Angela and Hodgins became one of my favorite TV couples from the moment we saw the first hints of flirtation between them on Bones. So when Michaela Conlin braved the rainy New York City streets last week to pop into the EW.com offices (sans entourage!), I was thrilled to ask her all the character-related questions that have been plaguing my little fan brain since we saw the pair’s surprise wedding. The best part? She didn’t look at me like I was crazy. In fact, she was totally willing to geek out right along with me and speak about her character with thoughtfulness and excitement. Read on for her take on the couple’s surprise nuptials and what the future holds for our match made in squinty heaven. READ FULL STORY »
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May 17
2010
07:05 PM ET
'Bones' star Michaela Conlin on her on-screen relationship: 'I have faith in them'
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May 17
2010
06:47 PM ET
'Lost': What were the show's best and worst moments?
With only two more Losts left, I’ll admit to feeling, well, a little lost — watching and dissecting the show have become staples over the last few years, and now that PWHQ is in full-throttle Island mode, it’s going to be tough to say goodbye.
Which is why, as a comfort to us all, it’s time to think about the show’s best and worst moments. READ FULL STORY »
May 17
2010
06:43 PM ET
Bret Michaels to star in Vh1 docu-series. Will you watch?
Image Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Bret Michaels might be appearing on The Celebrity Apprentice‘s May 23 finale, but that’s hardly the last time we’ll see him grace the small small. Vh1 announced today in a press release that they will air a May 31 sneak peek of Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It, a ten-episode series from the folks who brought us Rock of Love. (Due to Michaels’ health issues, the rest of the series has been pushed back to fall.) This time, however, we won’t be watching half-clothed groupies try to win Michaels’ heart — Life As I Know It will focus on his home life, where he plays dad to daughters Raine and Jorja and boyfriend to Kristi Gibson.
As EW’s biggest Bret Michaels fan (a weird title to hold, I know), I couldn’t be happier to see him staking out a place on television. Music, schmusic — the guy is a born TV star. And if anyone is deserving of his own TV show — sans gimmicky Bachelor premise — it’s a guy who was fully willing to kiss this in front of a large viewing audience. Question is: Will you watch Bret Michaels special, especially those of you Celebrity Apprentice fans who finally caught on to his likability?
May 17
2010
05:51 PM ET
David Fincher + Disney = '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'
Image Credit: Bob Charlotte/PR Photos; Everett CollectionThe 1954 Disney adaptation 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is the stuff young, geeky dreams are made of. Combining lots of awesome undersea visuals with a massive performance by James Mason and the musical stylings of Kirk Douglas, Disney’s Leagues only looks more adorably lo-fi with age. (I spent about three years of my young life watching the movie every single day.) Presumably less adorable, but hopefully equally good: the proposed new adaptation of the classic Jules Verne story which, according to the Hollywood Reporter, will be directed by David Fincher and produced by Disney.
Now, Fincher and Disney don’t seem to have very much in common. After all, besides The Aristocats, very few Disney films have ended with decapitated heads and terrorist bombings. But the notion of Fincher tackling 20,000 Leagues has my head spinning. The story is a mix of high-seas adventure and Victorian-era sci-fi, which seems to fit nicely in the Benjamin Button‘s director’s wheelhouse. (And when you think about it, the charismatic Captain Nemo seems a little bit like a proto-Tyler Durden.)
As the Hollywood Reporter notes, this is actually the second Leagues project in production: Ridley and Tony Scott are working on their own version of the movie, and they’re eying Timur Bekmambetov as a possible helmer. (It’s the Battle of the Public Domain Stars!)
Bekmambetov’s another director more prone to bleak visuals and adult themes. Both projects sound exciting/totally bananas. PopWatchers, which are you more excited for?
May 17
2010
05:13 PM ET
Miss USA controversy: Did her crown come straight from the PC police?
Image Credit: Denise Truscello/WireImage.comThe inevitable time has come for certain conservative commentators to level charges of reverse-racism at Rima Fakih’s Miss USA win. The Lebanese-born immigrant, who was representing Michigan in the pageant, became the first Arab-American to win the crown last night.
Mere hours later, the backlash began. Pundit Daniel Pipes posited an “odd form of affirmative action” on his blog, noting the “surprising frequency of Muslims winning beauty pageants.” (His examples: a 2007 America’s Junior Miss, a 2006 Miss England, and a 2005 Miss Nottingham. Yes, sir, the takeover is staggering.) Fox News, meanwhile, undermined her win by questioning whether, essentially, she got it by default after the blond Miss Oklahoma, Elizabeth Woolard, spoke out in favor of Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law — when asked about it during the interview portion by judge/Office star Oscar Nunez — by defending “states’ rights.” Woolard ended the night as first-runner-up, which, for some observers, seemed to echo Carrie Prejean’s fate last year after her answer reflected her opposition to gay marriage. Added Fox’s account: “Fakih, an Arab-American from Dearborn, Michigan, took home the crown, despite nearly tripping on her evening gown.” Other web chatter today brings us everything from evidence that she won a pole-dancing contest in college — while fully clothed in a tank top and shorts, as if just coming from gym class, which seems pretty moot after this pageant-sanctioned lingerie shoot — to weird, baseless accusations of ties to terrorists.
All this sturm und drang over a beauty contest run by Donald Trump.
First: Really, anyone’s questioning whether this woman is pretty enough to win a beauty contest? READ FULL STORY »
May 17
2010
03:14 PM ET
Shia LaBeouf on 'Indiana Jones IV': 'When you drop the ball, you drop the ball.'
