Image Credit: Jacob Cohl; Henry S. Dziekan III/Getty ImagesTwo days after a new action-packed ending was added to Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, actress T.V. Carpio tells EW exclusively that there are still significant changes being made to the musical in preparation for its opening on March 15. Carpio, who took over the role of Arachne after Natalie Mendoza was injured, says that director Julie Taymor is in the process of implementing “major changes in the second act, which will make things more clear and better,” specifically targeting the climactic battle between the arch-villainess Arachne and Peter Parker.
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Jan 21
2011
01:11 PM ET
'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' actress says 'major changes' are under way -- EXCLUSIVE
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Jan 21
2011
12:50 PM ET
Snooki is a best-selling author. Ain't America grand?
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is a New York Times best-selling author, which to many people signals the end of Western Civilization. But come on, Western Civilization arguably ended three times already: When the Roman Empire conquered Athens, when Shakespeare sold out and wrote the lame spin-off play The Merry Wives of Windsor (a.k.a. Henry IV Origins: Falstaff), and when Creed became a successful rock band. Snooki’s not on top of the best-seller list: She’s at number 24, behind Jonathan Franzen and Emma Donoghue. And who cares if Snooki did reach number one? It wouldn’t be the first terrible book to top the NYT best-seller list. (Cough cough!) And isn’t it just a little inspirational to think that a charming, semi-illiterate, perma-tanned elf with only the barest hint of self-awareness could actually become a minor literary success? Congratulations, Shnookums: You’re a true inspiration to writers everywhere, because if you can publish a successful book, anyone can. America!
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Jan 21
2011
12:50 PM ET
'Royal Pains' returns: We need to see more of THIS
Image Credit: David Giesbrecht/USANetworkUSA’s Royal Pains returned for its winter premiere last night, and like everyone who was watching the snow fall outside, I was happy to return to the sunny Hamptons. Hank was the designated doctor for a golf tournament benefiting the hospital — because golf tournaments are, apparently, incredibly dangerous. For instance, you may be riding with a golf pro (guest star Tom Cavanagh) with some kind of joint ailment in his hands, and he won’t be able to properly swerve to miss the golf cart being driven by a booze hound (guest star Amy Sedaris) and her husband, so you get thrown from your cart and land on a black widow spider that bites you. At least, that’s what happened to Jill (Jill Flint). The payoff was Jill getting loopy and calling Hank (Mark Feuerstein) “Hanky Panky” and admitting to him, Divya (Reshma Shetty), and the pro that she misses Hank. Jill eventually went on a date with the golf pro, but not before she apologized for whatever she said while drugged and Hank told her he may have kind of liked it. They agreed to talk later, and after she walked away, he said, “I miss you, too.” I am a sucker for Feuerstein when he turns serious like that. If Jill has to be dating someone other than Hank, Cavanagh is a good bit of casting. He’s just as innately likable as Feuerstein. But will that relationship continue? USA confirms that this is the only episode Cavanagh has filmed for this winter run, but doesn’t rule him out popping up again in the future. Ditto Sedaris. I think she HAS to return at some point. Those few seconds of her on screen last night as rich and drunk were not enough. That woman needs to get sick, STAT. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
12:25 PM ET
'Perfect Couples' season premiere: Does anyone have strong feelings about this show?
I’ve been struggling to come up with something to say about Perfect Couples. The newest addition to NBC’s super-sized Thursday Night comedy block is a sitcom that’s neither hilarious nor horrendous. Every show surrounding it is capable of inspiring passionate adoration or equally passionate hatred in viewers. By contrast, Perfect Couples is just kind of… there. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
12:25 PM ET
Angry Birds flying to TV? Really, world?
If Spider-Man can be a musical, and Ouija boards can be a movie, then can we really be surprised that Angry Birds may turn into a cartoon? Angry Birds is one of the most popular apps ever, already franchised with toys and shirts and board games and anything else you can slap one of those bird faces on. (My kingdom for an Angry Birds-branded competitive erector set! One person builds, one person catapults, and we all learn some valuable lessons about ballistics and physics. A girl can dream.) I don’t know that I’d call an animated series “the next logical step” like CNN did, but okay, sure — if gummy bears managed to turn just-okay candy into a long-running cartoon, I suppose anything is possible. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
12:00 PM ET
'Community': Did you think Malcolm Jamal Warner was the best pick to play Shirley's ex?
