The issue will be on sale May 10th!

How Anna thinks of comedy: “In college one of my jobs was as a receptionist, and during my lunch breaks I’d wander around the city,” says Faris, who graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in English. “So, on this particularly beautiful day, I was out walking in a dress, wearing my backpack, feeling great. But then I realized I was attracting a lot of looks, really getting checked out, which really made me angry, although I bet I loved it, even if I wouldn’t admit it. So, I’m scowling and stomping around when an older lady in a van pulls over and yells, ‘Hey girlie, your ass is showing!’ My dress had gotten hiked up under my backpack, giving full view of my Costco granny panties. My ass is showing, and I’m condemning a city full of lecherous men! That’s what I think [of] when I think about comedy and what it is.”
On how she got cast in Scary Movie: “I’ve asked Keenen why he cast me, and he said, ‘Because you didn’t know what you were doing.’ Does that mean I was malleable? Willing to fall down a hundred times and get hit in the head more? I don’t know.” A long pause. “The real answer is, it’s because I took myself so seriously.”
Her ultimate character dream: “That’s what I would love to play!” says Faris. “A woman who is unambitious, has no maternal instinct, is liberated from vanity, relishes porn and is pretty much the female version of the comic male mess.”
On comedic actresses: Faris envisions a day in the not-too-distant future when funny girls can behave like funny guys on-screen, and also collaborate extensively on funny fare—much like the coterie of male talent marshaled by writer, producer and director Judd Apatow. “I really think there’s a change happening, where instead of viewing every female as competition, which is exhausting and futile, comedic actresses are now comradely. It feels really nice,” says Faris. “And there’s nothing funny about that.”

You can find a copy of the issue on newsstands next week.

To gear up for the sketch comedy’s airing, NBC has just released a promo for the October 15th show which also features Drake as the musical guest.

Check out a behind-the-scenes video below – we’ll have scans and captures up soon!

She will appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Tuesday, December 14th. You can check your local listings or visit www.ellentv.com for time and channel.

She will also be on “Lopez Tonight” on Tuesday, December 14th. Check your local listings or visit www.lopeztonight.com for time and channel.

I have added 3 HQ photos of Anna on the photo shoot into our gallery, you can see all of the images by clicking on the thumbnail to the left of this post.

Anna Faris is best known for her comedic work, in films like Scary Movie and The House Bunny, and when we interviewed her for Corduroy during a recent trip to LA, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that the fun-loving girl on film is just as outgoing and effervescent in real life.

Our shoot took place at the brand new W Hollywood — located right at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, though tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the area thanks to some lush landscaping and smart design. And while the location was definitely posh and upscale, Faris was low-key and casual, chatting away with us like a friend we’ve known for years.

She came to the shoot fresh off a much-needed vacation with her family in Hawaii, and looked tan and well-rested in a worn-in T-shirt and jeans. Though she works in an often superficial and hyper image-aware industry, Faris seems comfortable in her own skin — and as a result, in her career choices thus far. We spoke a lot about Faris’ status as “that funny girl” in Hollywood and we think you’ll be surprised at what she had to say. We also found out about Faris’ life outside of work, which these days, consists mostly of spending time with her new husband (actor Chris Pratt), cooking her secret recipe for baked chicken, and not-so-secretly rocking out to her favorite band, Phoenix. Make sure to pick up Issue 8 of Corduroy to see all the photos and read the full interview (chicken recipe included!) with Anna Faris. The issue hits stores this month!

Actors like Jason Bateman, Amy Poehler, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Kyra Sedgwick, Zoe Saldana, husband and wife team Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel, Wanda Sykes, Anna Faris, Terrence Howard and names from “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Modern Family,” “The View,” Food Network, “Today,” “The Insider” and “American Idol’s” Kara DioGuardi have all signed on to appear in different episodes of the PBS Kids television program.

Music and sports stars weren’t left off either, with Katy Perry, Reverend Run, Usher, will.i.am and NFL players Reggie Bush and LaDainian Tomlinson also on slate.

Some original pop culture parodies will include “True Mud” (“True Blood”), “The Furry Four” (as opposed to the Fab Four), “Ironing Monster” (“Iron Man”), “The Closer” (well, “The Closer”) and “A Team” (you get the idea). Reynolds will star in the latter, as the letter A.

Other teased highlights from the science-centered season include the new recurring segment “Super Grover 2.0” and some short films with NASA.

From Hit Fix

The magazine named her the Cosmo’s Fun Fearless Female of the Year – “She makes us laugh — and cringe — by pushing the limits of comedy in a way no other actress can. That balls-out confidence (plus the fact that she’s such a babe) makes her the Cosmo girl to watch in 2010.”

You can preview the article and watch a behind-the-scenes video of the shoot below! Anna looks amazing!

Not to sound creepy, but we’re following Anna Faris into her bedroom…or trying to, at least. “I have to show you something!” she shouts as she leaps over a doggy gate. Once we catch up, she sprints past the bed she shares with her husband, actor Chris Pratt, opens her closet, and retrieves a pair of 6-inch bedazzled red patent leather heels.

“Every woman needs a pair,” Anna says as she holds up the soft-core-porn equivalent of Dorothy’s ruby slippers, “and Chris totally loves it when I wear them.”

