Archive: December 2009 (341-350 of 461)

Dec 7 2009 05:04 PM ET

Site of the day: Appvent

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Categories: Gadgets, Site of the Day, Tech, Videogames

Combining the addictive powers of advent calendars and free iPhone apps, it’s Appvent, the countdown do Dec. 25 that comes with delightful digital distractions.

So far, the games have been a good mix of puzzlers, battle games, cutesy time-wasters, etc, but my one complaint: No disgusting weird piece of chocolate that’s been sitting in a dusty box for oh, a decade. That’s the best part of advent calendars! Just kidding, the best part is Lego or Playmobil or outrageous amounts of glitter, right, PopWatchers?

Dec 7 2009 05:02 PM ET

'Case 39' official site: Supernatural hornets get Bradley Cooper to take off his shirt!

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Categories: Have You Seen This?, Horror, Movie Trailers, Movies

Paramount Pictures has unveiled the official site for the much-delayed horror flick Case 39, starring Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper. The movie, opening Jan. 1, is about a child services worker (Zellweger) who takes in a young foster child who may be haunted. Visitors can catch the trailer and a few video clips, including a crazy disturbing scene in which in the foster child is put into the oven by her foster parents, with the door duct-taped shut. Happy holidays, everyone! It’s all pretty creepy and unpleasant (see: parents baking their child) but the saving grace is another scene (partially shown in the trailer) in which hornets attack Bradley Cooper and he’s forced to partially disrobe. There’s even a short featurette that features the Coop shooting the shirtless scene in question. Nuthin’ scary about that!

What do you think, PopWatchers? Will you go see Case 39? Is Bradley Cooper shirtless enough to make you sit through the scary flick?

Dec 7 2009 04:58 PM ET

Style Hunter: Beckett's black trench coat on 'Castle'

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Categories: Castle, Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Style Hunter

We here at Style Hunter gave you the dish on the lipstick Kate Beckett (Stana Katic, left) wears on ABC’s Castle, but many of you Beckett fans also wanted to know about the sleek black trench coat she’s worn on a few episodes this season.

For the answer, we went straight to the source — Castle‘s costume designer, Salvador Perez — but sorry style seekers, Perez informed us that Beckett’s Karen Millen jacket is from a past season and no longer available.

If you’re looking for a similar style, you might want to try Marc by Marc Jacob’s fine twill trench coat (nordstrom.com; $249), Juicy Couture’s bow-shoulder trench (urbanminx.com; $379) or if you really dig the buttons, go for this Anne Klein number (dillards.com; $129).

Dying to find something you spotted on TV or in a movie? Email stylehunter@ew.com and visit the Pop Style area of EW.com to see what we’ve found.

Photo Credit: Craig Sjodin/ABC

Dec 7 2009 04:00 PM ET

'Heavage,' male cleavage, all the rage (and not just on PopWatch)

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Categories: Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Sexytimes, Skarsgard Your Loins, True Blood

Naturally, after reading the brief history of the word “Heavage” on Schott’s Vocab, I was obligated to blog it. Man cleavage is apparently in right now. Here, we see Alexander Skarsgard rocking some on True Blood, and here, we see him doing so in real life.

He’s not the only believer in popping a few buttons. Who does heavage best, currently and all-time? I’m gonna go with Skarsgard and Michael Bolton, respectively. As I told the latter in 2005, rewatching his old music videos I came to appreciate the way he always knew exactly how many buttons to undo for “maximum hotness.” I tried to get the equation and failed. Any ideas?

Photo credit: John P. Johnson/HBO

Dec 7 2009 03:45 PM ET

Clip du jour: Tetris God

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Categories: Clip du Jour, Videogames, Viral Video!!!

I present this as a companion piece to the classic Toothpaste for Dinner “Tetris Song” comic:

Line pieeece! I’m dying, PopWatchers. [via]

Dec 7 2009 03:15 PM ET

Carrie Underwood's holiday special: Costume changes, guest stars, a video starring her dog...

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Categories: Country Y'all!, Happy Holidays, Television

Tonight, Fox premieres the two-hour Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special at 8 p.m. ET. Having watched a teaser reel of select performances — and a video imagining what her dog, Ace, is thinking as Carrie pays attention to men who are not him and tries to dress him in clothing — I can tell you what to expect: For starters, many, many costume changes. Sadly, the bit this photo was taken from was not on the screener, so we will all have to wait to see if it’s hilarious or horrifying. (Pretty sure I’ll prefer Underwood and Parton in their color- and sequin- coordinated dresses dueting on “I Will Always Love You.” Carrie is the only country singer who shows her legs as often as Dolly does. And she’s sitting on a stool. I’m still not 100 percent sure she should be interacting with backup dancers, which she does on various numbers.)

There are more guests. Included in the preview was Underwood ’60s Trio Medley with Kristin Chenoweth and Christina Applegate. They don hot pink dresses and wigs to sing “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “Then He Kissed Me,” “Leader of the Pack,” and “Be My Baby.” Brad Paisley and David Cook also perform. What are you most excited to see: Carrie’s performances (which includes songs from her upcoming album, old hits and holiday classics), the mystery of that photo solved, the aforementioned video starring Ace, whatever Christmas cheer Paisley spreads, or Cook?

For a recap of the special, visit Ken Tucker’s Watching TV blog after the telecast.

