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Five Stars Who Need To Watch Out

With some recent flops behind them, these actors are probably a little worried about their perch atop the salary heap.... more

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First look at Mike Myers in Inglourious Basterds

Here is a pic of Mike Myers in the forthcoming Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Bastards, I wasn't overly convinced by the... more

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A Closer Look at the Razzies

""Cremating cinematic crap for 29 years" may not be a motto the Academy Awards will be clamouring to use any time... more

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Razzies big "winners" Myers and Hilton

Career stopping performances win the gold at the Razzies...

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'Love Guru' up for seven awards, shame it's the Golden Raspberries

Mike Myers' film 'Love Guru' is this year's favourite to sweep the board at the Golden Raspberries, the mock... more

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Iniziate le riprese di Inglorious Basterds: la prima foto

Gli attori internazionali che fanno parte del cast sono riuniti in Germania per lo sceneggiatore e regista Quentin Tarantino

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McCain Campaign: Hypocritical Thieves

The McCain campaign recently released a statement regarding protecting the creative rights of others. Sort of funny after you... more

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Critics Trash The Love Guru

The best of the worst reviews for Mike Myer's latest flop.

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Mike Myers Has A Man Crush On Justin Timberlake

Check out this clip from The Today Show today.. Looks like LOVE.. I can not wait to see the Love Guru.. Looks GREAT

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Chuck the Movie Guy interviews Justin Timberlake

Chuck the Movie Guy sat down with Justin Timberlake to ostensibly talk to him about his role in The Love Guru. No, seriously: this... more

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Love Guru Sends Winning Vibes To New American Idol

America's new idol felt Guru Pitka's positive vibes big time this evening. Congratulations to David Cook (the hot... more

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Love Guru Mike Myers Explains Why Mariska Hargitay Is The New Namasté

Love Guru Mike Myers (a.k.a. Guru Pitka) explains to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres why Mariska Hargitay is the new Namasté... more

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Mike Myer's "Love Guru" banned in India

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Hindu groups in India are seeking to ban Mike Myers new film, The Love Guru. In it, the shagadelic Austin Powers actor portrays a character called Guru Pitka, who is dubbed the "second best guru in India." Unfortunately not everyone is seeing the funny side of Myer's self-help industry satire, and pressure is apparently being put on India's Central Board of Film Certification and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to ban screenings of the film in the country.

Bhavna Shinde, a representative of the Mumbai-based Hindu organization Janjagruti Samiti, is quoted as saying that Indian censors should, "stop distributing or screening the movie till Paramount has made necessary changes ... so that it will not hurt the feelings of the worldwide spiritual and Hindu community." American-based religious leader, Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, has accused the film of "lampooning Hinduism."

Myer's Love Guru co-stars include Justin Timberlake, Jessica Alba, Daily Show funny man John Oliver (as Dick Pants), and Gandhi star Ben Kingsley (as Guru Tugginmypudha). Real life uber guru Deepak Chopra also has a cameo role, and is featured in the film's publicity campaign. Guru groupies can log on to FavoriteGuru.com to vote for the man they'd most like to follow. So far Myer's alter ego Guru Pitka is leading with 62% of the vote, compared to Chopra's 38%, making it more decisive than a Democratic primary (if you ignore West Virgina like the superdelegates are).

Before Myer's started filming The Love Guru, he spent some quality time with Chopra to get the right vibe. In 2006 the double act appeared on The Sundance Channel's series Iconoclasts, and spent the day together in preparation for a symposium on comedy and spirituality that evening.

Chopra explained the need for laughter in spirituality, saying that, "When your soul responds to the paradox of our existence, to the contradictions of our existence, to the fact that wherever there is joy there is suffering, when your soul recognizes this, it can do nothing except laugh."

Myers closed the show, by saying, "Everything that I've read suggests that enlightenment is lightening up." After recent events, he may want to revise that statement.

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The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Hindu groups in India are seeking to ban Mike Myers new film, The Love Guru. In it, the... more

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The Love Guru with Meagan Good

The Love Guru is out June 20

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Biggest Improv Fest in the World Celebrates it's TEN Year Anniversary!

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Presents: The 10th Annual Del Close Marathon Friday, August 8th through Sunday, August 10th... more

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Is Mike Myers' new film asking for trouble? - CNN.com

Looks like a great movie. I think teh main stream media is looking for any reason to bring down movies or music for some... more

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If You're Happy And You Know It Think Again

Love Guru Pitka introduces the Laws of Happiness from his forthcoming book If You're Happy and You Know It . . . Think Again... more

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Mike Myers Is The Love Guru (Yeah Baby)

"In a time when the world is searching for enlightenment, one man is in a position to help." The man: Mike Myers. The... more

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Double Act: Mike Myers & Deepak Chopra On Comedy & Spirituality

by Malayna
An episode of The Sundance Channel's series Iconoclasts paired comedian Mike Myers with spiritual author Deepak Chopra. Actor Robert Redford, the visionary behind the Sundance Channel, explained the concept behind the series this way: "Iconoclasts can be a beautiful clashing - a collision of high profile types- that's stimulating and entertaining for audiences." Regarding this particular pairing he said, "Obviously there's admiration going both ways, and the connection between the two of them becomes straight out entertainment, because it's just different."

Myers and Deepak spent the day together in preparation for a symposium on comedy and spirituality that evening, held in a small theater in New York. "I don't think that a having a sense of spirituality and a sense of humor are mutually exclusive," Myers explains. "One of the things I love about Deepak is that he has a sense of humor about what he does."

Myers attributes his perspective to what he learned from his own "comedy guru," Del Close (who also worked with John Belushi, Bill Murray and Dan Akroyd), who connected comedy with the profound and profane. Myers explained it in this way, "Ha Ha and A-Ha are connected - they're related industries."

At the theater later that day, the discussion seemed surprisingly to circle around a central theme. "Lenny Bruce defined comedy as pain plus time; Bergson described comedy as the realization of one's own mortality," Myers begins. "The laughter is just an involuntary response of the recognition of your own mortality."

Chopra initially responded by explaining, "When your soul responds to the paradox of our existence, to the contradictions of our existence, to the fact that wherever there is joy there is suffering, when your soul recognizes this, it can do nothing except laugh." Later, Chopra returned to the theme of mortality. "We're all on death row and the only uncertainty is the method of execution and the length of reprieve." Myers followed this rather gloomy thought with a hearty "Goodnight!" Over the laughter Chopra continued, "Do you realize that I've been talking about the most morbid thing in existence...and you are laughing? Do you see that? Confronting our mortality makes us laugh."

Overall the pairing was refreshing, both because it elucidated how well-versed and educated Myers is, despite the silliness of his work; and how down-to-earth and light-hearted Chopra is, despite the seriousness of spirituality. Myers closed the show with the following quote: "Everything that I've read suggests that enlightenment is lightening up". We at the Daily Mantra wholeheartedly agree with that.

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http://www.myspace.com/thedailymantraby Malayna An episode of The Sundance Channel's series Iconoclasts paired comedian Mike Myers with spiritual author Deepak... more