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Remember When: Lars Ulrich Played Himself In Get Him to the Greek [Video]

A lot of times rock movies get many aspects of the business wrong, either by heightening certain elements or just fabricating things altogether. Sometimes they get a lot of things right. A spin-off with characters from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek resides somewhere in the middle, fusing Hollywood fantasy with moments that smack of truth. The 2010 comedy film stars Russell Brand as faded rock star Aldous Snow and Jonah Hill as Aaron Green, a talent scout for Pinnacle Records. He comes up with the idea of a 10th anniversary concert of Snow’s famous live album at The Greek Theatre. To make this possible career-reviving move happen, Green is tasked by his narcissistic, abusive label chief (Sean Combs) with coordinating it and getting Snow there to do the show.

Let There Be Lars

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich shows up twice in the movie playing himself. After Snow and his pop star girlfriend Jackie Q (Rose …

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Likelihood of Trump abuse draws opponents to bill that would facilitate shutting down non-profits [Video]

Rachel Maddow reports on the return of a bill that would make it possible to punish a non-profit organization by labeling them as being in support of terrorism. While many lawmakers were ok with the idea initially, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is causing second thoughts about how the law could be abused by someone looking to eliminate opposition to their power.