Archive: June 2009 (191-200 of 438)

Jun 16 2009 05:46 PM ET

'New Moon' dubbed 'one of the most secretive productions ever made': Really, 'ET'?

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New-moon-italy1_dl Oh, Entertainment Tonight. You are so delusional cute referring to The Twilight Saga: New Moon as "one of the most secretive productions ever made." For starters, it's based on a book, which you know because in your "extended" set interview with Robert Pattinson he tells you, "It's kind of as close as possible to the book as you can get." Nothing to keep quiet about there. Then there's the little issue of the paparazzi, which stalked the Canadian and Italian sets and captured Robert Pattinson filming shirtless. That, of course, was kept very hush-hush.

What is the most secretive Hollywood production ever made?

For more: EW's top-secret 'Twilight' HQ

Jun 16 2009 04:34 PM ET

Artie Lange takes over 'Joe Buck Live' -- do you want to see him on 'Conan'?

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On last night's series premiere of HBO's Joe Buck Live, the "comedy roundtable" portion of the show ended up completely dominated by The Howard Stern Show's Artie Lange, who ran his mouth in typical Artie Lange fashion until Buck became visibly uncomfortable and defensive in his own odd, mild-mannered way. "I'm sorry to ruin your f—ing great show," said Lange, to which Buck (whose tweets have more pizazz than his speech would suggest) calmly replied, "I appreciate the apology, because you have." The most bizarre part of the whole scene is that upon close inspection, it turns out popular actors Paul Rudd and Jason Sudekis were sitting there, too. The whole f—ing time! Check out the NSFW (duh) clip:

Without Lange's antics, I'm pretty sure most people would never have realized that an HBO series called Joe Buck Live premiered last night. Well played, producers.

Meanwhile, the foul-mouthed, outrageous-by-design Lange complained to the Daily News that although he guested on Late Night over a dozen times, Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show producers won't have him on the show in the earlier time slot. (The Tonight Show had no comment.) Do you think Artie Lange has a place in the 11:30 hour with his old buddy Conan, or is he too much for network TV that airs when humans are still awake?

Jun 16 2009 04:19 PM ET

Betty White as grandma: The romantic comedy cliche I'd like to see

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Betty-White_l Betty White has been added to the cast of Kristen Bell's Disney comedy You Again. She'll play the grandmother to Bell, who stars as a woman determined to show her brother that his fiancée, her high school nemesis (The Unborn's Odette Yustman), is actually a mean girl. Coming off her turn as Ryan Reynolds' grandmother in The Proposal, this makes me think that all romantic comedies are made immediately 25 percent better with her casting. I'd like to see her in every one. Agree?

P.S. I'm making this picture of her my desktop photo. It'll be like she's laughing at whatever profanity I yell at the screen on a bad day…

Jun 16 2009 04:15 PM ET

Exclusive: New David Lynch music from the 'Fox Bat Strategy' album

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"This is what I call 'modern '50s' music," says David Lynch about the exclusive track EW is streaming here from a new, Lynch-lyric'd album called Fox Bat Strategy. The director of Blue Velvet, Inland Empire, and so many other dream-nightmares told EW, "I produced this music and wrote these lyrics, and these songs sat on the shelf since about 2006 until now."

Lynch has entitled the album Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi, in honor of the recording's guitarist and vocalist, who died in 2006 at age 50. As you can hear on this track, "Shoot The Works," Jaurequi intones Lynch's love lyric like a rockabilly balladeer. When I suggested that Jaurequi sounds like Ricky Nelson on a midnight prowl, Lynch says, "Yeah! That’s right! I love that '50s feel of innocence and pain mingling."

Lynch says of the Fox Bat band that "these guys were the session-players for [1992's] Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me — they were in the 'pink room' and 'blue Frank' scenes in the film."

"Dave Jariqui was not a singer," explains Lynch. "He was a guitarist, a fantastic one, but I asked him to sing and speak these lyrics of mine, because I had a hunch that proved correct: he had great phrasing, and I love the grain of his voice….I think about him a lot, and wish we'd been able to record more than the seven songs that are on this album."

Fox Bat Strategy will go on sale June 30.

For more on David Lynch music:
New Danger Mouse album halted by label

Jun 16 2009 04:06 PM ET

Twitter and the Iranian protests: Freedom, democracy, and Jonas Brothers

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Twitter is making the leap from Time magazine tech darling to full-on political force this week, going so far as to reschedule its planned network maintenance as to not interfere with Iranian activists' use of the system to coordinate protests and disseminate information. (The upgrade will happen from 5-6 p.m. ET today, which is 1:30 a.m. in Iran.)

That's great, truly, and the fact that some Twitter users are setting up proxies for protesters to use is a striking example of the actual impact social media can have — people aren't just joining a Facebook group, they're actually doing something, and that's commendable.

Given that, though, it's hard not to notice that the trending topics right now also include "LVaTT," which is an abbreviation for The Jonas Brothers' new album, and #haveyouever, which encourages users to tweet goofy anectdotes. So, yeah, the revolution will be Twitterized, but so will every other thought and expression.

Jun 16 2009 02:58 PM ET

Happy Birthday, Tom Lenk!

