Archive: January 2011 (331-340 of 414)

Jan 7 2011 12:24 PM ET

Camille Grammer on becoming a Real Housewife: 'I didn't want to do the show ... Kelsey wanted me to do it.'

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Surprise. Camille Grammer doesn’t think she’s been accurately depicted on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. On today’s Ellen, she tells the pedaling host that being on the show wasn’t even her idea in the first place. “Kelsey wanted me to do it, surprisingly enough,” says Camille, of her now-estranged and re-engaged husband. “I didn’t want to do the show. I wasn’t ready to expose my life that way. You know, we’ve been a private couple for a long time … for the most part, we really kept to ourselves. I was surprised he wanted me to do it, too? I was like, Are you crazy? Why are you making me do this?” (As for recent rumors of her departing the show, Grammer says nothing has been decided yet.)

Check out the clip below, in which Camille tells all: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 7 2011 11:05 AM ET

'Jersey Shore' newbie Deena says nudity was 'such an accident': You buying this?

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On last night’s Jersey Shore premiere, new housemate Deena experienced so many Firsts. It was like watching a child grow up before our eyes: Baby’s First Grey Goose, Baby’s First Awkward Hot Tub Flirtation, Baby’s First Angry Argument With Sammi. And don’t forget Baby’s First Wardrobe Malfunction: While trying to show off her bikini body to a nonplussed Situation, Deena accidentally revealed what Gustave Courbet called “L’Origine du monde,” which is French for lady parts. What happened? Over at MTV News, Deena blames it on the alcohol: “I wasn’t used to the environment, I didn’t know anybody,” she notes, admitting that she may have had a little bit too much to drink. “My little buzz turned into a quick hammered.” She claims it was an accident that she went full monty for Sitch: “I wanted to show just my bikini, so I go to take off my dress, not realizing my bottoms are not there any more. It came down with my dress.” Watch the video below. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 7 2011 09:39 AM ET

Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann to reprise 'Knocked Up' roles: What other supporting characters deserve the star treatment?

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knocked-upImage Credit: Suzanne HanoverPaul Rudd and Leslie Mann are getting back together for a movie! I adored them in Knocked Up! His boys’ night out to Vegas. Her girls’ night out to dance. Her flirtation with Jason Segel. His flirtation with fantasy baseball. But … there’s more! Variety reports that the duo are actually reprising their Knocked Up characters for Judd Apatow’s next project, set for the summer of 2012. Holy Aldous Snow!

I wasn’t a huge fan of the Not-a-Forgetting-Sarah-Marshall-sequel-but-sorta, Get Him to the Greek, but I’m open to this idea. Their married couple was sweet, hilarious, and real, and if Apatow, who’s writing and directing, has more for them to say and do, I’m more than willing to take this trip with them. But spinning off a sequel, instead of making a straightforward follow-up about a hit’s main characters — Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen are not confirmed for this go-around — made me think, What supporting characters from my favorite comedies would I most like to see (or have seen) get the star treatment?

Since you (or I) asked, here’s my list: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 7 2011 07:00 AM ET

Geico cavemen, the Burger King, Sonny the bird, and Toucan Sam: Day 4 of The Big Shill bracket game

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Big-Shill-4A Day 4 of EW’s Big Shill bracket game is admittedly a tough one. In one matchup, we pit two American heroes who fight our greatest foes (obesity and bad cell reception) against each other when Jared of Subway fame goes up against that man from Verizon who asks if we can hear him. We do, good man. We do. In another race, we have a face-off of human-like entities that, if you’re anything like yours truly, might have made cameos in some of your nightmares: The Burger King and the Geico cavemen. Then we have two beloved birds going beak-to-beak and the cuddly bears of Charmin trying to out-cute the Snuggle bear. So many choices, so little time, PopWatchers! Check out the entire bracket here, and then get to voting! READ FULL STORY »

Jan 7 2011 12:01 AM ET

TV Insiders podcast: Who's nuttiest: Steven Tyler, Paula Abdul, or the vampire on 'The Bachelor'? It's a three-way tie!

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For those of you who miss the delicious dose of crazy that Paula Abdul brought to American Idol, good news! Meet Steven Tyler! Our own Adam B. Vary has been inside the Idol audition room and conducted the only roundtable interview with the new judges (for our new issue on stands now). He joins Mandi Bierly and yours truly on the latest edition of the TV Insiders podcast to deliver all the scoop on the new judging panel. Do they actually get along? Can they survive the loss of Simon? And does Steven make one lick of sense? Listen in to find out! Also, we dissect a season premiere of The Bachelor that featured manscaping, singing, a (faux) proposal, and, naturally, a vampire with a real-life set of fangs. Mandi tries to make sense of it all while using her conversation with Bachelor Brad to shed some light on his controversial decision to stand up both ladies in season 11.

