Frankie Muniz in 2010 Phoenix Suns Celebrity Shootout

Frankie Muniz (Malcolm) has been passionate about basketball for a long time and has previously participated in the HoopLA Celebrity Basketball Game back in 2004 as well as some other similar celebrity shootout events in the past.

Frankie announced today on Twitter that he will be taking part in the 2010 Phoenix Suns Celebrity Shootout happening this Sunday, March 7th.

Join us on Sunday, March 7th at 2 p.m. for the 9th Annual Jack in the Box Celebrity Shootout, presented by Robert and Carole Machiz. Nearly 20 entertainers representing the television, movie and recording industries will descend upon Phoenix to play in this charity basketball game at US Airways Center. All proceeds benefit Phoenix Suns Charities, Suns Nite Hoops and Cox Charities.

Frankie’s girlfriend Elycia Marie (@elyciamarie) tweeted this photo of Frankie getting in some practice on the Suns’ court:

Shootin hoops on the @PhoenixSuns court with @FrankieMuniz, Tom, and Cory. Fun morning to say the least.

You can find out more information about the event and purchase tickets (for those of you near Phoenix, Arizona) from the official event page.

Frankie is also keeping himself busy playing drums with his new band You Hang Up; we’re told they have some “hot new songs in the works”. It seems that no firm racing plans for the upcoming season have been announced by Frankie and it does seem a little unclear right now whether his main focus for this year will be his role in You Hang Up or his racing career.

If you are interested in seeing what he is up to, you can of course follow his Twitter account @frankiemuniz.

Source: @frankiemuniz and @elyciamarie on Twitter, NBA.com/suns

March 2nd, 2010 (1) Comments - Post a Comment

Happy 24th Birthday Frankie Muniz!

Frankie turns 24 today, the 5th December. Everyone here at MITMVC hopes you have a great day Frankie! @FrankieMuniz on Twitter and say it to him direct!

Thanks to Richiepiep (and Malcolm-Culte) for digging up this and other, team photos from when Frankie was little and living in Knightdale, North Carolina. Aww isn’t he adorable!

December 5th, 2009 (2) Comments - Post a Comment

Chance to Win Frankie Muniz’s Racing Helmet!

About a month ago Frankie started a spontaneous competition (#frankiemunizcontest) on Twitter asking followers questions, with the first getting the right answer winning signed Malcolm in the Middle scripts. If I’d know before hand I would have thrown up a post.

He asked “What is my middle name?” – He doesn’t have one, ‘James’ is a common mistake. “In the pilot episode of Malcolm In The Middle, what color of paint does Malcolm have all over his ass???” – Any self respecting fan knows its red. “What is my all-time favorite food??” – Many said ‘Hamburgers’ also based on the very old and inaccurate FrankieMuniz.co.uk, I had no idea but the answer is Baby Back Ribs. “What was my character’s name in the film Stay Alive??” – ‘Swink’ “How many episodes of Malcolm In The Middle was I in..?” – Now personally, not a great question because the answer isn’t crystal clear it depends how you define ‘in’ and how many episodes you think there are. Most people consider Company Picnic to be two separate episodes, however they did originally air as one, so 150 or 151 episodes total. Frankie is not credited as appearing in Clip Show #2 because only previous footage was used of him, nothing shot for the episode, thus debatable whether he was ‘in’ the episode or not? Regardless Frankie had the final say, and he went with 150 (Frankie doesn’t count Clip Show #2, interestingly he doesn’t get royalties from it).

He promised another #frankiemunizcontest and it may happen today or tomorrow, he said he’d start it when he reached 12,000 followers.

This time the prize is big, the racing helmet he wore in the Las Vegas Grand Prix 2007 for the Hard Rock Hotel. Frankie says its worth $10,000 has 24k gold and is “one of a kind!”. It sure sounds like an amazing prize, “Believe me, this helmet means A LOT to me, so whoever wins the #frankiemunizcontest is pretty damn lucky”

Stay tuned to Frankie’s Twitter and best of luck to those who try and win!

October 10th, 2009 (7) Comments - Post a Comment

Frankie Muniz and Jane Kaczmarek ‘Salute’ TV Dad Bryan Cranston

18 June 2009 – Its been rare in recent years to see more than two Malcolm cast members together, but the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences (the organisation behind the Emmys) held a Father’s Day ‘Salute To TV Dads’ event and Frankie Muniz (Malcolm) and Jane Kaczmarek (Lois) went to recognise Bryan Cranston and his portrayal of Hal (and his more recent Walter White in Breaking Bad).

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Bryan joined other beloved screen dads Dick Van Patten, Dick Van Dyke, Reginald VelJohnson, Patrick Duffy, Michael Gross, Bill Paxton, Jon Cryer and Stephen Collins. Bryan chatted about his dad, influences and the ‘birds and the bees’ in the above video. Below Frankie (with girlfriend Elycia Marie) talks about growing up with Bryan.

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More photos in our GALLERY.

