Archive: July 2010 (201-210 of 583)

Jul 22 2010 08:53 AM ET

'Top Chef' recap: The competition is getting ugly

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Categories: Food and Drink, Reality TV, Television, Top Chef, TV Recap

recap-top-chefImage Credit: David Giesbrecht/BravoThings got positively nasty on last night’s Top Chef, and I’m not just talking about the lying, strategizing, and former foes showing up.

To kick things off, the episode opened with duck testicles – and Angelo in a backwards hat that looked more like a surgery cap. And then it dawned on me that Angelo bears somewhat of a resemblance to Dr. Robert Rey from E!’s Dr. 90210, and we all know that if Angelo was any kind of doctor, he’d be a plastic surgeon. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 22 2010 06:01 AM ET

'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo': Carey Mulligan will not play Lisbeth (EW Exclusive)

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Categories: Casting, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

It’s time to take Carey Mulligan’s name off the list of candidates to play Lisbeth Salander in the upcoming U.S. version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Mulligan tells EW she is not going to be playing the titular badass hacker heroine. “I’m not, I’m afraid,” she told EW yesterday. “I can officially quash that rumor once and for all. It’s not going to be me. But I’m excited to see it. I love the books and I think it will be great.”

Mulligan will next be seen in two fall movies, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Never Let Me Go.

Yesterday, my colleague Nicole Sperling posted a great item listing a the actresses now being mentioned (like Rooney Mara, Ellen Page, and Mia Wasikowska) as in the running to play Lisbeth. With Mulligan out, who is your preferred choice?

Also: ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ casting: Who’s in the mix now?

Jul 22 2010 12:01 AM ET

Who is the ultimate Sexy Beast? (Top 64, Part 4) Vote now!

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Categories: Buffy, Movies, Sci-Fi, Sexy Beasts Bracket Game, Sexytimes, Star Trek, Television, True Blood

sexy-beast-july-22-aImage Credit: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Jessica, Drusilla, Worf, Spock) Jaimie Trueblood/HBO; Everett CollectionRoar! That sound you hear is lascivious creatures clashing in the night. Yes, folks, today we have characters from Species, Splice, Underworld, Angel, Queen of the Damned, True Blood, and Star Trek (big- and small-screen varieties) fighting for their survival in our Sexy Beasts showdown. Of the 64 contenders chosen by a team of EW editors, only 32 will advance to Round 2. So click here to see the entire bracket (then click again on the image for a zoomed-in view) and after the jump, vote for your favorites in four fearsome fights, plus get a look at lists of the 16 seeded players (and the actors who portray ‘em) in all four of our beastly divisions. Polls are open for 84 hours only, so join your favorites in battle, lest they suffer first-round TKOs.

[Related: Part 3 of Sexy Beasts -- featuring contenders from Buffy, Doctor Who, District 9, Beowulf, The Hunger, From Dusk Till Dawn, and a classic ’80s video game; Part 2 of Sexy Beasts -- featuring critters from X-Men, Twilight, True Blood, V, and Battlestar Galactica; Part 1 of Sexy Beasts -- with characters from Kindred: The Embraced, Twilight, The Lost Boys, True Blood, Total Recall, X-Men, Splash, and Battlestar Galactica; to get updates on every Sexy Beast bracket, follow me on Twitter @EWMichaelSlezak!] READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2010 09:31 PM ET

'Big Brother': Someone volunteers to go on the block!

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Categories: Big Brother, Reality TV, Television, TV Recap

Image Credit: Cliff Lipson/CBS

The latest episode of Big Brother was filled with tears, smears, and a bold (some would say crazy) risk that could potentially lead to an early exit out the door. (SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you have already watched Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother.) The episode began with a premenstrual Britney getting weepy about having been put on the block along with Monet by Rachel. The full-on pity party was complete once Monet then joined the sob session and they both acted like their entire families have been mowed down by an axe murderer, or, in this case, a “chemist”/Vegas cocktail waitress. Later, Britney started crying to Rachel…and wouldn’t you know it — then she started crying! At this point I half expected notorious Survivor weeper Sugar to burst through the walls like an oversized pitcher of Kool-Aid. (Read on after the jump for more!) READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2010 07:01 PM ET

No More Chicken Legs for Ralph Macchio: Inside the Reebok video

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Categories: Advertising, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night, Television, Viral Video!!!

If you were just sent the link today to a video featuring J.B. Smoove accosting Ralph Macchio in a coffee shop and asking to see his balls — the ones on the bottom of his Reebok RunTones — you probably weren’t 100 percent sure if Reebok was behind the video. If you’re a Jimmy Kimmel Live fan, you knew the answer. This is the second campaign Reebok and the late-night show have collaborated on. Earlier this year, John Lynch, head of Reebok’s U.S. marketing and merchandising, got a call from a Kimmel producer asking if they’d ever consider doing something with the show. Reebok was launching a new sneaker, ZigTech, last March, and wanted to reach young men, which Kimmel delivers, so they bit. “We can’t pay Kimmel to do something that’s gonna be boring or just totally commercial. It has to be something that’s entertaining for viewers,” Lynch says. “The reaction from the people at Kimmel to both things we’ve done is that it’s the kind of entertainment that perfectly fits with what their audience is about, too.”

The creative collaboration began with three voyeuristic videos — Chuck Liddell working out at home naked in only Zigs, Chad Ochocinco running naked in a park wearing only Zigs, and Dax Shepard nude mini-golfing in Zigs — popping up on the Web and Kimmel cracking jokes about them in his monologue. Then all three men appeared on Kimmel on March 11 — “fully clothed,” Lynch notes – to reveal/confirm the campaign.

