Recent events have led the PopWatch detective to conclude that famous actress “Megan Fox” is actually a set of identical triplets, and that all three are currently caught in a battle to one-up the others with attention-getting publicity stunts. Megan #1 (a.k.a. Domestic Megan) just got re-engaged to Brian Austin Green. Megan #2 (Wild Megan) claims to have gotten a new tattoo in honor of Mickey Rourke. (Another Shelf Life literary mystery solved!) Finally, Megan #3 (Deconstructive Megan) is on the cover of Interview magazine making out with a nude mannequin of herself. We’re confused, too. READ FULL STORY »
Archive: June 2010 (281-290 of 584)
Jun 16
2010
05:58 PM ET
'The City': Are you Team Erin or Team Olivia?
Image Credit: Jim Wright/MTVIf you’ve watched The City at all this season, you know that Erin and Olivia don’t get along. In fact, if looks could kill, Olivia would have been gone a long time ago and spared us all the drama. But what would The City be without the drama? (Probably not one of my guilty pleasure reality shows, that’s what.) Erin has been unsatisfied with Olivia’s work from day one. Erin takes every opportunity to point out her co-worker’s failures, and they seem to come all too often. (Missing assignments, not wearing the right clothes to the correct events, etc.) Adding insult to injury, Olivia doesn’t appear to respect the fact that Erin is still her boss regardless of their personal issues. It’s just one cat fight after the other. Olivia never gets fired, and Erin continues to complain about her poor work.
I feel sorry that Erin has to deal with Olivia, and find myself yelling at the TV when she’s not reprimanded for her mistakes. (Totally normal, right? Right?) READ FULL STORY »
Jun 16
2010
05:26 PM ET
Ozzy Osbourne's genes being studied by scientists
Yesterday, The Early Show reported that rocker Ozzy Osbourne’s genes are being mapped by scientists. Why? Well, because the Black Sabbath rock star has managed to survive 40 years of excessive drug and alcohol abuse and a bike accident that left his neck broken in 2003.
So what will the scientists — based out of a Massachusetts company called Knome — find? We won’t know for another three months, apparently, but I’ve had my theory mapped out for a long time: Ozzy’s, quite simply, a cat in a man suit. How else do you explain his nine-plus lives? And how cute he looks when he comes up to the window, offering his owners a half-eaten bat as a present?
I mean, come on, he even looks like this cat in this picture. (LOLOzzy!) But I’m open to other ideas. Your turn PopWatchers: How has Ozzy survived his 61 years on Earth? And whose genetic make-up would you like to study?
Jun 16
2010
05:00 PM ET
'Epic Mickey' videogame: Disney's mouse confronts a dystopian world
Image Credit: DisneyWe can all agree that Donald Duck is infinitely cooler than Mickey Mouse. Sure, Mickey’s the face of Disney, but his personality is just so bland. That’s purposeful, too: after the 1934 debut of tantrum-throwing Donald, Mickey’s rascal persona was softened, and he became the perpetually dull straight man. He’s like Cyclops to Donald’s Wolverine, the boring (but necessary) leader figure vs. the adorably scruffy renegade. Well, all of that is about to change. At Nintendo’s E3 presentation, onlookers got to see some tantalizing new footage of the upcoming Wii game, Epic Mickey. No matter how the game turns out, this is arguably the most interesting thing Mickey Mouse has done since FDR’s third term.
The game takes the character back to his roots — he’s wearing his old red shorts — but it also resettles him into a vaguely dystopian world. You explore vaguely recognizable environments from Disney’s animated history, populated by familiar Disney characters, but everything looks a little bit broken-down. (The game’s designer, Warren Spector, refers to the world as “The Wasteland,” which proves definitively that it only takes eighty years for a cartoon mouse to turn into T.S. Eliot.) Check out the video from the press conference after the jump:
Jun 16
2010
04:45 PM ET
'Lost' map: Explaining the Island. Sort of.
Image Credit: Jonah M. AdkinsWhile we may never fully uncover all the mysteries of Lost‘s island, we at least have this: a new and lovely map to show us where things are! Hurray. See? Now I get it! Everything finally makes sense.
