Archive: April 2010 (271-280 of 677)

Apr 19 2010 02:12 PM ET

'Iron Man 2' vs. the Volcano: Advantage, Volcano

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Categories: Iron Man 2, News You Can Use

iron-man-2Image Credit: Industrial Light & Magic“My only weakness: Icelandic volcanoes!” The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the planned April 26th world premiere of Iron Man 2 will be moved from London to Los Angeles due to the volcanic dust cloud that has shut down most air traffic from Western Europe. Stark Industries had no comment, but authorities suspect that the Mandarin, supervillain and noted ring enthusiast, may have something to do with this.

Does anyone else find it weird that a gigantic cloud of evil burning ash has been set loose on the world just a few weeks before the end of Lost, a show whose main antagonist is a gigantic cloud of evil black smoke? Seriously, folks, there’s some Neverending Story junk happening here.

Apr 19 2010 02:09 PM ET

Aziz Ansari to host MTV Movie Awards: Jim O'Heir cameo FTW?

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Categories: Aziz Ansari, Movies, MTV Movie Awards, Television, This Could Be Interesting...

Aziz-AnsariImage Credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty ImagesMy DJ Roomba is now playing ”I Gotta Feeling,” PopWatchers. Why? Because MTV confirms that Aziz Ansari is going to be hosting this year’s MTV Movie Awards, and I gotta a feeling this year’s show could be hilarious!

I’ve been excited ever since initial reports of the news surfaced back in March. Now, the only thing that could make this situation better would be if Ansari’s Parks and Recreation co-star Jim O’Heir made a cameo. (There are few things on God’s comedic earth I love more than a little hilarity at Jerry’s expense. I know it’s a stretch, but they can make it work.)

My comedy delusions aside, what do you think, PopWatchers? Are you hoping for an appearance from Raaaaaaaandy? Got any tips, tricks, or sketch ideas for Ansari? I got a tip: Give the audience a little credit and don’t pretend any of the outrageous stunts are unscripted. Now you go.

Apr 19 2010 01:51 PM ET

Seth Rogen: Hardest-working actor in Hollywood

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Categories: Movies

Seth-RogenImage Credit: Chelsea Lauren/WireImage.comSeth Rogen is currently the hardest-working actor in Hollywood, says Forbes. Each year, the magazine ranks “A-listers who have scored top billing in the largest number of decently performing movies over the past five years.” The new list:

1. Seth Rogen
2. Morgan Freeman
3. Matt Damon
4. Will Ferrell
5. Robert Downey Jr.
6. Samuel L. Jackson
7. Sandra Bullock
8. Meryl Streep
9. Shia LaBeouf
10. Christian Bale

I’m resisting the urge to point out that the top woman on the “hardest-working” list is also the one whose husband cheated. (I failed.) Contemplate the list while I repeat “Women can have it all, women can have it all, women can have it all” to myself.

Apr 19 2010 01:30 PM ET

It's James Franco's birthday! How should he celebrate?

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Categories: Celebrity Birthdays, James Franco, Movies

James-FrancoImage Credit: George Pimentel/Getty ImagesToday is James Franco’s 32nd birthday! And based on his face, I bet the celebration will be even better than God’s Vagina. So how should he ring in his 32nd year on this Earth?

1) By skipping class to make out with Kim Kelly under the bleachers while throwing scraps of cafeteria food at the McKinley High Viking mascot. (I bet he’s a multitasker.)

2) By figuring out how to suction out Peter Parker’s goo, so he can use Spider-Man’s web-making powers to unleash a Silly String attack on the residents of Port Charles when he inevitably returns to General Hospital as killer artist Franco.

3) By duct-taping two 40s of Old Style to his hands in order to play Edward Fortyhands, because that’s what college kids did in my day. Allegedly.

4) By eating a box of Frango Mint Chocolates, but not before placing a magazine cut-out “C” over the “G,” so people know they belong to him.

5) “Kate, you’re so stupid! I have a better idea, which I’ll write in the comments below!” READ FULL STORY »

Apr 19 2010 01:06 PM ET

Christina Hendricks is a woman men love. Officially.

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Categories: Mad Men, ShePop

christina-hendriksMad Men‘s Christina Hendricks graces the new cover of Esquire‘s “Women.” issue. Her curves look so good even I want to reach out and touch them. (Then ask her whose idea it was for her to eat watermelon seductively for an inside shot. I guess we’re supposed to be waiting for the juice to drip onto her ample cleavage? I suppose that’s more creative than having her lick an ice cream cone, which wouldn’t have matched her nail polish.)

Hendricks also penned an open letter to men revealing a number of truths about the way women think and what they want/don’t want from a man. Give it a read, guys. She speaks the truth about why you get laid (intelligence, humor, and your smell*), and offers helpful tips such as, use the word “panties” more, and “No shorts that go below the knee” and “Also, no tank tops.” I tend to agree with her on just about everything, save the statement “No man should be on Facebook.” I don’t consider that a deal breaker. Ladies, did Hendricks get it right?

* Anyone other than me still love the smell of Drakkar Noir? [Answer.]

