Archive: September 2009 (271-280 of 437)

Sep 13 2009 09:29 AM ET

Alex O'Loughlin: No more fitted scrubs on CBS' 'Three Rivers' :(

We’ll miss the definition of his pectorals, but Alex O’Loughlin is right: The fitted scrubs in the pilot of his new CBS organ donor drama Three Rivers (premieres Oct. 4) did make it look like an episode of Star Trek. In the video interview below, shot at his photo shoot for EW’s Fall TV Preview issue (on newsstands now), the Aussie also talks about the downfall of Moonlight: “We had a very, very difficult time. We had like four or five different showrunners, and people were quitting and getting sick, and producers were like fighting with each other. I don’t know what was going on, but there was a lot of behind-the-scenes politics…. There was a lot of drama, and it’s not supposed to be about that drama — it’s supposed to be about the drama on the screen.”

Let’s hope the decision to ditch those fitted scrubs was unanimous.

More Fall TV:
EW's Fall TV Central
21 New TV Shows: Which are worth your time?
Open letter to showrunners of procedurals starring actors we'd like to see shirtless
The Ausiello Files: TV scoop

Sep 12 2009 05:38 PM ET

MTV offers sneak peek of Michael Jackson film: I'm in!

Though tomorrow’s Video Music Awards will feature performances from biggies like Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Green Day, trailers for upcoming films like New Moon and Fame could upstage the flashy crooners. And a promo for the highly-anticipated Michael Jackson’s This is It flick could upstage the trailers! Figuring fans can’t wait for Sunday’s show, MTV.com is already showing snippets of the promo on its website here. Other than a bitchen moment when two dancers seem to jump 40 feet high on stage, the mini-trailer doesn’t offer much – but it gave me goosebumps just the same. Call me a gooey sentimentalist, but hearing Jackson say “it’s all for love…L-O-V-E” made me a little sad and yet damn eager to see the concert film that’s out Oct. 28.  What do you think? Are you jonesing to see Jackson’s final weeks as an international pop star?

Sep 12 2009 05:20 PM ET

UPDATE: Operation 'Nathan Fillion, feel free to stop by' is working

I’ve been waging something of a one-man internet campaign to get the rakish Castle star to stop by the EW offices during his NYC visit next week. And what do I see pop up on my Twitter feed the other day? This:

fillion tweet

He’s teasing me, I know it. Toying with my emotions. Pawing at me like a very rugged cat playing with a ball of yarn. But I think it’s working. Stay tuned.

Sep 12 2009 10:30 AM ET

Mel Gibson is 'Daddy' to girlfriend's music video

Categories: Celebrity Couples

Classically trained pianist Oksana Grigorieva somehow got Hollywood bigwig Mel Gibson to direct her first music video, Evening With Daddy. It might have a littlesomething to do with her carrying Gibson’s eighth child. So this video was disturbing right from the title (As Slezak pleaded, “Please tell me it’s not a romantic ballad sung to Mel. Please.”) Actually, it seems to be about music freeing her soul; if the lyrics “let the music take me home” are too obtuse, then Hollywood director Mel rams home the message with some not-so-subtle shots of Oksana being trapped in a bird cage and then pushing a piano over a mountain. The video was shot earlier this year in Mexico City, either before Grigorieva had a baby bump (she’s currently said to be about six- or seven-months pregnant) or with a lot of CGI to get a stomach thatflat. There are a few lyrics that could be interpreted as a timely response to becoming tabloid fodder as Mel’s new squeeze after the end of his 28-year marriage: “A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do now/Can’t nobody judge me ’cause it could be you now,” Grigorieva sings.

What do you think: Can Mel’s baby mama sing? Are you digging Gibson’s music video direction? Or are you too distracted by those lingering shots of her ankle tattoo to notice much else?

Sep 11 2009 08:56 PM ET

Big Brother 11's Jeff: please quit your day job!

Categories: Big Brother

Season 11 of Big Brother may not be over until Tuesday, but it’s already finis for rabid fans of Jeff Schroeder, the 31-year-old advertising salesman from Norridge, Ill. who “got got” by Kevin and was booted from the house. Does that mean his days in front of the camera are history, too? Never say never, it seems: EW.com just learned that the coup d’etat crackerjack will appear as a guest on The Bonnie Hunt Show next Friday, Sept. 18 – two days after the show’s two-hour finale (apparently, Hunt’s a big fan of Schroeder).

So what’s next for Jeff after that? Many fans on the EW.com message boards think he and Jordan are shoo-ins for a future cycle of The Amazing Race (though when asked recently whether he’d want to appear on the gold standard of reality shows, Jeff exhaled, “let me decompress first!” ). No matter what offers come his way, Schroeder is just too good for the de rigueur appearances on CBS’ The Young and the Restless (hi Kaysar and Dr. Will!)

What do you think, BB fans? Where do you want to see Jeff show up next?

Sep 11 2009 07:14 PM ET

Questions for 'The Vampire Diaries' star Ian Somerhalder?

Ian-Somerhalder_lWith 4.9 million viewers, the series debut of The Vampire Diaries became the most-watched premiere in the history of The CW. Star Ian Somerhalder, who plays bad bloodsucker brother Damon, feels like celebrating — by taking your questions. Post them below before end of day, Sept. 14. Look for his answers on Thursday, Sept. 17.

