Archive: December 2010 (241-250 of 304)

Dec 6 2010 06:59 PM ET

Elle Fanning's busy December: 'Somewhere,' 'The Nutcracker 3D,' and a Vanity Fair feature

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Filed under: Movies, Those Crazy Kids! and tagged: ,

Elle-FanningImage Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty ImagesAfter years of Dakota Fanning effortlessly playing every child role on the big screen, it’s time for her 12-year-old sister Elle to have her deserved moment in the spotlight. December has proven to be a pretty big month for the girl who is not yet even a teenager. She’ll appear in one of my favorite movies of the year, Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, in addition to the big-budget The Nutcracker 3D, and she even has a Vanity Fair spotlight feature about her. She may not have won the Homecoming Queen title this year like Dakota, but I’d say that proving her acting chops and getting featured by Vanity Fair is an upgrade — and hey, she still has more than a few years to win that crown.

On top of being really talented, and more or less always picking great roles, I’ve always liked both Fanning sisters because of how down-to-earth they always come across in interviews. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2010 06:36 PM ET

'American Psycho' stage script nearly done: Can Broadway handle this gore?

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Filed under: News and tagged: ,

american-psychoImage Credit: Kerry HayesAmerican Psycho — the culty 2000 thriller starring Christian Bale as a wealthy, murderous New York investment banker who’s secretly, and increasingly, crazy — is stalking the Great White Way. That’s right: The axe-wielding Patrick Bateman is planning to give that demon barber Sweeney Todd a run for his money as the headliner of Broadway’s bloodiest show, according to the New York Post. Duncan Shiek, who’s famous for the 1996 single “Barely Breathing” as well as writing the Tony- and Grammy-winning score of stage hit Spring Awakening, is penning the tunes, and playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is writing the book. Aguirre-Sacasa assures that the show — he’s gone one act done, and the rest is set to be finished early next year — will be just as gory as the movie. “There are murders, and they are on stage in full view of the audience,” he told the Post. “An ax and a chef’s knife will be used. I think there’s going to be a lot of blood.” In addition to the gore, the playwright says he hopes to include scenes like the well-remembered sequence where Bale’s Bateman sizes up and fetishes his friends business cards at a swanky Upper East Side apartment. Shiek summed it all up by saying, “Obviously, it’s not for the people who want to see Elf.”

Are you all excited to see American Psycho liiiiiive? Stoked for Broadway to get a little gorier? And are you hoping Shiek can somehow work in some Huey Lewis and the News into the stage version of this scene?

Tanner on Twitter: @EWTanStransky

More on American Psycho:
EW’s F-grade book review of ‘American Psycho’
EW’s A-minus-grade movie review of ‘American Psycho’
The ‘American Psycho’ controversy

Dec 6 2010 06:24 PM ET

Kate Gosselin goes camping on 'Sarah Palin's Alaska': My body is refudiating this teaser clip

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Filed under: Reality TV, Television, TV and tagged: , , , , ,

The idea of watching Kate Gosselin and ex-governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin together is a little like drinking a can of Four Loko. You know it will be disgusting, but you can’t resist it — even if you will likely black out the whole traumatic experience anyway. (Or at least want to.) So, needless to say, it will be tough to avoid watching the Kate Plus 8 star appear on this Sunday’s episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska, in which the subjects of tabloid fodder go camping and attempt to out-do each other when it comes to high-decibel sentence delivery. (I’m with you, Kate.) But here’s a selling point, guys: There are bears. Watch a promo for the episode after the jump.

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Dec 6 2010 05:43 PM ET

Excess Hollywood: Cheech Marin join(t)s 'Outnumbered' pilot

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Filed under: News, Television, TV and tagged: , , ,
  • Cheech Marin will co-star in Fox’s comedy pilot Outnumbered. The pilot, about parents (Ana Ortiz and Cliff Chamberlain) who cope with family life, would be Marin’s first series in nearly 10 years. Oh, looks like Afternoon Deelite slowed someone else down again. [Deadline]
  • NBC has ordered a script inspired by Esquire‘s “Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Women.” My Boys creator Betsy Thomas is set to produce the project, which centers on three sisters at different stages of their lives. Currently, I’m in the still-missing-My-Boys stage. [Variety]
  • Starz has ordered 10 episodes of Magic City, which is set in Miami, a place that would be far more magical if it managed to make these guys disappear. [Deadline]
Dec 6 2010 05:39 PM ET

Katy Perry joins Darren Criss and the Dalton Academy Warblers to sing 'Teenage Dream'

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Filed under: Glee, Television, TV and tagged: , , , ,

Darren-Criss-Katy-PerryImage Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesIn the off chance that “Teenage Dream” fatigue has not yet kicked in, last night at the Trevor Project Live benefit in Hollywood, Darren Criss and the Dalton Academy Warblers performed the mega-hit “Teenage Dream” with a very special surprise guest. About halfway through the performance, Katy Perry took the stage, sang some big vocal ad libs, and then joined the group for the rest of the song. Whether you think she added something to Darren and the Warblers’ performance or not, it was great to finally see Katy join Darren and perform the hit at such a special event rather than on a television show. Check out the (very blurry) video for yourself — Perry shows up around the 1:22 mark:  READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2010 05:12 PM ET

Steve Martin clears the air on allegedly boring interview

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Filed under: Books, News

steve-martinImage Credit: Vallery Jean/FilmMagic.comSteve Martin wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times on Sunday further detailing his side of the recent 92nd Street Y interview debacle that resulted in audience members receiving a refund in the form of credit at the New York cultural center. (They were unsatisfied with a conversation that revolved around the art world, the subject of his latest novel, An Object of Beauty.) Read it in full. He says when he arrived for the conversation with art scholar and friend Deborah Solomon, the Y told him the conversation would be telecast on closed-circuit TV across the country. They did not, however, tell him they’d encourage viewers to send in emails during the talk, read them, and then send a staff member on stage with a note that read, “Discuss Steve’s career.”

