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Coming Soon to DVD Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season
Life after divorce takes on a whole new, hilarious meaning in Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season, available on DVD February 9, from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. Comedian Jay Mohr (“SNL”, Jerry Maguire) stars in 20 laugh-out-loud episodes of the 2009 People’s Choice Award winner for Favorite New TV Comedy. The three-disc set contains every Season One episode plus never-before-seen bonus features including a behind-the-scenes visit with the show’s executive producer, James Burrows (“Taxi,” “Cheers,” “Friends”).
The latest classic comedy from Emmy® Award-winning producer and director Burrows, “Gary Unmarried”: The Complete First Season also stars Paula Marshall (“Californication”), Ryan Malgarini (Freaky Friday), Kathryn Newton (“All My Children”), Al Madrigal (“The Ortegas”), Jaime King (Sin City), Ed Begley, Jr. (“Arrested Development”), and guest star Jane Curtain (“3rd Rock From the Sun”) in the story of a simple man dealing with a not-so-simple world.
Bonus Features:
• Gary Unhinged: Bloopers From Season One
• The Chemistry of Comedy – The cast and crew gives an all-access tour of “Gary Unmarried.”
• Planet Begley – Cast member Ed Begley, Jr. brings his eco-friendly expertise to the set of "Gary Unmarried."
• Tuesday on the Set with Jay – Spend a day on the set of “Gary Unmarried” with Jay Mohr.
Note: Pre-order is available at Amazon.com going to the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Gary-Unmarried-Complete-First-Season/dp/B002W1HBIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1260240749&sr=8-1-catcorr
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Ryan has a new fan page on Facebook. Go to:
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Ryan on MySpace
Ryan now has an Official MySpace page, in addition to his Official Web site. So you MySpacers out there, stop in and say hello, put him on your top friends list, and add a comment or two, knowing that it's really him and not one of the many imposters out there!www.myspace.com/ryanmalgarini
How to Eat Fried Worms – Now on DVD!
How to Eat Fried Worms is now available on DVD. The big screen adaptation of Thomas Rockwell's popular children's book, the film is a comic tale involving a new kid in school, a bully, and a bet made to swallow ten worms in one day. Ryan plays “Benjy,” a schoolyard tormentor and master chef of worm recipes. Also starring Luke Benward (Because of Winn-Dixie), Adam Hicks ("Titus"), and Hallie Kate Eisenberg (The Insider).
Special features on the DVD include:
Worm Cuisine – Watch a special effects expert cook up tasty worm dishes!
Blooper Reel – Get ready to crack up!
Movie-Making Made Fun – Experience the fun behind the scenes!
Deleted Scenes – See scenes you’ve never seen before!
Commentary – Director Bob Dolman and the kids from the cast.
The Rockin’ Worms – “Worm Guts” music video.
Widescreen and Fullscreen versions of the film.
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A natural comic performer, Ryan first caught the acting bug observing his grandmother’s involvement in show biz. At the age of five, startled yet delighted to spot her in a commercial for "Senior Dimensions," a Nevada-based healthcare provider, he pointed at the television console and announced, "I want to do that!"
Tagging along one day to be an extra in another of her commercials, Ryan was pulled out of the crowd by the director (who had no knowledge of the family connection), and wound up featured in the ad along with his grandparents, uncle, and R. & B. legend Lou Rawls, whom he managed to crack up during the lunch break.
Other commercials followed, including spots for McDonald's and Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Acting classes at the famed Young Actors Space in Los Angeles led to getting an agent and a manager, and Ryan quickly became a hot commodity in the business.
In 2002, Ryan made his film debut, The United States of Leland (released in 2004), portraying the title character as a six-year-old in flashbacks. Filming a funeral scene proved intimidating, as he not only had to weep on camera, but also did so opposite Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey. "He was unfriendly at first, because that was the character he was playing," Ryan recalls. "But the minute we finished the scene, he was wonderful."
Later that year, Ryan worked with another Oscar recipient, Tom Hanks, on a test film to develop the "performance capture" technology used for the holiday feature The Polar Express (2004). "It was cool," he reports of the process. "You had to put on this special suit with 'sensors' on it that record your every movement and then this gets turned into computer animation."
Freaky Friday (2003), the hit Disney comedy starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mother and daughter who magically switch places for a day, catapulted Ryan into the limelight. As Harry Coleman, the quintessential bratty-yet-lovable younger brother, Ryan was singled out by many critics as the film's "secret weapon." "[Malgarini]…masters the difficult task of being obnoxious and funny at the same time," wrote Milan Paurich of the "Cleveland Free Times;" Phil Villarreal of the "Arizona Daily Times" opined, "Malgarini steals so many scenes he should be charged with grand theft movie."
In February 2004, Ryan began work on the TV pilot for The Robinsons: Lost in Space, a re-imagining of the 1960s sci-fi adventure about a family of the future who find themselves adrift in the cosmos. Budgeted at $2 million and directed by action filmmaker John Woo (Mission: Impossible II), the pilot featured Ryan as child genius Will Robinson. The Robinsons: LIS was set to debut on the WB network's Fall 2004 schedule, when the project was shelved at the last minute over the usual "creative differences"—a grown-up term Ryan has come to learn the hard way.
Ryan traveled to Austin, Texas in July, 2005, for his role as "Benjy" in the film adaptation of How to Eat Fried Worms, the beloved gross-out children's novel by Thomas Rockwell. Despite the intense late Summer heat, Ryan describes the 7-week shoot as his "best ever," as he enjoyed working with other young actors his age, including Hallie Kate Eisenberg (The Insider, Bicentennial Man) and Adam Hicks (Titus), many of whom became good friends.
Most recently, Ryan joined the ensemble cast of the ABC pilot Happy Campers (2008), a comedy chronicling the experiences of a family on a cross-country road trip, which also starred Kay Panabaker (Summerland) and French Stewart (3rd Rock from the Sun).
A born mimic who once did hilarious imitations of Steve Burns, the peppy host of Nick, Jr.'s Blues Clues, Ryan has expanded his repertoire to include dead-on impressions of comedians Jerry Seinfeld and Louie Anderson and others. He would also like to develop and perform stand-up comedy of his own.
When not working, Ryan enjoys skateboarding, swimming, camping, movies, making home video productions, and his most recent passion, performing magic tricks. ("Everyone at Houdini's knows me pretty well by now!" he laughs.)
He participates in many fund-raising events, such as the Candlelighters of Southern Nevada’s Silent Auction (where he auctioned himself off as a birthday party guest), the Make-a-Wish Foundation’s Wish Granting Ball, and the Ronald McDonald House Walk-a-Thon, which he co-hosted with Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries) and Jeremy Sumpter (Peter Pan).
Ryan lives in Las Vegas with his grandparents John and Gloria Malgarini. He frequently enjoys spending time with his extended family that live across the country—from Seattle to New York City.
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