Archive: March 2010 (331-340 of 604)

Mar 12 2010 07:38 PM ET

'Idol' exit Q&A: Todrick Hall talks about his campaign to get on 'Glee'

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Categories: American Idol, American Idol (Season 9) Exit Q&A, Reality TV, Television

Idol-Todrick-HallImage Credit: Patrick Ecclestein/Fox Todrick Hall, 24, knows he’s had some rough weeks. Immediately pegged as ”the dancer who can sing,” Hall set out early to prove himself. On Wednesday night, he thought he did just that, but voters thought otherwise. EW spoke with Hall following his elimination.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How are you doing?
TODRICK HALL: Good. I’m really excited about what the future holds.

Dealing with the elimination OK?
You know what, I woke up yesterday, and I felt good about what I did and that’s all I wanted to do. I knew there was a chance I could be going with the critiques from the past couple of weeks, but I didn’t want to go last week only because I knew I didn’t prove to America I could sing. And that’s what I came on TV to do.

So what’s next?
Well, I started my own campaign to be the next cast member on Glee, so I’m going all the way with it 100 percent and telling everybody. Ellen talked about it today on her show. I think if you put it out there it will happen. I was already on Broadway before I came on here, so it’s the perfect avenue for me. I’d like to put out a CD as some point, but the closest thing in my future is a recurring role on Glee. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 12 2010 06:49 PM ET

'You Belong With Me'...with a gay twist

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Categories: Music, Things That Are Awesome!, Viral Video!!!

A YouTube video was making the rounds over the last few days featuring Taylor Swift’s lovelorn anthem, but with a very cute gay reinterpretation:

The original video comes courtesy of a college a cappella group (no way!) from the University of Rochester called the YellowJackets who created the clip for their stage shows:

Whether you like your Taylor original, or with an a cappella “dah-dah-dum” flair, let’s all just agree that these boys are adorable beyond all words, yes?

Mar 12 2010 06:18 PM ET

'Idol' exit Q&A: Lilly Scott on 'karaoke singers being molded into a big pop star' and her Coachella hopes

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Categories: American Idol, American Idol (Season 9) Exit Q&A, Reality TV, Television

Lilly-Scott-IdolImage Credit: Patrick Ecclestein/FOX As one of this season’s most unique contestants, 20-year-old Lilly Scott had high hopes of making it far. But her hopes were dashed last night after a shocking vote, leaving her publicly puzzled. ”I don’t know what America wants to hear,” she said last night. Today, EW asked about her theories on the subject and more. 

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How are you doing?
LILLY SCOTT: Doing pretty good actually. I’m not devastated.

Yeah. Last night, I kind of felt like you weren’t ”devastated,” but maybe outraged.
I’m definitely not outraged or frustrated. I’m definitely disappointed that I didn’t make the top 12 just because I thought that I had done really well, listening to what the judges had said and how the producers had been treating me. But I don’t think my voting demographic was there.

What is that demographic in your opinion?
Definitely more of the indie, unsigned artist demographic that probably doesn’t even own a TV and is probably out riding their bikes or playing on a mountain. They’re not sitting inside watching American Idol. So I think that kind of affected me probably with votes. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 12 2010 05:55 PM ET

Michael Jackson's furniture on sale: Are you buying?

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Categories: Michael Jackson, Ridiculata, Things That Are Classy

Michael-JacksonImage Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.comThe AP has news that Julien’s Auctions will be selling 22 pieces of custom-made furniture that Michael Jackson had commissioned for his London home. The items are perhaps what you might expect: “An elegant seashell encrusted silk upholstered ‘Shells’ bergere with silver leaf front legs”; “a lavish ‘Swarovski’ crystal embellished bergere finished in platinum-gold leaf and upholstered in metallic leather”; “a luxuriant faux leopard and Ostrich feather trimmed ‘Wild Cat’ bergere”. No one ever accused Jackson of having subdued tastes, of course. (And if, like me, were unclear what a “bergere” was, it’s actually a French armchair. Very classy. Especially when it’s in leopard print.) Julien’s will be recreating Jackson’s London home in the Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas starting June 14. (Which only makes sense: I hear bergeres should be seen in their natural habitat.) The actual auction will take place on June 25, with a portion of the proceeds going to charity. Since most of us won’t be buying—items seem to start in the $16,000 range—my scenario for you is this: Say you had all the money in the world. And you really, really loved a pop star who died, but who also had kind of, um, particular taste, that maybe didn’t match your own taste. Would you still buy one of their bergeres for sentimental reasons?

Mar 12 2010 05:45 PM ET

Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman team up for 'The Change-Up'

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Categories: Casting, Movies, Things That Are Awesome!

reynolds-batemanImage Credit: Albert L. Ortega/PR Photos; Glenn Harris/PR PhotosPoll! At which point in reading about the The Change-Up, a comedy about a family man (Jason Bateman) who accidentally swaps bodies with his lazy, single best friend (Ryan Reynolds), on our Hollywood Insider blog did you decided you would be seeing it?

Mar 12 2010 05:15 PM ET

'Captain America': Hugo Weaving to play the Red Skull?

