Mark Wahlberg stole a saucy souvenir from the set of Boogie Nights, the 13-inch fake penis he flashed in the 1997 movie.
Wahlberg revealed the prosthetic appendage in the famous final scene from Paul Thomas Anderson's porn industry drama.
And the actor was determined to keep it as a lasting reminder of his time on the set.
Wahlberg reveals, “I used to keep it in my desk drawer. And I’d take it out and slap my friends in the face with it. I don’t keep many things from my movies, but that just seemed to have personal significance.”
Lifeguard Mark Wahlberg dangles merman Will Ferrell from his shirt on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands today.
The two stars have a comedy coming out next month called Other Guys, in theaters August 6th. Will and Mark play two mismatched New York City detectives who seize an opportunity to step up like the city’s top cops whom they idolize — only things don’t quite go as planned.
Kellan Lutz is following in a proud tradition of actors who've loomed, in giant size, over city streets in their underwear – and he wouldn't mind emulating one of those actors in particular.
"I could only hope and pray that I could have a career like Mark Wahlberg," the Twilight vampire and star of Calvin Klein's latest underwear campaign tells The New York Times.
Lutz, 25, is showing off his ripped physique on giant CK billboards in New York and L.A. nearly 20 years after Wahlberg, 38, did the same – before going on to a successful acting career that has included an Oscar nomination for The Departed.
Lutz's ad is meant to explicitly evoke Wahlberg's original, but Lutz says it took a lot of work to get things just right. He worked with a trainer to bulk up his legs, stopped eating candy and used his acting chops to perfect his casual but beckoning pose.
"You have to look like you enjoy what you're selling," he says. "It doesn't look that hard, but a lot of people don't think about what goes into it."
It seems to be having the desired effect – on almost everyone. "I won't lie about it," he says. "I started getting text messages and calls from producers, and when I went into meetings for scripts, people were always commenting on the billboard and asking for pictures for their daughters."
Mark Wahlberg has finally made it official! The actor and his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, tied the knot on Saturday.
The couple, who have three children – Ella Rae, 5, Michael, 3, and 10-month-old Brendan Joseph – were married Saturday in an intimate and romantic ceremony attended by their children and about 12 close friends and family at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills.
Wahlberg donned a dark suit and the bride wore a white strapless dress with silver embroidery and a Neil Lane diamond-and-platinum cushion-cut ring complemented by a diamond bracelet and earrings. "She looked like a princess and beyond stunning. Mark looked ecstatic," says an eyewitness shortly after the ceremony, which lasted for about 45 minutes in the church, which was decorated with candles and pink and light purple roses.
The groom-to-be, 38, spent a quiet pre-wedding moment alone at the church Friday afternoon. Wahlberg, looking happy and relaxed, sat down in the front row before returning home to his Beverly Hills home for a small gathering.
Wahlberg revealed earlier this year his plans to wed Durham, 31. "We're talking about August," he told People. At the time, he had yet to decide whether he would marry in his Boston hometown. "It will be in a Catholic church somewhere."
As for adding more children to their brood? "I'm the youngest of nine," Wahlberg said, adding that the final count will be "however many Mom wants to have."
Wahlberg, who is the executive producer of HBO's hit show Entourage, will next star in the Peter Jackson-directed feature film The Lovely Bones opposite Rachel Weisz, in theaters on December 11th.
Mark Wahlberg is set to shock fans by marrying longtime girlfriend Rhea Durham on Saturday.
The couple has been dating since 2001 and has three kids together.
Wahlberg started talking about marriage earlier this year but refused to name the date. He said, "I finally feel like we’re ready to take the step and we’ll have success."
Now, In Touch magazine reports Wahlberg and Durham will exchange vows at the Good Shephard Catholic Church in Beverly Hills.
A source tells the magazine, "It’s going to be a small and intimate event, with just close family, including their kids."
Wahlberg previously told People.com he was toying with the idea of getting married in his native Boston, Massachusetts, but feared, "If we do it in Boston, I would say there'd be a lot more family members, so there'll be some fighting."
Christian Bale and director David O. Russell are poised to get into the ring with Mark Wahlberg on "The Fighter."
The picture is expected to begin production in July.
It tells the story of Boston fighter "Irish" Mickey Ward and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund. Eklund once decked Sugar Ray Leonard and went the distance against the boxing legend before forfeiting his career to drugs and crime. He redeemed himself by training Ward through his Rocky-like run to the title.
Project reteams Bale with Relativity and its fledgling one-off picture division, which produced the Bale starrer "3:10 to Yuma." Over the past few years, "The Fighter" has drawn some of Hollywood’s biggest talents but was KO’d on two previous occasions. The project first came together with Boston natives Wahlberg and Matt Damon toplining for director Darren Aronofsky. Damon dropped out and Brad Pitt was poised to replace him, but the picture still stalled. Then Aronofsky moved on.
Meanwhile, Wahlberg has continued to train for the movie and is in 
fighting shape.
Wahlberg will play Ward, a fighter who was losing bouts and was ready to hang up the gloves when his brother came back into his life. Bale will play Eklund, whose drugs and robbery spree drew him a 10- to 15-year sentence in state prison. There, he kicked drugs, became a model prisoner and emerged as a changed man who helped his brother reach the glory that eluded him.
Mark Wahlberg stole a saucy souvenir from the set of Boogie Nights, the 13-inch fake penis he flashed in the 1997 movie.
