Jonah Hill

In "The Sitter," it's hard to decide who is more to blame - the kids, the adults or the filmmakers. I'm going with the filmmakers as the folks most responsible for perpetrating this terribly unfunny and overwhelmingly raunchy film that stars the normally likable, or at least comically forgivable, Jonah Hill. He is neither here. I don't think it's a case of everyone simply going for the big bucks either. It's actually hard to figure out who "The Sitter" would appeal to, though I'm sure director David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express")

SUNDAY That sinking feeling: "Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron," hosted by the A-list director and sometime undersea explorer, is one of myriad offerings this week commemorating the 100th anniversary of the most famous disaster in maritime history. (National Geographic, 8 p.m.) It's all about women behaving badly when "Nurse Jackie" and "The Big C" return with new episodes. And Jennifer Love Hewitt, below, rubs some folks the wrong way in the new drama "The Client List.

Jonah Hill seemed entirely serious and a bit panicked as a rather unusual lawbreaker advanced toward him, ignoring profanity-laden orders to halt. With a prop gun wavering in his hand, Hill implored the perpetrator to think of his family and warned that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot. But the little white duck waddling through Lafreniere Park barely acknowledged the human in a bicycle cop's summer uniform of navy blue shirt-sleeves and shorts. It just continued to make its way toward the pond in the center of the park as the "21 Jump Street" crew stifled its laughter until the film's directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, could call an end to the silliness.

The high school-set "21 Jump Street" taught its competition a lesson at the box office this weekend, easily collecting the majority of ticket sales at the multiplex. The film, starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops who go back to high school on an undercover mission, reaped a healthy $35 million, according to an estimate by distributor Sony Pictures. "21 Jump Street" was the only new movie to hit theaters nationwide this weekend, though two other comedies debuted in about 60 of the country's top markets.

"This is the proudest year of my career so far, to have ‘Get Him to the Greek' and ‘Cyrus' come out a month apart from each other," says 26-year-old Jonah Hill in a swanky hotel restaurant, over a stiff glass of ice-cold water. "I feel very lucky." In "Greek" (opening June 4), written and directed by "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" helmer Nicholas Stoller, Hill is dispatched by his music-mogul boss (Sean Combs) to escort a notoriously libertine rock star (Russell Brand, reprising his "Marshall" role of Aldous Snow)

Jonah Hill was something of a surprise hit in "Moneyball" as Peter Brand, the statistician of underdogs and the underdog of statisticians. (He's made almost as much news for his new leaner profile.) The shaggy boy from "Superbad," "Get Him to the Greek" and "Cyrus" will be 28 next week, but that hasn't stopped him from acting like a kid in a candy store this award season. You've been making a lot of news for both moving into drama and your weight loss. Do you think one thing feeds into the other and I'll get awards for that?

While most moviegoers cried alongside Woody and Buzz Lightyear this weekend, indie film fans in Los Angeles and New York went for the awkward charm of "Cyrus." The offbeat romantic comedy starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Jonah Hill opened to a sensational $180,289 at four theaters in the country's two biggest cities. That's a virtual tie for the best limited-release opening of the year, alongside Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer." The first studio-financed picture from writers-directors Jay and Mark Duplass benefited from positive reviews and an aggressive marketing campaign and now appears well positioned as distributor Fox Searchlight expands it nationwide over the next four weeks.

There's a lot of bad behavior going down in the new raunch comedy "Get Him to the Greek," and I'm not even talking about Russell Brand's off-the-wagon rock renegade who requires 24-hour minding from Jonah Hill's nebbishy record-label flunky either. The seriously out-of-control hard R dude is writer-director Nicholas Stoller, who apparently has major trust issues with his odd-couple stars, women and the audience. Did I forget anybody? It's too bad too, because there are both very funny and surprisingly compelling narrative themes running through the film that would have worked even better if — and get ready, there are a lot of ifs — (a)

The high school-set "21 Jump Street" taught its competition a lesson at the box office this weekend, easily collecting the majority of ticket sales at the multiplex. The film, starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops who go back to high school on an undercover mission, reaped a healthy $35 million, according to an estimate by distributor Sony Pictures. "21 Jump Street" was the only new movie to hit theaters nationwide this weekend, though two other comedies debuted in about 60 of the country's top markets.

