Confession: I have a Snuggie. My grandmother, known for shelling out money for all kinds of ridiculous infomercial products, sent me two Snuggies (with the accompanying book light) when I was in college. And, of course, I used them with pride. I really thought I had reached full Snuggie potential. But all that changed in 30 seconds when I saw the newest commercial for the blanket with sleeves: READ FULL STORY »
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Aug 25
2010
10:00 AM ET
Snugarena: The latest dance craze? Let's hope not.
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Aug 25
2010
09:46 AM ET
'127 Hours' trailer: A Danny Boyle Joint
When did Danny Boyle become a brand? James Franco is the undeniable star of 127 Hours, the courageous story of injured adrenaline junkie Aron Ralston, but the new trailer for the film (embedded below) leads with the Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire. “Danny Boyle has taken us places we’ve never seen,” is splashed across the opening shots, followed by cuts of Slumdog, 28 Days Later, and Millions. Franco takes over from there, racing his bike through the desolate southwest, rescuing Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn and showing them a good time, and ultimately slipping into a horrific, life-threatening trap that will last, yes, 127 hours. Call it Into the Wild with a happier ending. READ FULL STORY »
Aug 25
2010
09:08 AM ET
Ricky Gervais sends 'An Idiot Abroad': Funnier on paper than in its trailer?
Conceptually, there’s no way An Idiot Abroad should fail: Ricky Gervais sends his podcast buddy/world-class dolt Karl Pilkington out into the world to face foreign customs and situations that make him feel skittish. Hilarity ensues. It’s just that the trailer for the show, which will premiere on Britain’s Sky-1 next month, is perhaps a tad less funny than Gervais’ uproarious laughter would indicate. I’d rather they had cut some “Brit in goofy hat” shots and given us a few more of Pilkington’s obtuse observations (i.e. comparing the Egyptian pyramids to “a game of Jenga that’s got out of hand”). But maybe you’ll disagree. Check out the preview below and let me know if you, too, wish you’d gotten a few more laughs from your first look at An Idiot Abroad, or if I’m just an idiot on a blog. (Quite possible!) READ FULL STORY »
Aug 25
2010
08:35 AM ET
Sandra Bullock to talk about New Orleans on 'Today'
Image Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.comSandra Bullock will talk to Matt Lauer on Tuesday morning’s Today Show. Lauer will visit the actress in New Orleans, where she has been living with her son, Louis.
Bullock’s giving the interview for the best of reasons: to help to publicize New Orlean’s Warren Easton Charter High School. She and a school board member will talk about a new on-campus health clinic, which Bullock helped fund.
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Aug 25
2010
08:31 AM ET
Elin Nordegren gives first (and possibly last) interview to People
Her divorce final from superstar golfer Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren gave her first — and she claims, her last — interview to People magazine, saying in this week’s cover story that “my main focus is to try to give myself time to heal.” The 30-year-old mother of two sat with the magazine for 19 hours, reflecting on the painful ordeal of the last nine months, when Woods’ numerous infidelities became public, while taking a positive attitude towards her future. “I also feel stronger than I ever have. I have confidence in my beliefs, my decisions and myself.”
Will this be People‘s best-selling issue of the year? Could you hear Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer’s hearts fracture when they read this will be Nordegren’s only interview?
UPDATE: Tiger Woods spoke out about Nordegren and the People cover during a press conference at The Barclays golf tournament, the magazine reports. “I wish her the best in everything,” Woods said. “It’s a sad time in our lives. And we’re looking forward to how we can help our kids the best way we possibly can. And that’s the most important thing.”
Aug 25
2010
08:22 AM ET
Fantasia's 'Behind the Music': Will she rise above the drama?
Image Credit: VH1I’ll be honest: I probably wouldn’t have watched last night’s Behind the Music episode had it not been for Fantasia’s intense personal struggles the past few weeks. As a casual fan of the singer — I’ve never read Fantasia’s autobiography about her rise from rags to riches or watched her VH1 reality series, though I do enjoy her music — I was partly interested to hear about her troubled past (which was as heartbreaking as I had expected), but I had mostly tuned in to hear her talk about her Aug. 9 suicide attempt. The special, which was completed earlier this month before the singer’s public troubles, had been updated to include a new interview.
As it turns out, if you watched the singer’s appearance on Good Morning America, there wasn’t much new information on last night’s one-hour special. She reiterated that leading up to her hospitalization, she had been struggling to cope with the media attention surrounding her relationship with a married man and she also spoke about the mounting pressure of dealing with supporting her family. But the special did provide some perspective.
