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Dec 3 2009 01:56 PM ET

'SYTYCD' exit interview: An honest chat with Nathan Trasoras about Nigel's criticism and more

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“I feel that I was portrayed differently than how I really am,” Nathan Trasoras told EW shortly after his elimination on last night’s So You Think You Can Dance. So who is Trasoras? Find out below in our honest chat, in which the polarizing contestant talks about why he became the judges’ punching bag, his struggle partnering with Mollee, and why he’s not so sad to leave. (Also see our interview with Noelle Marsh.)

EW: So are you bummed out after last night?
NATHAN TRASORAS: No, I’m not. I’m glad I get to be home with my parents. I’m homesick right now.

Looking at the silver lining, huh?
Yeah. I believe it was the right time for me to leave. Because it wasn’t going so well. You hear all this stuff, and a lot’s been happening. If I were to [stay in the competition], I would have to go through the same hard time again. You know what I mean? And also, I believe with Ryan being accepted over me, I wasn’t even upset. That guy deserved it a lot more than I did. He’s a good guy. He’s always helped me out and supported me. Before we’d perform, we’d always pray. It wasn’t praying to win. [But] whatever happens, it’s for a good reason. I’m not even upset. I had a good time. That’s all that really mattered. I just really wanted to showcase what I had. I appreciate all my fans helping me out. I want to let them know that this is not the end. I’m in L.A., so I’m around the industry and all that, so I can start working even more. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 3 2009 01:38 PM ET

'Launch My Line' recap: The series premiere!

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Welcome to Bravo’s Launch My Line, where successful people in careers vaguely related to fashion get to magically produce high-end clothing with just a simple boost from delusions of grandeur, a hearty sense of entitlement, and a “fashion expert” who actually knows how to construct clothes and is going to do all the work. It’s just like real life! And it’s not just like Project Runway. Sure, the Frederic Fekkai Studio gives off a slight L’Oreal Paris Makeup Room vibe, but that’s where the similarities end. Tim Gunn has been replaced by a low-hanging fruit cluster called “DSquared2.” You look around “the design studio” (not the workroom!) and suddenly an event planner named Vanessa, the love child of Lauren Ambrose and Lady Gaga, is saying “I wanna look at a garment and have it make me cry.” Would she settle for having it make us cry at home? Across the room, a  jewelry designer/part-time cowgirl named Kathy Rose is burning sage — you know, because she “likes to have the sage flowing.” These people are so delightfully wacky! But do you really want to watch them pretend to make clothes? READ FULL STORY »

Dec 3 2009 12:56 PM ET

ABC disinvites Adam Lambert from 'Jimmy Kimmel,' New Year's Eve. What next? Public shaming as public-relations strategy?

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Look, I wasn’t a huge fan of Adam Lambert’s now infamous American Music Awards set — the groping and kissing and simulated fellatio seemed more cynical than sexy to me, and Adam admitted himself (in the video embedded below) that his vocal was “kind of a mess” — but from the subsequent fallout at ABC, you’d think the guy had crushed a trio of baby penguins under the heel of one of his fabulous platform boots. I mean, it seemed a wee overzealous when the network pulled the plug on Adam’s Good Morning America concert a few days after the AMAs, but yesterday’s news that the network has now canceled Lambert’s Dec. 17 Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance, and according to Lambert, a slot on Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve, has advanced the situation to the point of the ridiculous. (“We decided not to move forward with the booking at this time,” a network spokesperson said of the Kimmel cancellation, while declining comment on NYRE, which, incidentally, has yet to announce its lineup.) Let’s keep in mind that ABC is the home of allegedly family-friendly Dancing With the Stars, where popular pro Derek Hough celebrated a win this past season in the “Group Mambo” round by forcibly thrusting partner Joanna Krupa‘s head into his nether-regions. (Lambert fans are also dismayed that their man has become a possible FCC pariah despite the fact that Pink and a male dancer executed a similar “please come closer and examine my zipper” dance move — with tongue! — during the 2004 Billboard Music Awards on Fox.) Lambert, for his part, is remaining philosophical and chipper — “Yes, sadly friends, ABC has canceled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. : ( don’t blame them. It’s the FCC heat,” he Tweeted yesterday — but I can’t help but wonder if ABC hasn’t devised an entire 2010 public-relations campaign based around snubbing the American Idol season 8 runner-up. If they intend to go this route, here are a few sample press-release headlines they can use to get started:

* Adam Lambert to join ABC’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve telecast live from Times Square — in stocks! Local school children will “teach that gay a lesson” using eggs, jeers.
* ABC scraps special SuperNanny episode featuring Adam Lambert. “There’s not a naughty step in the world big enough for that petulant young man!” gasps exasperated Jo Frost.
* Dancing With the Stars bans Adam Lambert tunes from show. “I wasn’t sure about some of those high notes anyway,” says a relieved Princess Sparkle.
* Ugly Betty revokes guest-starring role for Adam Lambert. “See? Some things are actually too gay for this show,” huffs spokesperson.
* Adam Lambert to play key role in ABC’s FlashForward. Main characters will see a future where his career ceases to exist! READ FULL STORY »

Dec 3 2009 12:31 PM ET

Clip du jour: Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman

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This CBS-made (!) mash-up of How I Met Your Mother and Frosty the Snowman makes Barney’s dialogue from the former seem outrageously lewd. Context is everything!

Hilarious, or a desecration of a classic character? Or potayto potahto? You make the PopWatch call!

