In entirely expected news, Charlie Sheen now boasts his own autotuned YouTube hit, “Winning — a Song by Charlie Sheen.” The song, which has attracted over one million poor eyes and ears, combines some of the former Two and a Half Men actor’s best lines with a good beat — which made me realize something: With all his talk of Vatican assassins, warlocks, rock stars from mars, and seven-gram rocks, Charlie Sheen’s mind is officially Saturday Night Live‘s Stefon’s next hottest club. It. Has. Everything. Listen to “Winning — a Song by Charlie Sheen,” brought to you by the same folks who made the “Bed Intruder” and “Double Rainbow” autotuned songs, below: READ FULL STORY »
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Mar 9
2011
05:16 PM ET
Charlie Sheen gets 'Winning' autotune treatment
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Mar 9
2011
04:56 PM ET
Simon Cowell talks 'Idol' with Piers Morgan: 'I personally think it is a better show than last year.'
The sky is blue. The Ryan Seacrest is orange. And season 10 of American Idol is much better than season 9, Simon Cowell tells Piers Morgan, while throwing on his Captain Obvious cape. In a preview clip for his March 14 interview on Piers Morgan Tonight, the former American Idol judge tells the CNN host: “I personally think it is a better show than last year. I genuinely do. I think what they’ve got is that it feels to me that they’ve got their energy back, that they’re confident, that they’re competitive.” What he means is, we’re no longer forced to watch a veteran judge with senioritis spending the course of a show daydreaming about whether or not he can place a house of cards on his flat top LEGO hair. READ FULL STORY »
Mar 9
2011
02:07 PM ET
Will 'The Simpsons' still be funny when no one gets the references?
Image Credit: FoxWe live in an era of hyper-referential humor. Shows as diverse as Glee, Community, and South Park all regularly feature “theme” episodes that riff on pop culture iconography — look at Glee‘s Christmas episode (in which Sue Sylvester re-enacted How the Grinch Stole Christmas), or Community‘s upcoming Pulp Fiction episode, or the episode of South Park that riffed on TRON (before TRON was briefly cool and then lame again). You can thank The Simpsons for all the nonstop pop culture references — Matt Groening’s iconic animated series turned hyper-referentiality into an art form, regularly packing in throwaway references to high and low culture right from the start.
Even after a decade of diminishing returns, the show’s place in the TV pantheon is secure… or is it? Salon‘s Matt Zoller Seitz has written an intriguing argument that shows built on pop culture nods — what he calls “footnote shows” — simply don’t age well. (He singles out an extended Hollywood Squares joke in an early-’90s Simpsons episode.) Considering how much of TV humor is now constructed on a foundation of referentiality, it’s definitely worth considering: Will we still consider “footnote shows” funny decades from now? READ FULL STORY »
Mar 9
2011
12:48 PM ET
Daniel Radcliffe in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' -- EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK
Image Credit: Ari MintzCall it Black Swan-lite: Daniel Radcliffe spent the last year taking 17 hours of voice and dance lessons a week in order to shake his moneymaker as corporate ladder-climber J. Pierrepont Finch in the upcoming musical comedy revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which opens on Broadway March 27. But though his character may be as ambitious as Natalie Portman’s — in a matter of weeks, he goes from window washer to ad exec — his tale is much more fun and games, or, should we say, song and dance: “Finch is a symbol of drive without any kind of maliciousness,” says Radcliffe. “There’s an innocence to him, which is quite endearing. You forgive a lot of his actions that would otherwise be considered quite manipulative and unpleasant.”
Click the jump for a first look at Daniel/Finch being charmingly conniving with his boss (John Larroquette), his boss’ mistress (Tammy Blanchard), and the sweet secretary who falls for him (Rose Hemingway, in the pink dress). And be sure to check out the full story — and colorful glossies — in our new issue, on stands tomorrow. READ FULL STORY »
Mar 9
2011
12:15 PM ET
'American Idol' Top 13: We're live-blogging it! Plus, tonight's theme is...
Image Credit: Michael Becker/Fox …”Songs By Your Musical Idol,” according to our Fox sources. Which means all of us can breathe a sigh of relief that we won’t see Scotty McCreery forced to attempt disco (yet). The theme, of course, is a double-edged sword for the contestants: The Top 13 can show us tonight what kind of artists they hope to be — but can they do it without being compared to their much-more-established idols? Contestants in the past few seasons have typically fared better performing songs from artists whose style is remarkably different from their own. Just see: David Cook on Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean,” Kris Allen on Kanye West’s “Heartless,” Blake Lewis on Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name.” (But then again, Elliott Yamin, Chris Daughtry, and Clay Aiken found success performing songs from similar-sounding artists Donnie Hathaway, Fuel, and Neil Sedaka, respectively, so it can be done.) But let’s get down to the real question: What will the Top 13 sing? (And stay away from those spoiler sites, PopWatchers!)
We’ll find out their chosen tracks tonight, but in the meantime, give us your best guesses below. Then, at 8 p.m. ET, come back to EW.com, where People‘s Aaron Parsley will be joining me in a live blog of season 10′s first finals show. Will Steven wear ruffles? (Yes.) Will J.Lo literally be glowing? (Yes.) Will Casey Abrams continue to be sexy? (Yes.) All that and more at 8 p.m.! See you then!