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Tom Lenk, our beloved Andrew from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, turns 33 today. Not sure what to get him? According to his latest Tweet, he would like to experience the best burger Salt Lake City has to offer. (He's there filming My Girlfriend's Boyfriend with Christopher Gorham and Alyssa Milano.) So how about the gift of knowledge? Where should he go?

Below are a few presents for you. First, his hilarious attempt to make a YouTube video with Jack Plotnick. Next, Tom surprises Jack with a poster of Edward Cullen. After the jump, Tom sings "Gimme More" at the Upright Cabaret and impersonates Heidi Klum while performing an anti-Prop. 8 number.

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Jun 16 2009 01:56 PM ET

Patrick Swayze's 'Beast' officially canceled

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In a sad footnote to Patrick Swayze's ongoing battle with pancreatic cancer, his A&E series, The Beast, has been officially canceled. The series, about a rogue undercover FBI agent, premiered in January to mixed reviews and lukewarm audience response (it averaged 1.3 million viewers in its 13-episode run) — it proved a confusing vehicle for Swayze's talents at best, boring some while striking others as a spot-on parody of cop shows. (The extended trailer, embedded below, gives you a good overall snapshot of the show and his role.) But if there was one thing critics agreed on, it was the star quality ofSwayze, whose health struggles never cracked his gritty performance.He's the perfect made-for-cable star, who captures vast reserves ofaudience affection but needed a meaty role to redefine himself as morethan the Dirty Dancing and Ghost guy.

What do you think, PopWatchers? Will you miss The Beast? Was it a Swayze-worthy vehicle?

More on 'The Beast':
EW Review: 'The Beast'
Patrick Swayze's 'Beast' premiere: What did you think?

Jun 16 2009 10:13 AM ET

Quote of the Day: Rasta Edition

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"Would you make the system make you kill your brotherman? No, Dread, no! Would you make the system get on top your head again? No, Dread, no! Well, the biggest man you ever did see was, was just a baby…In this life…" — Bob Marley in the song "Coming in From the Cold"

Jun 16 2009 05:10 AM ET

Chris Harrison blogs 'The Bachelorette': Episode 5

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Harrison About this time every season things start getting pretty serious, and you know what that means. Yep, next to fall it's my favorite time of year — time for rumors and accusations. Oh, isn't it lovely? If you've read my blog in the past, you know my take on all this. In this day and age, when nobody is responsible or culpable for what they say or write on the Internet, it's impossible and pointless to respond or try to explain them all away. Most of the time they are so ridiculous I wouldn't even know where to begin. For example, this week I heard that we paid two of the guys $50,000 and guaranteed they would make it to the final four or three. I know we shouldn't but let's just think this one through a little bit. To start, we found two untrained actors from middle America and asked them to put on a performance better than Bradley Cooper in "The Hangover" (funniest movie I've seen in years) so we could fool all the viewers. Okay, let's assume we happen to find two of the greatest untrained actors in the United States. These two Emmy-worthy actors would also have to have so much game that they could guarantee us that they could woo Jillian into keeping them 'til the final stages. Or wait a minute, the plot thickens:  Jillian is in on it too. Yes, Jillian gave up two of her final four spots so these amazing thespians could make us laugh and give us such great drama. Can I stop now or do you get the idea? There are always those few out there who will always attempt to ruin the hard work of many for whatever reason. I don't get it but if that's what makes your boat float, good on ya. I just don't want to waste the rest of your time in this blog explaining how the moon landing was actually real and wasn't in fact staged on a Hollywood back lot.

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Jun 16 2009 02:11 AM ET

Katie Holmes on 'So You Think You Can Dance': Why not?

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There are multiple reports surfacing online that Katie Holmes will perform on So You Think You Can Dance in what's rumored to be a massive movie musical number by regular SYTYCD choreographer Tyce Diorio and featuring several SYTYCD alums. Although no one connected with the Fox series will comment to EW.com about it, judge and exec producer Nigel Lythgoe let slip to some paparazzi that he's met with Mrs. Tom Cruise, and that the show has something "very, very, very special" in the works. Some are speculating that the plan is for the number to air on the show's 100th episode in July, while others are wondering why the program would celebrate that milestone with, of all people, Katie Holmes. Can we say random?

Well, can we also say why the heck not? The show is supposed to be about discovering new dancers, and if the one-time Dawson's Creek star is a closet hoofer, SYTYCD would certainly be the least risky way of showcasing that hidden talent — Broadway could be too nerve-wracking, and Dancing With the Stars too C-list-y. And, besides, Holmes already showed off some nascent dancing skills last year on ABC's nearly-departed Eli Stone, so it's not like this is entirely out of the blue. Check out her moves from that show in the clip below, and then tell me, PopWatchers, are you looking forward to Katie Holmes shaking what her mamma gave her for Nigel, Mary Murphy, Cat Deeley & Co.? Or is this all just one more wobbly step in Holmes' peripatetic post-Tom Cruise career?

More on So You Think You Can Dance:
'SYTYCD': Predicting who'll go home is, like, hard!
'SYTYCD': Cat Deeley blogs it for EW!
EW.com's SYTYCD Prediction Challenge

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