Alia Shawkat

Bliss has grown tired of the confines of her small town, where she also works part-time at a diner with her best friend Pash (Alia Shawkat). Bliss believes there's way more to life. So when she learns of an all-female roller derby...

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...more new residents. Plus, "300's" warrior-leader will jump in time as a Sheakespearean warrior-leader. Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat have signed on for the increasingly star-studded "Cedar Rapids," according to Variety. Weaver will...

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What's the difference, comes the reply. Luckily Fadi has a protector: wisecracking political-activist cousin Salma (Whip It's Alia Shawkat) is a classmate and she's fit in just fine in America. She's happy to show Fadi the teenage...

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...is cranky, and the easygoing Nabeel now sleeps in the basement rec room. </p><p>At his new high school, Fadi and his cousin (Alia Shawkat) deal with boors who think there’s an al-Qaida operative behind every dark complexion. (And...

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...for women and the human race in general that it ought to be sold as an antidepressant. With Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Juliette Lewis, and the director as a stoner derbyist. Shauna Cross adapted the smart script from...

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...space disco video is the first for Superstar's new album, Dark Touches, and it also features cameos from "Arrested Development" star Alia Shawkat and bizarre comedy genius Eric Wareheim of "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" Though the...

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...credit to her resume. Page has teamed with HBO for "Stitch N' Bitch," a comedy she will write with two other young actors, Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillmann. The show follows two painfully cool hipster girls as they relocate from...

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Alia Shawkat dolls herself up with pretty flowers in her hair and on her wrist as she premieres Whip It at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday night (September 29). The 20-year-old actress stars as Pash in the comedy flick.

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...ladies (why yes, that is Zoe Bell from Death Proof), but the only actress we found ourselves paying complete attention to was Alia Shawkat. Perhaps there is a big future ahead for Maeby Funke after all! Whereas Michael Cera has had a full,...

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Real life BFFs ("we text") and Whip It! stars Ellen Page and Alia Shawkat talk about leeches, feeling sorry for the guys on the set of Whip It!, and their interesting movie choice on a recent trip to (wink) Amsterdam. These clips are from...

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