Source: jimlongworth, TimeTV, ETOnline

October 6th, 2009 (4) Comments - Post a Comment

Frankie Muniz & Justin Berfield iPhone Apps

You may be surprised to hear but Frankie Muniz and Justin Berfield have their own iPhone apps, but the excitement should end there. A company called Arctic Gerbil Creations has produced a “SupaFan” application for each of them. It costs $0.99 (£0.59) I bought one so you wouldn’t have to. Frankie and Justin have nothing to do with them and they are essentially generic aggregators of information from the internet. Little effort was put into them, it just pulls in Google News/YouTube/Wikipedia results for them, it doesn’t even display it that well. Don’t buy it. Everything it offers can be accessed for free via the Safari browser with a nicer interface. You can see more screenshots in our GALLERY.

Source: iTunes Store

August 27th, 2009 (0) Comments - Post a Comment

Malcolm in the Middle Goes ‘Star Trek’ And So Does Frankie

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To celebrate the release of the new Star Trek movie, I thought I’d cut together the Trek-tastic episode 7×14 Hal Grieves. Abe tries to help out Hal with the loss of his father by tracking down some “Classic Trek” stars. It guest starred George Takei who played Sulu in the original series.

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Frankie Muniz and his girlfriend Elycia Marie attended the LA premiere of the movie on April 30. See more of the red carpet shots in our GALLERY.

Source: MaximoTV

May 13th, 2009 (3) Comments - Post a Comment

Frankie Muniz and Chris Masterson are all a Twitter

Twitter is the hot social networking, microblogging and messaging website that has just hit the big time in recent months. We’ve had a Twitter account (@MITM) for about a year. For those who aren’t down with the Twitter, you essentially post short 140 character messages and people ‘follow’ you so they can see your latest updates, see this short ‘In Plain English‘ video for a good introduction.

In the last month both Frankie Muniz (@frankiemuniz) and Chris Masterson (@CKMasterson) have joined giving you updates on their lives. I can confirm that these are the real people and not fakes. As well as simply giving general updates you can @username people and chat directly with them. Frankie and Chris have been having short conversations with followers which is great, we love to see this interaction with the fans. They also carry iPhones and Frankie has been using the Tweetie app to post pictures.

So go sign up for Twitter and start following @frankiemuniz and @CKMasterson – oh and of course us! @MITM

Frankie is also on Myspace and Facebook.

March 31st, 2009 (11) Comments - Post a Comment

Malcolm Cubee Craft Paper Toy – Make Your Own!

I saw these Cubee Craft models and just had to make one for Malcolm. Ok, it’s not the best cartoon of Malcolm, maybe I’ll work on making it better, but I think its pretty good. You can download the template print it on a normal sized piece of paper, cut and fold, no glue or tape needed! Or get the plain template from here and make your own MITM character. If you do, post it in the FORUM!

March 6th, 2009 (1) Comments - Post a Comment

Watch Frankie Muniz in ‘Extreme Movie’ [DVD Release]

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Originally titled Parental Guidance Suggested, Extreme Movie is the very long awaited movie co-starring Frankie as Chuck, that he filmed a few years ago. In December it was shown in select theatres and finally its out on DVD. The film is a series of loosely related scenes, Frankie only appears in the scene before the opening credits. Its a pretty funny scene full of sex, sheep, gimps, Nazis, babies, mice, midgets and Frankie in his underwear! Watch his whole scene above.

For some really strange reason there is still no normal trailer, however they have produced two tie in websites with ‘viral’ marketing and video clips – STD e-cards & Abraham Sex. Neither feature Frankie.

See screen caps from the movie in our GALLERY. Hardcore MITM fans will notice a short scene with our very own Meagen Fay who played Gretchen Mannkusser of the Grotto.

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Source: Official Site & IMDB

February 21st, 2009 (33) Comments - Post a Comment

Exclusive: Frankie Muniz Answers Your Questions! [Video from Frankie to the VC]

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At the start of this year we gave you the chance to ask Frankie Muniz (Malcolm) a question. Thanks to our members there was a great response and Frankie has kindly taken the time to answer as many as he could. He also recorded a special thank you video (above) just for us! That is super awesome Frankie!

As the video confirms Frankie has recently set-up official Myspace and Facebook pages. The thank you video can be found on both these pages.

Read Frankie’s answers

sev1991: What is the best thing that has ever happened to you?

One of the best things is being cast in MITM. It took my life on a course where I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and work with amazing people and experience things in life I otherwise may have never had the opportunity to do and see.

Wemboy: You seem to have handled being famous at a young age very well, and have not experienced the problems that some child stars go through. What would you attribute this to?

I just never bought into the whole “Hollywood scene” … I never had the desire to drink, smoke, or do drugs. I’m most happy when I’m spending time with friends, being active.

Wemboy: You play golf and basketball. Do you have any other hobbies/interests you like to do in your spare time?

Other than racing cars (my new profession), I also love playing the drums, bowling, and accounting/Quickbooks (seriously, it’s addicting – haha).

Kimmyob: I saw online that you have a new girlfriend is that true?

Yes, my girlfriend (Elycia) and I just celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Valentine’s Day.

Lucky Maroon: Thanks for putting up with everything you’ve been through mediawise. I really mean it. I would really like to know what kind of music you listen to? My life revolves around it. I’d be so psyched if you were into ‘Queens of the Stone Age’ like me.

