You wanna be on top? Well, you better crouch down — it’s shortie season, PopWatchers, and time for episode 3: “Fortress of Fierceness.” I miss when they called the episodes “The Girl who [did something interesting],” and honestly, this name is way off base for the episode. How about “Smize Matters”? Anyway, let’s get down to biznaz! READ FULL STORY »
Archive: September 2009 (191-200 of 437)
Sep 17
2009
10:46 AM ET
Henry Gibson: An appreciation
Henry Gibson, who died on Monday from cancer at the age of 73, was a fine comedic actor and living pun. (Born James Bateman, his stage name was a tip of the hat to playwright Henrik Ibsen.) Gibson initially became famous in the late ’60s with his turns on the satirical comedy show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and, more recently, portrayed an idiosyncratic judge on Boston Legal. His film credits included The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Wedding Crashers, and the Blues Brothers, in which he memorably essayed a Nazi. He was also a favorite actor of the director Joe Dante who cast him in Innerspace, the ‘burbs, and Gremlins 2. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 17
2009
10:44 AM ET
'Halo 3: ODST' trailer: The ass-kickingest thing you'll see all day
Can someone remind me why there isn’t already a Halo movie? (Oh, right, because Hollywood is stupid.)
It’s like one of those Marine Corps ads you see in theaters — all somber and determined, yet hopeful and triumphant — but with aliens and spaceships and sweet, sweet helmets. (And I dug how no one speaks a recognizable language — better to swallow international audiences with.) I don’t know if the game is gonna be any good, but some advertising exec just earned his check.
Man, I could watch that all day. And probably will. Sorry, boss…productivity’s gonna dip a bit.
Sep 17
2009
10:30 AM ET
Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Sons of Anarchy': Are you man enough to talk back?
This week at the Pop Culture Club, we were assigned Sons of Anarchy on FX, which recently started its second season. I had tried this show when it debuted last year; it was created by Kurt Sutter, an alumni of one of my favorite shows, The Shield. At the time, that cop show was concluding with one of the most intensely satisfying wind-downs in series history, so I was looking to clutch onto anything that remotely smelled like it. I wanted — no, needed — to like it, yet I couldn’t find anything on Anarchy to cling to. It felt generically badass, like someone had swept behind all the furniture on The Shield, collected all the run-off machismo, rolled it up, dressed it up in leather jackets, and stuck it on motorcycles.
Everyone was a bit too overenthusiastically manly. I have no problem with tough-guy TV, but the fact that it all this testosterone came in the form of a motorcycle gang made it too on-the-nose and predictable. The Shield featured badass cops, yes, but the twist was that they were corrupt. They set the mold for the FX antihero: good people doing bad things, or vice versa. But there’s no twist on Anarchy – ever since Gimme Shelter, it’s never a surprise when a motorcycle gang is up to no good. Everyone here was so aggressively macho that I feared they were going to sprain their testicles. (Ron “Hellboy” Perlman automatically adds a surplus of manliness; he can’t help it, it’s just the way he’s built. That giant mudslide of a head never looks complete without a worn cigar jutting out from his mouth.) Jax, the central character who learns about how honcho Clay led the gang astray, is supposed to be the sympathetic center, but the British actor who plays him, Charlie Hunnam, struggles so much with an American accent that it takes me right out of the story. He might as well be stomping around with a top hat on. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 17
2009
10:23 AM ET
'Man vs. Food' needs spin-off: 'Man vs. Munchies 420 Cafe'
Anyone catch last night’s Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel? It turns out Sarasota’s late-night spot Munchies 420 is exactly what I’ve been searching for my whole life. Since Adam Richman already has some CSI: Miami-esque opening credits (pictured) in the bank, I propose an entire spin-off series strictly devoted to Adam taking on every Fat Sandwich this place offers, one week at a time. (I will be his understudy.) Come on! The only menu item he actually sat for was 10 hot wings! Granted, he felt a sea urchin in his chest cavity just from smelling them and then ended up crying and begging for milk after only a few, so that was entertaining. But the show shouldn’t leave us hanging without further crime scene investigation of trip-inducing/enhancing treats like the Fat Sandy, a tantalizing cross-section of which is presented below.
Chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, onion rings, two cheeseburgers, and golden-fried spuds. TOPPED WITH MAC AND CHEESE. Could you handle it?
