Archive: October 2010 (341-350 of 590)

Oct 14 2010 11:19 AM ET

'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' takes Broadway: Go see it!

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Categories: Have You Seen This?, Music, Politics as Entertainment, Stage/Theater

bloody-bloody-andrew-jacksonImage Credit: Joan MarcusBloody Bloody Andrew Jackson has to be the year’s strangest Broadway show. It is also quite possibly the most awesome. If you haven’t heard yet, BBAJ is a seriously hilarious indie-rock musical about the life of our seventh president. After a celebrated Off-Broadway run earlier this year, it’s moved up to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, where we recommend you see it ASAP.

The new Broadway production, which opened last night, got an A review from EW. Check out that review, then let us know if you’re planning to see Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson on Broadway. Trust us: Benjamin Walker (pictured), who plays Jackson, is the kind of star you want to see in person before he gets even more famous.

Oct 14 2010 10:00 AM ET

Ryan Reynolds says Deadpool could beat Wolverine. Who is the ultimate X-Man?

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Categories: Comic Books, X-Men

Deadpool-WolverineImage Credit: James Fisher(2)Rough estimates indicate that there are an estimated 547,000 characters who are considered “X-Men.” I am not effing with you. (And that doesn’t count future selves, alternate-reality duplicates, and omniscient trans-universal bird clones.) And X-Men fight each other all the time: because of mind control, because of puberty, or because they just plain don’t like each other. None of the fights are ever particularly decisive — they’re a family, after all — but it still takes some serious mojo for Ryan Reynolds to unilaterally announce that Deadpool could kick Wolverine’s shiny adamantium butt. After all, unless I’m forgetting anything, Deadpool has fought Wolverine in comic books, movies, and television, and always lost. (Although who ever really loses when both characters can heal from decapitation?) Still, Reynolds’ cheerleading can’t help but make you wonder: Which X-Man would stand triumphant in a knock-down drag-out fight?

You may disagree, but I think this comes down to three contenders whose powers are not based on line-of-sight (to counter telepathy): READ FULL STORY »

Oct 14 2010 09:42 AM ET

Paula Abdul's 'Live to Dance' reveals panel and host (the Aussie Ryan Seacrest!)

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Categories: Paula Abdul, PopWatch Dance Party, Reality TV, Television

paula-abdulImage Credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty ImagesThe first open casting call for Paula Abdul’s CBS reality-competition series Live to Dance takes place in New York City today (the second happens in L.A. on Oct. 28), and the network has released more information on the show, which will premiere in January. “Executive producer, lead expert and mentor” Abdul will be joined on the panel by Travis Payne, the choreographer and associate director to Kenny Ortega on This Is It, and Kimberly Wyatt, an original member of the Pussycat Dolls who served as a judge on the British series upon which Live to Dance is based. It will be hosted by Andrew Günsberg (also known as Andrew G), apparently the Aussie Ryan Seacrest (he’s hosted Australian Idol, as well as the nationally syndicated radio countdown Take 40 Australia and Network Ten’s live New Year’s Eve broadcast). Okay, actually, that’s all the release says. It’s safe to assume the contestants dance, the panel critique them, and somehow, someone is eliminated. How are you feeling about the return of Paula now? Is there room in your heart for So You Think You Can Dance and Live to Dance? If the latter wanted to end comparisons to the former, perhaps they shouldn’t have gone with a foreign host. But Andrew G appears as hot and personable as Cat Deeley (watch a clip below of him talking to Pink about the dark songwriting of their youths and her desire for a butt lift), so he could be worth it…  READ FULL STORY »

Oct 14 2010 09:00 AM ET

This week's cover: The Reunions Issue

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Categories: Movies, Television, This Week's Cover

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It’s the ultimate pop culture get together as Entertainment Weekly gathers 12 of your favorite TV and movie casts for our first-ever Reunions issue. A sampling:

Back to the Future’s Michael J. Fox and Lea Thompson pose with an exact replica of the time-traveling DeLorean, which was lovingly created by a superfan and driven from Toronto to New York specifically for EW’s photo shoot. “It’s great being with the car,” says Fox, who recalls “hitting my knee on the flux capacitor” during filming. “It’s a thrill for me because I didn’t actually get to shoot in the car,” adds Thompson with a laugh. “I’m a little bitter!” (For more with Fox and Thompson, check out the behind-the-scenes video below.) READ FULL STORY »

Oct 14 2010 09:00 AM ET

Zach Galifianakis' poses for 'Vanity Fair', gives naked Will Ferrell a run for his money

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Categories: Have You Seen This?, Nudity, Sexytimes, Zach Galifianakis

zach-galifianakis-VanityImage Credit: Sam Jones/Vanity FairZach Galifianakis has decided to take up swimsuit modeling — at least for one Vanity Fair photo shoot.

