Image Credit: PBSThe Doctor as Hamlet! Captain Picard as Claudius! Get your nerdgasm out of my chocolate and peanut-butter, etc. This modern-dress version started in 2008 as a Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, and then a TV adaptation aired on the BBC last year. It makes its stateside debut on PBS tonight as part of the Great Performances series, and I for one am completely delighted by the irony of Tivoing this while watching, oh, Top Model or something. It’ll also be available in its entirety free online at on the Great Performances site after it airs. You’re welcome, English teachers! READ FULL STORY »
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Apr 28
2010
03:25 PM ET
David Tennant, Patrick Stewart star in 'Hamlet' tonight
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Apr 28
2010
03:19 PM ET
This week's cover: 'Iron Man 2' roundtable with Robert Downey, Jr. and more
With Iron Man 2 set to kick off the summer movie season on May 7 (and rule the box office with an iron fist), several of the movie’s key players — including stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, and director Jon Favreau — got together for a spirited and superpowered roundtable. Among the many behind-the-scenes revelations: Mickey Rourke, who plays Russian villain Ivan Vanko, insisted on having the Amy Winehouse song “Rehab” blasting during his character’s first big confrontation with Downey’s Tony Stark. “Mickey likes a little psychological warfare,” Downey says, laughing. “I always thought, Why is he coming at me with, ‘They tried to make me go to rehab’? I’m here with my Chinese herbs, sitting in the corner.” Here are a few more choice bits from the roundtable interview: READ FULL STORY »
Apr 28
2010
03:08 PM ET
'Britain's Got Talent' (and pasty gymnasts that will make your jaw drop)
If you’ve yet to see Spellbound, the gymnastics group that rocked Britain’s Got Talent – including judge Simon Cowell — you’ll want to watch the clip here. They range in age from 12 to 24, have killer abs, propel each other into the air and across the stage, balance themselves on one hand on each other’s heads, and swing one girl like a jump rope.
Until I saw this screengrab, I didn’t even realize that the young woman in the back was lifting TWO girls.
Apr 28
2010
01:55 PM ET
Is 'Hobo with a Shotgun' the worst movie title of all-time? Or the best?
Image Credit: Everett CollectionAudiences may not have flocked to Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s two-movies-for-the-price-of-one Grindhouse venture when it was released back in 2007. But the schlock-tastic project is enjoying a peculiar, and thriving, afterlife thanks to its fake movie trailers. Rodriguez has turned his own Machete ad into a full-blown forthcoming movie featuring Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, and Danny Trejo, who starred in the original faux trailer. Meanwhile, Hostel auteur Eli Roth continues to insist that he will eventually get round to making a full length version of his hilariously disgusting Thanksgiving commercial.
And now comes the news that production has started on Hobo with A Shotgun. If you’re thinking “Hobo with a what-now?,” then don’t worry. The Hobo with a Shotgun trailer, which was made by an unknown Nova Scotia director called Jason Eisener for a mere $150, was only included in a few Grindhouse prints after winning a fake trailer competition set up by Rodriguez. But three years on, Eisener’s dreams of making a movie called, uh, Hobo with a Shotgun, have come true and the film recently started principal production with the mighty Rutger Hauer in the lead role of the munitions-minded vagrant.
Check out the original, expletive- and blood-featuring, fake trailer after the break and tell us what you think. Would you pay good money to see a film called Hobo with a Shotgun? And is that title more or less gloriously dumb than Snakes on a Plane and Hot Tub Time Machine?
Apr 28
2010
01:25 PM ET
'Happy Town': Geoff Stults talks new ABC mystery, man crush, more
Image Credit: Peter Stranks/ABCOn ABC’s new drama Happy Town (premieres tonight, 10 p.m. ET), Geoff Stults stars as Tommy Conroy, a deputy in Haplin, Minn., which hasn’t had a serious crime in five years — since the elusive “Magic Man” was believed to have kidnapped his eighth and final victim. With a brutal murder that he suddenly needs to know how to investigate, some bizarre ramblings by his sheriff father (M.C. Gainey), the separate arrival of two mysterious out-of-towners (Sam Neill and Lauren German), the agendas of Haplin’s founding family (Frances Conroy and Steven Weber), a loving wife (Amy Acker) and child (Sophia Ewaniuk), and a babysitter/addict’s daughter (Sarah Gadon) in a secret relationship with a boy (Ben Schnetzer) from the right side of the tracks, Tommy’s got his hands full. Stults phoned PopWatch Tuesday — in between a satellite media tour and a trip to sit in the audience at Dancing With the Stars – to chat about the role that was written for him (he worked with the show’s creators as Eddie Latekka on ABC’s October Road), why he’s obsessed with Chad Ochocinco on Twitter, what happened the first time he met Gary Busey (a great story involving being chased with a knife), his new man crush, and more.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So we’ve never actually spoken, but you left me a voicemail once after I wrote that seeing you shirtless was a reason to tune into October Road. Not sure if you remember.
GEOFF STULTS: Of course I remember. I owe you some nakedness.
Yes! You suggested you come in and dance around my office shirtless. Did I miss my window, or does that offer still stand?