Photo credit: Michael Becker/Fox

Dec 7 2009 02:59 PM ET

'Amazing Race' winners talk hair gel and college loans!

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Categories: The Amazing Race

Just because no one was surprised by the outcome of last night’s Amazing Race finale doesn’t mean it’s any less impressive that couple Meghan Ricky and Cheyne Whitney reached the finish line first. After a night of drinking and a way-too-early Early Show appearance, the winning duo checked in to shed light on their victory, Meghan’s voice, and Cheyne’s hair.

EW: Where did you watch the finale last night?

Meghan: Most of the cast came out to New York so we all met up and got to watch it in a private screening room at a hotel. That was pretty fun to be with the cast again.

Cheyne: And then we stayed out drinking and went to bed about 5 hours ago [6 a.m.]

Meghan: No, we went to bed at 3:30 am and got up for the Early Show 3 hours later.

EW: How was it seeing everyone from the show? Tense?

Cheyne: Not at all. We’re lucky enough that we’re still really close with a lot of the cast. We had gone to visit Sam and Dan and Brian and Ericka.  We’ve seen Zev and Justin, Ron and Marcy. We’ve hung out a lot with everybody. Our cast is really close. Everyone’s really friendly and genuinely enjoys each other’s company.

EW: Were drinks on you last night?

Meghan: Everyone wanted them to be but we said, “Let’s wait until we get our check.”

EW: And did you? READ FULL STORY »

Dec 7 2009 02:51 PM ET

Lady Gaga at the Jingle Bell Ball: Leather bikinis and reindeer headgear

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Categories: Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Snap Judgment, Those Crazy Kids!, What's Weirder?

Lady Gaga took the stage Saturday at Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball in London and never one to disappoint in the shocking, often pants-less, fashion department, Gaga performed her six-song set wearing a red leather bikini, fishnet tights, black lace-up boots and her trusted disco stick.

I’m not used to seeing that much midriff from the singer, but that’s because when I think Lady Gaga, I think face masks and frog coats. But this isn’t the first time the singer has appeared on stage in next to nothing, which makes me think that perhaps Gaga, the leader of the uncomfortable fashion revolution, actually considers practicality — sometimes — when she performs. How else would she be able to move like this if she were wearing her bubble dress or that spherical number she wore at the piano on Saturday Night Live?

Red leather is scary, but is it shocking? Not really. We’ve come to expect a lot from Gaga, and this didn’t really meet my expectations. Thankfully, though, her post-show get-up answered my couture prayers.

When leaving the show, Gaga donned a transparent plastic dress with very on-trend sharp shoulders and — wait for it — reindeer antlers (photo after the jump). To me she looks like a mixture of someone from The Jetsons, a creature from Pan’s Labryinth and the essence of holiday spirit. How does she look to you? READ FULL STORY »

Dec 7 2009 02:00 PM ET

Hannah Montana doll, mouse toy say the darndest things

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Categories: British Things, Toys

What’s worse: A Hannah Montana doll who drops an F-bomb or a terrifying British mouse doll who screams “pedophile”? Hmm. Well, neither of them actually do that, but that doesn’t diminish my enjoyment of these two weird videos: READ FULL STORY »

Dec 7 2009 02:00 PM ET

Guilty Pleasures Reality TV Showdown: Kardashians vs. Janice Dickinson

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Categories: Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Guilty Pleasures Reality TV Showdown, Kardash...Okay We'll Stop Typing Now, Reality TV, Television

PopWatch is on a quest to determine the Greatest Guilty Pleasure Reality TV Show of All Time. We have 32 seeded contestants in four categories (see full bracket here),  and we’re moving on to the Celeb-Reality category (much like questioning the “realness” of the “Real” Lives category, we know that the Kardashians are only a certain level of celebrity). After you vote, please leave comments about why you love the show you chose.

Kardashians Janice Dickinson

Quarterfinals, Celeb-Reality: Keeping Up with the Kardashians vs. The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency

Keeping Up with the Kardashians
As The Soup‘s Joel McHale routinely points out, this show came into existence because Kim Kardashian has a big ass and a sex tape. That’s it. There’s no other reason any of these people should be on camera, except for Bruce Jenner, because he was an Olympian and now sports an occasionally mesmerizing, often soul-crushing new face. But the conceit of the show is also part of its charm. The title, for example. Nobody asked for the privilege of “keeping up” with this plastic family, you know? But here you go! I also like the episode title “Khloe Wants to Act.” Oh yeah? Okay, let her! Sure, let’s follow Khloe Kardashian to an acting class. Watching her fail will be fun for all of us. – Annie Barrett

The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency
The most fascinating part about this series is its undying commitment to the grandest facade in history: that Janice Dickinson runs a successful modeling agency. No. There’s simply no evidence of that. The “agency” is a television studio in a mall, the “talent” gets fed up and quits constantly, and the “photo shoots” are often more bogus than the circus displays on Top Model. No one can keep a straight face after a few seconds of “interacting” with Janice, so those breaking points are fun to predict. Some of the series’ most powerful moments occur when Janice’s son and ”director of the JDMA commercial division” Nathan stares at her in quiet disbelief for so long that one of her facial reconstructions begins to twitch. – Annie Barrett










Photo Credit: Kardashians: E! Networks
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