“This was as jarring and disheartening as a cellphone jangle during an Act V soliloquy. I did not know who had sent this note nor that it was in response to those emails,” Martin writes. “Regardless, it was hard to get on track, any track, after the note’s arrival, and finally, when I answered submitted questions that had been selected by the people in charge, I knew I would have rather died onstage with art talk than with the predictable questions that had been chosen for me. Since that night, the Y has graciously apologized for its hastiness — and I am pleased to say that I look forward to returning there soon, especially to play basketball.”

Martin went on to answer the question we had: Was he actually boring? READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2010 03:01 PM ET

The Facebook redesign: The most important event ever since the last Facebook redesign

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Waking up in the morning to a new(ish) layout on Facebook has become so commonplace — oh, look, my status update font has gotten smaller! – it’s usually like noticing someone at the office got a new haircut: You kinda forget it even happened by the end of the day. Well, imagine if your colleague’s new haircut got its own interview with Leslie Stahl on 60 Minutes; suddenly, it doesn’t seem so insignificant, does it? That’s exactly what’s going on right now with Facebook’s new layout for your profile page, which founder/Oscar-contending-movie-subject Mark Zuckerberg touted on the venerable CBS newsmagazine last night.

So what’s new? As Stahl puts it in her piece, basically, whereas a lot of your personal information used to be hidden behind the “Info” tab, your profile now provides most things people would learn about you in a bar: Where you live, where you’re from, what you do for a living, whether your single or attached, etc. (Well, it provides it now for some of you; the redesign hasn’t been rolled out to all profiles just yet.) This change makes all kinds of sense — basic info, right up top, easy to see. But there are two other changes that may at first seem to be a bit trickier:  READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2010 02:00 PM ET

'The Simpsons': Martha Stewart's Six Easy Steps to Make Your Home Feel Like a Childless Gay Couple's

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simpsons-martha-stewartI’ve been struggling to figure out how to make people totally impressed with me during the holidays, and the OTHER special guest on The Simpsons, Martha Stewart, offered much more productive advice in this arena than Katy Perry (“Wear latex”). After the jump, Six Easy Steps to Make Your Home Feel Like a Childless Gay Couple’s. Finally! Some answers! READ FULL STORY »

Dec 6 2010 01:35 PM ET

Neil Patrick Harris to host Video Game Awards

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neil-patrick-harrisImage Credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty ImagesSpike TV has scored Neil Patrick Harris, former emcee of the Emmys, the Tonys, the TV Land Awards, and the World Magic Awards, to host its 8th Annual Video Game Awards live on Dec. 11. Some of you may be thinking Neil shouldn’t say “yes” to every hosting gig he’s offered, but I’m always a fan of entertainers championing the things they’re passionate about — even if it takes them to cable. (And with Spike TV’s Scream Awards becoming so star-studded, the network is doing something right.)

The show will feature 13 world premieres of games from 2011 and beyond. Confirmed so far: Batman: Arkham City, Resistance 3, and Thor: God of Thunder, as well as the next game from Studio of the Year nominee BioWare, the debut of Guillermo del Toro’s video game, and a special Gears of War announcement. Among the presenters, attendees, and nominees: Del Toro, Thor: God of Thunder video game star Chris Hemsworth, Halo: Reach star and VGA 2010 nominee Nathan Fillion (fingers crossed he and Harris plan a bit), It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia‘s Danny DeVito, Kaitlin Olson, and Rob McElhenney, Olivia Munn, 90210‘s Annalynne McCord, Dane Cook, Nick Swardson, Tony Hawk, and… Denise Richards. My Chemical Romance will perform.

Will you tune in, or will you Google Harris’ opening and closing bits the morning after?

Dec 6 2010 01:05 PM ET

'The Hasselhoffs' premiere: 'It can be a real hassle to be a Hoff'

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Filed under: About Last Night, Reality TV, Television, TV and tagged: , , , , , , ,

hasselhoffsImage Credit: Michael Yarish/A&EThere’s no script for being a dad, an older, wiser David Hasselhoff explained on last night’s premiere of his new A&E series The Hasselhoffs. That might be true, but there is clearly a script for this so-called reality show, where the painfully cheesy voiceover distracts from important things like caffeine addiction, animal psychology, and The Hoff’s multitude of eponymous tees, including “Drop It Like It’s Hoff.” (Actually, that was pretty hard to miss.)

Call him what you will — he’s partial to Knight Rider or “The German Elvis” — but deep down The Hoff is just a regular ol’ dad trying to run a household full of aspiring starlets and zoo animals. Hasselhoff’s two daughters Hayley and Taylor-Ann (or “Hay” and “Tay”) have the showbiz bug, and younger sister Taylor fears she’ll become haggard by 21 if she stays in school, instead of going for her dream to be a singer, like right. Now. Luckily, dad’s (failed) attempt to convince his daughter to stay in school (if only for two or three years of undergraduate education) can double as a speaking opportunity, as he took the stage at the University of Arizona to warn Taylor’s peers about the perils of stardom. One ballsy coed hassled The Hoff with a question about “negative press” resulting from the now infamous “cheeseburger incident.” Luckily, Hasselhoff kept his cool, (and perhaps created another winning t-shirt slogan?) and referred to the low point as a teaching moment. Watch the video below. READ FULL STORY »

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