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To advertise his new movie, The Rocker. Rainn Wilson chose to take a more unique approach. He kidnapped Jenna Fischer (Pam) and locked her in the trunk of his car until his movie is successful! Below is the message Rainn left on Pam's MySpace Blog after he kidnapped her:

“Hey there Jenna’s MySpacers! My name is Rainn Wilson and I’ve kidnapped the lovely Jenna, put her, bound, in the trunk of my firebird and logged onto her MySpace to send out this bulletin.
To free America’s sweetheart, Pam Beesly, one half of the magic which is ‘Jam’, you must attend my new movie, The Rocker, which opens August 20th. As soon as the film grosses 18.7 Mil, she will be released and given a peach smoothie.
I’ve also recently discovered that August 20th is truly a special and historic day. Estonia achieved it’s independence! Sting got married to Trudy Skyler! What better way to celebrate the magic of Sting and Estonia than by seeing what is perhaps the greatest film ever made (about a heavy metal drummer).
Many of you have perhaps seen posters of me in my leopard briefs, or the trailers in which my balls get racked by a power strip. And, although the film WILL be adored by legions of teen-aged male Dwight fans, it will also be loved by the whole GD family, including Amish cousins. It truly is a fun and lovely coming-of-age, rock n’roll comedy and good reviews are coming in, including two thumbs up from Ebert and Roeper and also from my son, Walter (who has three of them).
Also, if you’re a fan of: Will Arnett, Christina Applegate, Jason Sudeikis, Jane Lynch, Emma Stone, Jeff Garlin, Demitri Martin, Fred Armisen, Bradley Cooper, Pope Benedick III, WINGS (the show and/or the back-up band), coral reefs, soup, Former Mayor Ed Koch, the guy who played Norm on Cheers, baby Suri, dairy, Coldplay, Animal Planet or the letter “Q”…
YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE! So… Please spend your 10.50$ American on THE ROCKER, get yourself a popcorn and a Mountain Dew, bring 1800 of your closest friends so that 1) Jenna gets a smoothie and 2) They let me be in another movie someday. That is all.
Rainn Dietrich Wilson"

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8 EMMY NOMS!

The Office was nominated for eight Emmys this year. Even though Jim and Pam were snubbed, it is still very exciting. I hope they win, but we will have to wait until September 21 to find out. They were nominated in the following categories:

- Outstanding Comedy Series- The Office (Local Ad Episode)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series- Steve Carell (Michael), Goodbye, Toby
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series- Rainn Wilson (Dwight), Money
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series- Paul Lieberstein, Money
- Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series- Paul Feig, Goodbye, Toby
- Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series- Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Dinner Party
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series- Dave Rogers and Dean Holland, Goodbye, Toby
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama or Comedy Series- Ben Patrick, John W. Cook II, Peter J. Nusbaum, Local Ad

Rainn's EW Photo Shoot

Yesterday, I blogged about a video from a photo shoot Rainn Wilson had with Entertainment Weekly in which he dressed like several famous characters. Today, I found one of the pictures of him dressed as Xena Warrior Princess. The other photos will be released in this week's edition of Entertainment Weekly. I hopefully I will be able to get the other pictures soon, but for now, enjoy!

Dwight: Warrior Princess

Oh my gosh. I was crying this morning. Not because I burnt my foot in a George Foreman grill, but because I watched a video in which Rainn Wilson (Dwight) was dressed as Xena warrior princess. Rainn dressed like several iconic figures in a photoshoot with Entertainment Weekly. The videos from the photoshoots where he is dressed as characters from Xena: Warrior Princess, Star Trek, The Sopranos, and MacGyver can be found at the link below. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,,20207076_20207714,00.html

Movies

Everyone knows that Steve Carell's comedy Get Smart comes out tomorrow, but what other movies are the actors from The Office starring in soon?

Steve Carell (Michael Scott) will star in a movie called High T, which will be released in 2009. According to imdb.com it is about a mad with unusually high testosterone levels who experiences some strange effects because of it.

Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute) will star in The Rocker (due out this summer) and the Transformers sequel.

John Krasinski (Jim Halpert) will star in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men later this year and in Farlanders in 2009.

Ed Helms (Andy Bernard) will star in the new Eddy Murphy movie Meet Dave, which comes out July 11.

Creed Bratton (Creed) will star in Labor Pains with Lindsay Lohan. Creed has said that so far during the filming she has been a great young lady.

The Stars of The Office Clean Up Nicely

Steve Carell (up for the award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Michael) looked nice in a tuxedo. He arrived with his wife, Nancy Walls (who you may remember as Michael's girlfriend, Carol on The Office). Here he is frolicking on stage with Jon Stewart and Steve Colbert after they announced at they wanted to give the award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series to him because Ricky Gervais (the winner for Extras) was not in attendance.

Rainn Wilson (up for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Dwight) looked sophisticated, yet Dwight-ish. He came with his wife, Holiday Reinhorn.

Jenna Fischer (up for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Pam) looked great in a gold dress with a rather large bow.

Other Office stars in attendance included John Krasinski (Jim), Melora Hardin (Jan), Mindy Kaling (Kelly), Rashida Jones (Karen), Angela Kinsey (Angela), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), Kate Flannery (Meredith), and B.J. Novak (Ryan).

Pictures Courtesy of Yahoo, Getty Images, E! Online and The Office Tally

Rainn "Out-Raps" Kanye

For those of you who missed the Emmy Awards on Sunday night, missed an oppurtunity to see Rainn Wilson (Dwight) show off his mad rapping skills. He faced off with Kanye West in a "Don't Forget The Lyrics Style" faceoff. They competed to see who could sing the lyrics to the new Kanye West song "Stronger" more accurately. Obviously, Rainn won, but just watch to see how it went down. It is hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO85-DcHzjo

Photo Courtesy of The Gossip Girls

The Office Takes Home One Emmy Award!

Greg Daniels, a writer from The Office, took home the award for Best Writing for a Comedy Series in the Gay Witch Hunt episode of The Office (the first episode of season three).

I am glad he won. I just wish the show would have won in the other categories where it was nominated. Here were the other awards it was up for:

Best Comedy Series *Won by 30 Rock
Best Lead Actor in a Comedy – Steve Carell (Michael) *Won by Ricky Gervais (Extras)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy – Rainn Wilson (Dwight) *Won by Jeremy Piven (Entourage)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy – Jenna Fischer (Pam) * Won by Jaime Pressley (My Name Is Earl)
Best Writing for a Comedy Series – Greg Daniels (“Gay Witch Hunt”)
Best Writing for a Comedy Series – Michael Schur (“The Negotiation”) *Won by Greg Daniels (The Office)
Best Directing for a Comedy Series – Ken Kwapis (“Gay Witch Hunt”) *Won by Richard Shepard (Ugly Betty- "The Pilot")

Photo Courtesy of The Office Tally