Dec 3 2009 11:54 AM ET

'SYTYCD' exit interview: Noelle Marsh chats injury and more

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Oh, Noelle Marsh, we hardly knew ye. On last night’s So You Think You Can Dance results show, the contemporary dancer — who suffered from severe lack of screen time at the outset of the season — was sent packing after hip-hop and smooth waltz routines failed to energize voters. Shortly after her ouster, Marsh called up EW to chat about partner Russell, being under-the-radar, and how she begged to stay on the show. (Also check out EW’s interview with this week’s other eliminated contestant, Nathan Trasoras.)

EW: Did you think you were going home this week? Any suspicions?
NOELLE MARSH: I just always told myself to never expect the unexpected. You know, it happened for a reason, and I try not to think about it too much or try to understand why it happened. I just know that it did for a reason. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 3 2009 11:49 AM ET

'FlashForward': Why fans shouldn't miss the final three minutes tonight

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After taking Thanksgiving off last week, FlashForward returns tonight with its fall finale. The show will then take the rest of December off before returning in January, though viewers won’t have to wait that long to get a literal flash-forward glimpse of what’s to come. At the end of tonight’s episode, ABC will offer a super-sized, three-minute preview of the second half of the season. It’s a smart move. Even loyal fans have been griping about the show’s deliberate pacing, and as EW reported a couple issues back, the show is responding to the criticism by accelerating the storytelling and revealing more of the mythology, starting with the episodes that arrive with the new year. So offering them a preview of what’s coming up in January could help assure them that their patience will be rewarded. (Note: Those middle season eps are also being engineered to be entry points for new viewers, so curious novices won’t feel too lost.) READ FULL STORY »

Dec 3 2009 09:43 AM ET

'Saint John of Las Vegas' trailer: It's a Buscemi bonanza!

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I once worked at a magazine where we totaled up the minutes of time Steve Buscemi actually spent onscreen during the 1,792 films he had, at that point, appeared in. The answer was two and a half. I exaggerate (slightly). But there’s no doubt the Fargo star is rarely handed the kind of chunky roles routinely gifted to actors who are no more talented but possess, well, more conventionally attractive, leading man looks (and I speak as someone who is rarely confused with George Clooney or Jon Hamm myself). However, the new comedy Saint John of Las Vegas seems to be very much like an all-Buscemi-all-the-time enterprise, if its trailer is anything to go by. The movie also looks like it might be a cross between Repo Man and The Cooler. And that’s not bad thing at all.

Check out the trailer for yourself and tell us what you think.

Dec 3 2009 09:30 AM ET

My new Christmas classics

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When I was growing up, animated Christmas specials were an essential family tradition. Over several years, my brother and I had filled a Betamax tape with our favorites (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, etc.), and as soon as the Thanksgiving turkey was finished, we simply wore it out. (To be completely honest, I couldn’t swear that the tape didn’t get some play on a few rainy days in July, too.)

As an adult, my affection for Christmas comfort-TV is as strong as ever, and in recent years, I’ve gravitated towards two recent additions that haven’t yet found their way into cable-TV’s non-stop National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation/Elf/A Christmas Story loop.

Nothing quite puts me in the Christmas spirit as quickly as Love Actually, Richard Curtis’ delightful paean to love, the holidays, and good-looking Brits. There’s death and heartache, song and dance, joy and laughter, and the incorrigible Bill Nighy, who ultimately finds the true meaning of Christmas.

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Dec 3 2009 09:00 AM ET

Guilty Pleasures Reality TV Showdown: 'Real Housewives' of Atlanta vs. New Jersey

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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 questionable “reality” of the “Real” Lives category. After you vote, please leave comments about why you love the show you chose.

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Quarterfinals, “Real” Lives: The Real Housewives of Atlanta vs. The Real Housewives of New Jersey

Firstly, you may be wondering where Housewives originals Orange County and New York are — well, if you can believe it those classy catfights didn’t live up to the guilt induced by these subsequent shows. You never saw Alex and Simon flipping a table, you? Nor did Bethenny ever start her own wig line.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Oh, we are never tardy for this party. From day one, it was clear that RHATL was destined for greatness: NeNe, anyone? She alone could keep RHATL on the map, but throw in Kim’s slow train to cuckootown, making all local stops, and this is the franchise for the ages. – Margaret Lyons

The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Just when you thought the wig-ripping-fights of Atlanta were as trashy as this franchise was going to get, enter these Jerseyites. I can barely write anything about them, because I’m more scared of Caroline than Livia Soprano. There’s big hair, big jewelry, and big Jersey accents.Theresa flipping that table at her dinner table (in front of the kids, even!) was one of TV’s 2009 highlights, for sure. – Wendy Mitchell

Photo Credit: Atlanta: Quantrell Colbert/Bravo; New Jersey: Virginia Sherwood/Bravo
Dec 3 2009 09:00 AM ET

This week's cover: Congratulations, Johnny Depp! You're one of our 15 Entertainers of the Decade

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When the decade began, Johnny Depp wasn’t the Johnny Depp of today—one of Entertainment Weekly’s 15 Entertainers of the Decade.

Yes, he was a talented and critically acclaimed actor. But he wasn’t yet a surefire box-office draw. Then, in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl happened. Capt. Jack Sparrow was one of those without-a-net performances, so singular and subversive that it’s hard to believe Depp got away with it. An added bonus was that the actor, now 46, was able to sink his soul into a blockbuster character without selling it. And no one was more baffled by his and the movie’s success — the first of the three Pirates films eventually raked in $305 million — than Depp himself. READ FULL STORY »

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