European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 252007 stars and stripes Page 23 faces rogue Shaun of the dead stars Simon Pegg left and Nick Frost Are together again in in hot fuzz there not especially hot m and probably Arent fuzzy but together they Are 11mi by Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune most filmmakers hate the Cit Yaday promotion Tours that inevitably end up producing a lot More sitting around airports air planes taxis hotel rooms and restaurants than promoting at Best filmmakers tolerate the two and three week marathons As a necessary part of Market ing but not Simon Pegg and his associates were it not for the publicity tour they did for Shaun of the dead in 2004 their new movie hot fuzz might not have hit stateside Heaters last Friday we came up with the whole movie while we were on the Road promoting Shaun of the dead said Pegg who again gets Star Hilling and shares the writing credit with director Edgar Wright its a great time to do it because you spend so much of your time sitting and talking in fact weve come up with the idea for our third movie while weve been on this tour he wont say what that idea is however that s different from their Shaun of the dead tour when they openly talked about their plans to make a Copsan robbers satire talking about it that Early turned out to be a mistake Pegg said in a Way we painted ourselves into a Corner were not going to say anything this time not that he regrets anything connected with the making of hot fuzz including the research it required we watched 138 films in preparation for writing the script he said we wanted to touch on All kinds of cop movies so we watched everything from action movies to procedural to movies like Point break which was understandably maligned by Many critics but was admirably Over the top Pegg Nick Frost and Wright first teamed on the to series spaced a ski oriented show that poked ran at Brit ish culture although their movies reach an International audience they have resisted pressure to make their humor less British i think audiences Are underestimated by the Industry Pegg said i think most people Are capable of understand ing jokes that Are not written in their language look at the Simpsons a lot of that humor is specifically based on american culture and sure i probably dont pick up All of the inferences but i still think that if s funny whatever pressure the filmmakers were under because of their wider exposure was offset by the increases in visibility and clout for instance Jim Broadbent contacted Pegg to Tell him How much he enjoyed Shaun of the dead and said hed like to work with him some Day so Here i am writing for an Oscar Winner Pegg said of Broadbent who won an Academy award for Iris and has a major supporting role in hot fuzz and then theres Timothy Dalton Pegg added the whole time we were writing the script we kept calling one of the characters a Timothy Dalton Type but it didst occur to us until much later on to actually ask him if hed be interested in playing it much to our Surprise hed said that he had seen Shaun of the dead and that hed love to Doit new friends actors Timothy Dalton left and Jim Broadbent photos Courtesy of rogue pictures and old p director Wright Sanjaya idol7 castoffs int going away yet Sanjaya Malakar who was voted off american idol last week after a Long and unlikely run has been Busy on his pos publicity tour Sanjaya outlasted better singers and captivated millions of to View ers on the Fox Talent Competition with his goofy Charm and Ever changing hairdos on lbs late show with David Letterman on monday night the 17yearold read a top 10 list of things gleamed from american idol the list included nothing the Cam Era adds 10 pounds to your Mohawk work hard and make sacrifices you can finish in seventh place voting for yourself 100 times an hour causes some wicked carpal Tunnel and America loves per formers with bad Dave he also appeared monday on syndicated talk show live with Regis and Kelly sex says she didst leak Baldwin tirade Kim Basinger denies she leaked a voice mail in which her a husband Alec Baldwin Calls their 11yearold daughter a rude thoughtless Little pig Kim Basinger did not release the voice mail addition ally the voice mail was not sealed under a court order said a statement released by the actress publicist an Nett Wolf on monday Baldwin left a voice mail lambasting his daughter ire land for failing to answer the Telephone for a Prear ranged Call the tape was aired by the celebrity web site to com on thursday and quickly made headlines around the world a los Angeles Superior court commissioner ordered Baldwin to stay away from his daughter pending a May 4 hearing or Pepper Hopes show makes you thirsty most americans Over 40 can probably recall a Commer Cial Jingle from the late 1970s that told them be a Pep per drink or Pepper the maker of or Pepper is turning again to music to help sell soda but in a Way that shows How both music and advertising have changed in a generation or Pepper is paying an undisclosed amount to have a pop Punk band five and work in a transparent Bubble on new Yorks touristy pier 54 for 20 Days cameras will record the members of Cartel As they write and record a new cd the Bubble will be loaded with cameras so fans can watch the band online around the clock plans also Call for mtg to produce four half hour shows although net work officials  be pinned Down on which of its channels will air the episodes the or Pepper name figures to be prominent inside the Bubble but marketer Andrew springate insists the company wont have any voice in the bands work Rupert Murdoch Rosie Odonneil 0donnei takes aim at Rupert Murdoch Rosie Odonnell has tossed off countless on liners and quips in her career on monday she had one line she said she never imagined shed utter please Welcome Rupert Murdoch Odonnell was hosting the new York women in communication annual awards luncheon at the Waldorf Asto Ria hotel in Manhattan Murdoch the Media Mogul whose holdings include the new York Post and Fox news was presenting an award to columnist Cindy Adams Odd melts shots at Murdoch started from her opening this is a Celebration of women who changed the world and no one understands Why Rupert Murdoch is on the dais she said adding i mean that in the kind Loving pos like Way sir its delightful to see you in person she turned to the audience and finished i was looking for numbers on his head there Arent any when Murdoch turn to speak came he just said thank you everyone including stories and photos from the associated press