After the jump, we also get glimpses of Draco, wand in hand, and the kooky Luna Lovegood. But really, from the posters, it looks like the Ron-Hermione-Lavender love triangle — which gets zero screen time in the trailer — is going to be front and center in the movie.
Just watched Kobe Bryant's interview with Conan O'Brien because I like to pretend wayyyyy after the fact that I still vaguely care about basketball. But the real highlight of last night's Tonight Show was the following segment with William Shatner, (possibly blurred) vision in seersucker. I believe The Shat is the first of Conan's L.A. guests to require post-production pixelation of a body part. It was just his middle finger…though from the way he was gesturing at an arm's length to signify a different digit, you might expect otherwise. Press play below to hear Shatner discuss his raw nerve, mid-piss hallucinations, and why he shouldn't have to know how to make the Vulcan hand gesture himself.
I just love it when Conan jumps on top of his desk. That great white giant is taller than the enormous L.A. moon. It's the only time a crazy late-night backdrop's proportions finally make sense.
Related: Will someone please get William Shatner a toilet already?
"CELEBRITIES" Everyone knows that the celebrity versions of reality shows use a generous definition of the word “star.” But this one reaches new depths. These people aren’t in the “Who’s Who in Entertainment,” they’re in the “Who the Hell Is That in Entertainment.” Heidi Pratt’s sister? Patti Blagojevich? And what about the since-eliminated Frangela? That team of two comedians didn’t add up to one-fifth of a celebrity. The same game show rules of veracity born out of the 1950s' Twenty One scandals should legally force NBC to always put the word “celebrity” in quotes. I especially loved the moment when the group sat around talking about the perks of fame. At least Stephen Baldwin was honest when he said it was his brother Alec’s name that gets him a good table at restaurants. I think dropping “Stephen Baldwin” might, at best, get you a window seat on a Greyhound bus. I also deeply enjoyed Lou Diamond Phillips’ soliloquy of the time he got some advice from Dame Helen Mirren at the La Bamba premiere. That comically earnest and long-past-its-expiration-date show-biz tale sounded like he was quoting from one of Martin Short's Jackie Rogers, Jr. skits.
REALITY RIP-OFF The recipe for this show seems to be to mash Survivor into Big Brother, then dribble some slime from the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards onto it as an adhesive. It’s like the producers aren't even trying to make it their own: They have “luxury trials” and “food trials,” as opposed to Big Brother’s luxury and food challenges. And the jungle element and close-up nature photography is all Survivor, even if the “celebrities” constantly get food airlifted in and have a giant tarp to sleep under. (Ever notice that the camp never gets wet?) Back in 2003, when ABC was about to debut the first season of I’m a Celebrity…, CBS filed for an injunction to stop it from airing, claiming the show was a copyright infringement on Survivor. But a judge denied the claim, saying, basically, that most TV borrows from its predecessors. If that couldn’t pass the infringement test, thenI don’t think anyone can be held liable for ripping off a show. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to start preparing my pitch to NBC for a new forensics procedural, CSII.
This is too upsetting to keep to myself, so I must ruin it for you as well: Last night on Discovery's MythBusters, they proved that the pressure of a massive amount of popcorn popping is not enough to blow out the windows of your home as seen in the 1985 film Real Genius. Busted! Two consolations: They did prove that a laser can pop popcorn (which drew applause from Kari Byron and me). Confirmed! And they did blow up a small-scale house filled with popcorn with explosives, which you can watch in high speed here.
If the show's already gone after the ice skating scene, I don't want to know about it.
More MythBusters:
PopWatch Duel: MythBusters' Adam Savage vs. Jamie Hyneman
MythBusters' 100th episode Q&A
"Oh God! The dog wet on the picnic basket!" — Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo) in National Lampoon's Vacation
The master list of possible Emmy nominees was recently announced, and we at EW were thrilled to see that Josh Holloway, who has played Sawyer on Lost since its first season back in 2004, is among the mix of potential candidates for Best Supporting Actor. Season 5 was a great year for the 39-year-old star, whose wise-cracking, morally ambiguous con man character completed a series-long shift to full-fledged romantic hero as he led the castaways through time travel peril and fell in love with Jughead-banging Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell). His grief as he watched his Dharma lady slip out of his hands and fall to her doom was one of the TV season's most heartbreaking moments. While we hope Emmy remembers Holloway when it winnows its list of Best Supporting Actor players down to a final five, we decided to move ahead and give him an honor of our own by putting Holloway's in this year's Must Issue, EW's annual summertime compendium of essential artists, performers, and assorted coolness.
