Archive: September 2009 (151-160 of 437)

Sep 19 2009 02:04 PM ET

Michael Cera: How would you break his hipster-nerd pattern?

Categories: Career 911

Oh that Michael Cera. He’s such a chameleon on the big screen!Youth-in-Revolt-Cera_l

I’m kidding, of course. We’ve all been reading/hearing/saying for months now that Cera has been playing pretty much the same nerdy-awkward-hipster since breaking out in Arrested Development six years ago. New York magazine’s “Same Dude, Different Hoodie” piece from August is a hoot. And the New York Times Arts Beat blog recently posted a quick video interview with the actor in which he (awkwardly, natch) posits that it’s all just a question of what roles he’s offered. In any case, with yesterday’s news that his latest movie, Youth in Revolt, has been pushed to next year, Cera’s habit of playing uncannily similar characters has cropped up yet again. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 19 2009 11:02 AM ET

Clip du jour: 'Regrets: Dave Matthews Band'

Regrets? We all have a few: the one that got away, not investing better, and… uh, staying dedicated to Dave Matthews Band past your early 20s. Heh. “Who wants to get into a new band now?” (Warning: The video contains some naughty language.)


Funny, PopWatchers? Or funny cause it’s true?

Sep 18 2009 06:18 PM ET

Doc Jensen's 'Lost' meets 'The Lost Symbol' Book Club, part 1

lost-symbol-lost_lWelcome, Lost fans, to our most timely — and possibly most ridiculous — theory-hunting adventure ever. Earlier this week, I postulated that perhaps Dan Brown’s new novel The Lost Symbol might share much in common with a different kind of crypto-thriller, ABC’s Lost, and I pitched y’all on reading through the blockbuster book together to search for potential overlap with the show’s spooky-bizarre mythology. Think of it as a comparative literature class… at an underground university run by The Lone Gunmen from The X-Files.

Today, we’ll look at the first five chapters of The Lost Symbol — and we’re going to start with the very first sentence: The secret is how to die. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 18 2009 05:53 PM ET

'America's Got Talent': A chat with season 4 winner Kevin Skinner

Kevin-Skinner_lHe started the fourth season of America’s Got Talent telling the judges wild stories from his days as a chicken-catcher. He finished it…as the million dollar winner, preparing to headline a Vegas show in a little over a month. Only in America! Kevin Skinner, the singer/guitarist from Mayfield, KY, beat out opera singer Barbara Padilla and music group Recycled Percussion (among other competition) to take home AGT‘s top prize Wednesday night. He took some time today to chat about his victory, as well as his upcoming Vegas show.

Congratulations on winning America’s Got Talent! How does it feel?
It’s surreal, you know. You chase a dream for so long, and it’s hard to believe when you get a little recognition for things that you’ve done for so long. It’s a great feeling.

You wake up on Thursday morning and you say “holy crap. I’m a millionaire and I’ve got a performance contract.”
That’s how you feel. Like, this can’t be happening to me. One part of you says “okay, this has happened, now I’ve got to go through with it” and the other part is saying “how is this happening to me?” It’s kind of crazy, but in a good way. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 18 2009 04:30 PM ET

First Look: 'Supernatural' goes apocalyptic

supernatural2_lIn this exclusive First Look from the Oct. 1 episode of The CW’s Supernatural, Dean (Jensen Ackles) finds himself thrust five years into the future, only to discover the world has been ravaged by a disease and inhabited by its zombie-esque victims. But the big revelation is that Dean runs into his future self, now the leader of a resistance camp, which required Ackles to do double the work. Says the star, who’s used to working opposite co-star Jared Padalecki, “The old saying is ‘Acting is reacting.’ I never realized how true it was until I didn’t have anything to react to. I actually ended up using my stunt double just to be the shoulder and the back of the head and he’s not an actor. Poor guy—he gave it his best shot. After every take, he was like, ‘Man, I’m so sorry.’”

Fans will even get a glimpse of the future-version of the much-beloved Chevy Impala, but time has not been kind to Winchester brothers’ ride. “He finds his Impala, which is on cinder blocks and it’s all rusted and it’s been gutted,” explains Ackles. “I’m like, ‘Oh baby what did they do to you?’”

Sep 18 2009 04:14 PM ET

Your say: Paula Abdul rocked the 'VH1: Divas' stage!

Made Us ThinkToday’s “Made Us Think” post comes from Ann, who thought our resident Idoloonie Michael Slezak got it all wrong with his scathing review of Paula Abdul’s performance as host of last night’s VH1: Divas concert, especially the part where he said he felt like  everyone was in on the joke” except for the “Vibeology” singer. “I think even the Teleprompter was suppressing an inappropriate chuckle on occasion,” Slezak added. Here’s what Ann had to say in response:

“Wow Michael, I usually agree with you, but I think you’re being way too harsh here. I thought [Paula] had quite a bit of nervous energy at the beginning, but I cut her some slack for that, seeing as this was her first time performing live (her Idol performance was pre-taped) in well over a decade. And in a radio interview yesterday, Paula said she wrote the skit used in the Divas promos (the employment agency one) and helped write all of the skits used on the show last night. So she was DEFINITELY in on the joke. Have to admire someone who can have a laugh at her own expense AND dance in six-inch heels. I enjoyed the show very much, especially the opening number and the Ellen parody.”

