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Jun 11 2010 12:00 PM ET

EW Turns 20! What do you miss (or regret) most about 1990?

To help celebrate EW’s 20th birthday, I threw a party in my office. But nobody came; Ausiello was having a special sale on decorative stickers next door. (Ugh, if you’re bored enough, go vote for that freak to become PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian of 2010.) So instead I sat at my desk in a New Kids on the Block knotted tee and Kelly Kapowski-esque print leggings and wrote this crazy photo gallery about the year 1990. Electric Slide your way down the rabbit hole and click through it Step By Step. Then page your friends to talk about it! Of course, there’s a bunch of nostalgia we missed (like Mariah Carey’s debut), so tell us what lingers with you the most. What was your VISION OF LOVE from 1990?

In conclusion, the following serves as my answer to the headline and an inside tip for anyone with “a case of identity”: You can still buy Caboodles.

EW Turns 20! hub: Looking back at two decades of covering the best (and worst) in pop culture

Jun 11 2010 11:13 AM ET

John McCain has acknowledged Snooki. On Twitter. While referring to The Situation.

by Annie Barrett

Tell me which sentence (fragment) is the worst of the three in that headline.

I know! It’s difficult!

Master of abbreviation John McCain totally @’ed Jersey Shore wax statue Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi on Wednesday afternoon. As you may know, Snooki has taken time out from her janitorial work at a chocolate factory to complain about President Obama’s 10 percent tax on tanning beds. If you didn’t know that…I’m sorry. For everything.

Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Jun 11 2010 09:10 AM ET

Upright Citizens Brigade parodies BP's role in the Gulf oil spill — and Kevin Costner

by Archana Ram

Tags: British Things, Have You Seen This?, To Care or Not to Care, Viral Video!!!, To Care or Not to Care

When Americans rally around a cause, they typically partake in one or more of the following: protests, fundraisers, op-ed pieces, and parody. The Upright Citizens Brigade, a New York improv group, went the parody route with the hilarious video below portraying what might happen if some BP execs had spilled coffee in a meeting. Included is a timely reference to Kevin Costner‘s suggested solution: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 11 2010 08:33 AM ET

'Bethenny Getting Married?' premiere recap: Mommy, daddy, and baby makes three

by Emily Exton

Tags: Real Housewives, Reality TV, Television, TV Recap, Reality TV, Television, TV

After an exhausting season of the Real Housewives of New York (and even more exhaustive reunion — that was only part one, people! There are two more to go…) no wonder Bethenny Frankel is getting the hell out of the Upper East Side. She’s taken a page from Ramona’s year of renewal and is preparing for the major milestones in her life – having a baby, getting married, expanding her business — all of which the Bravo cameras have captured on her new show Bethenny Getting Married? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 11 2010 08:27 AM ET

'Real Housewives of New York' reunion recap: Only part one?!

by Emily Exton

Tags: Bitchery, Real Housewives, Reality TV, TV Recap, Reality TV

I have two major complaints with part one of the Real Housewives of New York reunion: First, there was no performance of “Money Can’t Buy You Class,” LuAnn’s terrible dance/spoken word song about proper upbringings. And second, there was no Sonja Morgan, my reason for waking up in the morning… or at least for sitting through an hour-long reunion special. Sonja can distract us from all of this crazy with her wild dancing and low-cut dresses. Though disappointed, I had my glass of Pinot Grigio ready to go (which was very necessary), and soldiered on. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 10 2010 08:00 PM ET

'The Office' wants fans to create a 'Fanisode.' Dibs on the shootout scene.

by Sandra Gonzalez

Tags: Games, Have You Seen This?, Television, The Office, Television, TV

Image Credit: NBCScience says summer starts on the Solstice, June 21, but I say it starts when your favorite show airs its finale. Then, depression sets in. Lucky for us, the good people behind The Office recognize the void they’ve left in our hearts and — in the spirit of Michael Scott — thought of a time-wasting, fantastically entertaining way for us to fill our days.

Starting today, fans can sign up to help create an Office fanisode. It will work similar to the Star Wars Uncut project, where fans are asked to recreate a small portion of an episode — in this case season 6′s ”Murder” — and submit it for a chance to be included in the final product, which will be posted on NBC.com toward the end of summer. The 86 segments are up for grabs now at NBC’s page for the contest. Up to three people sign up for each segment, and you have two weeks to get your video in. Best one makes it into the final product, which will be posted on NBC.com toward the end of summer.

I’m still trying to decide exactly how I want to re-produce “Murder”‘s closing shootout scene between Andy, Dwight, and Michael, since claymation and animation require real talent. It’ll either be Twilight dolls (Bella-Edward-Jacob), Mad Men Barbies or EW staffers.

But what about you PopWatchers? Are you going to give it a try?

