On the April 28th episode of Discovery’s MythBusters, Adam and Jamie enlist test subjects to test two pain myths: can women handle more pain than men and are redheads more prone to pain than everyone else? After the jump, the answer to the first question. READ FULL STORY »
Archive: April 2010 (151-160 of 677)
Apr 23
2010
06:07 PM ET
Apr 23
2010
04:59 PM ET
'Project Runway' exit interview: The winner speaks! And no, he is not a Nazi.
Hi there! This is a SPOILER ALERT! You know what that is, right? It’s two words that alert you that you are about to be spoiled! READ FULL STORY »
Apr 23
2010
04:57 PM ET
Girl who asks Conan to prom gets delightful letter back. Which celebrity would you ask to prom?
Image Credit: Mitchell Haaseth/NBC; Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagicIt’s prom season, PopWatchers! You know what that means: Every single high schooler in America will soon be suffering from some serious “I Gotta Feeling” fatigue. But it also means all our teens are currently consulting their prom date short lists.
And, if you ask me, one teen, Nikki Simmons, got it right back in 2003 when she wrote a letter to Conan O’Brien, asking him to her prom. Apparently, he wrote her back, complete with a self-drawn cartoon of himself: “Dear Nikki, Thanks for your very flattering offer. It’s great to know I have such a devoted fan out there, and I’m sure you would make a great prom date. (I didn’t go to mine — it’s a very sad story.) Unfortunately, I got married recently, and my wife doesn’t allow me to go to proms anymore with cute 16-year-old girls. Still, it was very cool of you to ask me. Thanks and have a great evening. Your friend, Conan.” (See the letter, which is making the rounds on the blogosphere today, embedded after the jump.)
This is all kinds of awesome, but also makes me feel depressed that I couldn’t even get Hayley Mills to send me anything more than an autographed picture when I wrote her. (And I even sent her a photocopy of a biography I wrote about her in third grade. I gave her my heart written on 10 double-spaced pages. She gave me an autographed picture written with a pen. Sigh.) But it also makes me wonder which celebrity I would ask to prom. And I think I would have to go with Paul Rudd, not only because he’d smell like Sex Panther, but also because he’s got some awesome dance moves. (Bonus dancing footage: Paul Rudd and Conan together!) My pitch to him: I don’t taste like a burger! Unfortunately, since I am in my 20s and cannot go to prom, I can’t actually ask him. Instead, I’m stuck living vicariously through high schoolers by doing the “Rockafeller Skank” dance all alone in my office.
What celebrity would you most like to party with at prom, PopWatchers? READ FULL STORY »
Apr 23
2010
04:08 PM ET
'Project Runway' second-place finisher might finally be over losing
SPOILER ALERT! If you don’t want to know who placed second in last night’s Project Runway, don’t click here! READ FULL STORY »
Apr 23
2010
03:30 PM ET
Gosh, oh gee, but I hope Shirley Temple has fun on her birthday!
Put a few extra animal crackers in your soup, PopWatchers: The Curly Top-ped Shirley Temple turns 82 today! I’m tapping my toes in celebration. If only I could ever compete with this.
Who else spent the first eight years of their life wanting to be Shirley Temple? READ FULL STORY »
Apr 23
2010
03:01 PM ET
'Project Runway': Should Jay be allowed to design for women if he hates them?
Last night, my DVR said “Models of the Runway,” but thank god it was a 30-minute combo platter Project Runway/Models reunion special, because if I had sat through one more full episode of Models of the Runway, I do believe my head might’ve just rolled right off! Missy alluded to it in her finale recap, but can we talk about Jay’s ridiculous comment to model Cerri? In a clip series, Cerri was shown saying she didn’t like Jay’s design, and then Jay fired back at her during the live show, “That’s why we don’t hire models with bad teeth and thick legs.”
Oh, honeybitch. It’s understandable to take criticism of your work as a personal affront, but you need to let that stuff process at least 30 seconds before proceeding in any way. Grownups do it all the time. I do it with bitchy PopWatch comments nearly every day!