What did you think of Paula’s hosting job? And is it possible she’s in on the joke when it comes to her off-kilter persona?

Sep 18 2009 04:00 PM ET

Clip du jour: Lego 'Total Eclipse' turns around our bright eyes

Welsh chorus Only Men Aloud (apparently the winners of BBC’s Last Choir Standing) released this bizarre yet awesome video of a Lego-animated version of “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” featuring Ms. Bonnie Tyler herself. If ever the term OMGWTFLOL were appropriate, it’s now.

Turn around bright eyes, PopWatchers.

Sep 18 2009 03:40 PM ET

Sunday's TV Traffic Jam: Will you watch 'Mad Men,' 'Curb,' or that awards show thing?

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Some of the cable networks are refusing to bow down to Lord Emmy on Sunday night: Lifetime’s airing a new episode of Drop Dead Diva, HBO’s airing the season 7 premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm and the series debut of Bored to Death, and get this: AMC’s Mad Men — which leads the Emmy Drama categories with 16 nominations — is also new this week. An AMC spokeswoman told Variety, “It’s not in the best interest of our viewers to interrupt the flow of a series that has such carefully crafted storytelling, so we’ve decided not to do so on this occasion.”

Good point! I actually think this is a great move by AMC — there’s always a Mad Men repeat at 11 (at which point the Emmys should be over) anyway; plus, I’m guessing a significant chunk of MM’s audience uses DVR. What would actually make Sunday night’s overlap ideal is if Jon Hamm, in the middle of accepting an Emmy at 10:01 p.m., lit up a cigarette and gave Emmy-watching Mad Men virgins his best Don Draper pitch. “Flip the channel to AMC.  Our show starts in one minute. Believe me, I don’t know why they insist on the 10:02 start time, either. It’s kind of obnoxious.”


Sep 18 2009 03:27 PM ET

Emmy Awards: Replay our live blog!

Categories: Emmy Awards, Live Blog

Editor’s note: Thank you, PopWatchers, for joining our live blog of the Emmy Awards. Missed it? Scroll down and click ”play” to relive the magic. Then, check out the rest of our Emmys coverage. By the way, the comments are now closed, but you can still weigh in on the night’s best (and worst) moments in the regular comments section at the bottom of this post.

That’s right, PopWatchers! It’s TV’s biggest night, and who better to spend it with than your friends at Entertainment Weekly?

Scroll down for Annie Barrett and Adam Markovitz’s red carpet coverage now, and stick around for Michael Slezak and Margaret Lyons’ live blog of the ceremony, starting at 8 p.m. ET.

More Emmy Awards coverage on EW:
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2009 Emmys: Ken Tucker’s best and worst moments
Video: Red carpet interview with True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer
Video: Emmy-winner Michael Emerson and Jorge Garcia on the next season of Lost
Video: Tina Fey and Jane Krakowski leak 30 Rock spoilers!
Video: The cast of The Office shares spoilers on the red carpet

Sep 18 2009 02:45 PM ET

Adventures in 'Celebrity Jeopardy': What is, Get a clue, Wolf Blizter?

Andy Richter killed on Celebrity Jeopardy, but uh, Wolf Blitzer? Wolf Blitzer did not kill at all. He misidentified a picture of a bowl of pasta as fettuccine (it was mostaccioli, which looks really really different), said “Julia Childs” instead of Julia Child, and then things took a turn for the even-worse.

In the E Times 3 category — where all the words have three Es — Wolf had a few choice answers:

  • Answer: King David and Jesus both hailed from this town.
    Wolf: What is Jerusalem? (“O little town of Jerusalem…” Come on, dude.)
  • Answer: An accused person in court, along with his counsel
    Wolf: What is a defendant? (One E too few, Wolf. Try defense.)
  • Answer: Selected some material from a larger work
    Wolf: Annotated. (He didn’t even have the “what is” in there. And that’s not what annotated means, and it only has one E. So, three-fer.)

Finally, to the clue “The 1850s saw a bad one of this 5-letter word that refers to an economic crash and the fear-driven rush to sell,” Wolf responded, “What is a crash?” This, friends, is how you wind up $4,600 in the red at the beginning of Final Jeopardy.

PopWatchers, this would bug me less if he seemed like he was being a good sport about it, but man, he’s all grumpystiltstkin up in there. On a scale of Fake Burt Reynolds to Fake Sean Connery, where do you rank Blitzer’s performance?

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