Well, no, but it is still a cool map! Cartographer Jonah Adkins has been making maps for the government and the DOD for 11 years, and he used those same skills to plot the main features of the Island. “You start with an image/satellite photo, in this case an image of Rousseau’s map from a few seasons back,” he told EW in an e-mail. And then you extrapolate. “So much went into using the dialogue from the show to get geographic details,” he said, but of course, Lost had some chronic inconsistencies. “Sometimes it would take a group of people to get from point A to point B minutes on the show one time, then days the next time. Sometimes the camera shots would depict the water on different sides of a feature in the same scene.” And some key locations were just impossible to map. “I didn’t place Jacob’s cabin simply because most of the time it was shown, it was in a different place.”
Adkins says posters will be available soon, so maybe by the time the season 6 DVDs comes out, you can plot everyone’s travels with little pins or something. Not that anyone would ever…be so dorky…or obsessive… about anything…
Jun 16
2010
04:43 PM ET
Simon Baker, Paul Bettany to star in film about financial collapse. Do you want to watch a movie about the recession?
Image Credit: Barry WetcherA few years ago, there was much ado in Hollywood about the box-office failures of Iraqi War and terrorism-centric films. In 2007, In the Valley of Elah only picked up $6 million domestically, while Rendition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon, only grossed $9 million nationwide, despite its stars’ tabloid-making romance. The same year, The Kingdom and Lions for Lambs failed to make bank, and later, films like Stop-Loss couldn’t quite manage to make an impression at the box-office.
The much-discussed reason for the failure of such films? American audiences wanted escapism when they headed to the theater, not a reminder of our bleak, war-plagued present. READ FULL STORY »
Jun 16
2010
04:09 PM ET
Kate Gosselin as the next Bachelorette? Please spare us the pain
Ever since Kate Gosselin got booted off Dancing with the Stars, rumors have been flying that for her next television gig, she will be playing the role of eligible singleton on an ABC dating show. Just today E! online posted a denial from the network. And yet here we are mere hours later and Ryan Seacrest is taking the rumor to new heights on his radio show, saying that Gosselin will be the next Bachelorette. He brought it up with his guest, Bachelor and Bachelorette host Chris Harrison, who said the show had never approached her about it, then added, “She’s a lovely woman, as nice as can be. It would be a great show. What guy would have what it takes to just even walk in the door and say, ‘Yeah, I’m gonna give this a shot’?” Seacrest then got the franchise’s creator Mike Fleiss on the line, and he seemed less enthralled with the idea than Harrison. “It’s kind of interesting. I never thought about it.” He went on to say that the only way it would work would be as a special, lest they “jump the shark.” A rep for TLC (home of Kate Plus 8) authorized to speak for Gosselin calls the rumors “not true.” An ABC spokesperson confirms there’s “no truth to it.”
Whew. Kate Gosselin going on televised dates and handing out roses to a pool of eligible single men? I have a pretty high threshold for trash TV, but I’d have to draw the line here. Should the laws of the universe against fame-seeking overkill suddenly implode and this scenario became a reality, would you tune in?
Jun 16
2010
04:03 PM ET
Jimmy Brooks released an album this week. Which 'Degrassi' star will be next to make it big in the U.S.?
If you haven’t had the privilege of watching the campy, sorta edgy, and utterly addicting series Degrassi: The Next Generation, get Teen Nick on your TV plan ASAP. Seriously, you won’t regret it. The show follows teens at Toronto’s Degrassi Community School, whose halls have witnessed teen pregnancy, abortion, anorexia, drugs, bullying, sexual abuse, mental illness, homosexuality, and hate crimes, just to name a few. With that much drama and a huge cult following in the states, Degrassi‘s actors seem ripe for American stardom.
Degrassi has already said goodbye to classmates who have crossed over to American pop culture. First it was Shenae Grimes, whose Christian good-girl Darcy took a dark turn after she was raped. Grimes currently stars as Annie on the CW’s 90210. Nina Dobrev, Degrassi’s resident teen mom/model, just finished her first season of the CW’s new hit The Vampire Diaries. Rapper and Lil Wayne protegé Drake, also known as wheelchair bound Jimmy Brooks, dropped his highly anticipated album Thank Me Later on Tuesday.
