Archive: March 2010 (301-310 of 604)

Mar 15 2010 05:49 PM ET

Which TV shows should join 'Glee' and Coco on tour?

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Categories: Chuck, Glee, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Television

cobie-ironchefImage Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBS/Landov, Courtesy of The Food NetworkRecently, all my money has been going to Ticketmaster, thanks to the announcements that Glee and Conan O’Brien will be going on tour. And I’m lucky that I logged on early enough to snag tickets to both — The tours have seen tickets sell out within minutes, forcing both to add more dates. Glee executive producer Ryan Murphy said at a PaleyFest panel for the show that they may add even more dates to meet demand! Wowza!

Though the popularity of the tours is overwhelming, Glee and Coco are hardly the first shows to take their acts on the road. In recent years, Family Guy and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia have staged live readings. One Tree Hill went on a concert tour with Bethany Joy Galeotti, who also sings on the show. And, of course, reality shows like Dancing With the Stars and American Idol also tour between seasons. But what other shows should join them? Here are a few I think should pack up their bags and hit the road:

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Mar 15 2010 05:36 PM ET

'Mad Men"s Rich Sommer: Why he got naked and tweeted for charity

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Categories: Awwwwww So Cuuuuuute, Mad Men, Nudity, Sexytimes, Shenanigans!, Things That Are Awesome!

Some of Twitter’s best and brightest lent their star power to a benefit show at UCB LA Friday night. The trailer for “A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweetathon for Haiti” contains some fresh language:

Did you notice a naked guy in there? Yeah, that was Mad Men star Rich Sommer, who talked to EW about his charity-driven decision to go full monty: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 15 2010 05:21 PM ET

Who is your favorite Celebrity Power Couple?

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Categories: Celebrity Couples, Do My Job For Me!, Things That Make Me Die Inside

beyonce-jayzImage Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImageFriends, the Kate Winslet/Sam Mendes divorce has left me heartbroken. Maybe I’m just a romantic, but I found their relationship truly inspirational. She was the Oscar-winning, fantastically talented (and irrepressibly charming, and ridonk gorgeous) actress of her generation. He was the Oscar-winning theater wunderkind-turned-movie maestro. They weren’t anywhere near the top of the Forbes list of Top-Earning couples, but they had a certain admirable quality that went beyond their earnings potential.

Coming so soon after the Robbins/Sarandon split, it feels to me like there’s a hole at the top of the Celebrity Power Couple Pyramid. PopWatchers, who are your nominations to fill the void in our hearts? Here are some ideas to get you started:

Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner: I’m 90 percent sure that the warm healing glow of Bennifer 2.0 was a big factor in Affleck’s mid-decade career shift from washed-up man-meat to witty character actor and brilliant writer-director. Another plus: they don’t mind spoofing themselves in video form.

Beyoncé & Jay-Z: Like Mendes and Winslet, these two icons are equally successful in very different ways. He’s the rap god who became a music mogul. She’s the pop princess who became a multimedia Queen. They keep an admirably low public profile, unlike…

Demi Moore & Ashton Kutcher: Twitter’s First Couple has redefined “approachability” by letting the public know exactly what they’re doing and thinking every minute of every day. They’re a postmodern Hollywood couple, which is probably what we deserve.

Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi: The future Daytime Queen and the Better Off Ted/Arrested Development star are easily the funniest couple in Hollywood. Their careers are admittedly a bit lopsided success-wise, but their adorability factor is off the charts.

Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens: They sing, they dance, they’re young and beautiful…there are just so many reasons to hate the High School Musical couple. But unlike other pop-tart starlets, they both seem focused on breaking out of the tween ghetto and having real careers. Mark this as a wait-and-see, but don’t be surprised if, fifty years from now, they’re the next Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy.

Who are you favorite Pop Culture Power Couples, PopWatchers? Don’t you hate that Kate Winslet’s appearance on Extras feels so bittersweet now?

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Mar 15 2010 04:37 PM ET

'South Park' takes on Tiger Woods, sex addiction

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Categories: Sexytimes, Television, Tiger Woods

Set your DVRs: In Wednesday’s 14th season premiere of South Park, “Sexual Healing” (10 p.m. ET, Comedy Central), co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone address Tiger Woods and the phenomenon of sex addiction. According to the press release: “The nation’s top scientists come together to put a stop to the recent phenomenon of rich, successful men who suddenly want to have sex with many, many women. After extensive testing, some of the fourth grade boys in South Park Elementary are diagnosed as sex addicts.” Our money is on Cartman… and, um, Kenny. Yours?

Is there any other scripted show you’d be more excited to see take on the Tiger Woods situation? I can’t think of one.

Mar 15 2010 04:22 PM ET

'Parks and Recreation': Possible Mark-Ann breakup makes me squee

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Categories: Parks and Recreation, Television, This Could Be Interesting...

tv-couplesImage Credit: Byron Cohen/NBC; Scott Garfield/ABC; Everett CollectionAfter months of my decrying the snooze-fest that is Mark and Ann’s relationship on Parks and Recreation, it was announced today that Paul Schneider is leaving the show. First, I am sad that Schneider is leaving. I am not, however, shedding any tears over the possibility that it means Mark and Ann will be kaput (Parks honcho Mike Schur will only say that the two will come to a “crossroads” by the end of the season). Like many of you have pointed out, Schneider has great comedic chops, and his dry delivery is a good fit with the rest of the cast. But he is stronger on his own than in scenes with on-screen girlfriend Ann (Rashida Jones). Jones is great too, of course, but together they are the Gizzie (George-Izzie) of Parks: a pairing of two likable characters that simply don’t work. See related: Joey and Rachel on Friends (I know they were never a ”couple,” but it was still an awful pairing). So while Schneider’s exit is no doubt a loss for the show, Parks might benefit from shedding the spark-free Mann scenes (assuming that his exit means the relationship is in fact over).

