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Archive: January 2011 (211-220 of 414)

Jan 19 2011 12:29 PM ET

O-Town reunion: No Ashley? No point.

Categories: Music, Nostalgia, This Really Only Needs One Sentence

Ashley-Parker-Angel Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images So Ashley Parker Angel has decided to let the impending O-Town reunion I gushed about last week continue without him. I hope that’s not so he can grow his hair out again and make more surprisingly alt-rock singles like “Let U Go.” I jest. I liked “Let U Go,” except for the erroneous text spelling of “you” — an act that always makes my blood boil. I stand by my statement about the hair, though.

Anyway, the “news” leads me to question the point of a reunion without Ashely. (Skeptics will say there was no point of an O-Town reunion was in the first place. To them, I say, Pffft, bitches.) Who else is left? Introspective “thinker” Jacob? Erik who hyphenated his first name? Dan? Other guy who doesn’t own any shirts with sleeves? No thanks.

Short point here: Now that APA has bowed out, this former teenybopper is boppin’ out of this reunion bandwagon.

On Twitter: @EWSandraG

Jan 19 2011 11:47 AM ET

Larisa Oleynik joins 'Hawaii Five-0': Other child stars who deserve major TV gigs?

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Casting, Hawaii Five-0, Television

Larisa Oleynik, best known as Julia Stiles’ younger sister Bianca in 10 Things I Hate About You, has landed a recurring role on Hawaii Five-0. The network confirms that she’ll play Jessica Kaye, a Harvard graduate and ex-CIA analyst who arrives from Langley to help Alex O’Loughlin’s Steve McGarrett pursue his nemesis, Wo Fat. Wo Fat murdered her fiancé, a CIA field agent, and it would seem, she’d like payback. TVLine first reported the news that Oleynik could become a regular in season 2.

In recent years, Oleynik has guested on Mad Men, Psych, and Without a Trace, but a permanent gig on TV’s No. 1 new drama would be huge. It’ll take me a beat to get my head around Bianca hanging with O’Loughlin, but I’m happy for Oleynik, who, according to IMDB, turns 30 this June. How do you not like the girl who chose Joseph Gordon-Levitt over Andrew Keegan? READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2011 11:00 AM ET

Robert Rodriguez's latest muse? Kobe Bryant

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Sports, Television

Kobe Bryant. Is. The Black Mamba. In two short internet teasers, the Los Angeles Lakers’ star gets the full-on Hollywood treatment from director Robert Rodriguez, who builds a Grindhouse-style trailer around the hoopster. According to a Nike spokesperson, the teasers aren’t stand-alones: Rodriguez crafted an eight-minute short film that will bow this February during the NBA’s All-Star weekend. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2011 09:32 AM ET

Cheers to Betty White, comedienne extraordinaire, animal lover, vodka drinker

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: Awwwwww So Cuuuuuute, Betty White, David Letterman, Late Night, Television

Happy birthday, Betty White. The Hot in Cleveland star celebrated turning 89 with a visit to last night’s Late Show with David Letterman. Though she told the host that she doesn’t expect to host Saturday Night Live again, she’s not slowing down in the slightest. When she’s not working, she said, “I like to do most anything, play with animals mostly … and vodka’s kind of a hobby.” Cue the Grey Goose. When you’re the birthday girl, exceptions are made. Ever the consummate professional, White even nailed the spit-take. What a talent! READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2011 07:00 AM ET

The Progressive Lady, the Mac Guy, and two Geico pitchmen: Round 2, Day 4 of the Big Shill bracket game

by Kate Ward

Categories: Advertising, Big Shill Bracket Game

We are that much closer to the goriest of Geico pitchmen battles. But before we can count on seeing the insurance-shilling Gecko face off against those scene-stealing Cavemen, the Geico mascots must wash away the Scrubbing Bubbles and the Gerber Baby, respectively. Also competing in this round’s match-ups: Charlie the Tuna, the Energizer Bunny, the Mac Guy, and Flo, the Progressive Lady. Click here to see the entire bracket, and click the jump to vote for your favorite pitchmen in this round. C’mon, it’s so easy, a caveman can do it! READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2011 01:00 AM ET

'V' torture scene: Did you watch last night's gory episode?

by Darren Franich

Categories: EWWWWWWWWWW.com, Sci-Fi, V

Image Credit: Jeff Petry/ABCThe best thing about the new season of V is how unabashedly pulpy the show has become. I know some people liked the slow pace of the first season, but personally, I’ve been loving the show’s newfound appreciation for creature-feature gore. (Last season, Anna gave lots of scary speeches. This season, she gives a speech, and then stabs a dude through the heart with her serpent’s tail. Much more effective.) Admittedly, all the teasing glimpses of the Visitors’ true form are sort of campy. (Ooh, a reptilian back! Gross, a serpent’s tooth!) But “campy” is always better than “boring.” And one scene in particular in last night’s episode was an absolute can’t-turn-away treat. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 18 2011 06:21 PM ET