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Aug 24
2010
06:30 PM ET
Sean Penn in lipstick for new movie: Is he channeling 'The Cure' frontman Robert Smith?
Image Credit: Mark Doyle/Splash NewsDespite the fact that his movie boasts a Talking Heads-related title, Sean Penn in the upcoming This Must Be the Place appears to be channeling a different band altogether. The drain-clog hairdo and lipsticked-pout makes Penn look, possibly intentionally, like pop gothster Robert Smith of The Cure, which is kind of awesome. Maybe this is going to be a Last Days-esque bit of pseudo rock biography.
Actually, probably not. The plot of the movie revolves around Penn’s aging former rock star and his search for the ex-Nazi war criminal that killed his father. Wha-? Well, the writer/director is the man who did the wonderful Italian political drama Il Divo — which is based on a real-life figure — so this might turn out pretty well. And for my own personal taste, I tend prefer the Sean Penn who can disappear entirely into a role (See: Sweet and Lowdown, Carlito’s Way, Milk) over the consummate brooder (See: Mystic River, 21 Grams).
What do you think, WatchPoppers? Do you agree that Penn looks like he’s about to take on Mecha-Streisand? Anyone else you think he resembles? A slightly wilder Tim Burton, perhaps?
Aug 24
2010
06:02 PM ET
'Real Housewives of New Jersey' star Danielle Staub's repertoire now includes dance numbers
So what if Danielle Staub was really fired from The Real Housewives of New Jersey? That’s not going to stop the world from hearing the song that’s in her heart. Who cares about a reality show when you’ve got a dance remix? You may have thought things were getting weird when we watched Danielle perform her debut single “Real Close” with “lesbian superstar Lori Michaels” on Watch What Happens: Live, but that was before the hair pull, the lawsuit, Kim G., “square tit,” “proverbial,” “woman,” and “clown.” After being called garbage (again) on last night’s finale, today, Danielle just wants to dance. Lucky for us, the Morning Show Gods gave her some airtime. Watch Danielle, Lori, and dancers perform “Real Close (Dance Remix)” below: READ FULL STORY »
Aug 24
2010
05:30 PM ET
'Piranha 3D' director says he is not worried about possible legal action by Joe Francis over 'Wild Wild Girls' character
Image Credit: Denise Truscello/WireImage.comPiranha 3D director Alexandre Aja has told EW he is not worried about the possibility of legal action by Girls Gone Wild chief Joe Francis. In the film, which was released on Friday, Jerry O’Connell plays a character named Derrick Jones who runs a Girls Gone Wild-type operation called Wild Wild Girls. Jones is shown snorting cocaine and encouraging two underage characters to drink liquor. Last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a lawyer representing Francis sent a letter to Piranha 3D distributors The Weinstein Company cautioning “all those associated” with the film to refrain from maligning Francis. The letter stated that “any defamatory or disparaging statements; or depictions in the media or in the film itself, or other statements that portray Francis in a false light, will be met with swift litigation to recover substantial damages.”
“I believe Mr. O’Connell may lose more than his penis if he and the Weinstein Co. choose to release this film and continue to falsely associate me with its questionable content,” Francis told The Hollywood Reporter, referring to a sequence in the movie during which Derrick Jones’ penis is indeed bitten off by piranha. READ FULL STORY »
Aug 24
2010
05:02 PM ET
'Dating in the Dark' recap: The 24-year-old virgin
I know you’ve been waiting all day for the third Dating in the Dark photo recap. It’s become the highlight of your Tuesday, practically the only reason it’s worth getting out of bed in the morning in this cruel world that wants single people to — ewwww — look at each other. Vision if you’ve got it! That is what the world says. Well, sadly it’s getting late and I’m not going to post an exhaustive recap. You can blame the 10 best O-faces of the Miss Universe pageant for taking up my time. Perhaps I have failed.
But I do want you to know that I sure did recognize Billy, a Chippendales dancer, from season 1 of ABC’s True Beauty. What a tool! By no means a larger tool than any of the other tools who appear on multiple reality shows, but a tool nonetheless. Billy was excited to date in the dark because that way, women wouldn’t instantaneously be reduced to puddles of their own scar treatment creams and crushed boric acid tablets upon seeing Billy’s treasure trifecta: “the blonde hair, the blue eyes, the smile.” Billy also looks exactly like a cooler guy I met in 2006 who ended up making out with my gay best friend in the basement of a bar for so long that we almost missed a Madonna concert. He also happens to have won EW.com’s much-touted Best Euphemism for ‘Unemployed’ of the Week!
Fine. I’ve scattered a small heap of Dating in the Dark gems after the break. READ FULL STORY »
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