Image Credit: David JamesPeople in Hollywood don’t usually admit mistakes. But there are exceptions. Just this weekend, Shia LaBeouf broke the Hollywood cone of silence and provided some minor closure on one of the darkest episodes in American history. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, the actor apologetically admitted that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was not exactly the greatest movie ever.
To me, LaBeouf’s comments don’t sound remotely diva-ish. He notes his own responsibility for the film, saying, “You can blame it on the writer and you can blame it on Steven [Spielberg]. But the actor’s job is to make it come alive and make it work, and I couldn’t do it.” (Considering that he’s talking about the scene where his character swings through the treetops with monkeys, I think he’s being a bit hard on himself.) He also insists on having a tremendous amount of respect for Steven Spielberg: “He’s done so much great work that there’s no need for him to feel vulnerable about one film. But when you drop the ball you drop the ball.” (Spielberg’s camp issued no comment to EW.)
PopWatchers, how do you feel about LaBeouf’s admission? Does anyone else find it noteworthy that he mentions Spielberg and co-star Harrison Ford, but doesn’t say a word about producer (and skull-enthusiast) George Lucas? And do you think it’s admirable for such a young actor to go on the record against Steven Freaking Spielberg, or do you think LaBeouf is stabbing his coworkers in the back? And does anyone out there really like Crystal Skull? (My brother does, but he also likes Temple of Doom, which proves mental illness runs in my family.)
May 17
2010
02:47 PM ET
Fox's new fall schedule: Why we're already psyched about their comedies (for starters, Martha Plimpton and Keri Russell are involved!)
Image Credit: Anthony G. Moore/PR Photos; David Gabber/PR PhotosThe closest we TV geeks get to the wager-on-your-favorites fun of sports is the networks’ upfronts week, in which they announce their fall schedules to advertisers and we pick which horses we’re backing and which we already hate (based solely, and possibly unfairly, on fleeting clips and the pedigrees of those involved). And I’ve picked my first favorite filly (dropping distracting metaphor … now): Fox’s Glee-anchored Tuesday night, which will include new sitcoms Raising Hope and Running Wilde. Why? I’m glad you asked:
1. I will always stand behind the little-show-choir-show-that-could.
2. Raising Hope is a dysfunctional family comedy from Greg Garcia, who brought us the wonderfully fresh-at-the-time My Name Is Earl; and it stars Martha Plimpton (soooo good on The Good Wife this season — and in The Goonies!) and Cloris Leachman (so good on Dancing With the Stars, and I don’t say that of many).
3. Better still, Running Wilde comes to us from Arrested Development‘s Jim Vallely, Mitch Hurwitz, and Will Arnett. It stars Arnett as a playboy with a Peter Pan complex who’s struggling to grow up to win over his childhood sweetheart, a do-gooder played by (swoon) Keri Russell. READ FULL STORY »
May 17
2010
02:23 PM ET
Clip du jour: Sloths
Warning: this video contains outrageous cuteness that is not suitable for viewers made of stone or those likely to squeal “awwww” at the site of ovary-bustingly adorable critters. Sorry, tarsiers, but I have a new love now. When I die, bury me in this video so that I may know eternal joy. READ FULL STORY »
May 17
2010
02:18 PM ET
Lunchtime Poll: Should Sandra have torched Russell's gross little hat?
I realize this is possibly my most rhetorical poll to date, but I just want to see if ANYONE will vote in Russell’s favor. I mean, yes, that hat was EWWW.com, but it could have had sentimental value on the off chance that Russell had ever developed feelings….
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May 17
2010
01:45 PM ET
Zoe Saldana to star as assassin in 'Colombiana.' Is she the next Angelina Jolie?
Image Credit: Janet Mayer/PR Photos; Albert L. Ortega/PR PhotosAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Zoe Saldana is in negotiations to star as an assassin in Colombiana. Of course, as a reporter in this industry, the first thing that crosses my mind when I think of the word “assassin” is Angelina Jolie. (It’s about as natural as hearing the words “chin dreads” and automatically thinking of Brad Pitt.) And I’m betting I’m not alone. After all, Jolie’s famously played an assassin in both Wanted and Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and will play a sleeper agent — which is basically an assassin, right? — in the upcoming Salt. So upon hearing this latest piece of casting news, I began to wonder whether Saldana is poised to follow in Jolie’s career footsteps.
It’s not totally unthinkable, even if it’s unlikely that Saldana would ever become as high-profile a tabloid subject as Jolie. Besides the fact that Saldana, like Jolie, has legs for days — and is well on her way to becoming a red carpet star — the two actresses have already boasted similar resumés. They both have starred in geeky action franchises. (Jolie in Tomb Raider and Saldana in Star Trek and Avatar.) They both have played romantic leads (Jolie in Pushing Tin and Life or Something Like It and Saldana in Premium and Guess Who), yet don’t exactly fit into the rom-com actress mold. (Could you see either being forced to pratfall?) They both have worked with high-profile directors. (Jolie with Clint Eastwood in The Changeling; Saldana with Steven Spielberg in The Terminal.) And they have both even toyed with campy fun. (Jolie in Gone in Sixty Seconds, Saldana in Center Stage and Crossroads.) And, thanks to The Losers, we already know Saldana looks just as fabulous with a gun as Jolie.
With Saldana’s star threatening to beam even brighter, what with Star Trek 2 and the Avatar sequel, I don’t think I’m that far off with my comparison. Do you agree with me, PopWatchers? And hope that Saldana reaches Jolie’s star wattage?
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