A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

YOUR STORY HAS BECOME TIRESOME: Is it not just that The Love Guru looks like crap, but that Hollywood hates Mike Myers and is hoping for him to fail? EW's Josh Rottenberg investigates, reviewing such disfavored behavior as his late switch to a Scottish accent for Shrek which cost Dreamworks $5M in wasted animation and his walking away from a planned Dieter movie:

His unique brand of humor — driven by outsize, absurdist characters, sight gags, and elaborately constructed and at times esoteric wordplay — may be falling out of fashion as audiences drift toward more grounded, relatable comedies like Knocked Up. ''Mike's one of the smartest people, but he does characters, not real people,'' says one high-ranking studio executive. ''If the audience relates to the character — a goofball in his basement, like Wayne, or a James Bond send-up, like Austin Powers — you're off to the races. But there's so little margin for error.''

Since 2003's The Cat in the Hat, Will Ferrell has appeared in 10 screen comedies and Adam Sandler seven. This is Myers' first since that travesty.