Can more Degrassi kids make it in America? Or do we love these Canucks simply because they end every question with “eh,” and spend way too much time in a class called “Media Immersion”? My vote for the next breakout star goes to Paige Michalchuk (Lauren Collins), the school’s diva, fashionista, and social director. Once one-half of a Degrassi power couple (with Spinner Mason), Paige had an affair with a teacher (fine, student teacher), dated a girl, and experienced the harsh realities on fame and failure in last year’s movie Degrassi Goes Hollywood. Despite a slew of intense story lines (her rape tops the list), her over-the-top persona was often used as comic relief for the series. Holly J. may rule Degrassi now, but Paige was the one who first wrote the book on how to have it all. Plus, don’t you miss hearing her distinct “hun”? A term of endearment like none other. I also would love to see Spinner, Alex, Sean, and Sav (but not Anya) find success in American TV or movies.
If nothing else, maybe Drake can throw some of his former friends a bone. Vulture‘s already weighing in on the chances more Degrassi kids have at rap stardom (Jimmy-Craig reunion tour? Yes please!). Degrassi fans, unite! Who are your favorite characters? And who do you think deserves their big, fat, American break?
Jun 16
2010
03:05 PM ET
Nicolas Cage could return in 'Ghost Rider' sequel, William Shatner to direct documentary about himself
- Though there’s hardly a burning (heh) desire for it, a Ghost Rider sequel possibly starring Nicolas Cage is in the works. [Variety]
- William Shatner will direct The Captains, a documentary about his rise to fame as Captain Kirk on Star Trek. I’d write a joke, but really, it’s all there, folks. [Reuters]
- Paramount is bending the release date of The Last Airbender, moving it to July 1. [Variety]
- Russell Crowe will star as Robert McCall in an adaptation of the 1980s TV series The Equalizer. As long as he stays away from cliffs. [The Los Angeles Times]
- Chace Crawford is set to star in indie Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding. That could pretty much be a caption to this picture, right? [THR]
- Patrick Dempsey will star in the Lasse Hallstrom-directed Tom’s Dad, a coming-of-age film about a 1960s-era vaudevillian performer who “struggles to keep up with changing comedy styles.” [THR]
- Style has increased its season two episode order of Jerseylicious from 10 to 20 episodes. [THR]
- Some frakkin’ good news: Battlestar Galactica‘s Michael Hogan has joined the cast of Catherine Hardwicke’s Red Riding Hood. [The Wrap]
- Smallville writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar will pen Monster High, a musical based on the line of Mattel dolls. The movie will “feature the spawn of famous monsters including Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman undergoing the trials and tribulations of high school.” I would say that I didn’t know monsters attended high school, but then again, I was a 14-year-old girl once. [THR]
Jun 16
2010
02:47 PM ET
'Breaking Dawn' birth scene: How much do you really want to see?
Image Credit: Deana NewcombToday, the blogosphere is abuzz again with the question that has plagued Twihards — and Twilight Saga screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg — since the adaptation of Breaking Dawn was a go: How much do you show of a labor and delivery that EW described in its review of the book thusly:
“As the masochistic teenage mother-to-be of a monster — a fetus that breaks her ribs when it kicks — [Bella] is not only hard to identify with but positively horrifying, especially while guzzling human blood to nourish the infant. (She adamantly refuses an abortion, which even Edward begs her to consider.) By the time the feverish birth scene rolls around, you’ll think Rosemary’s Baby might make a suitable companion video to What to Expect When You’re Expecting.”
In an interview with the L.A. Times’ Ministry of Gossip, Rosenberg appears to be leaning toward the ‘less is more’ theory: “On the fan site, on Facebook, all the comments are ‘It has to be R rated! You have to show the childbirth! Gore and guts and sex!’ For me it’s actually more interesting to not see it. You know, you can do childbirth without seeing childbirth … it doesn’t mean it’s any less evocative of an experience.” UPDATE: A rep for Summit confirms to EW that the Breaking Dawn films will definitely be PG-13.
How much do you really want to see? Nothing, a few facial shots and some screaming, or, you know, the chewing? Keep in mind Bill Condon, in addition to helming Dreamgirls, also directed Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh.
Read more:
‘Breaking Dawn’ two films: How would you feel about them going off-book?
It’s official: Bill Condon will direct Twilight’s final chapter ‘Breaking Dawn’
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