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Categories: Casting, Comic Books, Movies

Hugo-Weaving-red-skullImage Credit: Marvel Entertainment; Ed Millington/Retna LtdBy now, we’ve all heard that the casting race to play Captain America has narrowed to three eerily handsome actors. But what about the Red Skull, Cap’s archnemesis, the devious mastermind who loves national socialism and hates America? According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hugo Weaving is in final talks to play the Skull in the 2011 film.

Weaving has a great track record when it comes to blockbuster franchises: His malevolent Agent Smith was the only part of The Matrix that stayed awesome in the sequels, and his voice performance as Megatron in the Transformers films hits a similar register of deliciously pure evil.

Playing the Skull will either require a red mask, a mountain of red makeup, or a lot of facial motion-capture CGI. Fortunately, Weaving already managed to carve a fascinating character from behind a mask in V for Vendetta. Also, you have to admit that Weaving and the Skull share a certain cranial similarity. Don’t laugh: Between Lord of the Rings and The Matrix, that’s one of the most lucrative foreheads in history.

The Red Skull’s a weird mix of villain tropes – an evil genius, a combat supersoldier, a grotesque science freak, and a Friend Of Adolf. I’m pretty confident that Weaving will be able to find the right mix of over-the-top evil and magnetic charisma. What do you think, readers? Will we all be disappointed by anyone but Christoph Waltz as the Skull?

Mar 12 2010 05:00 PM ET

'Shrek Forever After': Rumpelstiltskin is totally Ursula the Sea Witch

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Categories: Animation, Double Vision, Magic, Movie Trailers, Movies, Who Else Remembers This?

The first 40 seconds of the new trailer for Shrek Forever After make me want to go home and watch my old VHS of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Shrek wants to be a “real ogre again” like Ariel wanted to be a real human. Rumpelstiltskin’s line, “Why didn’t you say so? Magical transactions are my specialty” is just like Ursula telling Ariel, “My dear sweet child, that’s what I do! It’s what I live for.” Even the lighting in Rumpelstiltskin’s buggy is very “Ursula’s underwater cave.” And he makes Shrek sign something before he’s transported to an alternate version of Far, Far Away where none of his friends recognize him — a predicament almost as cruel as not being able to share your beautiful singing voice with the loyal subjects of Prince Eric.

Forever After, in theaters nationwide May 21 (after it opens the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21), will be the first of Dreamworks’ Shrek franchise to be presented in 3-D. Are you there…with glasses? Or without? Come on, you poor unfortunate soul…Go ahead! Make your choice! If you want to see 3-D, my sweet, you’ve got to pay the toll….

Mar 12 2010 05:00 PM ET

'Bones' vs. 'Castle': Who wins in this week's Hulu face-off?

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Categories: Bones, Castle, Television

The best in show bracket breakdown on Hulu has entered its second week with a few surprises: Community beat Glee, Royal Pains spanked Grey’s Anatomy, and Chuck crushed Dollhouse. Which brings us to the most interesting face-off in round two: Bones vs. Castle. Fight!
On Bones, we have cheeky sublimated sexual chemistry:

And on Castle…we have cheeky sublimated sexual chemistry: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 12 2010 04:16 PM ET

'Project Runway' exit interview: 'I was going to finish this look if it killed me'

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Categories: About Last Night, Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Project Runway, Reality TV, Television

SPOILER ALERT! Read no further if you don’t want to hear from the Project Runway designer who got auf’d last night. READ FULL STORY »

Mar 12 2010 04:00 PM ET

Batman vs. Superman: As DC Comics turns 75, we try to settle the debate

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Categories: Comic Books, I'm Just a Geek

batman-supermanImage Credit: DC ComicsDC Comics is celebrating its 75 anniversary this year. That’s a true milestone, and the iconic publisher deserves a round of applause. But we all know the truth: these first 75 years have been a resounding failure. A failure, I say! Because DC has never successfully answered the most important question of the century: Is Batman better than Superman?

PopWatchers, I think it’s time we resolve this, once and for all. Let’s look at the question in the most basic sense: Who would win in a fight? This is a no-brainer. Superman could feasibly defeat Batman using only the lame powers, like Super Freeze Breath and Super Memory. Once he turns on the Super Speed and the Heat Vision? Game over.

Batman’s only real hope is kryptonite, but Lex Luthor uses kryptonite all the time, and how’s that working out for him? And no matter what kind of crazy paranoid-genius counterattack you think Batman could come up with, Superman could always just punch Earth into a black hole and call it a day.

But Batman vs. Superman is also a cultural conflict. Who’s more interesting to read about? Who’s more capable of evolving with the times? Who has a better costume? This is also a no-brainer. Ever since Frank Miller’s 1986 The Dark Knight Returns, Bruce Wayne has dominated every media sphere: cartoons, video games, Halloween costumes, and movies. And such movies! Batman is the star of the best (The Dark Knight) and worst (Batman & Robin) superhero films ever. (He’s also the star of the best Christmas movie ever. Batman Returns. Seriously!)

So Superman wins in a fight, and Batman wins in the court of public opinion. That leaves us with… oh no, a tie! This won’t do at all. PopWatchers, did I miss something? Am I too dismissive of Batman’s ability to fight Superman? Is Clark Kent secretly cooler than Bruce Wayne? (Quentin Tarantino seems to think so.) Should Batman earn grade inflation because his villains are so, so, so much better than Superman’s? Sound off below!

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