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Presented by Kiefer Sutherland, Zac Efron and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. One insider said, “It’s odd that all of his friends or people he hires for his movies didn’t do it.” But a rep for Stiller explained, ” ’24′ is Ben’s favorite show, he loves Triumph, and Zac is the MTV demographic.” As for Stiller’s pals? They were all working. Robert De Niro’s rep said, “Of course, [De Niro] would have loved to be there, but he’s filming in Chicago.” Owen Wilson “would have been there if he wasn’t working.” Dustin Hoffman is “out of the country. He would have loved to present to Ben at the MTV Movie Awards.” Amy Adams, Bill Hader and Jack Black were also too busy. MTV Networks Music Group President Van Toffler said, “Ben’s a great guy. We love him, our audience loves him and his award moment went off as planned.”

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Ben Stiller has signed on for another “Meet the Parents” spinoff. But, this time, if he has to wear a bathing suit, you can bet it’ll be a baggy one.

Robert De Niro, who’ll return in the sequel (due to be called either “The Little Fockers” or “The God-Focker”), loves busting Stiller’s chops about the Speedo swimsuit he wore in the first movie.

“You expect him to be flabby and pale,” De Niro recalled at Wednesday’s Museum of the Moving Image tribute to Stiller. “But he’s actually totally buff. But he overcomes this contradiction by having a really tiny –. And in that suit, it’s apparent to everyone!”

De Niro was but one of the so-called friends who put Stiller on the rotisserie.

Sean Combs told the Cipriani crowd that “I put Ben in my video for ‘Bad Boy for Life.’ I thought he’d return the favor. But I guess I wasn’t black enough to be in ‘Tropic Thunder.’ Robert Downey Jr. was a little blacker. But that’s fine. I’m trying not to let my animosity affect my introduction.”

Jack Black held Stiller responsible for making him run around town looking for a tux: “The lady at Bergdorf’s measured my neck and said ’18.5 inches? That is too big, sir.’ So I walked three blocks to the big-and-tall store, where they welcomed me with beefy, open arms.”

Judd Apatow sent a video in which he remembered how Ben hired him, at 24 years old, as executive producer on “The Ben Stiller Show.” At the time, said Apatow, “I was writing jokes for Tom Arnold. Apparently that was good enough for Ben!”

Adam Sandler chimed in on the video: “This feels really kiss-a-y. You’re your own guy now, Judd. You don’t need to b– Stiller for the rest of your life.”
Mike Myers observed that “Ben is really good-looking and, because of my arrogance, I assumed he wasn’t funny.”

The evening, which included kinder words from Tom Cruise, baffled Jerry Stiller: “As I’m watching all this, I’m asking myself, ‘Am I the father?’”

Ben’s mom, comic Anne Meara, deadpanned, “When I first met Ben I was overweight, and it was via an emergency C-section.”

The review of his life seemed to leave Ben slightly numb. “I don’t really watch my own movies,” the funnyman told us before dedicating his award to Bono.

And why the shout-out to the U2 front man? “Just so I have something in common with him other than knowing all the words to ‘Achtung, Baby.’”

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Oh my GOD, Ben Stiller’s new comedy The Heartbreak Kid looks like the CUTEST movie!!! The movie comes out
October 5th. Be sure to check it out – here is a clip:

(Courtesy of Iced Media)

Kerry Max Cook Celebrates the Launch of his Book “Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing Myself After Two Decades on Death Row for A Crime I Didn’t Commit”

Chad Lowe and his girlfriend Kim Painter

Chad Lowe, Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller

Robin Williams, Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller