Anna has placed #39 in the “Maxim Hot 100″ list this year! You can check out the entire list at USA Today.

It’s a film modeled after such instant classics as “American Graffiti” and “Dazed and Confused.” It features big names like Topher Grace, Anna Faris and Michelle Trachtenberg. So, why haven’t we seen “Kids in America” yet?

If you’re looking for the answer, you might want to start inside Dan Fogler’s nose.

“That is called ‘Young Americans’ now,” the “Balls of Fury” funnyman told me recently when I asked what had happened to the hilarious-looking film whose set I visited in early 2007. “I think that is going to open this year…there’s a lot of talk about it now, but nothing is solidified.”

Unfortunately, the tale of “Young Americans”/”Kids in America” is a long and twisted one that began when Grace was a red-hot actor on the verge of “Spider-Man 3″ superstardom; after he poured himself into writing, producing and starring in the Eighties-set film about an aimless college grad trying to find himself at an all-night party, Fogler told me that the people behind the film learned a valuable Hollywood lesson: Marijuana is funny, but cocaine is not.

“The movie has sort of become a hot potato, because there is a tremendous amount of drug use in it and it ain’t just pot,” explained Fogler, whose directorial debut “Hysterical Psycho” recently ppremiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. “It’s cocaine, and a lot of it is done by my character. And I think that became a very sensitive issue.”

“It’s one thing if it’s just pot. But when you introduce cocaine and you introduce how wildly it was abused back in the Eighties, I think that some people got a little touchy-sensitive,” explained Fogler, who plays Grace’s hard-partying pal in the film. “It started to float around [among distributors] like ‘Who wants to be responsible for releasing this insane movie?’.”

The dilemma of “Young Americans” exposes an interesting double-standard in Hollywood. While modern-day audiences have embraced pot-loving characters in the “Harold & Kumar” movies, “The Wackness,” “Weeds” and the rest, many within the industry are convinced that abusers of other drugs carry more risk of controversy and less comedic potential.

But, according to Fogler, there might be light at the end of the “Young Americans” tunnel. “I think it’s finally gotten into the right hands…It feels like a classic, rated-R Eighties movie, and I think there is a huge audience for that,” Fogler insisted. “And whoever finally releases it is going to be really happy.”

With any luck, we’ll finally see “Americans” in late ‘09/early 2010. And, in the meantime, Fogler laughed, perhaps somebody can try pushing the comedic boundaries of another drug.

“I guess you can find something hysterical about heroin,” he laughed. “But I don’t want to be the man that tries.”

From MTV.com

Anna was serving up meatballs to promote “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” at the Lollipop Theatre Network’s Inaugural Game Day. I have added 37 photos from the event into our gallery – check them out by clicking on the thumbnails below!

Anna Faris has revealed she auditioned nine times for her role in Scary Movie

The blonde actress has starred as Cindy Campbell in all four of the Scary Movie films and admitted she still finds it “surprising” to be in the world of comedy.

Anna said: “I auditioned about nine times, and it is still amazing to me that I got it, because I hadn’t done any comedy before.”

She added: “I thought I would be fired for sure, because I was convinced they were going to figure out that I was just not funny.”

She added to Britain’s The Guardian Guide magazine: “I’ve got to say it is still a little bit surprising to me that I’m in the comedy world.”

She added: “And it’s really surprising to my family, because I don’t think anybody thought I was funny growing up. I was a very serious child.”

From The Insider

Thanks to Todd from TUAFE for letting me know that one of Anna’s upcoming films, “Young Americans”, has been pushed back to January 9th, 2010. The film stars Anna, Topher Grace, Michelle Trachtenberg, Teresa Palmer and many others!

It’s the late 1980s, when Wall Street is riding high, and it seems as if the entire country is cashing in on the bumper profits. Disgusted with the materialism that surrounds him, Matt Franklin, a brilliant young MIT graduate, has walked out on his well-paid position at a local lab and taken a low-level job as a video clerk, much to his father Bill’s consternation. And the crises keep piling up in Matt’s life. His best buddy Barry has just gotten fired from his job, his brainy sister Wendy is getting hitched to her vapid boyfriend Kyle, and the gorgeous Tori Frederking, long-time object of Matt’s unattainable adoration, is suddenly back in the picture. Now, on one wild, woolly and irresponsible evening, everything is coming to a head, with explosive results.

Anna Faris starred as a Playboy Playmate in The House Bunny and donned a bikini for the cover of Self, but these days, the actress, who plans to wed actor Chris Pratt, 29, this summer, is less concerned with her figure than ever.

“I am the laziest person you can imagine,” Faris, 32, told PEOPLE at the LG Rumorous Night bash in L.A. on Tuesday. “I do hike and like to be outdoors, but I hate any competitor sports because I am so bad at them.”

And, unlike brides-to-be who work hard to slim down before their weddings, Faris is enjoying putting some weight on – and keeping weight where she’s already got it.

“I am fattening it up!” she confessed when asked if she’ll be changing her workout routine for the big day. “Now that I have a man, I’m like, ‘Oh, I don’t have to try anymore! Now I can eat. We love to splurge at home. We love to cook. My fiancé is an incredible eater, and so he’s really fun to feed, and it’s great to share some wine and watch a movie. He’s always like, ‘Baby, don’t lose that butt!’”

The couple costar in next year’s dramedy Young Americans.

From People.com

Anna was at the premiere party for “Parks and Recreation”, which is the show that her fiancee Chris is co-starring with Rashida Jones, Amy Poehler and Aziz Ansari, last Thursday. I have uploaded a total of 65 photos from the red carpet and party… Click on the thumbnails below to see all the photos uploaded!