Archive: April 2009 (231-240 of 498)

Apr 16 2009 03:20 PM ET

'Twilight': Did they get the 'New Moon' cast right?

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Cameronbrightgreene_lLooks like New Moon is finally full: Twilight studio Summit unveiled the final cast lineup on its website yesterday, confirming that relative unknowns like Jamie Campbell Bower (Sweeney Todd) and Daniel Cudmore (X-Men: The Last Stand) will be on board for the sequel. They’ll be joining newbies Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, and Graham Greene, along with Twilight vets Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.

The casting seems pretty solid to me, but I’m no Twilight expert. Which is why I’m leaving the verdict up to you, PopWatchers: Did Summit get it right? Will Bright shine as Fanning’s evil twin? Can Supernatural‘s Christopher Heyerdahl take a bite out of Marcus? And does Graham Greene — Oscar nominee for his role in Dances with Wolves — make a worthy Harry Clearwater? Let us know what you think!

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Apr 16 2009 02:45 PM ET

'Bones' recap: Bridezilla and Dr. Burn in Hell

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Mayimbialik_lSo much to talk about, where do we begin… How many of you had to put down your pasta while watching this episode? Definitely one of the bloodiest we’ve seen. The case was a dead Bridezilla, who’d been run over by an SUV — twice. I’m always a fan of the Angelator, but that recreation of the smushed head — ewwwwwwww. Was it her fiancé or her maid of honor (guest star Mayim Bialik!?, pictured) behind the wheel? No. And I’m sorta disappointed that we didn’t get to see Booth seriously interrogate the latter. I miss that Blossom sass. Was it her ex-fiancé, who was named Joe Fillion (a shoutout to David Boreanaz’s buddy Nathan, who he thinks is doing a hit-and-run on Bones with ABC’s Castle)? No. He just happened to hit a dog the week before, which is why they found a black hair in his tire. (That, and because a guy who broke down talking about the incident wouldn’t have thoroughly washed the memory of it away?) Or was it Owen Smith, the last guy the cheating bride met using a dating service that sends a picture of any potential match within 100 yards to your cell phone and allows you to choose "Date or Hate," and if both parties select "Date," then sends you the other person’s cell number? Sorta. She said "Date" to a composite photograph the creator of the service forged because he’s tired of these women who say they want a "funny, smart, successful guy" not giving him the time of day. (Note: They did not say "honest.") He drove up to meet her in the alley of the Champagne Lounge, and when she flipped him the bird, he snapped and ran her down.

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Apr 16 2009 02:20 PM ET

Jason Aldean: The EW Pop Culture Personality Test

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Jasonaldean_lYou ask why we do so many EW Pop Culture Personality Tests with male country singers. The answer: Because we like their music, and they like doing interviews in bars. We recently grabbed a Bud Light with Georgia native Jason Aldean, whose third album, Wide Open, just debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Look for Aldean, the 32-year-old southern rocker known for the hits “Hicktown,” “Johnny Cash,” and his latest, “She’s Country,” opening for Keith Urban this summer.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: When do you yell at the TV?
JASON ALDEAN: When I’m watching the Atlanta Braves or Georgia Bulldogs. Probably college football more than anything. I think my wife gets annoyed at me on Saturdays when I’m at home. The other one is Deal or No Deal. I never want ‘em to take the deal. I want to tell them which ones to pick, and they never listen to me.

Have you ever hit the million?
Yes! I have my lucky numbers, and occasionally I hit it. My main lucky number is 9. That was my baseball number in high school. My other lucky number is 3, because that’s the one I wore before I got to high school and had to pick a different one. My six-year-old daughter just started playing softball this year, and she got #3, too, so that’s kinda cool.

I was always #23 for Ryne Sandberg from the Chicago Cubs.
I was Dale Murphy for the Braves. That’s where the #3 came from.

Not Dale Earnhardt.
No. [Leans into tape recorder] Dale Murphy.

Are you a TV person?
The DVR thing has rocked my world. Being on the road, I used to not keep up with any shows. Now I got a DVR,so I’m watching everything: CSI: Miami, my favorites Criminal Minds and The Mentalist. I like some of the HBO stuff, Entourage and Eastbound & Down. My wife got me into the Grey’s Anatomy deal, so I’m watching that. I could tell you all about that. Izzie’s got some kind of cancer, so it’s nail-bitin’ right now.