What about you? Are you excited that Mann is likely being put out of its misery? What other TV breakups made you cheer? Are there any other couples on TV that you want to see gone? Sound off below!

Mar 15 2010 03:30 PM ET

Clip du jour: 'This is the song you hear...at the end of a TV drama'

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Categories: Clip du Jour, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Television

I know this is a joke about how predictable those montage-y scenes at the end of shows are, but… Lost, Gossip Girl, Friday Night Lights, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs (not a drama, but still), old Grey’s Anatomy? I love those shows. The song starts about 1 minute in:

Bring on the two-handed kissing! [via]

Mar 15 2010 03:03 PM ET

Census time means Christopher Walken and a bobcat

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Categories: Saturday Night Live, Television

Hey, it’s census season! Time to dust off one of my all-time favorite SNL sketches! “The Census Taker” is a total classic:

Don’t push your politics on me, pal! I seriously cannot hear anything about how the census works without picturing this sketch. Are you out there, census workers? Is this exactly what it’s like?

Mar 15 2010 02:58 PM ET

Rielle Hunter upset about racy 'GQ' photos, says Barbara Walters

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Categories: Celebrity Scandals, Nudity, Politics as Entertainment, Sexytimes, Television, The View, Things That Are Classy

On The View this morning, Barbara Walters said Rielle Hunter, the mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards, had called her in tears over the suggestive nature of some of the photos accompanying Hunter’s lengthy GQ profile. Hunter told Walters she had screamed for two hours upon seeing photos that show her bare-legged on a bed, wearing only a man’s white dress shirt (“John’s shirt?” quipped Elisabeth Hasselbeck) and a pearl necklace. Hunter told Walters she had trusted the photographer, Mark Seliger, and believed him when he told her “he thought there might be one” usable shot that showed her being sexy.

Now, if Rielle had watched 30 Rock, she’d know that you should never agree to the use of props unless you want to see them again in print. They always use the shots with props!

Are you “Lysol-ing” yourself yet, like Whoopi?

Mar 15 2010 02:38 PM ET

'Idol': Should there be a judges' save for Alex & Co.? What twist do you suggest for season 9?

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Categories: American Idol, HeadScratcher, Hell to the No!, Reality TV, Television, Why Am I Crying?

Idol-judgesImage Credit: Michael Becker/FOXIt’s been four days since we lost Alex Lambert, Katelyn Epperly, and Lilly Scott on American Idol, yet I’m still going through the stages of grief. Last Friday, when I filmed this week’s Idolatry with Michael Slezak, I was somewhere between denial and guilt. Why didn’t I vote Thursday night, PopWatchers? Why, why, why?!

But now, my friends, I’m onto bargaining. (You think I’d be at acceptance by now? Puh-leeze. I’m still holding a grudge about Scott Savol outlasting Constantine Maroulis in season 4. This is going to take a while.) Since I’m not going to waste Jermaine Sellers’ god’s time with my bargaining, I’ve decided to bargain with our dear Idol judges.

So here goes: Oh, Simon, Kara, Randy, and Ellen, I’ll continue to watch and vote if you do me this one favor: Please introduce a new rule this year called “The Judges Save Season 9,” in which you wipe half of the top 12 clean, bring back Alex, Katelyn, Killy, and, heck, even Joe Muñoz, and say, “America, try again!” Okay, so I know that’s not possible. But since the past two seasons of Idol have seen twists — contestants being allowed to use instruments; the judges’ save — I am hoping some kind of shocking rule will get implemented to shake up season 9. A bonus wildcard episode? (Remember: Season 2 wouldn’t have had Clay Aiken or Kim Caldwell without the wildcard.) Personally, my favorite idea comes from Idolatry commenter Mary, who wrote: “I propose a new twist, like when the judges could save a contestant. In the middle of the season, have those 4 come back, give one all or nothing performance, and have the judges or even America vote for one to get back into the competition.”

Who else agrees with Mary? Better ideas for a season 9 twist?

Mar 15 2010 02:21 PM ET

Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell heading to Comedy Central: Yay, or double yay?

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Categories: Television, This Could Be Interesting...

Sanz-and-ParnellImage Credit: Anthony G. Moore/PR Photos; PRN/PR PhotosPerennial sidekicks Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell have been relegated, yet again, into sidekick territory, this time at the right hand of Jon Heder. In what godless universe is Napoleon Dynamite funnier than Dr. Spaceman?

The upcoming unnamed Comedy Central series stars Heder as “a man chasing big dreams — even as he loses his job and moves back in with his parents. Sanz will play one of his pals, an ex-convict, with Parnell as another friend, a burned-out teacher,” according to Variety. Along with the S— My Dad Says sitcom, it looks like moving-back-home is the trendy comedy genre this season! Sad trombone.

Griping aside, I’m totally looking forward to this show: neither Parnell nor Sanz has had the post-SNL career they deserved, and as dude comedies go, it’s tough to do better than producers Adam McKay and Will Ferrell.

Are you excited to see Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell back in action, PopWatchers?

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