Image Credit: Dean Hendler/NBCThe first season of Heroes might be the best season of broadcast TV ever. But Heroes will probably always be remembered more for what came next: three seasons of amnesia, of people losing their powers, of premonition dreams, and of time travel. So, so, so much time travel. (The space-time continuum should sue for damages.) And as for the plot…well, at one point in season 4, Hiro defeated a brain tumor by sword-fighting with a dead man in an imaginary courtroom right next to the stairway to heaven. This morning, NBC announced that, in a rare moment of mercy, it was taking Heroes away to live on a beautiful farm in Kentucky, which is coincidentally the same place your parents sent your dog when he got sick and you never saw him again. By which I mean, Heroes is over.
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'Heroes' finally canceled: You won't have Sylar to kick around anymore
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Shonda Rhimes' pilot 'Off the Map' gets picked up. Get ready for another doctor drama!
Image Credit: Albert L. Ortega/PR PhotosEW’s Michael Ausiello reported this afternoon that Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice exec producer Shonda Rhimes will be even busier this fall, now that her medical drama Off the Map was picked up by ABC. Starring Enrique Murciano (Without a Trace), Jason George (Grey’s), Caroline Dhavernas (Wonderfalls), and Martin Henderson, Map follows a team of medical professionals who start work at a tropical island clinic. It will be interesting to see how this series pans out — I remain a dedicated Grey’s fan (yes, even through the dark days of Gizzie and ghost sex), but I’ve never really gotten into Private Practice. Here’s hoping a third round of meds won’t represent diminishing returns. But, hey, if anyone can pull three medical dramas off, Rhimes can, right? And shouldn’t every series be set on a tropical island?
Alan Tudyk joins 'Transformers 3' cast. Could this movie end up being kind of...awesome?
Image Credit: Rick Stephens/PR Photos; DreamWorks LLC/ParamountIt’s pretty well established that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a bit, for the lack of a better word, meh. But when it comes to the third film in the franchise, it seems Michael Bay might be doing something right. Not only has the director booked esteemed thespians John Malkovich and Frances McDormand (and Patrick Dempsey) for the film, but he’s also cast Firefly star/nerd magnet Alan Tudyk in the future blockbuster, according to The Wrap.
Now, we’re not sure what he’s playing, since Bay is keeping the whole project very hush-hush, but Tudyk could play a dust mite crushed by Megatron’s mighty steel foot within the first five minutes of the film, and I would still be on board. And such casting can’t help but make me optimistic that Transformers 3 will be less about robots smashing into each other and more about, well, robots smashing into each other — BUT with cool actors this time! Is this casting making anyone else think that Transformers 3 could actually be kind of awesome?
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright in talks for 'Moneyball'
Image Credit: Matt Carr/Getty ImagesThe cast for the long-gestating, Brad Pitt-starring Moneyball may soon be filling out, with Variety reporting that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright are both in early talks to join the movie, which was adapted by Aaron Sorkin and will be directed by Hoffman’s Capote director Bennett Miller. Based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book about stats and baseball, the story follows the 2002 Oakland As and their winning season under GM Billy Beane (Pitt). Jonah Hill is already on board playing stats expert Paul DePodesta. Hoffman is in talks to play manager Art Howe, while Wright is circling the role of Beane’s ex-wife. I find the possibility of Hoffman clashing with Pitt onscreen an almost irresistible combo, and it’d be great to see Wright in a high-profile project. Is Moneyball starting to sound like a win?
Clip du jour: Tila Tequila sings live, makes me apologize to my ears
I sat through A Shot At Love, A Shot At Love 2, and, yes, even A Double Shot At Love. And still — even with the image of several men and women downing pig’s vagina in an attempt to sleep with Tila Tequila forever etched in my memory (like herpes, it never goes away) — I can comfortably say this video is more of a hot mess than those three seasons combined.
Look after the jump for a video of Tila Tequila — now called Miss Tila — singing “I Love My DJ” and warbling a cappella(!). Now excuse me while I gain a sudden appreciation for Countess LuAnn de Lesseps’ “Money Can’t Buy You Class.” READ FULL STORY »
TGIF: An appreciation
“It’s Friday night, and the mood is right! We’re gonna have some fun, show you how it’s done, TGIF!”
As far as my elementary-school-aged self was concerned, that song signaled that the weekend was officially upon us. It meant ABC’s TGIF lineup was about to start, and I needed to book it to the couch so I could bask in the glory of Cory Matthews, Sabrina Spellman, and, of course, Steve Urkel – or Stefan Urquelle, depending on who decided to show up.