1. Did Jay just sabotage his career?
2. Do you think Brittany has recovered yet?
3. How pretty is Cerri?!?
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Apr 23
2010
03:00 PM ET
Jim Carrey: Where to from here?
While Jim Carrey’s long-delayed I Love You Phillip Morris was pushed again from an April release date to late July, the actor has maintained his public profile via Twitter. Posting as many as 25 tweets in a day, Carrey is as manic (“I’m wearing my ninja turtle underwear right now…”) and reflective (“In a world where ‘sane’ often means ‘inauthentic’, I’d prefer to be called madman!”) as you’d hope or expect. The uncertainty behind Phillip Morris has provided an opportunity for Carrey to ponder his current place in the universe, but the actor isn’t the only person to address it. Esquire‘s Chris Jones dinged the funnyman in a May issue essay (“The State of Jim Carrey,” currently unavailable online) and Hollywood blogger Anne Thompson tackled his current malaise in her recent Career Watch for the U.K.’s Moviefone website. Jones believes Carrey’s latest attempt to be taken seriously is doomed from the start: “Carrey can’t help playing it as a farce. He’s struggled mightily to be taken as a serious actor, and God love him for that — sincerely, it’s a painful and difficult thing, watching someone so gifted not being able to hold the gift he wants most in the world — but it is not who he is…. Jim Carrey was born a clown.” Thompson argues that Carrey simply isn’t as beloved as Tom Hanks or Jack Lemmon, actors he’s frequently compared to in films like The Truman Show and The Majestic, and that he’s best suited for animated and/or multi-role antics, a la Eddie Murphy. That might refer to Carrey’s work in last year’s quite delightful A Christmas Carol, which was a showcase for Carrey’s bubbling energy but also contained some impressively refined character work (even if it was cloaked in animation). READ FULL STORY »
Apr 23
2010
02:24 PM ET
'Project Runway' exit interview: The third-place finisher talks getting the villain edit, plus 'Dancing With the Stars'!
You know the drill, PopWatchers. SPOILER ALERT. SPOILER ALERT. Go ahead and move right along to the next post if you haven’t seen last night’s Project Runway season finale and don’t wish to be SPOILED.
Apr 23
2010
02:05 PM ET
'South Park' creators address bleeping: 'It wasn't some meta-joke on our part'
In a statement posted at South Park Studios, Trey Parker and Matt Stone clarified some confusion about its heavily censored episode, “201,” which made fun of the Prophet Muhammed and the icons of several other religions. After the episode, viewers naturally wondered if the bleeping throughout Kyle’s entire “I learned something today…” speech was a satiric nod to the whole idea of censorship by Parker and Stone or if it was enforced by the network. “It wasn’t some meta-joke on our part,” said Parker and Stone. “Comedy Central added the bleeps. In fact, Kyle’s customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It didn’t mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We’ll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we’ll see what happens to it.”
Meanwhile, Newsweek reports that the NYPD has stepped up security at Comedy Central following violent threats made by an Islamic extremist group called Revolution Muslim. The group’s website has since been taken down.
More ‘South Park’:
Ken Tucker’s TV: ‘South Park’ recap
‘South Park’ creators ‘warned’ by radical Muslim website
Apr 23
2010
02:01 PM ET
'Eclipse' trailer: The vampire army brings the action
Summit definitely saved the best for last when it came to the Twilight Saga: Eclipse trailers. Oprah Winfrey has the newest reveal on her show today. (Watch it below.) Thoughts:
• It’s definitely the most action-packed trailer we’ve ever seen for a Twilight film and, possibly, the first one that could get boyfriends to believe that the third film isn’t just about the love triangle. Pass this link around, ladies.
• Scary people/creatures emerging from the water is always cool, no matter how many times you’ve seen it before. Victoria’s young vampire army is no exception.
• Look at Jasper getting a close-up? And for once, we’re not laughing at the face he makes.
• The tree skipping shots better look better on the big screen.
• Did Carlisle always have that much of an accent?
• Slo-mo wolf attack! How much of the mauling do you actually want to see?
• Only one shirtless shot of Taylor Lautner. I like the restraint. READ FULL STORY »
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