The shoot has Galifianakis in a rather demure, one-piece bathing suit that says, “I’m flirty, but I have standards.” If you ask me, the comedian’s all “Founding Father” severity up top, but 100 percent Heidi Klum fierceness below the neck while modeling several classic poses for the camera. (They should have used some ferns for props though, no?) Of course, Galifianakis isn’t the first comedian to use the shock value of his exposed body for laughs. In fact, his combination of stubborn deadpan and sudden, out of place nudity reminds me strongly of Will Ferrell, an aficionado of all things naked: READ FULL STORY »

Oct 14 2010 07:23 AM ET

Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Nicaragua': Episode 5

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Categories: Reality TV, Survivor, Television, Things That Are Awesome!

survivorImage Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS Hi, guys. I’m going to ask for forgiveness in advance. Today’s blog is lacking a little bit but only because it was a really busy week for me and I just didn’t have time to sit down and allocate the time I normally do to sharing insight and finding new places to say the word “holllllla!” I will do my best to be back in strong force next week and thanks for understanding.

EP 5 SURVIVOR: NICARAGUA:  TELL THE TRUTH

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You knew the tribe switch was coming when Marty said: “It would take something extraordinary, off the charts and completely whacked out to destroy my plan.” Marty, did you forget what game you’re playing? This is Survivor. We invented the “twist.” The only thing you can count on with Survivor is to never count on anything.

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You’re a little glad the switch happened because now maybe the challenges will get a bit more aggressive… and oh yeah, the Medallion of Poooowwwer is gone!

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You shook your head in amazement when Tyrone started bossing his new tribemates around. Another unaware Survivor making a critical mistake. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 13 2010 09:28 PM ET

Conan O'Brien drives off a cliff in car filled with explosives, popcorn

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Categories: Conan O'Brien, Late Night, Television

Conan O’Brien sure is spending a lot of money on plugging his impending late night talk show Conan on TBS. In this latest clip — which will play as an ad in Regal movie theaters as well as on your computer screen — he “drives” a 1969 Dodge Dart filled with explosives, fireworks, and un-popped popcorn off a 900 foot cliff. This single two-minute-and-twelve-second clip looks like it cost TBS more than NBC’s entire promotional budget for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, but mostly I’m enjoying the sight of O’Brien in a leather jacket. Shockingly, it works for him. Check out the clip below:  READ FULL STORY »

Oct 13 2010 09:00 PM ET

'Survivor: Nicaragua' quick take: Time for a tribe switcheroo!

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Categories: Reality TV, Survivor, Television

 

Image credit: Minty Brinton/CBS

 

Oh, those sneaky Survivor: Nicaragua producers. Just when the contestants think they have it all figured out, what does the show do but force them to form two completely new tribes, mixing both old and young in each.  My full recap will be up at midnight (UPDATE: Click the link to see Dalton’s detailed Survivor episode 5 recap), but if you can’t wait to sound off about who almost quit, and who went home, then read on after the jump for more. [SPOILER ALERT: Read on only if you have already watched Wednesday's episode of Survivor: Nicaragua.] READ FULL STORY »

Oct 13 2010 06:40 PM ET

'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke may direct 'Romeo and Juliet' for ABC

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Categories: Deals, Television

Catherine-HardwickeImage Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesThe news today — confirmed by EW — that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is in talks with ABC to direct her first TV movie was startling enough. (Who knew ABC was still making TV movies?) But what’s really surprising is the fact that the telefilm Hardwicke may end up directing is a retelling of William Shakespeare’s classic romance Romeo and Juliet. When’s the last time any network cleared a couple of hours of primetime for something written in iambic pentameter?

When you think about it, Hardwicke is the perfect choice for the material. She’s got plenty of experience directing stories about star-crossed lovers. (Although we’re pretty sure there aren’t any werewolves or vampires in the Shakespeare’s original story.) And she has a proven knack for getting inside the heads of romantically confused 13-year-old girls — Juliet is the same age as the characters in Hardwicke’s 2003 drama Thirteen. So we’re keeping our fingers crossed she’ll get the job. But here’s a tougher question, PopWatchers: Which young (or at least young-looking) TV personalities should be cast as Romeo and Juliet? How about Justin Bieber and Taylor Momsen? Or Rico Rodriguez and Lea Michele? Or The Situation… well, you get the idea.

Oct 13 2010 06:35 PM ET

Excess Hollywood: 'Wipeout' gets a winter makeover

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Categories: Casting, Deals, Excess Hollywood, Movies, Reality TV, Television, Wipeout
  • ABC has ordered eight episodes of a winter-themed Wipeout, set to air in January. Hey, if there’s anything funnier than a man getting hit in the groin by a giant red ball, it’s a man getting hit in the groin by a giant, icy red ball. It works on so many levels! [Variety]
  • Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody have been tapped to star in Damsels in Distress, Whit Stillman’s college-set film about a group of girls who makeover a new student (Gerwig). If there’s no shopping montage, it will be a big mistake. BIG. HUGE. [THR]
  • James Franco has optioned author D.J. Waldie’s memoir Holy Land, a book he read during a UCLA class that fascinated him. Lord help us if he once got ahold of a Bud Light-soaked Dane Cook album case moonlighting as hiding place for Lord of the G-Strings in his dorm room. [Variety]
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