It’s tough to find actors more beloved at PW HQ than Kristen Bell, Will Arnett, and Lee Pace. But good grief, this cliche factory I’ll generously identify as a movie trailer makes the baby Jesus cry:
In slightly over three minutes, I caught three of the 24 romcom tropes we’d retire: magic, working girl in need of balance (see: headset), and a clumsy heroine (watch out for the champagne glasses! and again, those other champagne glasses!). That has to be some kind of record. Also, dear screenwriters: Please find a more accurate nerd barometer than familiarity with Star Wars. Everyone — everyone — knows about Star Wars.
Despite these abominations, there are two bright points in this mishmash: First, against the odds, that’s actually a pretty funny line from Dax Shepard (“call a vet — these puppies are sick“), so it’s as if we’ve seen a unicorn. And second, I spotted Kate Micucci, one half of the hilarious musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates, so at least there’s that.
I want so badly for this just to be a crummy trailer for a secretly charming movie. Help me believe that, PopWatchers! I beg you!
Country superstar Taylor Swift is one of several MTV Video Music Award nominees, including Ne-Yo, Cobra Starship, and Katy Perry, appearing in West Side Story-inspired VMA promos that will be airing on the network this month. “It was right up my alley because I did a lot of theater growing up,” says Swift, who will perform her hit “You Belong With Me” on the Sept. 13 awards-show telecast. “It has a very Broadway-esque vibe to it. They’re all intercut story lines with different characters, on our way to the VMAs.”
Heat Wave, the book crime author Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) has been writing on ABC’s Castle, has begun to roll out on 
Like lots of you, I saw District 9 this weekend, and while I was not quite as gung-ho about it as everyone else seemed to be, there’s no way around the fact that D9 is destined for a sequel, ASAP. The rest of this post contains spoilers, so if you don’t know your prawns from your pieholes, perhaps save this to read at a later date. 
Confession: I’m one of those latecomers who’s helping True Blood now earn record ratings, so I was sort of surprised when Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) topped EW’s recent “Who’s the hottest new vampire?” poll with 42 percent of the vote. After last night’s episode, however, I totally get it. There was that smirk he flashed when he tricked Sookie into drinking his blood to remove a second silver bullet. The way he casually rested with his arm behind his head like an ’80s centerfold as he admitted that he’d told “a tiny falsehood” (“You big lying A-hole!” “Bill, you’re right, I believe I can sense her emotions.”) Sookie’s revealing dream, of course. (If you think that picture is a spoiler, at least it’s a spoiler that makes you want to watch the episode immediately.) And then, how tall and tasty he looked walking away from Godric and toward Sookie on the roof.
I’m just gonna put this out there: I enjoyed the movie 
Last night’s season premiere of VH1′s latest lonely-heart celebrity show, My Antonio, reignites the debate: Does a sane woman ever do reality TV dating? It’s something you might’ve asked yourself while you watched these women (pictured with Antonio Sabato Jr.) running up a mountain and frequently falling out of their short dresses to get to him. (He wants an athletic woman who can keep up with him and, as 
