Archive: January 2010 (41-50 of 461)

Jan 28 2010 01:11 PM ET

'The Bachelor: Jason and Molly's Wedding' to air in March: Will you watch?

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ABC has announced plans to air the wedding of The Bachelor‘s Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney in a two-hour special on March 8, hosted by Chris Harrison. Per the network, “The couple, who announced their engagement in October, will let viewers in on all the exciting festivities — from Molly’s dress fitting for her dazzling custom-made gown, to Jason and Molly planning the big day with their wedding planner and event designer. Then it’s on to their bachelor and bachelorette parties and the next stage of their romantic journey with a beautiful wedding ceremony in the perfect location. Past Bachelor and Bachelorette couples, stars and participants (to be announced at a later date) will be on the guest list to help the couple celebrate along with their family and friends.”

Reasons I would tune in for this (besides that fact that EW pays me to) include: Little kids in formal wear are adorable and Mesnick’s son, Ty, is no slouch; the only thing better than a good wedding is an over-the-top one, so here’s hoping Molly is as obsessed with pink as Trista was; and it’ll be fun to see if Ryan is still not comfortable in front of the camera in the obligatory “Where are Trista and Ryan now?” package.

Why will you tune in? Or, if you’re RSVPing “No,” why are passing? It’s hard to hold a grudge against Jason for the way he dumped Melissa when she went on to Dancing With the Stars, Good Morning America, and her own wedding. At least, that must be what ABC is hoping. Is the network right? Poll after the jump, Bachelor fans. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2010 12:36 PM ET

Erica Rhodes: 'Idol' hopeful, 'Barney' veteran, and whip girl

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Filed under: About Last Night, American Idol, Reality TV, Television and tagged: , , , ,

Don’t just call American Idol hopeful Erica Rhodes “the Barney girl turned dominatrix.” This Texan hopeful describes herself as nothing less than “aspiring actress, singer, dancer, model, writer.” Whew. She previously studied broadcast journalism (see her in a student video here) and trained at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (per the LA Times) and danced with the now-defunct Dallas Desperados. Judge her acting chops for yourself in this music video for Trap Starz Clik’s “Get It Big”.

But Idol fans will want to hear more of her music — her YouTube channel includes this unreleased song “Nothing Left to Lose” (video embedded below). She also sings the track “Thing Called Love” for Doubleback Music. Erica’s MySpace page has the same song.

And after the jump, see a video capturing behind the scenes moments from her Idol audition. In his comprehensive recap of last night, Michael Slezak already called her “Whippi Longstocking” and said her vocal ability was “middling.” (Need reminding of the Barney clips and the jarring use of that whip? Her clip from the show is here.) READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2010 12:14 PM ET

I hope this movie focuses on eating and sleeping

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Filed under: Food and Drink, Movies, Those Crazy Kids! and tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Sadly, the upcoming book Eat, Sleep, Poop is not a faux-self-help memoir penned by me, about living in New York during my Roarin’ 20s. This is especially sad because the parenting book, which was written by Beverly Hills-based pediatrician Scott W. Cohen and won’t be on stands until March 30, is going to become a movie. A MOVIE. DreamWorks has enlisted Matt Allen and Caleb Winston (Four Christmases) to write it. Quick, PoopWatchers, let’s help them decide how much to focus on each of these three essential life activities. As a relentless night owl, I’d personally go Eat, Poop, Sleep, even though what I said in the headline remains true. Feel free to explain your ranking system in the comments. Nothing has ever been more important than this.


Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Jan 28 2010 12:00 PM ET

'Survivor: Heroes: Vs. Villains': J.T. is gunning for Cirie while trying to avoid a good ol' fashioned showmance

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Never have I seen an entire cast of Survivor contestants fall in love with someone the way the crew in Tocantins fell head over heals in love with J.T. I’m not just talking about the bromance between him and Stephen, but as soon as the tribes merged, everyone — especially Coach and Brendan — were falling all over themselves to blow big wet kisses to the southerner. Brendan even said his new mission was not to win the game, but help J.T. win. WHAT?!?

But can that possibly work again amongst a cast of jaded former players in Heroes Vs. Villains? Probably not. J.T. would be foolish to expect the same type of love-in he experienced in Tocantins. Still, he has a few things going for him. While J.T. can definitely be duplicitous (as his backstabbing of Brendan, Tyson, and Coach proves), those players still adored him even after he send them home, which has allowed him to somewhat escape notice as a cutthroat strategist.  J.T. is also extremely well rounded: hard worker, good in challenges, likeable guy. I can’t see an immediate rush to get rid of him. But J.T. is in a big rush to get rid of someone else: Cirie. When I asked him in Samoa right before the game started who he wanted gone first, there was no hesitation: “I cannot wait to get Cirie out of here. Cirie is a big player-eliminator and I don’t want her eliminating me.” (There are a lot of people gunning for Cirie, so I’m worried for her.) [Is J.T. headed for a showmance? That, plus exclusive on location video after the jump.] READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2010 11:21 AM ET

'Mercy'! James Van Der Beek returns, with heavage.

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Next week, James Van Der Beek joins the cast of NBC’s Mercy. He plays Dr. Joe Briggs, the arrogant new chief of the ICU, who immediately clashes with Nurse Veronica Callahan (Taylor Schilling). Watch the promo below and tell me if Mercy (clap! clap!) just got interesting.