Can’t wait to see what he has to say about our poll results. As I’m writing this, 2,400 people have voted: 12 percent said SLAP HIM, 7 percent said SMOOCH HIM, 81 percent said SLAP HIM, THEN SMOOCH HIM. (The poll was about Ian, not Damon.)

More about The Vampire Diaries:
The Vampire Diaries recap: Consider us glamoured
Ken Tucker tells you if 21 new shows are worth your time
Ken Tucker’s review of The Vampire Diaries
Vampire Diaries ratings: They don’t suck!
Q&A: Nina Dobrev on getting advice from the True Blood cast

Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles/The CW

Sep 11 2009 05:36 PM ET

Ellen? Puh-leese. I vote Jennifer Rade for 'Idol' judge!

Jennifer-Rade_lForget Ellen. I vote Jennifer Rade for new American Idol judge! I know, I know. I have to accept the fact that a comedienne that I love is now set to infiltrate the judges panel, and possibly do as poor a job as she did on So You Think You Can Dance and is likely there to stay. But after watching last night’s Project Runway, I couldn’t help but fall for Rade. Seriously, Idol: You want a voice for the people? Razor-sharp Rade is a costume designer who says what we’re all thinking (to model/client Valerie, who said she was pleased with Qristyl’s dress: “That’s why Valerie’s not a designer. Right?”), but still isn’t afraid to put her Paula Abdul hat on and compliment the downtrodden (to Logan: “You’re really cute and I like your pants and your sneakers!”)?

Plus, the lady has worked with the likes of Marilyn Manson and Amy Winehouse, so she’s at least familiar with musicians. Not to mention people who are difficult to work with (Simon, ahem).

Who else dug Rade last night?

Photo Credit: Greg Endries/Lifetime

Sep 11 2009 02:31 PM ET

'Lego Rock Band': no Paul or Ringo, but Iggy pops in

Categories: Music, Tech, Videogames

lego-rock-band_lThe Beatles: Rock Band has been getting all the buzz this week, but that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about all the other music games out there, particularly with news like this: Legendary punk rocker Iggy Pop is going to play a prominent role in Lego Rock Band. LRB plays like the other Rock Band games, except that it replaces the cascading notes with Lego blocks, and adds Lego-centric challenges such as toppling over towers of blocks with well-strummed guitar riffs. Iggy will instruct you in LRB’s in-game tutorial and will be a playable (and, true to his image, shirtless) character in the game.

While Iggy is certainly one of the stranger choices to endorse a game aimed at young pretend-rockers — really, how many kids actually know who Iggy Pop is? — his inclusion is consistent with the wry quirkiness that’s become the trademark of other Lego videogames like Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman. It’s almost a sure-thing that Lego Rock Band will be the third-best-selling music game this holiday season after Beatles: Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5.

What do you think PopWatchers? Do any of these games make you want to dust off the plastic guitar or are you getting tired of all of the encore performances?

Pop: Landmark/PR Photos

Sep 11 2009 02:21 PM ET

Richard Blais of 'Top Chef' cooks with Coke...yummy or gross?

I’m so Southern that when my mother was recuperating from heart surgery, someone brought us a casserole comprised of pineapple, butter, Ritz crackers, and cheddar cheese. Yes, I ate it – surprisingly tasty, if artery clogging. But the news that industry experts like Top Chef’s Richard Blais will be “sharing signature recipes” featuring Coke products just turns my stomach. I guess another Coca-Cola cooker, Paula Deen, once put a block of Velveeta into chocolate fudge, so I shouldn’t be surprised. But for me, the only acceptable second ingredient for a Coca-Cola recipe is Jack Daniels.

Am I being a food snob? Would you cook with Coke? What unlikely ingredient would you like to see the culinary wizards forced to use? While you mull that over, check the video below, where the adventurous Mr. Blais makes “popcorncicles” using a “very modern technique” involving liquid nitrogen.

Sep 11 2009 01:55 PM ET

'True Blood"s Pam, Kristin Bauer, talks meeting her maker (and Alexander Skarsgard)

true-blood-kristin-bauer_lSPOILER ALERT! Pam will not get to avenge those great Betsey Johnson pumps she ruined tracking the creature that turned out to be meanad Maryann in Sunday night’s season finale of True Blood (HBO, 9 p.m. ET). Pam won’t even be in the episode because apparently, vampires don’t know how to close a bar for the night. It’s a wrong that can only be righted by Kristin Bauer, the scene-stealer who plays the loyal business partner, henchman, and hair stylist to Alexander Skarsgard’s Eric, receiving serious screen time in Season 3 — and, of course, doing a marathon interview with EW in which she answers most of the 96 questions our glamoured PopWatch readers recently submitted for her. Here, Bauer — who TV devotees might also remember as Man Hands on Seinfeldthe woman still nursing her 8-year-old at work on Desperate Housewives, the woman who sued her plastic surgeon for injecting his own ass fat into her lips on Boston Legal, Ray’s first kiss on Everybody Loves Raymond, and Jack’s ex-wife Allie on Just Shoot Me! — shares the stories of how Pam met Eric, how she met Skarsgard, and much, much more. READ FULL STORY »

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