Were you a fan of Ghost Denny?
I was ready for him to go away. You can only do so much with a dead guy on a show, you know what I mean. It’s been better since he left…. That’s a man’s show right there, by god. [Laughs]

Well, Owen [Kevin McKidd] looks manly.
The redheaded dude? Yeah, yeah. He’s a freak. He’s like strangling her in the bed. Have you seen that episode? Jesus. See a counselor for God’s sake.

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Apr 16 2009 02:00 PM ET

ShePop: This just in! Feminism is funny!

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Sarahhaskinsparishilton_lHoly crap, has pop culture finally started to embrace the lighter side of feminism? Women’s recent near-takeover of the funny business (thanks, Tina, Amy, Wanda, Julia, et al!) seems to have forged, if not quite a trend, a very promising blip: Not one, but two, undeniably feminist projects sold under the non-ironic label of "comedy." First came the news last week that Current TV’s Sarah Haskins — who sends up everything from yogurt commercials to Lifetime TV in her tears-of-laughter-inducing Target Women web series — just sold a screenplay. (Please, Gods of Hollywood, let it actually get made.) Then HBO signed a development deal for a comedy called Women’s Studies, from former Daily Show and Colbert Report exec producerBen Karlin and NYPD Blue writer/producer Theresa Rebeck. Tony winner Julie White will likely star as a former "feminist It girl" author who’s now teaching at a small Northeastern college. (Please, Gods of HBO, let this happen, too. Remember, you do have Entourage to atone for.) That’s right, folks: Not only are women funny — feminism is. To laugh with, not at.

What do you think, PopWatchers? Are you looking forward to Haskins’ movie and Women’s Studies? Can feminism be funny?

Apr 16 2009 01:30 PM ET

'American Idol': On the scene at the Top 7 results night

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Americanidolmatt_lSorry, Smirkelstiltskin, but you’re going to have to sit this one out. Even though, during last night’s American Idol results show, we were seated just two rows away from Cory the Warm-Up Comic’s first ever pro-Cory-sign-brandishing fan club (i.e. his family); even though Danny Gokey kept making his hand into a heart and flashing it with a doofy grin to his friends and family in the audience, and they kept flashing it back; and even though the person sitting next to us was wearing an "I [heart] Kara" t-shirt with the word "Kara" in a font that made it look like the letters were literally on fire, my snark demon has packed it in for the night. It may not have quite seemed so on the TV, but when Matt Giraud sang his way to safety — and, I assure you, in that room, it definitely came over that it was his singing that saved him — it was such a rousing, moving climax that it simply proved far too genuinely emotional for poor Smirkel to handle. He simply exploded then and there on my shoulder in a cloud of sulfur and glitter paint.

Truth be told, much of the evening up until that moment was deadly dull. Both Jennifer Hudson and Miley Cyrus were pre-taped, so for much of the show, we simply sat in darkness and watched J. Hud let it rip (in spite of clear nerves and ear monitor issues) and Miley bleat like a slightly ill baby donkey (in spite of the painfully obvious fact that she wouldn’t have made it to the semi-finals of Nashville Star, let alone Idol). During J. Hud’s segment, neither the Idols nor the judges were even in the studio at all. But you know who was? That’s right, the official American Matinee Idol, Zac Efron! Allllltogether now: Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Apr 16 2009 01:00 PM ET

'17 Again': All hail the return of the age-reversal movie...again!

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Seventeenagainefron_lWith the release of Zac Efron’s 17 Again right around the corner, I’d like to take this opportunity to address the elephant in the multiplex — namely, the fact that we’ve seen its age-reversal plot before. Many times. There was George Burns’ 18 Again! about an old-guy-turned-youngster. It came out in the same year as Tom Hanks’ Big, which was pretty much the opposite (kid-turned-adult), but oddly felt the same. And who could forget that episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch where she uses magical aging cream to seem more mature on her quest to woo barista Josh? (You know you’ve seen — and loved — it.)