In my previous trips to the Lost set in Hawaii, I have always found Holloway to be extremely cordial, charming, and curious about the mysteries of his show. He's always demonstrated a deep concern that Sawyer remain emotionally credible and compelling without being melodramatic or over the top. And he takes Sawyer's quips very seriously: When I visited at the end of Season 2, I remember watching him pace through the jungle, rehearsing his lines over and over again to himself, wanting to make sure Sawyer's new Prince-esque nickname for Ben Linus ("The artist formerly known as Henry Gale") tripped easily off his tongue. I encountered a slightly different Holloway at our Must Issue photo shoot in the Hollywood Hills late last month. He was as cool and engaging as always, but greatly enhanced by the glee and marvel (and exhaustion) of new fatherhood. (His daughter, Java, was born last April.) The guy certainly has a certain impact on ladies: At one point during the photo shoot, I spotted a member of our crew discreetly pick up one of Holloway's shirts and give it a good long sniff. Seriously.
I got a chance to chat with Holloway after the pics were snapped, which we present to you in the three parts. In Part 1, embedded below, the actor talks about Sawyer's romance with Juliet and their tragic parting. In Parts 2 and 3, Holloway talks about his bloody confrontation with Matthew Fox's Jack Shephard in the season finale and also discusses some theories with yours truly about where the castaways will finds themselves at the start of Lost's sixth and final season.
1. Manhattan (1979)
2. Annie Hall (1977)
3. Bananas (1971)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
5. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
6. Match Point (2005)
7. What’s Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
8. Zelig (1983)
9. Sleeper (1973)
10. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
11. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
12. Love and Death (1975)
13. Take the Money and Run (1969)
14. Stardust Memories (1980)
15. Small Time Crooks (2000)
16. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
17. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
18. Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
19. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
20. Cassandra’s Dream (2007)
21. Husbands and Wives (1992)
22. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
23. Interiors (1978)
24. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
25. Oedipus Wrecks from New York Stories (1989)
26. A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982)
27. Radio Days (1987)
28. Whatever Works (2009)
29. Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
30. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
31. Scoop (2006)
32. Alice (1990)
33. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
34. Another Woman (1988)
35. Melinda and Melinda (2004)
36. Shadows and Fog (1991)
37. Hollywood Ending (2002)
38. Celebrity (1998)
39. Anything Else (2003)
40. September (1987)
Some of our favorite nicer movie titles from the day: Dude, There's My Car, Sleeping in Seattle, Two Lion Kings (because why not), Diet Hard, Lady and the Homeless Dog, and Who's Afraid of Virgin Wool?
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Ryan Reynolds is simply too smart and self-aware to be sogood-looking. The reticent hunk—who kicks off our Must List for 2009,thanks to his big-screen summer double shot of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Proposal–spenthis EW cover shoot wielding a giant water gun instead of an ego, andtry as he might, he simply cannot muster the arrogance to flaunt whathe’s got. When asked if he’s comfortable as a sex symbol, Reynoldssighs. “If you take any of that seriously, you need to be euthanized,ASAP,” he says. “There are moments when you can use that to youradvantage. But it’s really embarrassing. I think I fear more thananything just sounding like a complete a–hole when I have to answerthat question.”
So let’s skip to the work, where the 32-year-old Canadian is more athome. Of late, he’s certainly done enough of it. In a span of 15 monthsReynolds shot four consecutive films: April’s teen comedy Adventureland; Wolverine, soon to spawn a spin-off for Reynolds’ sarcastic mercenary-turned-mutant, Deadpool; The Proposal, a romantic comedy (in theaters Friday) that lets him crack wise opposite old friend Sandra Bullock; and Paper Man,which debuted this month at the L.A. Film Festival, where Reynoldsplays Jeff Daniels’ imaginary superhero friend. (He also found timelast September to wed actress Scarlett Johansson, a marriage he prefersnot to talk about beyond calling it “fantastic.”)
The more prominent of his two tights-centric roles fit theactor perfectly, and it’s hardly an accident: For the past six years,Reynolds had been trying to develop a Deadpool franchise on his own.”At its core, this is a movie about a guy in a red spandex suit who’sin the midst of a shame spiral. That cracks me up,” he says, promisingthe next film will hew closer to the original Marvel mythology thanWolverine allowed. Meanwhile, in The Proposal, Reynolds dialsdown the bang-bang and dials up the charm, playing the assistant to ahard-driving book editor with an expired visa (Bullock). The two tradea sham marriage for a promotion, and high jinks ensue. A much-discussednaked Bullock scene aside, the real draw of the movie is a chance tosee its charismatic stars go head-to-head. “We had a kind of Abbott andCostello routine we’d been doing for years anyway,” says Reynolds ofthe natural partnership. “When I get someone like Sandy to workwith–who’s so good at hitting the gas–it’s perfect for me.”
Hard to decide which elderly breast-related outburst is worse: Grandma Annie (White)'s "It's like an Easter Egg hunt…There they are!" or Grandma Helen's "Oh, Frank, look. She's got her boobies." Due to the grandfather factor and Samantha Baker's hangup about having a flat chest anyway, not to mention the giant bow, Sixteen Candles is still more cringe-worthy. At least for me. For you? Dawg?
