This is a lot of adorableness to cram into one clip, but there you go: Carrie Underwood’s upcoming guest spot on How I Met Your Mother includes her cuddling a mini pig.
Oh, the cuteness. I prefer my pigs to wear rubber boots or dress as fairy princesses, but I guess appearing on one of my favorite shows will have to do.
Beyond the adorable, this clip also gave me hope that Underwood’s acting is actually fine. Yay! That’ll do, PopWatchers. That’ll do.
Last week was New York Fashion Week and as Rachel Zoe would say, it was bananas! High-profile designers like Marc Jacobs and their loyal following (the aforementioned Zoe) congregated in the Big Apple to unveil — and gawk at — the newest trends for the upcoming season.
But in addition to now-regular celebrities-turned-designers like Gwen Stefani, plenty of stars brought their creations to the catwalk this year, some as a one-off for a company and others for their own lines. Here, we grade the celebrity-infused runway collections from the meh (Kardashian) to the mahvelous (Posh!).
Victoria Beckham: The stone-faced former Spice Girl has certainly made a name for herself in the fashion world, getting attention from celebrities left and right. At an intimate Upper East Side venue, Posh showed her eponymous collection of slim dresses to the likes of Project Runway‘s Nina Garcia, and to sum it up, we’re in love. Dripping in embellishment, they are not, but Beckham’s classic dresses are all about great fit in bold hues like cobalt and red — paired with large sunglasses and sky-high heels, natch.
Grade: A+
Coveting: Metallic wrap dress READ FULL STORY »
Snoop Dogg returns to his soap home tomorrow when he guest stars on One Life to Live for the second time in two years. Once again he’ll play a version of himself (one with ties to the fictional town of Llanview), perform a new song, and act. Snoop’s said that he grew up watching this show and has a special affinity for Robert S. Woods and his Bo character. That’s probably why the pioneering rapper once again seems to really enjoy being a part of the action. Take a look as Snoop talks Bo and Nora Buchanan (Hillary B. Smith) into letting their son Matthew (Eddie Alderson) go to his concert at Capricorn, the local club.
The remixed the OLTL theme song that Snoop did for his 2008 appearance will air again on this Wednesday's show. And Snoop will perform "I Wanna Rock" from his new album Malice N Wonderland.
More Snoop on One Life to Live:
Soap Dogg
So far, New York cop John McClane has battled terrorists in an office tower, on an airplane, on the streets of the Big Apple, and on the Internet. But there may still be some more “yippee-ki-yay” left in the tank for Bruce Willis. While promoting his new man-in-blue buddy comedy Cop Out, Willis told MTV.com, “I think we’re going to do a Die Hard 5 next year.” This is, of course, huge news for anyone who still gets goosebumps when they hear the name Hans Gruber (guilty as charged). Willis didn’t offer much in the way of details except to say that he would hire Die Hard 4 director Len Wiseman for the gig. And when asked where he could see the story going, his response was, “Well, it’s got to go worldwide…that would be my contribution.”
Worldwide, huh?
That seems a little vague. Does he mean a globe-trotting adventure like the Bourne series or the 007 flicks? Or does he intend to have his blue-collar alter-ego trot out a set of language skills in Farsi, Swahili, and Mandarin? Maybe he’s just talking about cleaning up at the foreign box office. Tough to say. Either way, it’s not too early to start thinking about — and opening up the floor to — suggestions about how the next Die Hard should play out. One thing’s for sure, fresh premises seem to be running out. After all, we’ve already seen Die Hard on Bus (Speed), Die Hard on a Cruise Ship (Speed 2), Die Hard on an Aircraft Carrier (Under Siege), Die Hard on a Train (Under Siege 2), not to mention Die Hard in a Phone Booth (Phone Booth), Die Hard at a Boxing Match (Snake Eyes), and Die Hard with Bongs (Pineapple Express).
So what’s left? What’s your idea for Die Hard 5? And are you psyched to see John McClane return?
According to Variety, Lionsgate has scored the much-hyped script Abduction, with Taylor Lautner attached to star. As we described it earlier this month, it’s a “spy-actioner along the lines of Bourne Identity, but with teenagers.” The trade says Lautner will play “a young man who discovers his own baby picture on a missing persons website.” We presume he then tries to figure out who he really is while on the run, and that it’s someone who’s good at karate since Lautner is a black belt.
Lautner wanted to do a full-blown action movie after the Twilight series, and between this, Max Steel, and Stretch Armstrong, his wish is more than granted. The action-route is a smart one for Lautner, who is apparently determined to carry a film on his shoulders and needs to build his male fanbase. But we haven’t heard of any costars cast for these films yet, and for Lautner to mature as an actor, he’s going to need to share the set with seasoned pros (Valentine’s Day doesn’t count). I’m guessing there will be talented stars who will a) see the box office draw of Lautner and b) be told how happy an introduction to Lautner would make their child, and they’ll step up. Let’s just get on with it already. I want to know Lautner is being taken seriously in Hollywood (being asked to present at the Oscars was a good sign), but I can’t be sure until he’s not the only name attached to a film.
So to recap, A-listers: Someone sign on for the cash, for your offspring, and for me.
Photo credit: Albert L. Ortega/PR Photos
Yo Gabba Gabba continues its streak of bizarrely perfect celeb guests when season three kicks off in a few weeks. Marvel at the wonder that is Anthony Bourdain in a lab coat:
So yummy, so yummy!
I love Bourdain, and I love me some YGG. But part of the children’s entertainment conversation this week is the glaring lack of women: According to a series of studies on kid-geared programming, fewer than one out of three speaking characters in the 101 top-grossing G-rated movies are female. On children’s TV, male characters “occur roughly at twice the rate of female characters.” It’s true on YGG, too: way more than half the guests are male.