I like all kinds of music … some of my favorite artists are Manchester Orchestra, Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews, Turin Brakes, Jeff Buckley, and Kings of Leon.

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE

aquabreez: Are you like your character – Malcolm?

People tell me I look like him all the time. Hahaha.

pepper2000: I am a huge fan of MITM. Malcolm seemed to get more cynical as the show went on. Were you in support of this?

Well, I wasn’t against it. I trusted the writers would take the show in the best direction.

pepper2000: Who is your favorite non-regular character in the series?

Rosanna Arquette is a really great person. We had so much fun shooting the Burning Man episode.

rzombie1988: Were there any really good storylines/episode ideas that ended up being cut from the show?

The writer’s had thousands of good ideas … but it always got narrowed down by the time we filmed (nothing got cut, some ideas just never made it to filming). We only had 5 days to shoot, so there was only enough time to film what you actually see in each episode.

rzombie1988 & Malcolm191095: If MITM had continued, do you know what possible storylines we might have seen?

No, I didn’t know the storyline of each episode until 2 days before shooting when the script was released to the cast. But I’m sure the possibilities are endless with that family!

Gabe & Lozart & Malcolm191095 & Kuper71: What’s your favorite episode/scene/memory from the MITM?

I love the bowling episode and the rollerskates episode!

reese_is_cool: Is Justin as funny in real life as he was as Reese?

We all had fun on and off the set. Justin was always playing pranks, etc. on the cast & crew.

shaharory & Malcolm191095: Are you still in touch with the cast and crew of MITM?

Unfortunately, no. I’ve talked with Chris Masterson and Bryan Cranston a couple times, but we all are busy with new projects & endeavors, so it’s difficult to keep in contact.

vching & aquabreez & Malcolm191095: Do you foresee a time in the future where the cast of MITM would do a reunion show/project?

Anything is possible!

MITM_Fan & TJ & Malcolm191095: Do you know anything about the progress of getting the rest of MITM on DVD?

I know it has been discussed, but unfortunately I doubt it would happen anytime soon.

CAR RACING

MalcolmFun: Has the ending of Champ Car disrupted your plans?

My dream was to become a Champ Car driver, so I’ve had to reconsider which series/type of racing I want to pursue. I’d love to stay in open-wheel, but I’m also seriously considering racing in the American Le Mans series too. Racing is something you have to take year by year.

MalcolmFun: Is your goal now to drive the IRL? If so, do you have a plan to gain any experience on ovals or do you prefer to stay in the IMSA sphere and perhaps do American Le mans?

I’ve looked into racing in the IRL and Indy Lights, but the danger of racing on ovals is a huge factor that has deterred me from pursuing it as of yet.

MalcolmFun: Did you ever have a chance to meet Paul Newman and is he someone you would like to emulate? It seems you are perhaps on a similar course in life.

I did get to meet Paul Newman at several Champ Car races, and I think it would be great to have a successful career in many areas like he did (acting, directing, racing, Newman’s Own label). He also gave generous amounts to charity, which says a lot about his character and how selfless he was in helping others.

magic: Is it true that you are considering forming your own Atlantic team for the 09 season?

No, that is not true. I’m very excited to announce that I will be racing in the #77 car for Team Stargate Worlds in the 2009 Atlantic Championship. Check out Stargateworlds.com to learn more about the game!

magic: What is your connection with InXcess Racing?

InXcess Racing is my personal brand/incorporation.

magic: What do you think of the new F2 series?

I know they have a full field signed up already, but there’s no car released … so we’ll see what happens?? It’s going to be an “arrive and drive” series, with there only being 1 engineer for every 4 cars or so. Maybe it will turn out ok, but it’s not for me.

ACTING CAREER

vching & Wemboy & Malcolm191095 & kally lynn & shaharory & aquabreez & MITM_Fan: Do you have any plans to go back to acting? Have you set yourself a goal/date where by you will return to acting?

Right now my priority is specifically race car driving. I’m not currently pursuing acting, but you never know what the future holds.

Wemboy: Is there anyone you particularly admire or would like to work with if you were to do more TV or movie work?

It would be cool to work with John Cusack.

Aaronwhc: Do you have any advise to younger people who want to get into acting?

Stay true to yourself, don’t change or compromise your beliefs/faith/morals to get ahead. Have a backup plan, get an education.

MITM_Fan & TJ: Could you give the fans a scanned autograph?

I will upload a short video clip for MITMVC.

Kuper71: You’ve been successful both acting and racing. Which would you say you were more naturally talented at?

I never took lessons for either, but I would say racing.

TJ: Boxers or briefs?

Boxers.

Wemboy: You should grow back your mohawk, it looked cool!

Hmmm, I gotta clear that with my girlfriend first. Lol.

Some great answers from Frankie, you know who to call when you need your taxes done! Be sure to check out Stargateworlds.com

On the underwear front, Frankie differed from Erik who prefers boxer-briefs – we are slowing working our way through the underwear of MITM, but I don’t think we need to ask Bryan, tighty-whities all the way!

February 18th, 2009 (9) Comments - Post a Comment