When it came to promote RunTones to Reebok’s target male demo, young twentysomethings who are in the gym and don’t want to neglect their lower bodies, U.S. Head of Public Relations, Jenny Shanley, got the idea for “no more chicken legs.” They took the concept to Kimmel with the notion that Smoove, a former SNL writer and Curb Your Enthusiasm vet who became the best part of Fox’s ‘Til Death, might have fun with it, and the Kimmel crew suggested they pair him with Macchio, who recently had a viral hit with the Funny or Die Exclusive Wax On, F*ck Off, which showcased the kind of subversive, irreverent comedy he enjoys. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2010 07:00 PM ET

'Community' exclusive: 'Kickpuncher' returns -- in comic book form! Dan Harmon dishes

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Categories: Comic Books, Community, Television, Things That Are Awesome!

Community_ComicBookThe hero whose cyber-punches have the power of kicks is about to save the world from boring DVD sets.

EW.com has your first look at the 12-page collectible, which will accompany copies of Community: The Complete First Season, on sale Sept. 21. And before the gang from Greendale hits Comic-Con this weekend (details on their panel below), executive producer Dan Harmon gave us the scoop on the comic. Prepare to drown in a sea of awesome.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Tell me about this comic book adventure.
DAN HARMON: The comic book is written by Troy Barnes, Donald Glover’s character, within the Greendale universe. The idea is that he was in an art class with Jim Mahfood –  who I’ve known for a long time — who’s a really cool underground, yet successful, comic book artist and muralist. The idea is that he’s an art student at Greendale and had an art class with Troy, who took a shine to his talents and decided to take him under his wing as a protégé and do this comic book. So it’s from the mind of Troy Barnes, which can be a little scattered. At times he’s not a master storyteller, but he is an entertainer. [Laughs] So it’s six pages of satisfying content, which does feature Annie and Britta in a typical comic book situation, which is scantily clad and in jeopardy. And it, of course, features Kickpuncher, who is at the whim of Troy and Abed because they’re so cool. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2010 06:09 PM ET

'The Company Men': Check out Ben Affleck's other Boston movie

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Categories: Movie Trailers, Ripped From the Headlines!

Last week we got the trailer for The Town, the cops and robbers crime drama directed by and starring Ben Affleck. Today, the Ben Affleck Comeback Tour continues, with the trailer for The Company Men, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by ER writer/producer John Wells, The Company Men is another Boston-based tale (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it) with a great cast — Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Craig T. Nelson, and Rosemarie DeWitt. Affleck stars as a Bobby Walker, a 37-year-old father whose company merger leaves him jobless (along with his colleagues Cooper and Jones). He’s left bitter about his situation, particularly when it forces him to do manual labor for his brother-in-law (Costner). The trailer almost plays like the sequel to Up in the Air…if Up in the Air depicted white collar executives who go golfing and own Porsches as victims of the recession, and not long term mid-level managers. See the trailer embedded after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2010 05:27 PM ET

This 'Big Bang Theory' shirt is awesome

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Categories: Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Television, The Big Bang Theory

Uh, I need this shirt to get made, and then I need to buy it:

(If you’re a member of the Threadless community, vote for the shirt!)

I like a Bazinga tee, but this one takes the cake. Is it September yet, PopWatchers?

Jul 21 2010 04:10 PM ET

'Psych': Dulé Hill answers your questions, Part 1

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Categories: Psych, Television

dule-tapImage Credit: Alan Zenuk/USA Network“I spent the last six hours being duct-taped to James Roday and laying on asphalt. So that shows how my morning’s been going,” Dulé Hill says, laughing and apologizing for phoning EW a few minutes late on a recent lunch break. “But it’s all good. We have a good time.” Hill is definitely not complaining, not after getting to tap dance in tonight’s episode (USA, 10 p.m. ET) with his good friend Jason Samuels Smith, another vet of Broadway’s Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk. Gus (Hill) and Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) somehow end up in the same tap class, taught by Smith, and team up to solve a crime together before their dance recital. “Tim was good for what he needed to do. Gus turns out to be pretty fabulous, if I must say so myself,” Hill says. “I’ve always wanted to get to dance on the air, to find the right way to work tap into this show, but it’s not always easy. So I’m thankful that the producers and the writing staff came together to make it happen. There’s so many wonderful tap dancers out there that just don’t have the avenue for the light to be shown on them and for the public to know who they are, so I was glad to be able to have Jason come out so people could see the genius that he is. And then, of course, I got my Jamaican roots,” he adds, “so we got to touch into that a little bit, and Jason and I end up dancing to the Nas-Damian Marley song ‘As We Enter.’“

Can Hill tap dance around EW reader questions? Let’s find out. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 21 2010 03:46 PM ET

Cinemax's new show 'Femme Fatales' kinda makes us miss Buffy and Veronica Mars

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Categories: Advance Advancement, ShePop, Television

buffy-femme-fataleImage Credit: Robert FleischauerThe scripted-series prestige that has become the hallmark of pay-cable channels HBO and Showtime has long eluded Cinemax — and its newest project, Femme Fatales, doesn’t seem in any danger of changing that. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cinemax has ordered up the thriller anthology series, which will feature noir-style mysteries and strong female protagonists. Sounds great, right? Hell, it sounds like Veronica Mars! It’s when you learn that it’s based on the men’s magazine of the same name that you start to grow suspicious. (Or hopeful! Could there really be a magazine for men who would like to read in-depth interviews with smart, successful women?) Then you see that it’s exactly what you think, a magazine with your standard scantily clad starlets on the covers. Then you learn that there will be a “strong erotic component” to the series, even though it will also swear it doesn’t have anything to do with that soft-core porn that got everyone calling the network Skinamax for the last million years or so. And then you will still not subscribe to Cinemax. READ FULL STORY »

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