Image Credit: Lewis Jacobs/NBCI didn’t have huge expectations for Malcolm Jamal Warner as Shirley’s ex-husband on Community — I was pulling for Isaiah Mustafa. But last night proved why I’m not a casting agent.
Ideally, an actor will bring to life the character a writer has written. But in rare great casting moments, an actor will bring to life a character we didn’t expect to be great. I absolutely loved Andre — and not just because he wore a Cosby sweater (which his character claimed his dad gave him!).
In the episode, Andre and Shirley had rekindled their love, and it was met with skepticism from the group because they were all too familiar with how Andre had hurt Shirley before. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
11:29 AM ET
'Fairly Legal' season premiere: Lawyers and cross-dressers and 'Wizard of Oz' references, oh my!
Image Credit: Alan Zenuk/USA NetworkThose brilliant engineers in the USA Network Show Laboratory have invented an airtight formula for TV escapism. First, cast a talented actor with a checkered TV past — Matthew Bomer, Jeffrey Donovan, and Mark Feuerstein had all starred in their fair share of failed TV series pre-White Collar, Burn Notice, and Royal Pains. Second, give the actor a vintage TV profession — cop, lawyer, doctor, spy — but sprinkle in some cable-ready eccentricity. Finally, send them to a glossy locale populated almost entirely by attractive people and wisecracking sidekicks, and voila: Brain candy! At first blush, the new legal dramedy Fairly Legal seems like a perfectly prefabricated USA treat, but the season premiere took some interesting chances … although I’m not sure the whole package is there quite yet. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
11:25 AM ET
'Fringe' Fridays: One more reason I'll never watch 'Supernatural.' Sorry.
Image Credit: Liane Hentscher/Fox; Jack Rowland/The CWTonight marks the soft launch of one of the TV season’s most intriguing timeslot showdowns: Fox’s sci-fi cult fave Fringe vs. The CW’s fantasy/horror cult fave Supernatural at 9 p.m. I say “soft” because Supernatural airs a repeat tonight; it’ll return with new episodes next week. Fringe — moving into the timeslot after spending over a year on Thursday nights — comes back from the winter break with an original outing entitled “The Firefly,” which plays like a wink to Joss Whedon’s gone-too-soon outer space oater (and Friday-at-9 failure) Firefly.
In its third season, Fringe has been attracting around 5 million viewers in real time. Most pundits expect that Fringe will take a ratings hit in its new home, but no one is certain how big that hit will be. Fans seem alarmed about the long-term prospects of the show; we’ll see if they’re concerned enough to make the commitment to staying home on Friday nights as opposed to making it a watch-on-DVR-over-the-weekend thing. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
10:29 AM ET
Ryan Gosling and Jimmy Kimmel duet: Watch!
Ryan Gosling continued his Adorable Media Tour in support of Blue Valentine last night with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Kimmel wanted to duet with him on the song he sings in the movie, “You Always Hurt the One You Love,” and had a ukulele waiting for him. Watch it below. Kimmel tries to outdo Gosling, but that’s impossible. I would say this ranks below Gosling reading some of the F— Yeah! Ryan Gosling memes for MTV News but above him singing the My Little Pony song for ABC News. Wait, I almost forgot about the hand gesture he does at the end of that. This Kimmel clip ranks third. Still great though. READ FULL STORY »
Jan 21
2011
10:02 AM ET
Harry Connick Jr. returning to Broadway? Yes, please.
Image Credit: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagicHonestly, I’d prefer Harry Connick Jr. return to Broadway as himself after seeing his limited-run show there last summer, but I’ll take what I can get: The New York Post reports that the crooner, who starred in the 2006 revival of The Pajama Game, will likely star as the psychiatrist in the update of the 1965 Alan Jay Lerner-Burton Lane musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever this fall. (A rep for Connick tells EW, “We’ve had some discussions but there’s nothing to announce at this time.”) In the original production, the patient was a young woman with ESP who, in a past life, was an English aristocrat. In Peter Parnell’s revamped script, staged at Vassar College last summer under the direction of American Idiot‘s Michael Mayer, the patient is a young man who, in a past life, was a black female jazz singer, the Post reports. Yes, it sounds like Connick is just the man to treat him.
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