My abs have only gotten better, so I’m ready. READ FULL STORY »
Apr 28
2010
01:07 PM ET
'The Hills' re-enacted by kids much better than 'The Hills'
I am loving this The Hills parody — in which little kids re-enact scenes from the MTV show — like Justin Bobby loves this hat. Because its name-tagging (Heidi: Face changes daily; Spencer: Horrible person; Audrina: Can’t make eye contact) and script (Lauren: “I missed you guys so much…I hate you guys so much!”) is practically indistinguishable from the labeling and dialogue in the real show.
If I have to nitpick: Little Spencer is tragically missing a creepy flesh-colored beard, Little Audrina is far more present than her actual counterpart, and Real Heidi is a heckuva lot more petrifying than masked Little Heidi. Bonus points, though, for the shot of Little Audrina looking at the ceiling.
Who would rather watch this than The Hills? Raise your hand, PopWatchers! [via Buzzfeed] READ FULL STORY »
Apr 28
2010
12:32 PM ET
'Camp Rock 2' gets a premiere date, Ice Cube and Woody Harrelson star in 'Rampart' (Excess Hollywood)
- Get ready to set your DVR, tweeners: On Sept. 3, the Disney Channel will premiere the Jonas Brothers-Demi Lovato movie Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. As long as it’s not grape-flavored, I’m in. [MTV]
- Ice Cube and Woody Harrelson are set to star in Rampart, a movie written by James Ellroy that’s centered on police corruption. Cube will play a detective, while Harrelson has bagged the role of a dirty cop. Not to be confused with dirty pop. (Early 2000s flashback!)
- Sarah Silverman is in talks to star alongside Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams in the dramedy Take This Waltz. According to Variety, “[The] story centers on a young woman (Williams) whose struggles with infidelity leads her to the realization that she may be addicted to the honeymoon period of her relationships.” No doubt Silverman will make a joke about the word “period” in that statement. [Variety]
- Universal announced they would be adjusting their (Philip K.) Dick adaptation’s release date: The Adjustment Bureau, which stars Matt Damon, has moved from July 30 to Sept. 17. [The Wrap]
- OMG, etc.: Gossip Girl executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have signed a two-year feature film deal with Paramount. [THR]
- Michael Seater, Emily Meade, and Bo Burnham have signed on to topline coming-of-age comedy Sin Bin. The film, which also stars Ben McKenzie, Jeff Garlin, and Tim Blake Nelson, follows a high schooler who loans out his van to friends hoping to get down and dirty. Because the Ford Focus is a mood killer. [THR]
- Last House on the Left‘s Sara Paxton will star The Innkeepers, a horror flick about a haunted hotel. And there goes my enthusiasm for my upcoming summer getaway! [THR]
Apr 28
2010
12:19 PM ET
Super Mario Crossover is the 8-bit mashup of my dreams
Warning: Super Mario Crossover is about to steal your whole day. [makes noise] If you’ve ever wanted to battle Bowser as Link instead of Mario, now’s your chance: This brilliant mash-up game lets you play the classic Super Mario Bros as Mario (bo-ring), Link from Zelda, Samus from Metroid, Megaman, a dude from Contra, or Simon from Castlevania. Ho. Lee. Crap. Using their weapons/specialties — whips! bombs! — within the Mario universe is a mindfrak for the ages.
The keyboard controls leave a little something to be desired, but I’m still totally floored. Now on to earning that Boy Scout video games merit badge!
Which classic game character do you want to play as, PopWatchers? Which games would you mash up?
Apr 28
2010
10:48 AM ET
Mickey Rourke blind item! Who is his 'pain in the ass' actress?
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/WireImage.comAn interview with Mickey Rourke is never boring. He’s intelligent, spontaneous, and incurably blunt. Take his Iron Man 2 chat with Moviehole.net where he let slip some disparaging remarks about an unnamed former female costar. “I worked with an actress recently who, despite having a reputation as a ‘good actress,’ s–––s herself when that little red light comes on. She’s fooled everyone into thinking she’s a lot better than she is. Working with someone like that is a pain in the ass, ya know?” It’s noble of him not to mention a name, but that’s not stopping others from playing the name-game. Might he be referring to one of his Iron Man 2 costars, or is he still dwelling on his lack of chemistry with Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler?
Recent costar. Good reputation. Afraid of red lights. Spend five minutes on Rourke’s IMDb.com page and post your best guess.
Apr 28
2010
09:50 AM ET
Conan O'Brien doing first post-'Tonight Show' interview with '60 Minutes'
Image Credit: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images60 Minutes will air the first post-Tonight Show interview with Conan O’Brien this Sunday, the very day his contractual muzzle expires with NBC. According to The New York Times, correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed O’Brien last week for the news show, and though O’Brien is still restricted from ripping his previous employer or his rival Jay Leno, Kroft told the Times that “[O'Brien] flirts with the restrictions.” One interesting hurdle for 60 Minutes will be how to promote the episode, since O’Brien literally cannot appear on TV until Sunday. “I think we’ll just show me talking to him [in on-air promotions this week] and have to blank his face out,” says Kroft.
Cool! I love it. Blank out Conan’s face, like he’s some mob witness. Oooo, can they alter his voice and show him only in silhouette? His distinct hair would still give him away, but I’d love to hear him talking about Leno in some mechanically-disguised voice that makes him sound like Jigsaw from Saw.
How do you think Conan will play it? Will he settle scores in his own way or will he continue to be gracious about his departure and new gig on cable?
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