’S WILD RIDE

Vince Vaughn looks like such a happy dad here. He’s on the Splash Mountain ride at Disneyland with his daughter Locklyn,6, (in white) and her friend. He also has a son Vernon, 3, who’s too small for the ride. Vince plays a stern army officer in Hacksaw Ridge and his hair is barely grown back from having a bald head for Brawl in Cell Block 99 in which he plays a desperate drug dealer. He can use a good laugh.

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VINCE VAUGHN IS NO LONGER SWINGING – HE MOVED TO THE SUBURBS

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Swingers star Vince Vaughn got his hand and footprints in the cement at the Chinese Theater this week. The 6’ 5” actor brought his wife Kyla and his two children to the big event. His pal and Swingers costar Jon Favreau was there to cheer him on, as well as his “Unfinished Business” costar James Marsden. Vaughn moved his growing family from Chicago to a big home in La Canada Flintridge, an area outside Los Angeles known for having good schools.

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VINCE VAUGHN IS GETTING SERIOUS FOR “TRUE DETECTIVE”

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6’5” Vince Vaughn looks like he’s in great shape to start filming the crime drama “True Detective “ in Los Angeles for HBO. Don’t expect him to be funny in this role – Vince plays a career criminal trying to straighten out his life. His costar Colin Farrell plays a detective who might be on the take. Paparazzi caught Vince on the street getting his makeup touched up and his suit adjusted while he runs over his lines before shooting a scene.

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VINCE VAUGHN WANTS A “SWINGERS” REUNION MOVIE

Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau popped up in the unexpected hit “Swingers” in 1996 and became stars overnight. Favreau wrote the script about five wannabe actors looking for love and partying in LA during the swing dance revival. One of our FAVORITE movies, it went on to inspire Mark Wahlberg to do “Entourage” as a TV series. In fact, the Vince character in Entourage was named after Vaughn! Having noted Wahlberg’s success, Vince has been pestering his buddy Jon Favreau to write a “Big Chill” style reunion for the five guys, now in their mid-forties, from the original movie. (They want Heather Graham back, too.) According to Radaronline, the only obstacle is that they insist on having the original director Doug Liman direct this movie, and he wants a ton of money.

ROB PATTINSON SIGHTING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

Rob Pattinson still has it. The hooded “Twilight” star was seen at a party at The Larchmont restaurant in Larchmont village – mere BLOCKS from where we write this gossip! Also in Rob’s group was Vince Vaughn (who looked puzzled by the stir Rob caused) and Joaquin Phoenix, with some unattractive facial hair, who was talking Rob’s ear off. The group piled into a vintage Chevy Camaro and took off together for places unknown.

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“THE ROCKFORD FILES” WITHOUT JAMES GARNER? MAYBE…

First reaction to the idea of Universal recycling James Garner’s series The Rockford Files is not good. Do we really need to re-do ANOTHER old TV series? Garner was so perfect as the relaxed private eye fallen on hard times who lived in a mobile home in Malibu. A great character. It’s hard to imagine anyone else in the role. But Universal’s not so dumb. According to Deadline.com they’ve got Vince Vaughn to play Rockford – and that changes everything. Rockford was charming and able to talk his way out of trouble, much like Vaughn. Suddenly we’re looking forward to this!

ADRIAN GRENIER’S “ENTOURAGE” CHARACTER WAS INSPIRED BY VINCE VAUGHN

Much has been written and discussed about the last season of Entourage and the Hollywood Reporter had a particularly fascinating reminiscence from the creator/writer Doug Ellin. He said “The (Adrian Grenier) character is named Vince because of Vince Vaughn. It sounds crazy now, but nine years ago when I first started writing the script, I was like “Do you think we could get Vince Vaughn? It was done completely as an homage to the guy.” Come to think of it –“Entourage” bears a striking resemblance to one of our all time favorite movies “Swingers,” starring John Favreau and Vince Vaughn. (A group of cool, aspiring young guys navigating Hollywood) And now that “Entourage” is going off the air – how about a TV series based on Swingers?

VINCE VAUGHN AND HIS BABY ARE PERFECTLY HAPPY IN CHICAGO

Former “Swinger” Vince Vaughn looks like a totally proud and happy dad at a Chicago park with his wife Kyla. Vaughn’s little girl Locklyn is five months old and he amuses her by making faces at her. Vince and his realtor wife live in Chicago because he feels it’s a better place to raise a child. The public schools are excellent, so parents don’t have to sweat getting their kids into the “right” private schools that cost a fortune. Not to mention the fact that 14 year olds don’t carry Prada bags.

SORRY ANDERSON, VINCE VAUGHN KNOWS WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT

We were NOT upset like Anderson Cooper was by the use of the word “gay” in the trailer for Vince Vaughn’s movie “Dilemma.” And frankly, we don’t think it has anything to do with bullying homosexuals. We’ve heard and seen way more outrageous gay oriented humor on Saturday Night Live and both gays and straights found it funny.
Let’s get specific: The opening scene of the trailer in question is set in a board room where Vaughn is delivering a presentation about electric cars and says, “Electric cars are gay. I mean, not homosexual gay, but my-parents-are-chaperoning the dance gay.”
Is there a gay person out there offended by this? Is the word “gay” destined to be forbidden? It was censored right out of the trailer!
Vince Vaughn obviously agrees with us – he released this statement today:
“Let me add my voice of support to the people outraged by the bullying and persecution of people for their differences, whatever those differences may be. Comedy and joking about our differences breaks tension and brings us together. Drawing dividing lines over what we can and cannot joke about does exactly that; it divides us. Most importantly, where does it STOP.”