vince vaughn

Vince Vaughn is an American actor who has garnered much success, mostly in film. Born in Minneapolis, MN in 1970, Vaughn started acting in community theater at age seven. After graduating from Illinois’s Lake Forest High School in 1988, Vaughn moved to Hollywood to begin an acting career in earnest, and was cast in the 1993 football drama Rudy. Slowly but subsequently, Vaughn’s career thrived as he landed parts in films such as the Jurassic Park sequel, Lost World, the remake of Psycho, Clay Pigeons, The Cell, and Domestic Disturbance with John Travolta.

Despite Vaughn’s talent in dramatic films, the role that gave him significant acclaim was in the 1996 cult classic Swingers. Vaughn’s portrayal of the arrogant and fast talking Tent Walker proved to be a touchstone characterization that Vaughn would draw from in future successful comedic roles (Old School, Starsky and Hutch, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Be Cool, Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up, and Fred Claus.) His frequent collaboration with Swingers’ writer and actor Jon Favreau as well as the “Frat Packers”, is also a factor in Vaughn’s flourishing career.

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  Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn are two of my favorite actor/actresses. So I was excited when they were both performing together in the movie “Four Christmases.”  I never made it to the movie theater, so I pre-ordered the movie online to receive and watch.  Well, did you know you can watch movies online for ...
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• Who Do You Think is Frat Pack Man of the Year?

  
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  Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen Each year here at the Tribute we bestow possibly the highest honor in all of show business, the Frat Pack Man of the Year. It’s a job the editorial staff takes very seriously, as careers are literally on the line based on our picks. Normally, this pick is either fairly obvious (Ben ...
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• Four Christmases

  
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  Starring: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Voight, Jon Favreau, Sissy Spacek, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Kristin Chenoweth, Tim McGrawWritten By: Matt Allen & Caleb WilsonDirected By: Seth GordonStudio: New Line CinemaBuy on Amazon.comThe latest Christmas out on DVD is Four Christmases ...
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  The Family Stone may seem like it should fall under one of those "warms your heart on a cold winters day" theme weeks instead. After all, everyone in the titular small town New England family all come back to be at home for the holiday, one even with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend with a family ...
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• Weekend Shopping Guide 12/4/09: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

  
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• The Ellen DeGeneres Show - Season 7 Replay of Columbus Day Show

  
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• Out & About: DVDs

  
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• Couple Crashes White House State Dinner

  
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• DVD Tuesday: ‘Angels & Demons’ & ‘Four Christmases’

  
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• A Thousand Years of Vince Vaughn [Book Proposals]

  
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• ‘Four Christmases’ - Vince and Reese ring in the holidays

  
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• ‘Four Christmases’ on DVD Today

  
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• DVD RELEASES – NOVEMBER 24TH, 2009

  
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• What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

  
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• Four Christmases

  
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  The biggest acting achievement in this film is four Oscar winners valiantly managing to hide their embarrassment in appearing in sheer holiday dreck. Its leads are not as successful. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn cannot manage to disguise their shame and all but skulk through this latest lump of coal in the ...
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• Jumpstart Sets New Charity Record For Reading

  
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• Box Office Breakdown: A Bloody Good Debut for New Moon

  
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• This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: November 24, 2009

  
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• Mixed feelings in Chicago over Oprah end

  
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