Call it 90210 redux redux. And this time around, it’s a redo done right, in the Pure Guilty Pleasure mold. The sophomore season premiere included nods to the old: Hijinks at the (nonexistent, geographically impossible) Beverly Hills Beach Club. (Bev Hills is nowhere near the water, but we don’t care.) A Brenda figure gone to the dark place. But it also had plenty of fresh-for-2009 touches: A hot dance sequence (yes, really). Even hotter clothes (love that melon-colored dress Naomi wore to the beach club bash). And much sharper dialogue. (Naomi on her 30-something boyfriend: “He reads books, you guys. For fun.” Silver: “You mean, like, Lolita?”) READ FULL STORY »
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Sep 9
2009
02:24 AM ET
'90210' season premiere recap: Definitely getting better ...
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Sep 8
2009
10:00 PM ET
'Melrose Place' recap: Sydney's back, but not for long...
Only 7 minutes into the new Melrose Place, and there’s already a dead body in the pool. We had high hopes that the rebooted show would build on the ’90s original in terms of trashy, scandalous fun, and this pilot starts with even more of a bang. Murder? Check. Inappropriate sexual tension? Check. Prostitution? Check. Lying and blackmail? Check. Girl-on-girl action? Check.
Things kicked off as a still-radiant Laura Leighton returns to the show as Sydney Andrews, who seemingly faked her own death 11 years ago — with the help of old flame/ex-brother-in-law Michael (the also-returning Thomas Calabro) — before returning to the infamous apartment complex as the landlord and resident cougar. Bad-boy tenant David was her latest prey.
Sydney lured David over for drinks late one night and announced: “Something’s happened. I’ve done something really, really bad.” We’ll have to find out what the bad, bad thing is in flashback, because Sydney was soon the body in the pool. The prime suspect was David, who blacked out while drinking with her the night before. He was the first to be questioned by the police, but neighbor and publicist pal Ella lied to give him an alibi. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 8
2009
05:54 PM ET
Did you discuss Maks and Karina's broken engagement today?
Dancing With the Stars‘ Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff have called off their engagement. It was Breaking News to People.com, and newsworthy enough for an Update by E! Online’s Marc Malkin, who reports that the duo will fulfill their obligation and dance together at this month’s Emmys (but have now requested separate dressing rooms). With EW’s Dancing With the Stars expert Annie Barrett out of the office, I thought I’d be able to get through the day without having an actual conversation about the break up. Jessica Shaw and I, however, just had an impromptu meeting in the ladies’ room about it (her initial response: “Duh”).
Have you found yourself chatting about Maks and Karina’s split? Tell the truth in the poll below.
P.S. Despite Annie’s “How Do I Live Without You, Maks?” video, made when her occasional collaborator announced his engagement last January, she had wished only the best for the couple.
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Sep 8
2009
05:43 PM ET
An Apple iTablet? The Beatles on iTunes? What will Steve Jobs unveil?
Tomorrow is the big speech. The one that will change all our lives and set a bold new course for the future. No, not Obama’s on health care. We’re talking about Steve Jobs’ talk at the Apple event in San Francisco on Wednesday, his first stage appearance since returning from sick leave earlier this summer. What awesome new gadgets will the Apple founder be beaming to us from the future? What everyone’s hoping for, of course, is the iTablet. Bigger than the iPhone, smaller than the monolith from 2001 (but just as magical), this next generation touch-screen hand-held computer could be the Kindle’s worst nightmare. It could, in fact, do to publishing what the iPod did to the music business—create a new Apple-controlled electronic distribution hub that lets readers download books and magazines from iTunes. Chances are, though, the iTablet is still another year away. Which is why others speculate that Jobs’ announcement tomorrow will instead herald a truce between Apple the computer company and Apple the record company—they’d been feuding for years over the fact that they both use the same piece of fruit as their logo—and that the Beatles will finally be coming to iTunes. The timing seems right: Sept 9 also happens to be the day of the release of the Beatles digitally remastered catalog, as well as Rock Band’s heavily-hyped new Beatles game. Others, though, have more down to earth expectations—perhaps a redesigned iPod, with a camera or GPS? A new version of iTV? Or will we be disappointed with merely some measly software updates.
What do you think Pop Watchers? What do you want Steve Jobs to bring with him tomorrow?
Sep 8
2009
05:39 PM ET
Joel McHale on his Ryan Seacrest obsession
In this week’s issue of EW, you can read all about the rise of jocular Joel McHale, who is going from host of The Soup to… host of The Soup with a promising prime time comedy (NBC’s Community) and a movie (The Informant!, starring Matt Damon). So let’s use this space instead to discuss McHale’s, um, little obsession. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 8
2009
04:02 PM ET
'The Beatles: Rock Band': extravagantly produced, totally unnecessary, pretty irresistible
From the ecstatic pleading of their twist-and-shout early years to late-period sing-alongs like “Hey Jude,” the Beatles always put themselves out there as participatory entertainment. The Beatles: Rock Band converts that interactivity into a sensational virtual world suffused with infectious, sentimental ardor for the band. It’s like “Yellow Submarine”: extravagantly produced, totally unnecessary, pretty irresistible. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 8
2009
03:41 PM ET
Bruce McCulloch talks new Kids in the Hall show 'Death Comes to Town'
The Kids in the Hall have reunited for the eight-part murder mystery series Death Comes to Town, currently shooting in Canada and scheduled to premiere on the CBC in January (and, if there is a comedy god, on a US cable station shortly thereafter). We phoned Bruce McCulloch, who also serves as exec producer, for the scoop on who’ll be in drag (Dave Foley, Mark McKinney, Scott Thompson, and Kevin McDonald), who’ll be wearing a codpiece (McKinney), and who’ll be donning a fat suit (McCulloch)…
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You came up with the original concept: Death steps off a Greyhound bus. What was the inspiration?
BRUCE McCULLOCH: Anyone who’s ever watched Mark mistreat a sommelier sees him as Death. No. All the things I’ve done, I’ve started with an image. Carpoolers started with an image of someone having a breakdown in the carpool lane, and this was literally the image of Death getting off a Greyhound bus in a little hicky Canadian town. It just stayed with me. Initially, it was conceived of as a movie. When we went on tour [last year], we really enjoyed writing all-new material. People were really hungry to do something. I suggested this, and everybody jumped on it. READ FULL STORY »
Sep 8
2009
02:03 PM ET
We demand a Melanie Oudin TV movie now!
I don’t know about you, but the best thing I saw on TV over the Labor Day weekend — the most dramatic, the most exciting, and the most unpredictable — was 17-year-old Melanie Oudin at the U.S. Open. Over the past week, the 5′ 6″ blonde firecracker from Marietta, Georgia, has become the little engine that could, with stars like Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban turning out to cheer her on. Oudin, who is ranked 70th in the world (for now), entered this year’s tournament unseeded. And so far, she’s knocked off No. 4 Elena Dementieva, No. 29 Maria Sharapova, and on Monday, No. 13 Nadia Petrova, in a three-set come-from-behind barnburner. With her grunting groundstrokes, fist-pumping enthusiasm, cute-as-a-button smile, and Cinderella storyline, it’s really only a matter of time before Oudin’s run in Flushing is turned into a made-for-TV movie. So before her big quarterfinals match on Wednesday (you better tune in!), let’s get the watercooler casting process going. Who should play America’s newest sweetheart in the inevitable biopic? Ten years ago, I would have said Jennie Garth. But now I’m thinking Kate Bosworth. Who do you think should play her?
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