"21 Jump Street"is set to school the competition at the box office this weekend. The comedy, starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as two inept cops on an undercover mission to bust a high school drug ring, is expected to open with $30 million to $35 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. Sony Pictures, the studio distributing the film, is predicting a softer opening of around $25 million. No other new movies are hitting theaters in wide national release this weekend, though the Jason Segel-Ed Helms dramedy "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" and Will Ferrell's Spanish-language "Casa de Mi Padre" will play in roughly 60 of the country's top markets.

"21 Jump Street"is set to school the competition at the box office this weekend. The comedy, starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as two inept cops on an undercover mission to bust a high school drug ring, is expected to open with $30 million to $35 million in ticket sales, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys. Sony Pictures, the studio distributing the film, is predicting a softer opening of around $25 million. No other new movies are hitting theaters in wide national release this weekend, though the Jason Segel-Ed Helms dramedy "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" and Will Ferrell's Spanish-language "Casa de Mi Padre" will play in roughly 60 of the country's top markets.

Jonah Hill seemed entirely serious and a bit panicked as a rather unusual lawbreaker advanced toward him, ignoring profanity-laden orders to halt. With a prop gun wavering in his hand, Hill implored the perpetrator to think of his family and warned that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot. But the little white duck waddling through Lafreniere Park barely acknowledged the human in a bicycle cop's summer uniform of navy blue shirt-sleeves and shorts. It just continued to make its way toward the pond in the center of the park as the "21 Jump Street" crew stifled its laughter until the film's directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, could call an end to the silliness.

Jonah Hill was something of a surprise hit in "Moneyball" as Peter Brand, the statistician of underdogs and the underdog of statisticians. (He's made almost as much news for his new leaner profile.) The shaggy boy from "Superbad," "Get Him to the Greek" and "Cyrus" will be 28 next week, but that hasn't stopped him from acting like a kid in a candy store this award season. You've been making a lot of news for both moving into drama and your weight loss. Do you think one thing feeds into the other and I'll get awards for that?

The makers of "New Year's Eve" could have reason to break out the bubbly early, as the star-laden film is expected to celebrate a No. 1 opening at the box office. The Garry Marshall-directed romantic comedy featuring such celebrities as Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Ashton Kutcher and Zac Efron, as well as veterans Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro, is expected to collect between $20 million and $25 million in North America this weekend, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys.

In "The Sitter," it's hard to decide who is more to blame - the kids, the adults or the filmmakers. I'm going with the filmmakers as the folks most responsible for perpetrating this terribly unfunny and overwhelmingly raunchy film that stars the normally likable, or at least comically forgivable, Jonah Hill. He is neither here. I don't think it's a case of everyone simply going for the big bucks either. It's actually hard to figure out who "The Sitter" would appeal to, though I'm sure director David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express")

Jonah Hill's latest role is a flat character — literally. But turning to cartoons is not that surprising for a guy who grew up idolizing "The Simpsons. " A comic actor best known for his roles as chubby, not-quite-mature heroes in such films as "Superbad" and "Get Him to the Greek," the 27-year-old Hill is a co-creator, writer, executive producer and star of "Allen Gregory," which this fall joins Fox's Sunday night animation lineup. Hill and two writer friends developed the "Allen Gregory" concept after a feature they were planning failed to materialize He provides the voice of the title character, a precocious 7-year-old forced to adapt to life in a public school after his rich, flamboyantly gay father (French Stewart)

Jonah Hill's latest role is a flat character — literally. But turning to cartoons is not that surprising for a guy who grew up idolizing "The Simpsons. " A comic actor best known for his roles as chubby, not-quite-mature heroes in such films as "Superbad" and "Get Him to the Greek," the 27-year-old Hill is a co-creator, writer, executive producer and star of "Allen Gregory," which this fall joins Fox's Sunday night animation lineup. Hill and two writer friends developed the "Allen Gregory" concept after a feature they were planning failed to materialize He provides the voice of the title character, a precocious 7-year-old forced to adapt to life in a public school after his rich, flamboyantly gay father (French Stewart)

Anyone seen actor Jonah Hill lately? We did a double-take at the newsstand the other day when we spied the current issue of New York magazine featuring Brad Pitt and some other good-looking guy. Upon closer inspection, said guy was actually Hill, minus about a million pounds. The former chubster has slimmed down considerably. He allegedly did it the old-fashioned way: diet and exercise. He follows in the footsteps of funny former male fatties such as Seth Rogan, Horatio Sanz and George Lopez, who have all noticeably trimmed their waistlines.