Shots of the World Trade Towers have been edited out of "Zoolander, " which debuts Friday.

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"Zoolander, " a 2001 movie about supercool male models, mined jokes from a character's ridiculously small cellphone.

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The star of films such as Zoolander and There's Something About Mary will receive the MTV Generation Award, the ceremony's top honour.

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Ferrell spent seven years starring on Saturday Night Live before moving into film, starring in films including Zoolander, Talladega Nights, Blades of Glory, Megamind and most recently, The Campaign.

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Unlike other accounts of the fashion business -- such as popular fictional films like "Mahogany, " "Zoolander" and "The Devil Wears Prada" and the documentary "The September Issue" -- "About Face" let the models do the talking.

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The actor, writer and director, known for films such as "Meet the Parents" and "Zoolander, " has performed or created roles that strike a delicate balance between sympathetic and distasteful -- and sometimes fall too hard on one side of the line.

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