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Will Ferrell promotes latest movie online with least funny clip ever

Jackson West — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly made an appearance at IBeatYou, the online video competition site founded by basketball star Baron Davis and Jessica Alba baby daddy Cash Warren, to promote the comedy duo's new flick Step Brothers. Ferrell calls out Adam McKay, his production partner and cofounder of FunnyOrDie, another LA-based online video startup, to participate in the staring contest Ferrell kicks off with his costar.

One has to wonder if Ferrell isn't trying to undermine the competition, however, considering how not-funny the clip is. Neither Ferrell nor Reilly can seem to decide who's the straight man and who's the goofball. IBeatYou should probably stick to promoting itself with Jessica Alba — 758 users participated in her staring contest, compared to twelve so far for Ferrell and Reilly.

Jessica Alba helps promote Baron Davis's startup iBeatYou

Jackson West — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:00:00 EDT

If you're going to waste time at work on a social network, why lavish it on the proles of Facebook? You could instead luxuriate it on the wildly attractive Jessica Alba and NBA All-Star Baron "Bulletproof" Davis of our hometown Golden State Warriors. Davis and old friend Cash Warren, Alba's paramour, cofounded Alba's favored social network, iBeatYou. The basic premise: One interacts through friendly contests like Best Beard. But the "differentiator," in Valleyspeak, is Alba and Davis's celebrity draw. It kind of reminds me of the now-defunct Consumating, except with playful jocks instead of indie rock hipsters. After the jump, NewTeeVee's Liz Gannes captured a moment with the effusive Davis.

I'll bet Davis has more luck making it to a second round of investment than he will making it to the second round of the playoffs.