MOVIE BUZZ: See what Robert Downey, Jr.’s character in Tropic Thunder looked like before the blackface. On a par with the excellent Tugg Speedman faux site, the official web presence of Kirk Lazarus is a sweet exercise in pretentious idiocy.

The Best Links:

1. Master of the Art of Looking Pretentiously Confused
2. Welcome To The Official Online Presence For Kirk Lazarus
3. See Lazarus in “Satan’s Alley” (With Tobey McGuire)

MOVIE BUZZ: Tugg Speedman, Ben Stiller’s character in the upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder, now has an official website that brazenly parodies Tom Cruise’s. Far from subtle, the site is formatted almost exactly like Cruise’s and boasts a similarly affected fan address and dramatic pose. This isn’t the first time Stiller has poked fun at Cruise. Check out the YouTube vid Tom Crooze.

The Best Links:

1. Tugg Speedman: The Official Site
2. Tom Cruise: The Official Website
3. TomCruise.com Parody Site Still Not As Funny As Actual TomCruise.com
4. Tom Crooze

MOVIE BUZZ: Ben Stiller’s new movie features Robert Downey Jr. as an actor who dyes his skin brown to play a black soldier in an epic Vietnam film. In Tropic Thunder (Stiller’s first directorial endeavor since 2001’s male modeling parody Zoolander), the filmmaker turns his satirical lens towards self-indulgent actors. Let the comparisons to Soul Man begin.

The Best Links:

1. Get Some! (Official Site)
2. First Look: ‘Tropic Thunder’ Starring Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr, and Ben Stiller
3. Robert Downey Jr Nervous about How Public Will React
4. Despite Potential Offensiveness, This Movie Looks Hilarious
5. “Soul Man! New Movie Tropical Thunder Gets Out The Black Face”
6. If Ben Stiller’s Behind It, It Might Be Funny…But Maybe Not
7. “Robert Downey Jr. Pulls Ballsy ‘Blackface’ For Ben Stiller’s ‘Tropic Thunder’”