Apr 19 2010 12:21 PM ET

'Machete' gets a release date, Gwyneth Paltrow out of 'Danish Girl,' and Joe Biden heads to 'The View' (Excess Hollywood)

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Categories: Excess Hollywood, In Memoriam, Movies, Television, The View
  • Robert Rodriguez’s Machete — which stars Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, and Lindsay Lohan — nabbed a Sept. 3 release date. The film follows a machete-carrying ex-Federale who is betrayed by a politician. So, friendly family fare for Labor day weekend. [Variety]
  • Gwyneth Paltrow has indeed pulled out of filming The Danish Girl. According to her rep, “she pulled out of the film awhile back because the dates for filming and the location change.” [Harper's Bazaar]
  • Cybill Shepherd will join Jennifer Love Hewitt in an untitled Lifetime movie about “a body waxer at a woman’s salon who is stunned to discover that her former Texas homecoming-queen daughter (Hewitt) is working as a prostitute to pay the bills.” Surprisingly, the film is based on a true story, and was not written by manatees. [THR]
  • Joe Biden has landed a TV gig: the Vice President will appear on The View this Thursday. Big f—ing deal! [AP]
  • James Aubrey, a British actor who played Ralph in 1963′s Lord of the Flies passed away April 6 in Cranwell, Lincolnshire, of pancreatitis. Aubrey was 62. [NYT]
Apr 19 2010 12:21 PM ET

Drew Carey's hidden-camera show 'WTF!' already mildly annoying

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Categories: Reality TV, Television

Drew Carey is developing a hidden-camera show for CBS with the working title WTF!. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Carey and his crew will do things like transform a late-night truck stop into a five-star restaurant. That’s not the annoying part. This is: WTF! stands for Wow That’s Funny!. That’s nowhere as funny as Modern Family‘s Phil Dunphy saying WTF stands for “Why the face?”.

Is is possible for a hidden-camera show to have a title that doesn’t make us groan? If so, prove it. What would you name it?

Apr 19 2010 11:53 AM ET

Alyssa Milano talks 'Romantically Challenged' and when she needs to bust into the robot

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Categories: EW Pop Culture Personality Test, Television

Alyssa-MilanoImage Credit: Bob D'Amico/ABCAlyssa Milano likes to think of her new sitcom Romantically Challenged (premieres tonight, ABC, 9:30 p.m. ET) as Friends for the Facebook and Twitter generation. “It’s edgy and real and about a group of friends who are functional and awesome when they’re together, but outside of their circle, they’re socially inept,” she says. The show, created by Ricky Blitt (who’s written for Family Guy and Politically Incorrect), follows Milano’s character — a lawyer and single mother named Rebecca — as she’s, say, encouraged to have her first one-night stand, and Kyle Bornheimer’s Perry — Rebecca’s childhood buddy who’s now a successful financial planner and Pittsburgh’s most hopeless romantic — as he struggles to please his girlfriend in the bedroom (she likes to be spanked). We recently grabbed a few minutes with Milano to discuss the show and administer a mini EW Pop Culture Personality Test…

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you draw on any personal experience for the role?
ALYSSA MILANO: My bad dating? [Laughs] Yeah, I was a really bad dater to the extent that I hated doing it so much that I’d just jump into relationships. I’d just skip that whole dating part, which of course, never worked. I got married in August, and I married my best friend [Hollywood agent David Bugliari]. Lucky for me that I never had to date him, because I don’t think it would have lasted. [Laughs] He already accepted my quirkiness. My character is coming out of a 15-year marriage, so there are differences between her and I, but ultimately, I can totally relate to being terrified to get out there and being not good at it. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 19 2010 11:37 AM ET

Can we stop celebrifying mistresses (like 'Bombshell' McGee)? Please?

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Categories: Celebrity Scandals, Saturday Night Live, ShePop

Michelle-McGee_240.jpg Image Credit: DeMichele Photography/SplashSigh. The job opportunities just keep coming for former mistresses of famous dudes, don’t they? Jesse James’ alleged lover, Michelle “Bombshell” McGee, is being rewarded with a Vegas gig (not to mention this possible reality show, if TMZ is to be believed) for blabbing affair allegations to the press days after his wife’s Oscar win. And in the Year of the Cheating Scandal, she’s only the latest to cash in on her notoriety.

The concept of a string of mistresses “coming forward” baffled me when first introduced (I believe) during the Tiger Woods debacle: Why on earth was it necessary to come forward as someone who also slept with someone who also apparently slept with other someones? A phrase heretofore reserved for actual victims of something illegal — say, sexual harassment — coming forward carries a connotation both of victimhood and of bravery, neither of which apply here. Now, however, I realize we should have called it getting in line — to claim the spoils of their victories, their celebrity moments. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 19 2010 10:54 AM ET

Justin Bieber shut out at the Juno Awards; tween girls left numb with disbelief

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Categories: Music, Those Crazy Kids!

justin-bieberImage Credit: George Pimentel/WireImage.comPopular Twitter trending topic Justin Bieber was shut out at Canada’s Juno Awards* on Sunday, an oversight that was most assuredly the subject of outraged buzz in seventh-grade homeroom this morning. Nevertheless, the “Baby” singer played a central role in the Juno telecast, according to PopEater: Rapper Classified changed up the lyrics to “Oh Canada” to make reference to the Bieb, Michael Buble and the Barenaked Ladies mentioned the teen sensation in acceptance speeches, and screaming young ladies lined the red carpet to shriek in Bieberly adoration.

Buble, meanwhile, won Junos for best album, best pop album, best single, and the fan choice award. Drake and K’naan also took home multiple trophies. See the full list of Juno winners here.

* Like the Grammys, with flashes of flannel and an un-ironic appreciation of Celine Dion.

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