Sep 17
2009
09:49 AM ET
Ian Somerhalder talks 'Vampire Diaries' (and why we want to slap him, then kiss him)
To celebrate The Vampire Diaries (Thursdays, 8 p.m. ET) scoring the biggest ratings for a series debut in the history of The CW, Ian Somerhalder, a.k.a. bad vampire brother Damon, happily answered a few questions from PopWatch readers on Tuesday while awaiting his flight from Atlanta, where the Kevin Williamson drama films, to Hawaii, where he’ll be reprising his role of Boone in “several” episodes of Lost this season. Setting that scene is crucial so you can understand why Somerhalder laughed so long when we revealed the landslide results of our poll asking readers whether they would slap the actor, kiss him, or slap him, then kiss him.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Literally, the first question submitted for you was from Jason, who asked, “When will we see Damon shirtless on the show? Kthx. Love, the gays.”
IAN SOMERHALDER: Immediately. [See: the promo for tonight's episode.] I think Damon will probably have his clothes off often. [Laughs] He’s a troublemaker, what’s a good troublemaker without some…
Sex scenes?
There are a lot of things for Damon to do with his clothes off. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 17
2009
09:00 AM ET
'Bones' returns with a season premiere that's better than this music video
It’s been four months since the season 4 finale confounded many of even the most loyal of fans, but our beloved Bones returns tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Fox with an episode that makes total sense and rocks harder than the following new music video promo featuring the cast. (Nice idea, if you don’t mind being reminded of “The Lab” nightclub from the finale, but the big punchline never quite comes. )
How are you hoping last season’s cliffhanger — Booth (David Boreanaz) wakes up from brain surgery and some kind of fantasy in which he and Brennan (EWwy winner Emily Deschanel) were married and expecting a baby, then asks who she is — plays out in the premiere? Where do you hope their will-they-or-won’t-they relationship, arguably the best on TV today, heads in season 5?
Come back tomorrow to discuss the premiere. We’ll be recapping all season long, as usual.
Sep 17
2009
09:00 AM ET
This week's cover: Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009
Though he was nominated for three golden Globes over the course of his 30-year career, Patrick Swayze measured his success by lives touched, not money made or awards won. “No matter what opinion Hollywood has of you,” Swayze once told Entertainment Weekly, “the fans never forget you if you never forget them.”
On September 14, at the age of 57, Swayze died after an extraordinarily brave and dignified 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Swayze had initially responded well to treatment, and spent four months working 12-hour days on the A&E undercover drama The Beast while undergoing chemotherapy. He refused to take medication that might hinder what would become his final onscreen performance – even though the pain became intense. After he passed away, tributes have poured in from friends and colleagues. “Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace,” recalled his Dirty Dancing costar Jennifer Grey. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 17
2009
09:00 AM ET
Demented Daddy Dexter is raising his eyebrows at you, baby
Every time I watch Showtime’s stop-motion-animated promo for the fourth season of Dexter, Septembter 27 seems a bit closer than it did before. Technically, I suppose it is. I’d like to think I’m not alone. COMPLETELY ALONE. Whatever. Press play for a boppy alternative to this other official season 4 promo featuring real humans. (The song used below — The Polyamorous Affair’s “Private Life” — has the perfect “haunting/Miami” vibe for this, right?)
Love the burger. And the wriggling plastic-wrapped victim at 1:03 calls to mind delicious, liver-tinged memories of America’s Next Top Doll‘s infamous “Organ Grinder” pho-toh shoot. I strongly suspect that the evil genius behind Demented Daddy Dexter is a fan of EW.com.
How are you whittling away the hours before Sept. 27′s premiere? Yes, I did mean to say “whittle.” How is your knife doing?
Sep 17
2009
08:55 AM ET
'America's Got Talent' recap: And your winner is...
Really?!? Less than four months after Susan Boyle — who performed tonight — was robbed of her rightful victory on Britain’s Got Talent, so did the same story unfold for opera singer (and front-runner) Barbara Padilla across the pond. Making it to the Top Ten, her chances of winning looked good; in a Top Five that excluded Hairo Torres and Lawrence Beamen, her chances looked great. Then the final roll call: “Kevin Skinner and Barbara Padilla, please step forward.” Silence. Tension. They stand still, anxiously awaiting the final result. Kevin, overcome with the weight of the moment, keeps his eyes on the ground; Barbara tries hard to settle on an emotion. Another long pause. Nick opens the envelope…”KEVIN SKINNER!” Eyebrows arch dangerously and Twitter seizes up as a nation attempts to understand what just happened. READ FULL STORY »
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