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‘American Idol’: We Rank the Top 13
‘American Idol’: Q&As With the Top 13
Mar 9
2011
11:56 AM ET
'Glee' sex talk: Let's hear it for Burt Hummel! (And how did your sex education compare?)
You can talk about Gwyneth Paltrow’s return to Glee, but for me, last night’s episode was all about Burt Hummel (Mike O’Malley) once again proving why he’s the heart of this show. If you missed the sex talk he had with his gay son Kurt (Chris Colfer), watch it below. I don’t have kids, but should I ever need to have “the talk” with one, I hope I’d do it as eloquently and with as much empathy. He went to the free clinic to get gay-specific pamphlets that covered the mechanics, but more importantly, he spoke to Kurt about the emotional side of sex. Women, he said, understand that there is one, while men are more likely to think of it as just something fun to do. “With two guys, you got two people who think that sex is just sex. It’s gonna be easier to come by. And once you start doin’ this stuff, you’re not gonna wanna stop,” Burt said. “You gotta know that it means something. It’s doing something to you, to your heart, to your self-esteem — even though it feels like you’re just havin’ fun.” Kurt thought this was his dad’s way of telling him to not have sex. It wasn’t. “Kurt, when you’re ready, I want you to be able to … do everything. But when you’re ready, I want you to use it as a way to connect to another person. Don’t throw yourself around like you don’t matter. ‘Cause you matter, Kurt.” That’s not a new sentiment, but somehow, O’Malley made it sound like a truth and not a sermon. It was more understated than, say, Mary Jo Shively’s moving plea for condoms in school on Designing Women, but I’d also argue even more touching because it was personal, and coming from a father who means it when he tells his child he wants him to be happy. He wants him to experience love because he’s worthy of it.
How did your sex education compare to what we saw last night on Glee? I had several flashbacks after watching the episode: READ FULL STORY »
Mar 9
2011
11:33 AM ET
'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' faces sixth delay and possible exit of director Julie Taymor: Report
Image Credit: Jacob CohlBroadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is about to face extensive changes, including a sixth delay and the possible exit of director Julie Taymor, according to a report in the New York Times.
Producers may halt performances for two to three weeks and delay the show’s official opening to sometime this summer in order to rework the $65 million production, which continues to be one of Broadway’s highest grossers despite an icy critical reception last month.
Veteran Broadway directors Christopher Ashley (Memphis) and Philip William McKinley (The Boy from Oz) have reportedly been approached about joining Spider-Man‘s creative team, possibly without Taymor onboard.
When reached for comment, a rep for the show responded, “We are not confirming, or commenting, on the rumors.”
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‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’: Which review is the harshest?
Mar 9
2011
10:50 AM ET
Who should replace Charlie Sheen? Poll!
Image Credit: Mitchell Haddad/CBSIn a PopWatch poll earlier this week, 46 percent of readers though Two and a Half Men should continue with a replacement for Charlie Sheen. (Eighteen percent thought CBS should continue producing new episodes of TV’s top comedy without replacing him, and 36 percent thought the show was kaput without him.) As EW’s Lynette Rice points out, Spin City and Cheers did it. Even though Chuck Lorre created the show with Sheen in mind, who’s to say he couldn’t get inspired by another actor (or actress, as EW’s Jennifer Armstrong has suggested)? Let’s take it to a vote with the 10 suggestions below culled from reader picks and my brain. (I’m leaving in Rob Lowe and John Stamos even though those actual rumors have been shot down, because, well, things could always change.) READ FULL STORY »
Mar 9
2011
02:07 AM ET
'Southland' season finale: 'I'm a cop.'
Image Credit: Doug Hyun/TNTLook below the surface, and Southland is one of the quietest shows on television. On last night’s season finale, there was a car crash, a rooftop chase, some bloody gunplay, and a brutally extended fight sequence. One man was shot to death, and another fell off a building. A child was born. At one point, a skimpily-dressed hooker climbed up onto the hood of a cop car and loudly demanded $10 while beating her fists against the windshield wipers. It could play as bombastic, but Southland never feels over-the-top. Even though the finale delivered big emotional payoffs for most of the main characters — and even though the show’s future is still currently up in the air — the show ended its third season on a thoughtful note. READ FULL STORY »
Mar 9
2011
01:00 AM ET
'V': The Fifth Column is single-handedly destroying the world
Image Credit: Sergei Bachlakov/ABCIt’s official: The Fifth Column is the single worst rebellion in the history of human rebellions. On last night’s episode of V, they had a big idea: Sabotage Concordia, and thus prove to the rest of humanity that Visitor technology isn’t the greatest thing ever. Sid the Lab Tech came up with the brilliant idea of overloading Concordia’s big Blue Energy balls with some tiny Blue Energy balls. His explanation: “You ever stick a fork in an electrical socket when you were a kid? Same idea. Meltdown!” Nobody seemed to think that sticking an incredibly unstable fork in a magnificently powerful electrical socket might have a downside. Turns out, the Fifth Column plan would’ve destroyed, like, the entire eastern seaboard. So the Fifth Column ended up heroically rescuing humanity from the Fifth Column. When the resulting energy surge caused a blackout, the Visitors used their energy to turn the lights back on, thus proving yet again that Visitor technology is, in fact, the greatest thing ever. READ FULL STORY »
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