Archive: June 2009 (211-220 of 438)

Jun 15 2009 05:17 PM ET

'The Hangover': The moment you actually relate to

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The-hangover_lThe Hangover remained No. 1 at the box office last weekend, and my $12.50 was among the receipts. While I'd love to do a post discussing whether Bradley Cooper sports what I'd call a "modern mullet" (and how we feel about that), I concede that there is a more worthwhile question to ask: Is there a moment in The Hangover you actually relate to? For me, it's when Phil (Cooper) says they're adults and that they won't be sharing beds. I can share a bed with a friend in a hotel, but I prefer not to. Also, the part where they agreed to look at the pictures once and then delete them. Technically, I do not know if my sister destroyed the shots from her bachelorette party in 2001, but I do know that she's never let me near the Olympic Garden ones again. (Maverick, Tristan, and Sultan, you live on in my memory. Particularly you, Maverick.)

Your turn. Keep it clean!

Read more:
'The Hangover' is a hit: What's it mean?
'Hangover' with your mom? The dirtiest film you've seen with a parent?
After the 'Hangover': What should the sequel be about?
'The Hangover': The EW review

Jun 15 2009 05:09 PM ET

Heidi Pratt says Al Roker 'attacked' her: In other news, Heidi Pratt loves fame

Everyone's favorite couple, Spencer and Heidi Pratt, visited The Today Show this morning for a brief chat with Al Roker and, true to form, they were able to mine some controversy out of it. In the tame clip below, Roker asked Speidi a few pointed but valid questions about their despicable/delicious behavior on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here — like whether they were proud of the actions, and whether they actually thought they were tortured on the set of the show. Again: valid questions. Roker was calm, if a bit antagonistic, but certainly, it was nothing extraordinary.

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Well, poor Heidi subsequently responded to the "abuse" by speaking out on Ryan Seacrest's radio show: "To be honest, I would never be interviewed by that man again….Ireally would advise women especially to be careful around him, becauseI feel like he definitely came and attacked me, and I did notappreciate that at all." Can we all just pause and reflect how ridiculous that statement is? Roker, essentially a walking, talking fuzzy teddy bear, is apparently a danger to women. Come on!

Anyhow, Roker responded via Twitter with the following: "Heidi and Spencer are an interesting couple. famous for…beinginfamous. Bad and vacuous behavior. I think we're at minute 11 of their15." Amen! Personally, I was hoping we were at minute 14:59 instead of 11.

Who else has had more than enough of the sad phenomenon that is Spencer and Heidi Pratt? Or do you think Roker was a little too harsh on the couple?

Jun 15 2009 04:18 PM ET

Elsewhere on EW.com...

More candid quotes from Megan Fox, including thoughts on libido, Olivia Wilde, her upcoming projects, and comic books. Oh, Megan!

Michael Ausiello has a True Blood exclusive: Lafayette speaks! Spoilers abound, so here be dragons if you haven't seen last night's season premiere.

Run to the airport! Let's have a montage! That lady works too much! Oh, brother: 24 rom com cliches we'd retire.

Jim Halpert. Coach Taylor. Liz Lemon. Readers weigh in on TV characters they want to date. Really, folks? George Michael Bluth?

More from Bonnaroo: Bruce Springsteen teamed up with Phish for a few tunes.

The Hangover held on to its numero uno spot at the box office.

Ken Tucker has some advice for David Letterman: "Clam up."

Finally, goodbye forever, Pushing Daisies. We will miss you.

Jun 15 2009 04:16 PM ET

Exclusive: Kellie Pickler, Milo Ventimiglia are sexier vegetarians than Michael Ausiello

Pickler-ventimiglia_l PETA has revealed to EW the winners of its Sexiest Vegetarians Poll: American Idol's Kellie Pickler and Heroes' Milo Ventimiglia. Runners up for the women's category included Robin Quivers, Ellen Degeneres, and Portia de Rossi, and on the men's side: Owain Yeoman, Horatio Sanz, Mark Ruffalo, and…wait for it…trust me, I'm not buying it either….Michael Ausiello. Look at him over there, gritting his teeth. He just can't stand it.

Yep. Despite repeated pleas to his fans to vote for him, EW.com's own desperado TV scoopster is decidedly not the Sexiest Vegetarian — not even in this office, if you ask me — for about the sixth straight year. If you'll recall, this PopWatch "frenemy" once locked me in a closet but has recently atoned for that sin by buying me this mousepad of a buttery, syrupy waffle, which would honestly look much better topped with bacon bits. Better luck next year, loser.

