Image Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesThere would be no greater compliment than to be insulted by Greg Giraldo. Ask Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff, Bob Saget, or any one of the many celebrities the master insult comic ribbed during Comedy Central’s countless roasts. (Or, for that matter, any heckler who dared to challenge Giraldo during one of his acts.) Giraldo could call you “a sunken-eyed monster who’s obsessed with jewelry…it’s like The Lord of the Rings” — Rivers was the proud recipient of that quote, one of the very few printable options out there — and all you could do is laugh, shrug your shoulders, and ultimately agree. Because even amongst talented contemporaries like Lisa Lampanelli and Nick DiPaolo, Giraldo was quite simply the best. READ FULL STORY »
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Greg Giraldo: Remembering the great insult comedian
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'Survivor: Nicaragua': Jimmy Johnson calls tribemate Jimmy T. 'volatile'
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Jimmy Johnson will not be adding the title of ‘Sole Survivor’ to his formidable list of accomplishments anytime soon. The two-time Super Bowl winning coach was voted out of Survivor: Nicaragua last night, undone by other men jealous of his success and celebrity status. I talked with Jimmy today about the plot to get him out, his frustration with Jimmy T., and how he dealt with his ultimate foe in the game — Father Time. Read on after the jump for the full Q&A! READ FULL STORY »
Google's homepage celebrates 50th anniversary of 'The Flintstones'
Yes, The Flintstones debuted 50 years ago today. You can reminisce about Bedrock below. But only after you suggest an idea for the graphic Google could use to honor one or more of these other upcoming TV anniversaries:
• Gilmore Girls‘ 10th anniversary on Oct. 5
• CSI‘s 10th anniversary on Oc. 6*
• Bosom Buddies‘ 30th anniversary on Nov. 27
• Magnum, P.I.‘s 30th anniversary on Dec. 11
Go!
*They should make the word “Google” look like a bodily fluid stain under a blue light!
'Myst' movie in the works: Holy '90s flashback!
The ’90s classic adventure/puzzle game Myst is poised for a big-screen adaptation, according to Deadline. The film would take its plot structure from the “companion novels” rather than strictly from the game and its sequels, and producer Mark Johnson, whose other credits include the Chronicles of Narnia movies, is on board.
Part of me is rejoicing. I was obsessed with the original game back in the day, and its strange, dementedly dreamy landscape could be mesmerizing as a setting for a film. But part of the thrill of the game was independent discovery — ah! I can make those clock-gears turn! — and the ability replay the game with different endings. (Noooo, I’m trapped in the boooooook.) Can a movie, even one produced by the game’s superfans, really retain that?
Would you see a Myst adaptation, PopWatchers? Or does your ’90s PC gaming nostalgia not carry over?
Previously: EW covered the Myst phenomenon back in 1994.
Clip du jour: 8-bit version of Cee-Lo's 'F-- you'
Cee-Lo’s “F— You” jam is still my favorite song of the summer, but this 8-bit spoof/tribute by Inverse Phase is pretty much the best thing ever. Yes, ever. Come for the Sega jokes, stay for the earworm! I’m pretty sure some portion of this song will be stuck in my head for the rest of my natural life. READ FULL STORY »
Sarah Silverman and others lampoon 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' in Funny or Die video
Stars including Sarah Silverman, Thomas Lennon, John Cho, Dave Holmes, and “Weird Al” Yankovic appear in a new Funny or Die video that has them skewering “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” as members of the organization G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving). Silverman wins my vote for best joke: “I don’t think you can fit in the cockpit of an F-16 if you’re wearing a tutu. And I don’t think it’s safe…. You probably think that means I don’t want ballerinas in our military. Not true.” (She then explains that she supports ballerinas as spies.) Holmes takes the prize for the most genuinely convincing argument, citing the two wars we’re waging, the stack of intelligence we don’t have the manpower to translate, the recession, the $363 million spent investigating and discharging gay soldiers, and recruiting and training their replacements. But, he concludes, “Two guys kissing is gross.” Watch it below. READ FULL STORY »
Procedural Junkie: 'Law and Order: Los Angeles' goes for Lohan right out of the gate
Image Credit: Dean Hendler/NBLaw & Order: Los Angeles debuted last night with an episode that mashed together three separate pop culture story strands. There was the Bling Ring, that crew of SoCal teenyboppers who burgled celebrity homes by tracking their marks’ whereabouts via the Internet. There was a Brody Jenner-ish reality TV star, an L.A. rich kid who dated his way into pseudo-stardom. (Bizarro-Brody said, “Perez Hilton called me a douche-tard every day for six months,” which is the first and hopefully last time the words “douche-tard” and “Perez Hilton” will ever appear in the L&Overse.) And finally, there was a touching re-enactment of the Lindsay-Dina Lohan mommy-daughter psychodrama, complete with lots of heavy talk about living through/off your children. Also, lots of red hair. A better name for the sixth L&O would be Law & Order: Everything Annoying About Los Angeles. READ FULL STORY »
Ben Stiller returns to Broadway for first time in 25 years...in the same play!
Image Credit: Bob Charlotte/PR Photos; Glenn Harris/PR PhotosAt the age of 20, Ben Stiller made his Broadway debut in the acclaimed 1986 production of John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves, playing the aspiring-actor son of the tragicomic play’s mismatched central couple, Artie and Bananas Shaughnessy. This spring, Stiller plans to make his second Broadway appearance in a new revival of the very same play, this time as the frustrated zookeeper and wannabe songwriter Artie. Edie Falco, an Emmy-winning stage veteran who last appeared on Broadway in a 2004 revival of ‘night, Mother, will portray the aptly named Bananas. The director will be David Cromer, whose ingenious revival of Our Town is still running Off Broadway (his first Broadway production was last fall’s unfortunately short-lived revival of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs).
Guare’s show, set in 1965 New York City at the time of Pope Paul VI’s visit to the city, has become something of a modern classic. It was first produced Off Broadway in 1971, and the ’86 Broadway revival was a major phenomenon, earning Tony awards for Swoosie Kurtz (as Bananas) and John Mahoney (as Artie). I can’t wait to see what Falco and Stiller do with the roles. What about you, PopWatchers? How do you think Stiller will fare in live theater after such a long career in the movies?
Tony Curtis: Great moments on screen
What better way to remember Tony Curtis (who died last night at the age of 85) than by looking back on some of his best moments on screen? His career spanned six decades and yielded some classic American films — none the least of which is the great Billy Wilder comedy Some Like It Hot. Curtis played a musician who runs from the mob by disguising himself as woman in a traveling all-female band. In the clip below, Curtis and costar Jack Lemmon wobble on high heels and drool over Marilyn Monroe. READ FULL STORY »
'Glee' star Lea Michele glams it up on the cover of 'Marie Claire UK'
Lea Michele is on the cover of this month’s Marie Claire UK, so in addition to learning about “jumpers” and “snogging,” we can read all about her journey from Broadway starlet to network darling. Also, the photos are sexy.
Michele is basically getting the Tina Fey treatment — her first round of stories about her tended toward in-character(ish) shoots, but now it’s time for the sky-high heels and short sparkly dresses and for everyone to talk about how cute she is. Admittedly, she is very cute. READ FULL STORY »
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