New and Arguably improved

Sun, 7 Jun 2009 14:52:09 -0400

To celebrate and exploit the upcoming movie of "I Love You, Beth Cooper," the author has added 16 additional pages of hilarious stuff he should have thought of the first time through, as well as 16 pages of comics by the always cool Evan Dorkin. Buy it here.

Slightly spicier

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:23:32 -0400

The international trailer contains a couple of lines which the MPAA wouldn’t allow in the U.S. version

Now in handy poster form!

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:53:00 -0400

For Fox Atomic's upcoming movie of "I Love You, Beth Cooper," directed by Chris Columbus and opening July 10.

And THe word was made flesh

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:47:41 -0400

“I am so hot,” she said.
Right there, inches from Denis, Beth did this: She bent over and lifted her gown over her head. She was not naked underneath, as Denis imagined, but somehow even better, she wore tight cut-off jeans and a sweat-soaked belly shirt. The shirt pulled up with the gown, revealing the underside of a lacey, clean, perfect and pink brassiere.
It was the first time Denis had ever seen a brassiere, live, on a girl.
“Yes. I, too, am hot,” said Denis.

(Still from Fox Atomic's upcoming movie of "I Love You, Beth Cooper," directed by Chris Columbus and opening July 10.)

One Picture, 280 Words

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:36:23 -0400

“So . . . why me?”
    Denis had never considered this question, putting it on a very short list of unquestioned aspects of his universe. Beth Cooper was an axiom, an irreducible truth, like the sky being blue (though the latter is a more complex phenomenon, involving the differential scattering of electromagnetic radiation by particles with dimensions smaller than the wavelength of the radiation, as Denis exhaustively lectured Mrs. Anclade in the third grade). The choice of Beth Cooper was simple, and pure, and for Denis’s purposes here, completely inexplicable.
    “You?” he said after much too long a pause.
    “Why not Claudia Confer? She’s prettier than me, and a lot nicer.”
    “I don’t think she’s . . .” Denis began compiling a Beth Cooper vs. Claudia Confer Benchmark Comparison, but lacking sufficient data, he said the only thing that came to mind.
    “I didn’t sit behind Claudia Confer.”
    Beth laughed, dribbling beer onto her chin. She wiped it off and licked her fingers. Denis decided that if reincarnation was real, through some heretofore undiscovered nonquantum mechanism, he would like to come back as one or more of Beth Cooper’s fingers.
    “You never even talked to me,” Beth said.
    “You didn’t seem too interested.” He stated a truth he had successfully repressed until now. “I’m surprised you even know who I am.”
     “I know who you are!”
    Beth had two distinct memories of Denis Cooverman:
    Denis, at a blackboard, finishing an equation. He turns around, his fly open, stars on his underpants;
   and
     looking up Denis’s nose as he says, “I love you, Beth Cooper.”
   Beth took a long slurp of beer.
    “How could I not know Denis Cooverman?”

(Still from Fox Atomic's upcoming movie of "I Love You, Beth Cooper," directed by Chris Columbus and opening July 10.)

Movie trailer is online now!

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:15:43 -0500

See it here.

James Thurber loves Beth Cooper!

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:23:51 -0400

“I Love You, Beth Cooper” has won the 2008 Thurber Prize for American Humor! So that means the movie is bound to be a smash.

As an added comedy bonus, this report includes yet another picture of me looking slightly dead.

On set interview with the cast

Mon, 12 May 2008 16:59:10 -0400

WELL, A SHORT ONE ANYWAY.

This just in a few days ago...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:38:41 -0400

Chris columbus discusses the decision to shoot ILYBC in Vancouver, and why he’d much rather do it at home.

A friend blogs...

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:29:51 -0400

Hayden checks in with a short report on her myspace page.

“Hey everyone!   I'm in Vancouver right now filming a movie for Fox called, "I Love You Beth Cooper". I'm having a blast filming and everyone is so nice. Chris Columbus is a wonderful director and one of my favorites so far. It's very cool because I
get to work with a lot of young people in this film and because it's a comedy we get to be goofy all the time! “

And then there’s some stuff about some television show.

Pick a Song! Win an iTouch!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:43:58 -0400

To celebrate the release of "I Love You, Beth Cooper" in paperback, I'm putting together an Ultimate Slammin' Graduation Mix like the one Denis uses in the book and the film. Help me, and maybe win an iTouch or a far less valuable prize like a signed book or something. Details here.

Paparazzipoloosa

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:40:47 -0400

They can’t seem to stay away from the set. Here’s one of Hayden Panettiere, post-graduation.

For some reason, this photo has generated a large amount of internet interest, as well as in the overseas press.

Girl and Puppies

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:18:03 -0400

Hayden Panettiere, who plays Beth cooper in “I Love You, Beth Cooper” meeting co-stars for a Candie’s photo shoot in February

On the set, again

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:42:02 -0400

This time it’s Lauren London, looking sweet.

An Important public service announcement

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:18:30 -0400

from Hayden Panettiere, about a serious subject: sexual harassment.