Who's the sexiest vegetarian you know?

Jun 15 2009 03:37 PM ET

'To Catch a Predator': Suspected criminals really do love it!

The latest Chris Hansen hidden camera investigation, "Vegas Undercover," premieres tonight on Dateline NBC at 10 p.m ET. What we learn, at least from the clip below, is that To Catch a Predator really is quite popular with suspected criminals, and there is always time to sign an autograph.

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Jun 15 2009 03:09 PM ET

New 'Glee' promo still preaching to the choir

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There's a new Glee promo making the rounds, giving us another peek at what the chorus comedy has in store.

PWHQ is obvs pretty Glee-crazy, so I'll start with the positives: Jane Lynch is still getting A+ one-liners, Jayma Mays will start the fall as my new girl crush, and the show looks like it's creating some long-term conflict between Lynch's character and glee advisor Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison). Concerns: That Election-style culture clash between the jocks and the glee kids? Message received: Jocks are homophobes, glee kids are dorks. One thing I didn't love in the pilot was Jessalyn Gilsig's Terri character — is our hero Mr. Schuester really married to such an offensively vacant nutjob? From the moments we get in this promo, Terri seems as shrill as she was in the pilot.

What do you think, PopWatchers? Does the new promo alleviate lingering concerns?

Jun 15 2009 03:07 PM ET

Clip du Jour: Marco Brambilla's 'Civilization'

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As if watching the following clip won't be trippy enough, pretend you're doing so on an elevator! Marco Brambilla (director of Demolition Man) worked with Toronto-based studio Crush to produce Civilization, an interpretive video mural of Dante's Divine Comedy, for the new Standard Hotel in NYC. Tiny HD film samples and other pop culture references abound, so watch closely. I'm partial to the monolith from 2001 and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man myself.

Now I have video proof that my favorite imaginary thoroughfare from my favorite intellectually stimulating board game — Candy Land's Candy Cane Lane — is roughly Exit 16 on the road to Paradise. Worldview = justified.

Jun 15 2009 10:00 AM ET

Quote of the Day: Roy Rogers Edition

"Happy trails to you, Until we meet again. Happy trails to you, Keep smilin' until then." – Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in the song "Happy Trails"

Jun 15 2009 04:05 AM ET

Must List Live!: 'True Blood' and Kris Allen, together at last!

This week on Must List Live!, we dish on last night’s delicious True Blood season premiere as I lay out for Jessica Shaw the three important (in my mind) things she needs to know to get into HBO’s juicy vampire drama. But that’s just to start things off. We also have American Idol winner Kris Allen stopping by to tell us all about what’s on his Must List. Now, seeing True Blood and Kris Allen together in one show would be enough for most, but not us! Because we’re freakin’ insane like that! The clearly Emerilphobic Jessica and I also break down the lameness of Jon & Kate‘s 100th episode, share thoughts on Top Chef Masters, and conclude our Comic-Con giveaway by announcing the lucky winner of the big prize package. So if you’re a fan of True Blood, American Idol, or watching a depressed Gosselin crush garlic, then sink your teeth into the video below!

Jun 14 2009 10:12 PM ET

'Primal Grill' on PBS: Are you feeling the heat?

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It's gorgeous today in New York City, so naturally I'm spending the afternoon in my apartment, plowing through my DVR backlog with the blinds shut. Who needs bird calls and whistling wind when you can listen to Heidi barfing on I'm a Celebrity? And how could the sun possibly outshine the glory that is True Life: I Hate My Large Breasts?

Anyway, I finally landed on something that just might force me out of doors — or at least onto my deck/elevated junkyard, with its broken chairs and big black grill left behind by a past tenant. You see, there's a PBS series called Primal Grill. And it's hosted by a nerdy looking guy with round transition-lens glasses (turns out his name is Steven Raichlen, and he's some kind of Grillmaster General of the Southwest US). And it's about meat. Not hot dogs or burgers, mind you. We're talking giant slabs of muscle coated in fat, the kind of meat that looks like it'll eat you if you don't get it first. Steve rubs the cuts with spices, treats them real nice, and then smokes the bejeezus out of them for 12 hours at a time until he's got a giant black slab of charred perfection.

In the immortal words of Liz Lemon: "I want to go to there." So next weekend, if the weather holds, I'm thinking I might just venture out the back door to give it a shot — as long as I can point the TV out the window. Anybody else out there fired up for Raichlen and/or grilling this summer?

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