I could (possibly) enjoy Van Der Beek as a badass. I’m getting that “slap him, then kiss him” vibe that I normally reserve for Ian Somerhalder. Though Somerhalder carries that charisma with him offscreen. Van Der Beek, not so much…. After the jump, a clip of him defending himself against recent comments made by Rob Lowe. Lowe had told Conan O’Brien that Van Der Beek lied when he said he’d caught Rob’s home run at a celebrity softball game. Van Der Beek brought photographic evidence to the contrary to Lopez Tonight. Who knew James was that athletic? READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2010 11:11 AM ET

Oprah buddy Nate Berkus' Twitter backgrounds are cool, but the one we really want is...

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No mortal could ever afford to hire Nate Berkus, Oprah’s official VP of Aesthetics and Tousled Hair (okay, we made up the title), for a home design job. But here’s some good news: He’ll do your Twitter page for free! The designer just released a line of backgrounds for the site, available for download on his Facebook page. So now when you RT @Nate_Berkus‘ pearls of wisdom (e.g., “Im at chelsea market in nyc….artisinal foods are so fascinating”), you can rest assured that the words will feel at home on a page decorated by the man himself. So far, there’s only one pattern (in five colors) available: a crisscrossing, pastel rope-looking thing (pictured) that makes it look like your tweets are locked inside a Nantucket linen closet. I guess it’ll have to do until Berkus releases the pattern his fans really want: a tiled image of himself, shirtless, holding a labradoodle puppy in one hand and a thornless rose in the other. Get crackin, Nate!

What’s the verdict, PopWatchers: Will you download Berkus’ designs?

Jan 28 2010 09:43 AM ET

Exclusive: 'Hot Tub Time Machine' poster goes for laughs with...algebra?

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Hot-Tub-Time-MachineWhen planning the poster for the March 26 R-rated comedy Hot Tub Time Machine – debuting exclusively on EW.com and appearing in theaters starting tomorrow – the marketing team at MGM decided to play things counterintuitively and go with…algebra? “The title is provocative,” explains studio marketing head Michael Vollman. “We wanted to try to tell some story with the poster, which you don’t do a lot of the time. Who has algebra in something aimed at a mass audience? It was a fun way to make the title even more interesting.”

Indeed, the poster’s cheeky math spells out the film’s premise: A combination of hard ski lodge partying, what appears to be a mischievous squirrel, and a magical hot tub transport three lifelong buddies (John Cusack, The Daily Show‘s Rob Corddry, and The Office‘s Craig Robinson) and their younger pal (Greek‘s Clark Duke) back to 1986 and their 1986 bodies — and yes, you’re supposed to wonder why Duke doesn’t appear to age. (The photos on the right are of the actors briefly seen as the younger versions of Cusack, Corddry, and Robinson.) One of the most unusual aspects of the poster, it turns out, is the appearance of what appears to be booze in the comedy equation. “That’s an MPAA-approved image,” says Vollman. “It’s a generic, vodka-looking bottle.”

Has this project finally piqued your interest, PopWatchers?

Jan 28 2010 09:33 AM ET

'General Hospital' sneak peek: Sonny and Dante face off

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It’s the confrontation we’ve been waiting months for over on General Hospital: Undercover cop Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) infiltrated the Corinthos Mob in Port Charles to take down the boss, Sonny (Maurice Benard), but neither one knew that Dante was actually Sonny’s son. Tomorrow the detective and the mobster go toe to toe and all the truths come to light. The clip below shows Sonny after he finds out that Dante is a cop. It’s intercut with scenes from a baptism, playing off the themes of new life and possible death as Sonny shoots Dante. Olivia (Lisa LoCicero), Dante’s mother and Sonny’s old flame, runs in afterward and lets Sonny know that he’s shot his own child. Does this first look make you think you’ll get the payoff you hoped for with this story line?



Jan 28 2010 09:00 AM ET

This Week's Cover: 'Lost': A Sneak Peek at the Final Season

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With Lost’s last season premiere just days away (Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. on ABC, to be precise), EW’s own Jeff “Doc” Jensen has been going a little crazy with anticipation. Fortunately he’s channeled all that energy into something productive: Theorizing! Not only does he have his own thoughts about how it’s all going to end, this week Doc Jensen also went straight to the source — Lost’s exec producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse — to get some key intel on what fans can expect in the sixth and final season. Given that there are so many lingering questions to be answered in just 16 episodes, Cuse and Lindelof say the plan is to do what they’ve always done: tell their story their way. “We’re writing the show for ourselves,” says Cuse. “It would be a terrible mistake to change the methodology that has sustained the show for this long.” Lindelof refers to Lost’s most despised duo to drive home the point: “Find the person who hates Nikki and Paulo the most, and I guarantee you that Carlton and I are still flagellating ourselves for that idea. The fact that we are 10 times harder on ourselves than anybody else makes us feel like the show is in the right hands.” That said, Lindelof is still feeling butterflies about the impending premiere: “I wish it was already here. The audience may hate it. The audience may not hate it. But at least they will finally see it, and when they do, it will be a relief.” READ FULL STORY »

Jan 28 2010 08:00 AM ET

Jeff Probst's five reasons to watch 'Live for the Moment'

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Three days ago, my friend Dalton Ross at Entertainment Weekly sent me an email and kindly offered me the opportunity to promote my new show Live for the Moment airing tonight at 8 p.m. on CBS and I said, “Absolutely!”

What I thought I would do with this open-ended opportunity from EW.COM is use it as my own very public focus group. If you watch the show, I’d love for you to then respond to this column and tell me if you liked it or not. Tell me if you’d like to see more episodes, the kinds of people you’d like to see us feature. All of it. How’s that sound?

But… first things first: WHAT IS IT? READ FULL STORY »

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