Anna is, of course, joking around (about the first part, not the second). The shoes were part of her wardrobe when she played an ex-Playboy Playmate in the movie The House Bunny, but tonight, Anna’s outfit is a little more low-key: a tee shirt and jeans underneath a greenstriped apron, with her hair pulled into a loose whiteblond bun. As we walk back to the kitchen of her cozy home—she’s roasting us a chicken for dinner—we notice an actual cat skeleton posed on her mantle not far from photographs of her gorgeous mom. Uh, who does that?

That’s also a question you might ask yourself while watching one of Anna’s audacious performances. And the answer is: Nobody but her.

For the complete Cosmo interview with Anna Faris, pickup the February issue, on newsstands now!

Check out a preview of the cover by clicking on the thumbnail to the left of this post… Anna looks amazing!

I will be looking for a copy of this magazine to scan for the site. Thank you to Megan for the heads up about this magazine!

The magazine is out now, so make sure you go out and grab your copy soon!

Chris Pine, Kiefer Sutherland, Leann Rimes, Anna Faris, Shia LaBeouf, Sandra Bullock, Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Denzel Washington, Cameron Diaz, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Vanessa Hudgens and Lil Wayne are all confirmed to present popcorn statues.

Eminem will be taking to the stage to perform music from his new album Relapse and Kings Of Leon will perform live on MTV for the first time ever.

The awards ceremony will also include previews from some of this year’s anticipated new movie releases, including The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen during the show.

The 25 Funniest Women in Hollywood

ANNA FARIS

AGE: 32

CATCH HER IN: Observe and Report

SCHTICK: Blond ambition (see: exec-producer credit on House Bunny); blank-slate naïveté; willing to tumble for ya in countless loose-limbed pratfalls.

Channeling a Private Benjamin–era Goldie Hawn, interweaving her bottle-blond sex appeal and innate dorkiness to make us laugh until we hurt, Anna Faris has always been one of those genius comedic talents who doesn’t get enough screen time. Maybe because her trademark ditz humor—off-kilter in the best possible way—is just too…smart? She proved slapstick wasn’t a guys-only game in the Scary Movie franchise, provided levity in Lost in Translation as a dim-witted starlet, and in the obscure but brilliant stoner film Smiley Face, her take on the archetypal lovable pothead put everyone in Pineapple Express to shame. Thankfully, we saw more of her (lots more) in 2008’s The House Bunny. In the guilty-pleasure comedy produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison films, Faris outshone the script as an ousted Playboy pet named Shelley who rescues a sorority from eternal nerdom by becoming a den mother.

The 32-year-old Seattle-bred actress originally came up with the idea of Shelley before pitching it to Sandler (in full costume, no less) and is ready to take matters into her own hands again. “I need to create more of the roles that I want to play, because there just aren’t that many out there for comedic women,” Faris says. “Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller—they create their own stuff. Maybe it’s up to comedians to take the reins.” Fine by us if she wants to become the female version of Seth Rogen, with whom she costars in this month’s Observe and Report. It’s a dark, dark comedy about a wayward mall cop and his dream date, Brandi, a drug-loving makeup-counter girl whom Faris deems “horrible.” So will she be funny and evil? “My job is to get the audience to hate me,” Faris says. “I was kind of giggling the whole time at how naughty I get to be.”

From Elle.com. The magazine is in stores now – go grab your copy today!

If you’re Anna Faris and you’re hanging out with Seth Rogen on the set of your new film, one of the things you’re almost certain to wind up talking about is marijuana. Specifically, you’ll find yourself competing over who has won more Stony Awards, High Times magazine’s equivalent to the Oscar. (It’s a bong.) “Seth’s won more—like three,” says Faris. “Mine’s up on the mantel. And occasionally, it gets used.”

Faris, 32, may be slightly off Rogen’s pace, but she more than holds her own opposite him in Observe and Report, a raunchy comedy where he’s a delusional mall cop and she’s the trashy department-store makeup artist he loves. In the film’s funniest scene, she agrees to a pity date with Rogen, pounds tequila shots, and swallows a bunch of his antidepression meds. “I get wasted and I throw up and we have sex,” she says. It’s the kind of scene-stealing comedic performance Faris has been nailing since mocking Cameron Diaz types in Lost in Translation, despite her own hesitations. “At first I thought, I gotta find my footing in drama,” she says. “It took two years to say, ‘I love comedy. Why am I fighting it?’ ”

We couldn’t agree more. Lately, she’s been devoting more energy to producing her own projects, like last year’s The House Bunny—which cost lunch money to make and grossed $50 million. She’s also working on an autobiographical comedy, one based in part on her college days. “It’ll be the highlights of my wilder times,” she says. “I drifted in and out of different social circles—you know, the hippies, the ravers, the dorm rats…” Wait, wild times with the dorm rats? Explain. “Well, there was a lot of weed involved.”

Anna is going to be the host on this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live”! The show will air on the NBC network at 11:30pm on September 27th and is an hour and a half long. I’ll be looking for a video of the show to capture and clip, so keep posted!

You can preview the feature by clicking on the thumbnail to the right! Don’t forget to pick up your copy if you’re in Australia! If you’re not in Australia, you can order a copy of the magazine from www.filmink.com.au.

Make sure to head out and grab your copy – its on newsstands now! I’ll be adding a HQ scan from the magazine soon.