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Jackass Number Two isBox Office Number OneBy Aaron holtsclawDaily Titan Staff WriterTheBuzz@dailytitan.comIf Jackass Number Two is yourfirst experience with the Jackassfranchise, you should pass.If you’re a fan of the series,however, the first film, and theSteve-O videos, however, this movieis right up your alley.Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera,Ryan Dunn, Chris Pointius andWee Man push more toward theraunchiness of the Steve-O videosand away from the stunts.Though there still are plenty ofstunts, the guys of Jackass jump theline of decency at times, particularlywhen Chris Pontius ingests somequestionably unethical animalbyproducts.At the start, the boys do a takeon running of the bulls through aMidwestern town with tramplingand plenty of destruction.The film’s end is a musical numberfeaturing many extras and stunts tokeep audiences entertained untilRip Taylor appears to announce theshow is over.Some of the stunts in betweeninclude a puppetry of the penisinside a snake cage, fishing forsharks with Steve-O as the bait,bees being placed into a limo thatis locked, “milking” a male horse, afart mask and a fake terrorist gettinginto a taxi.Knoxville, who was supposedto have made the transition intoBy Paul SaiediDaily Titan Staff WriterTheBuzz@dailytitan.comYou may see visions of elegantwomen in impossibly tailoredgowns gliding on polished woodenfloors in the arms of powerful menwhen listening to Diana Krall’s newalbum, “From This Moment On.”The music seems to flow outof a songbird’s mouth as she criesher heart out cradling an antiquemicrophone.Krall’s voice transports listenersto another time and place.09.28.06 p.6...........................................legitimate acting, performs a fullcompliment of stunts and provesthat he has not forgotten where hecame from.Margera dresses his friend PrestonLacy up as his father and puts himinto bed with his mother. He thentells Preston “don’t be afraid to getfrisky.”If you love the previous Jackassadventures, then you will not leavedisappointed.If you’re grossed out by ingestingdisgusting things, go find a JuliaRoberts movieMinuteswith TwoJackassesBy Rachel Douglass and Sheena DesaiDaily Titan Staff WritersTheBuzz@dailytitan.comAs Jackass Number Two hits thetheatres Chris Pontius lends a coupleminutes out of his busy schedule…Daily Titan Buzz: What’s yourrole in the upcoming Jackass movie?Chris Pontius: Well anythingthat involves a penis, that’s me.DTB: How did the nudity thingstart for you?Pontius: Everything is funnierwhen you do it naked. I had thisthong that my friend bought and IMuch like her other albums,her newest release delivers precisemelodic magic in the form ofsmooth piano play and velvet vocalstyling.Perhaps Krall’s biggest successwas her ability to tackle familiarstandards and come across in adistinct, hypnotic tone.In the last two years, multiplemusic artists like Michael Boltonand Rod Stewart have attempted toresurrect old favorites in compilationalbums with little or no success.What they fail to do, and whatKrall does so well, is connect withthe music and make it feel both oldand contemporary.The album plays as the perfectbackground to quiet nights at hometyping those late-night papers or tobrought it to the first Jackass shoot.I just put it on, and it became whatit is today.DTB: So when you were a kid youprobably didn’t think you would bedoing what you do today, so whatwas your childhood dream?Pontius: I wanted to play withanimals. I wanted to be a jungleman!DTB: Off camera are you thesame?Pontius: I’m not acting. We arepretty silly most of the time.DTB: Do you consider yourselfan actor?A Perfect Intro to Smooth Jazzromantic first dates.Most of the music sounds likea cross between Nina Simone andNorah Jones. Her rendition of“Exactly Like You” finds the perfectbalance between soft piano play andlyrics.In a world where we carry ourphones in our pockets and downloadmovies to iPods, an album like“From This Moment On” suppliesa refreshing break from the rat-race.This newest album makes No.12 for Krall and is a great intro forfirst-time jazz vocal listeners whilealso satisfying the more demandingconnoisseur’s appetite.LISTEN ONLINENEW DIANA KRALL @WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DAILYTITANBUZZPhoto Courtesy of Paramount“Wee Man” Jason Acuna, “Steve-O” Stephen Glover, Chris Pontius and Ehren McGhehey inParamount’s Jackass: Number Two - 2006Pontius: I consider myself anentertainer. We don’t read lines…it’s like Steve-O [Stephen Glover]calls it, physical comedy.DTB: What were you doingbefore Jackass, and how did it start?Pontius: I’d been writing fordifferent skate magazines since Iwas 17. We started goofing aroundand skating and [Jackass] just sort ofhappened.DTB: How did you end up thego-to penis guy?Pontius: I have a sweet pecker.It’s the sweetest in the group. I putit next to a snake. It tried to eat mypenis!When the Daily Titan spoke toJason Acuna, aka Wee Man, he saidhe’s not sure on the sweetest pecker,but he does know of the smallest.DTB: We spoke with Chris, andhe said that his pecker is better thananyone else’s.Wee-Man: I can for sure as helltell you who’s is the smallest. It’sgotta be Ryan Dunn. That dude hasdefinitely got the smallest peckerout of all of us.DTB: What are we going to seethat is different from the previousJackass movie?WM: The new thing in thisone will be that Preston Lacyand I became stuntmen. We haveperformed all of our stuntsDTB: Why do you think themajority of your audience is madeup of college students?WM: Well, look at us. We areall a bunch of fraternity-lookingguys. With a bunch of hot dudes onscreen, college girls no doubt droolover us.DTB: What should everyoneknow before seeing Jackass 2?WM: Yeah. Everybody shouldexpect to lose 15 lbs because youwill be laughing so hard.