Jun 10 2010 05:54 PM ET

2010 FIFA World Cup begins tomorrow: Are you ready?

by Mandi Bierly

Tags: Heavage, News You Can Use, Sexytimes, Sports, Television, Television, TV

Image Credit: Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesThe 2010 FIFA World Cup begins tomorrow in South Africa. All 64 matches will air live on ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC. You’ll find the TV schedule here. Rumblings have begun around our office about Saturday’s England vs. USA match (2 p.m. ET, ABC), but really, my excitement didn’t build until a friend sent me the link to Swoonworthy’s World Cup Starting 11 (All-Nations Edition) – a list of the Beautiful Game’s hottest men. ”The research was intense and grueling. Not a single World Cup squad or player was skipped. That’s right: I considered every single player. So with 23 men on 32 teams, that’s … more math than I can muster,” the site says. I, for one, would like to thank it for doing all that leg work. (Pause as I stop to think about soccer stars’ thighs. And, I’m back.) Now, I have a reason to get up at 7 a.m. Tuesday to watch New Zealand vs. Slovakia — Slovakian defender Ján Durica (pictured).

Do you agree with Swoonworthy’s list? What aspect of the World Cup do you find most entertaining? (We’re pondering an Angry Coach Watch.)

Jun 10 2010 05:40 PM ET

Courteney Cox talks 'Friends' movie: What would the gang be up to these days?

by Jennifer Armstrong

Tags: Friends, This Could Be Interesting..., TV

Image Credit: Everett CollectionThe other day, Courteney Cox told the LA Times that she wishes Friends could go all Sex and the City and make a movie. “I wish we could do that with Friends,” Cox said in an interview with the newspaper. “The thing is, the characters from Sex and the City hopped all over Manhattan. On Friends, we were always stuck in the apartment and that coffeehouse.” But this is the (theoretical) movies, Court! I bet they would totally build you more sets! Maybe even let you shoot on the streets of real Manhattan (with armies of real paparazzi handily nearby), which would be a huge step for the Central Perk gang. In fact, that could be the plot: The Friends find out they’ve been in L.A. in a fake coffeehouse and improbably large fake apartment, and then they must learn to navigate the streets of real Manhattan! Okay, hopefully the idea Cox says Jennifer Aniston has for a plot is better. Or not — according to Cox’s rep, “There are no plans at this time to move forward with a Friends film.” Well, shoot. You know what? We here at PopWatch are going to imagine what the characters might be up to now anyway (and be sure to tell us in our poll after the jump if you’d even see a Friends movie): READ FULL STORY »

Jun 10 2010 05:19 PM ET

'Late Night Liars': Watch the first six minutes of tonight's premiere

by Mandi Bierly

Tags: Television, Television, TV

Remember when we told you Henson Alternative was producing Late Night Liars, a game show in which “two hapless human contestants face off against a panel of four ‘celebrity’ puppets who are half-sauced and telling half-truths”? Well, it premieres tonight at 11 p.m. ET on GSN. Watch the first six minutes after the jump for a Jonas Brother castration joke and the contestants’ first category: “Cities of the world that should have their own pride parade.” Though I do enjoy the Paul Lynde-ness of William A. Mummy, it’s Cashmere Ramada who proves the scene-stealer, showing you just how far this show will go when another puppet, Sir Sebastian Simian, gives the answer “Dike, Iowa.” READ FULL STORY »

Jun 10 2010 05:01 PM ET

Henry Winkler talks 'Royal Pains' and 'Childrens Hospital'

by Mandi Bierly

Tags: Television, Television, TV

Image Credit: Patrick Harbron/USA NetworkTonight, Henry Winkler joins USA’s Royal Pains (USA, 10 p.m. ET) as Eddie R. Lawson, the errant father of Hank (Mark Feuerstein) and Evan (Paulo Costanzo). In August, he’ll make his debut on Childrens Hospital, a twisted webseries created by and starring Rob Corddry for TheWB.com moving to Adult Swim in July. (The webisodes will air first, then the original episodes shot for TV that feature Winkler as the new hospital administrator.) We recently caught up with Winkler, who more than earned his reputation as the nicest man in Hollywood by insisting we take the couch so we could look out the window and enjoy the view of Central Park from a suite at the Ritz-Carlton, where he was spending the day doing press for Open Arms, an educational campaign to raise awareness of upper limb spasticity, a condition his late mother lived with following a stroke, and the therapeutic use of Botox that can give sufferers back the use of their arms. (Visit OpenArmsCampaign.com for more information.) We found out who he was most excited to meet on the Royal Pains set (24‘s Mary Lynn Rajskub, who also guests in tonight’s episode), why Childrens Hospital is the “wackiest” thing he’s ever done, how he’s preparing for the Arrested Development movie, and more. READ FULL STORY »