Yes, every Friday night at 8 p.m. sharp, it was TGIF time not only in my house, but in millions of homes across America. With its family-friendly shows that appealed to all ages, TGIF was an ingenious way to pull in a broad spectrum of viewers. And it still somehow remains the subject of nostalgic conversation: Just the other day, my friends and I found ourselves reminiscing about television during the TGIF era. Kids really had a lot of options back then, from cable staples such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? (actually, yes I am, thanks to that show and its freaky opening scene) and Clarissa Explains It All, to Saved by the Bell, California Dreams and the other Saturday morning NBC shows. But there was just nothing like TGIF. It, well, showed everyone how it’s done. READ FULL STORY »
Sacha Baron Cohen or Liam Gallagher?
Image Credit: Chris Ashford/Camera Press/Retna Ltd.Or, as Christian would say, “Is it James Dean or Jason Priestley?”
Guess who! READ FULL STORY »
'Robin Hood': Who's your man in tights?
Image Credit: David Appleby; Robert Isenberg; (c) Disney All Rights ReservedWith Russell Crowe’s splashy, new Robin Hood finally hitting theaters this weekend, it got me thinking about the many men (and Looney Toons characters) who’ve donned green leggings over the years to steal from rich and give to the poor. Apparently, I’m not the only one. In virtually every review of the new Ridley Scott film, critics have sung the praises of Errol Flynn’s iconic incarnation and bashed Kevin Costner’s. For example, today’s New York Times called Costner’s Robin “forgettable” and The Wall Street Journal referred to his performance in 1991′s Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as “woefully zonked.” Harsh!
I’m not saying they’re wrong and that Costner’s getting a raw deal, but there’s more to the Robin Hood debate than simply choosing between Costner, Flynn, and Crowe. In fact, take a look at some of these other men in tights after the jump and tell us who your favorite is…
'Easy A' trailer: The reasons women like teen comedies
After the jump, you’ll find the trailer for Easy A, the teen comedy starring Emma Stone as a virgin who fakes having sex with her gay friend (Cougar Town‘s Travis, Dan Byrd) so people will stop tormenting him at school, then gets talked into faking it with other boys for a change in social and economic status. (“Twenty percent off to Bath & Body Works, is that how much our imaginary tryst meant to you? I fake-rocked your world.”) Some religious kids (led by Amanda Bynes, who has a lot to live up to if she’s going to match Mandy Moore in Saved!) decide to pray for her — while trying to get her to leave their school. (Not sure why, but go with it.) Ironically, they’re studying The Scarlet Letter in class, and when a judgmental classmate snootily suggests she embroider a red A on her wardrobe, she does. This is where it turns into a teen movie adult women love:
1. A modern twist on literature: It justifies us going to see She’s the Man, a Bynes takeoff on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, co-starring Channing Tatum, which was totally enjoyable, BTW.
2. A sassy heroine: Yeah, she’s kinda fake-prostituting herself, but putting on the Scarlet A is pretty badass. Plus, we love Emma Stone’s red hair and voice. We’d have been friends with her.
3. A hot guy who likes said heroine. Cue Gossip Girl‘s Penn Badgley, who apparently knows what she’s doing and likes her for it. (If he turns out to be a douche, we will revolt.)
4. Parents who know how to deliver a punchline. Hers appear to be played by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci. Hello? Does it get any better? (Bonus adults: Thomas Haden Church and Lisa Kudrow.)
5. Pop cultural references. When Bynes says there’s a higher power who will judge Stone’s character for her indecency, she responds, “Tom Cruise?” READ FULL STORY »
The argument against waiting for a 'Gay George Clooney'
Image Credit: http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100514/George-Clooney-Sean-Hayes_320.jpgIn the ever-widening brawl over Ramin Setoodeh’s Newsweek piece, in which he dismissed the ability of openly gay actors Sean Hayes and Jonathan Groff to play heterosexual roles, both Setoodeh and his many critics seem to agree on one thing: A “gay George Clooney” would be a great achievement — the salt-and-pepper-haired, head-bobbing, A-list apex of the long climb up the mountain of acceptance for gay performers in showbiz. In a follow-up item posted on Newsweek‘s website, Setoodeh argues wafflingly that it’s “hard to say” if we’d all be okay with a gay Clooney. GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios then addressed it in yet another Newsweek follow-up, in which he says, “We’re a lot closer to that gay George Clooney today than we were five years ago.” The example has become so pervasive that NPR’s Linda Holmes has even come up with an acronym for it: HGGCG (Hypothetically Gay George Clooney Guy). Finding a gay equivalent for Clooney (what is it about him, the squinty smile? The sharp wardrobe? The Batman suit?) has somehow become the official gay-entertainment equivalent of putting a man on the moon.
Well, it’s time for us to pick a different finish line. Because this one, as a test case, is rigged for failure — in fact, it’s designed to be unachievable and thus to fulfill the gloomy prophecy that straight audiences will allow gay performers to rise only so far before rejecting them. READ FULL STORY »
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