Does this diminish my enthusiasm for “Dr. Tony”? Of course not. But it makes me extra enthusiastic to see some kind of spot from Sarah Silverman.
What celebrities would you want to see on Yo Gabba Gabba, PopWatchers?
More Yo Gabba Gabba:
Weezer bugs out
‘Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!’ in New York
Jack Black dons the orange suit
Andy Samberg puts on a silly hat
We want Jay-Z
I had high hopes for some forced interaction between Ricky Gervais and The Situation (moderated by Elizabeth “I’m half Italian” Hasselbeck) on today’s episode of The View. It didn’t happen, but Gervais, whose segment was first, provided a fun setup to the inanity to follow: “I suppose I got famous late, and I’m very aware of it,” he said. “If you’re gonna be famous, you should be famous for something.” A few minutes later, Sherri Shepherd remarked that the Jersey Shore cast members were smart to “stay strong” and demand $5,000 per episode and told J-Woww she had really nice breasts. “Yeah,” Ms. Woww agreed. What a world, man.
The Situation also came up with Jersey Shore nicknames for each of the ladies:
Whoopi: The Administration (for “sittin’ at the head”)
Joy: The Assumption (for opinions expressed before the crew came out)
Elisabeth: The Attraction (for long legs and a short skirt…presumably)
Sherri: The Duplication (for wearing Snooki’s hair ‘do today)
At last, we come to the part of American Idol‘s ninth season that we’ve all been waiting for! No, not Randy Jackson’s early retirement from the judging panel. Not the unexpected return of Jermaine Purifory and Leneshe Young, either. Nope, not a live performance by Allison Iraheta (you’ll have to wait for Thursday for that!) Tonight at 8 p.m. EDT, we kick off the season 9 semifinals with performances by the top 12 ladies! (I’ll be live-blogging the event right here at PopWatch.)
Until then, however, it’s time for me to count down the top 20 contenders based on the prior six weeks of performances — and for you to vote for your fave. An unlucky foursome — Katelyn Epperly, Haeley Vaughn, Alex Lambert, and Tim Urban — failed to make this week’s cut, but you can always show your support by voting “other” in the poll below. (Oh, and after you do that, be sure to get up-to-the minute links to my coverage by following me on Twitter @EWMichaelSlezak!)
20. Joe Muñoz (New this week): Ken Warwick must have it out for the kid, seeing how he’s been denied any significant screen time over six weeks of season 9. (And no, that 10-second Hollywood Week snippet of “Man in the Mirror” cannot be counted as “significant.”) Still, Kris Allen was a virtual unknown going into season 8′s Top 24, and let’s be honest, no impression is better than a bad one (see Urban, Tim; Lambert, Alex).
19. Michelle Delamor (New this week): Was also largely overlooked during Idol‘s first six weeks — a five-second interlude on “Irreplaceable” during “group night” notwithstanding — and worse still, her official Top 24 portrait is a study in forced-smile discomfort. On the plus side, though, Michelle’s “Chain of Fools,” which was featured in Idol’s season 9 ad campaign, wasn’t half bad. READ FULL STORY »
Here’s a get-rich-quick scheme to remember the next time you accidentally time travel to 1939: 1) Buy a copy of Action Comics #1 for 10 cents 2) Bury that comic in a vacuum-sealed time capsule 3) Find your way back to the present day without killing butterflies or murdering your grandparents 4) Dig up that comic 5) Buy yourself a martini: You just became a millionaire. Yes, at a value increase of about 10 million percent, Action Comics #1 (featuring the first appearance of Superman) just sold for $1 Million.
That’s by far the biggest sale ever for a comic book, and it really punches me right in the heart. Like many other comic fans, I grew up hoping that, someday, all the comic books I purchased would be worth kabillions. The theory, as I explained it to my parents, went something like this: “If I buy five comics that cost $1.50 each, it might seem like a lot of money now, but in 10 years I’ll sell all those comics for $150,000. Then I’ll buy you guys something nice!” I filled an entire quadrant of our house with carefully preserved issues of Spider-Man, X-Men, Green Lantern, and (sigh) Fantastic Force. I collected the complete Death of Superman saga, the complete World Without a Superman saga, and even the complete Return of Superman saga.
Years later, fresh out of college and looking for a down payment on my two-story yacht, I went back to my neighborhood comic book store to find out how much cash my collection would yield. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that a confluence of market forces and economic collapses had depreciated the value of my collection to, and I quote, “Not Worth the Pulpwood the Pages were Processed From.” READ FULL STORY »
We’ve had so many celebrity apologies in 2009 and 2010 that HCD Research did a national study among 1,090 Americans to find out which one was perceived as the most sincere. Before, during, and after viewing the apologies, participants used a dial to score the perceived sincerity level of the star asking for forgiveness on a scale of 1 to 7. Comparing before and after numbers, Chris Brown’s apology for assaulting Rihanna saw a 17. 2 percent increase in sincerity score, Tiger Woods’ apology for his affairs 7.9 percent, and David Letterman’s sex scandal confession 4.3 percent. Not all confessions, however, had the desired effect. The sincerity score of David Letterman’s apology for his Palin joke dropped 2.3 percent after he delivered it, and John Mayer’s apology for his Playboy interview fell 13.6 percent.
HCD also flat-out asked responders if they believed Woods’ apology was sincere and broke down the results by gender: 61 percent of women said they thought his televised apology was sincere; 58 percent of men did.
Your turn, PopWatchers: Which of these apologies do YOU perceive as the most and least sincere? Take our polls, after the jump, then sound off in the comments below. READ FULL STORY »