'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' reunion promo: Camille Grammer was 'set up' to look bad

by Kate Ward

Categories: Real Housewives, Reality TV, Ridiculata, Television

Season after season of the Real Housewives franchise has taught us to tolerate the insipid spa scenes and insufferable cackling for one reason: The plumped-up reunion episodes. And based on the latest promo for the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills two-part reunion (airing on Jan. 27 and Feb. 1), this one will make waves at the water-cooler. Though the beginning of the promo is indistinguishable from a Mad Men teaser — with various cast members saying ambiguous things like, “Keep it straight,” “You started the fight,” and “You compared yourself to Jesus” (It’s the new “Shut the door!“) — the rest of the trailer is plenty juicy: Bullying accusations, alcoholism suspicions, and talk of just how much boob you can show before you are no longer considered a nun. Also: The much-reviled Camille Grammer uses the oldest excuse in the book for her behavior: “This whole season was set up to make me look bad.” Yawn.

Know this, Allison Dubois: You will enjoy the promo embedded after the jump! READ FULL STORY »

Jan 18 2011 05:19 PM ET

Excess Hollywood: Kyra Sedgwick climbs into 'Dibbuk Box'

by Kate Ward

Categories: Casting, Deals, Excess Hollywood, Movies, Television

After closing the door on The Closer, Kyra Sedgwick will open Dibbuk Box: The thriller, co-starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, follows a pair of parents whose daughter becomes fixated on a dangerous, mysterious box. Dangerous, I imagine, because it contains The Box. [Deadline]
Sony Pictures has acquired Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter at Sundance. The film centers on an Ohioan (Michael Shannon) who suddenly becomes compelled to build a storm shelter in his backyard. He becomes greatly disappointed when he realizes that the he who will come after he builds it is just Al Roker. [Variety]
Also at Sundance, HBO nabbed rights to Project Nim, a documentary about a chimp who’s raised as a human. First discovery: Even he disapproves of Ed. [Variety]
Even more from Sundance: A&E has acquired Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, a documentary about the famous cult director. Jack Nicholson, Ron Howard, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, and Sharktopus (hopefully) are all featured in the film. [Variety]
Vera Farmiga and Mia Wasikowska will star alongside Sam Neill, Sebastian Stan, and Anthony LaPaglia in a feature adaptation of Arthur Miller’s family tragedy, A View from the Bridge. [Variety]
Sundance Selects announced in a press release that it has acquired rights to Errol Morris’ Tabloid documentary, which follows Miss Wyoming, Joyce McKinney, who, in 1977, “flew to England with a pilot and a bodyguard to abduct the love of her life. Or was it to liberate him from a cult?” Where does this fall alongside yodeling ventriloquism on the beauty queen crazy chart?

Jan 18 2011 05:16 PM ET

'RED' writers working on a sequel. I'm okay with that.

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Middle-Aged Butt-Kicking, Movies

Image Credit: Frank MasiSummit Entertainment confirms that RED writers Jon and Erich Hoeber are writing a sequel to the action-comedy. “At this point the film has not yet been greenlighted,” a rep tells EW. “Beyond that there is no other information about cast available.” The film, which starred grossed $90 million domestically, and another $75 million in foreign receipts, earned a C+ from EW’s Keith Staskiewicz, who referred to the tale of ex-spies getting back into action as “essentially a 111-minute excuse to give Helen Mirren a machine gun.” The majority of moviegoers grading the film on our site scored it in the B-range, thinking that was good enough. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 18 2011 05:03 PM ET

Ricky Gervais says he will not return as Golden Globes host. Too bad, since he scored 6.4 on the Lange/Colbert Scale.

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: British Things, Movies, Ricky Gervais, Science

Image Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBCThis hour, Ricky Gervais is making headlines for telling TMZ that he would decline an invitation to host the Golden Globes for a third time, following his controversial turn Sunday night. And, really, that’s incredibly unfortunate, since 40 hours after the ceremony, we’re finally getting official measurements of the host’s performance on the Lange/Colbert Scale. For those of you unfamiliar with that particular scientific metric, the Lange/Colbert Scale assesses the cleverness, cajones, and comic reverberations of a guest’s performance. At one end of the sliding scale is Artie Lange, whose irreverently crude hijacking of Joe Buck’s HBO sports talk show scored an awful/awesome 0.2 on the LCS. At the other end of the scale was Stephen Colbert’s in-the-face heckling of a sitting U.S. president and the White House press corp: an unprecedented 10.1 on the LCS, which until that incident, only went up to 10.0.