Lawrence O’Donnell eulogized Keith Olbermann last night on The Last Word, which has taken over Countdown‘s 8 p.m. timeslot. Easy does it, Lawrence! We get it! You really like Keith Olbermann. Come for the hagiography, stay for the Aaron Sorkin name-dropping. READ FULL STORY »
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Jan 25
2011
01:58 PM ET
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell sure loves Keith Olbermann
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Jan 25
2011
01:11 PM ET
Which TV dramedies do the best drama?
Image Credit: Adam Taylor/ABCThe first thing fans think of when they think of Castle is Nathan Fillion’s charm. The show wouldn’t have made it past season 1 without it. But after last night’s episode — in which Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) dug deeper into her mother’s murder, and he not only watched a man die, but also pummeled the crap out of a guy before he could put a bullet in Beckett — you can’t deny Castle does good drama when it wants to. That two-parter last season with guest star Dana Delany and a serial killer obsessed with Nikki Heat was not a fluke. I would never suggest the series abandon its lighter side. It’s its trademark and fits Fillion as well as those button-down shirts do. But I can’t wait until the next time Beckett or he is a target. (SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen last night’s episode: Creator Andrew Marlowe confirms to EW the second kiss between Beckett and Castle was real. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
01:10 PM ET
Clip du jour: 'Dexter' in 60 seconds
Dexter in 60 seconds? Yes, please. I like how everyone is reduced to a one-line summary, like Deb just saying “swear word!” and Masuka just saying “sex!” and giggling. Sadly, this parody is spot-on about Batista and Laguerta: No one cares about them. (I used to, but … eh.) Behold, the Head-Foot Switcher! READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
12:38 PM ET
Larry King on 'Conan': Ryan Seacrest is his fashion guru
Larry King stopped by Conan last night to chat about everything from his new career as a stand-up comic (…really!) to his buddy Ryan Seacrest. As it turns out, the two TV staples are BFF. In fact, they’re so close that, according to King, Seacrest has taken it upon himself to make sure the older man dresses stylishly.
“He was at my house for dinner one night, and he says to me, ‘How can you wear those jeans?’” King explained. “I said, ‘What’s wrong with my jeans?’ They’re, like, $29 jeans. [Ed note: Does Larry think that's expensive or cheap for a pair of pants?] READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
12:35 PM ET
'Inception'/'The Room' mashup: This is not a dream
Image Credit: Melissa MoseleyThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has once again seen fit to snub Room auteur Tommy Wiseau. Okay, so the creator of the cult crapfest could only conceivably have been nominated this year in the best live-action short category for The House That Drips Blood on Alex, in which he starred. But that may not stop the mercurial Wiseau concluding the Academy has it in for him, seven years after they so cruelly failed to recognize The Room as one of the most important films of our time (oh, hi, Mark!). Shouldn’t this guy have received some sort of lifetime achievement award by now? I think so! READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
12:05 PM ET
3-D is 'dark, small, stroby, headache inducing, alienating, and expensive,' says Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch
Image Credit: WETA3-D movies give you a headache. They strain your eyes. They make you feel nauseous. We’ve all heard the litany of complaints, and we’ve also heard the response from 3-D apologists. The technology hasn’t been perfected yet. Directors are still learning how to film in 3-D — the format requires less quick cuts, longer shots, more wide-angle framing. And then there’s the most common defense: Real 3-D movies like Avatar look great, and only movies that were converted into 3-D (Clash of the Titans, The Last Airbender) look bad.
There is some truth to those arguments, but there’s no denying the fact that the whole apparatus of 3-D cinema — the one-size-fits-nobody glasses, the darkened image onscreen, the added ticket cost — feels just a little bit … well, wrong. According to Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch, there’s a reason for that: 3-D doesn’t work, has never worked, and probably will never work, because it literally runs counter to basic human perception. As Murch writes in a letter to anti-3D activist Roger Ebert, 3-D films “are doing something that 600 million years of evolution never prepared [people] for.” READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
11:27 AM ET
All the guys on 'Pretty Little Liars' are basically the same
Image Credit: ABCConfession: I’m addicted to Pretty Little Liars (or as my friend calls it, Tween Peaks), but I have one major beef with the show: I … cannot keep all the dude characters straight. Other than Mr. Fitz, pretty much everyone kind of blends together. Ian? Detective guy? Wren? Jason? Sorry, fellas, but everyone’s strong eyebrows, square jawlines, and brooding brunet stylings just run together in my head. Toby? Are you the same as phone-hacker kid from last night? Yes, yes you are. Lucas and Spencer’s tennis boyfriend are pretty much interchangeable, too. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
10:57 AM ET
'3 Minute Talk Show' trailer: It's enough time for Jon Cryer to crack a Charlie Sheen joke -- EXCLUSIVE
On Jan. 26, LStudio.com, the site that launched Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy, debuts the weekly series The 3 Minute Talk Show with Barry Sobel. Watch the exclusive trailer premiere below. The title is pretty self-explanatory, but aside from the minimum time commitment, here are a few more reasons to watch: Fred Willard serves as Sobel’s cohost. Ben Lee fronts the band. The first two guests are Tom Hanks (his Playtone partnered with Lexus’ LStudio for the unscripted show) and Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston, whose episodes go live this Wednesday. And, at some point, Jon Cryer, of TV’s top-rated comedy Two and a Half Men, makes an appearance and explains to Sobel the secret to being No. 1. “Do a show with Charlie Sheen, ’cause it’s always fun. You get to check TMZ to know whether you’ve got to go into work that day, which is great. You’re sitting at home [pretends to check TMZ on his phone] ‘Oh, Oh, kick back, everybody. Daddy’s got the day off.’”
Among the other guests teased in the trailer: True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer, Modern Family‘s Rico Rodriguez, Glee‘s Mike O’Malley (who says the worst part of shooting his heart attack was when the makeup artist told him he didn’t actually need makeup), Joe Jonas, Big Love‘s Ginnifer Goodwin, Johnny Knoxville, and Jimmy Fallon. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
09:34 AM ET
Oscar snubs: Christopher Nolan? Ryan Gosling? Barbara Hershey?
Image Credit: Davi RussoOscar nominations were announced this morning, and while The Fighter, The King’s Speech, True Grit, and The Social Network all racked up plenty of nominations, there were a few glaring omissions: Christopher Nolan was nominated for best original screenplay, and Inception was nominated for best picture, but Nolan was not nominated as best director? Hrmph.
For actors, I was really hoping to see Ryan Gosling get a nod for Blue Valentine. Nominee Michelle Williams has been earning tons of praise for her performance, and rightly so, but Gosling’s seeping misery infects the entire film; for a character who can be so awful, he’s also strangely easy to love. (Well, mostly.) READ FULL STORY »
Jan 25
2011
07:00 AM ET
Tony the Tiger vs. the GEICO Gecko, the Snapple Lady vs. the Old Spice Guy: Day 3 of the Big Shill's Sweet 16
We’re getting closer to the final round of our Big Shill bracket game, PopWatchers. Hearts will be broken. Minds will be blown. Beloved pitchmen, pitch-women, and pitch-creatures will duel in the sand, until only one remains. It’s just like a gladiator duel, except with charming animals and charismatic nameless humans. In today’s match-up, you must make two terrible decisions:
Tony the Tiger vs. the GEICO Gecko
and
The Snapple Lady vs. The Old Spice Guy
Check out our complete bracket here. And look back on all our heart-wrenching face-offs here. READ FULL STORY »
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