The list goes on. And it certainly wouldn’t be complete without another family-friendly film called — that’s right — Seventeen Again. (Like you don’t remember the 2000 movie starring Tia, Tamera, and Tahj Mowry.) In case you’re one of the billions few who haven’t seen it, Tahj’s character conjures up some magical soap that his divorced grandparents accidentally use. And — voila! — they are 17 (again). The fact that they rekindle their love after seeing each other’s hot young self once more makes this age-reversal flick the most ridiculous in my book. But who knows, perhaps 17 Again will take the cake. Will you see it, PopWatchers? And what classics of the genre stand out in your mind?

Apr 16 2009 12:00 PM ET

Clip du jour: Drew Barrymore in 'Irreconcilable Differences'

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While you await the April 18 premiere of HBO’s Grey Gardens, which stars Drew Barrymore and ages her about 40 years, nothing makes me happier than seeing Barrymore as she was 25 years ago in 1984′s Irreconcilable Differences. The movie is among the eight titles Lionsgate released on DVD this week in The Lost Collection ("the best films you totally forgot about"). The others: 1986′s Slaughter High, 1987′s Hiding Out and Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home, 1988′s My Best Friend is a Vampire and The Night Before, 1989′s Homer & Eddie, and 1990′s Repossessed. Props to anyone who remembers which two starred Jon Cryer, which one featured Keanu Reeves, and which one had Robert Sean Leonard.

Apr 16 2009 11:43 AM ET

'Lost': "Some Like It Hoth" pre-recap recap!

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Last night’s Lost was steeped in Star Wars homage, from the title (“Some Like It Hoth”) to the hilarious bit of business of back-in-time Hurley opportunistically taking advantage of his future knowledge to write the screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back. (“Fury fist.” LOL). (Click after the jump for a spoilery taste of Jeff’s coming recap.)

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Apr 16 2009 10:00 AM ET

Quote of the Day: 'The Sandlot' edition

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"Is that your sister out there in left field…naked? She’s naked." — Hamilton Porter (Patrick Renna) in The Sandlot

Apr 16 2009 03:47 AM ET

'The Cougar' on TV Land: Did you watch?

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Being a (wannabe) cougar myself, I should begin this mini-TV watch on TV Land’s The Cougar by saying I have no interest in holding court with 20 men under 30 who go by names like Bodie and dream up cornball lines like "How will you taste me if I’m not on your plate?" Nope, can’t even say I’ve fantasized about ridiculous situations like this. Still, TV Land’s redux on The Bachelor franchise (both are from executive producer Mike Fleiss) still piqued my interest, if only to see if turnabout was fair play when it came to May-December romances. I’m here to tell you it’s not –  though I congratulate fellow sisters like Stacy Anderson of Arizona (a.k.a. the show’s first cougar), who have stretched their cute years well into their 40s (though I guess she’s only 40). But I got no pleasure in watching this commercial Realtor (with four kids of her own!) "kiss off" a bunch of immature schlubs so she could still hold court with 15 other immature schlubs. Seriously, what was so appealing about Ryan, the 29-year-old crow-eating sap from the military who made the mistake of saying she was "too old to be a cougar"? And really, did I miss something about Officer Nick, the 27-year-old meathead whose idea of a pickup line was to say, "You’re under arrest, for stealing my heart…you have the right to remain delicious"? And she kissed those guys, to boot! Even the bachelorettes on the ABC mothership didn’t have to smooch their picks on the first date. Yuck!

Still, I tried valiantly to play along. I gave a thumbs up to the 23-year-old martial arts instructor named Johnny for stripping down to his blue skivvies in a not-so-obvious attempt to show off his ripped bod. (And by God, it worked: Homeboy didn’t get the kiss off!) And I also was entranced by the adorable, blond Travis, even though the sight of him kissing the cougar on his 21st birthday made me want to wash my eye sockets out with soap (and seek absolution from my priest).

What did you think of the show? Did you cringe — or clap — when Stacy kissed off the losers? Do you think she’ll find true love? Or are you secretly hoping that host Vivica A. Fox reveals herself to be the real (and well deserved) cougar of TV Land?   

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