Finally, EW critic extraordinaire Ken Tucker stops by to preview midseason TV. Which new programs do you need to be watching — and avoiding? Let Ken tell you! Plus find out the show that threw me into a blind rage with its badness. To hear all that and more, just click on the audio player icon below. Or, since we’re now on iTunes, you can subscribe for free right here and take the TV Insiders with you on the go. And to send a question to the TV Insiders team, follow us on Twitter @TVInsiders.

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Jan 6 2011 08:30 PM ET

New law targets fake celebrity Twitter and Facebook pages. Phony Nick Noltes beware!

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Chuck-Norris-NolteImage Credit: Florian Seefried/Getty Images; Albert L. Ortega/PRThe authorities are cracking down on social media, folks! There’s a new law in California that prohibits impersonating another individual online for the purposes of “harming, intimidating, threatening, or defrauding a person.” Interesting. So your plan to create a phony Justin Bieber account and accumulate a few million screeching Twitter followers could get you tossed in the slammer?! And what about fake celeb tweeters like @ChuckNorris_ and @Nick_Nolte? Are the authorities coming after them? Not necessarily, says L.A. entertainment lawyer Alonzo Wickers. “If someone online is doing an impersonation that’s clearly humorous and designed to mock or ridicule the celebrity, I don’t think that’s going to be made illegal by this new bill,” he explains. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 6 2011 06:46 PM ET

Kathy Griffin ends 'My Life on the D-List': What we'll miss most

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kathy-griffinAfter six seasons schlepping her way through Hollywood’s D-List, Kathy Griffin is leaving her Bravo reality series. Does that mean no more signature celebrity/right-wing trash-talk? Say it ain’t so!

Thankfully not: The comedian will perform in four stand-up specials on the network that will air quarterly this year. That’s somewhat of a relief, but it still pains me to think that my TV will be void of the outspoken, gut-bustingly funny Griffin. So here, an ode to what I’ll miss most: READ FULL STORY »

Jan 6 2011 06:24 PM ET

'Inception' trailer soundtrack makes 'Ghostbusters' and most other films more awesome

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Who you gonna call (to do your soundtrack)? Zack Hemsey, if you like awesome things. YouTube user Rothje released a trailer today that remixes Ghostbusters with Hemsey’s track from the Inception trailer, and it’s pretty epic. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 6 2011 06:02 PM ET

'Cougar Town': Jules got what she was waiting for. Good boy, Grayson.

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Cougar-Town-Cox-kissImage Credit: Michael Desmond/ABCWe couldn’t let last night’s episode of Cougar Town pass without noting that even after it was at its most crazy, we still cheered when Grayson finally told Jules that he loves her. Yes, we had to sit through the Diet Dr. Pepper product placement (having Bobby think DDP would be his golf sponsor if he wore a hat and polo shirt with the logo was fairly good integration) and Jules accidentally killing animals (a dove, a squirrel, and a lizard), but it was all worth it. Jules questioned whether she and Grayson could be compatible if they handled the animals’ deaths so differently — she was upset, he wasn’t — and rather than producers using it as excuse to break them up and build back some sexual tension, Grayson eventually told her it’s their differences that he likes best. In front of the cul-de-sac crew, who he had gathered for a triple burial in the front yard, he told Jules how he feels about her. I cheered. Complete with arm-pumping.  READ FULL STORY »

Jan 6 2011 05:41 PM ET

Going 'Commando' with Schwarzenegger: Day 2 of PopWatch Rewind's Arnoldfest

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commando-movie-posterCommando isn’t just an ’80s action movie, it’s the ’80s action movie. Of course, in terms of quality, it’s nowhere near as good as The Terminator or Die Hard, but in terms of big guns, nacho-cheesy dialogue, nonsense plots about vaguely Contra-like South American politics, and explosions, explosions, explosions, it’s miles ahead of the pack. So for our second day (of three) honoring Arnold Schwarzenegger’s departure from Sacramento, we look back at what might be the purest distillation of Ah-nold-ness.

Darren Franich: To me, Commando is the ultimate Schwarzenegger movie. That doesn’t mean it’s the best, not by a long shot. But this is what you think about when you think “Vintage Arnold”: ludicrously greased-up arm muscles; wry one-liners tossed off after every kill; a dictator bad-guy from the fictional land of Val Verde; and a final-act blood orgy that makes The Wild Bunch look like Tootsie. And it all kicks off with an extended montage of Schwarzenegger out in the wilderness, carrying what looks like the trunk of a Sequoia tree, which he’ll probably carve into a rocket launcher.

Keith Staskiewicz: But like we pointed out yesterday, despite all this machine-gunning, drop-kicking testosterone, it’s also the first film that gives us a glimpse of the cuddlier, less genocidal, side of Arnold. READ FULL STORY »

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