Archive: May 2011 (221-230 of 457)

May 16 2011 05:15 PM ET

Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly's battle extended to two rounds

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Jon Stewart’s summit with Bill O’Reilly in order to keep the Common controversy going will now be a two-night event. The two gents, who seem to have a genuine if delicate fondness for each other despite their divergent worldviews, recorded their discussion on Friday night, with half of it to air tonight (at 8 p.m. ET) and half tomorrow. (The entire unedited 30-minute conversation will be available online after Tuesday’s show.) Fox News has posted a sneak peek: READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 04:55 PM ET

Donald Trump not running for president. We mourn the loss for comedians everywhere.

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Might as well pack in those Trump 2012 signs you’d been working on, kids (and all those gold and yellow markers you bought to recreate his hair): The Donald has announced he was conducting  a desperate publicity stunt all along will not be running for President of the United States!

Maybe it was the fact that he already “accomplished” everything on his agenda against President Barack Obama, or that Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis laughed at him at the Correspondents’ Dinner, or that he really did want to give another season of The Celebrity Apprentice a go. But whatever it was that really made him change his mind, Donald Trump won’t be visiting the small towns of Iowa and New Hampshire any time soon.

And while I’m willing to venture this news brings nothing but happiness to the citizens of America, the comedy world is likely frowning. READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 04:30 PM ET

Bill O'Reilly scolds Glenn Beck: 'If I was Cindy McCain, I'd slap the hell out of you.' (VIDEO)

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If you think about it for a second, Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck are sort of like the Odin and Thor of the Fox News pantheon. Like the one-eyed god-patriarch, Bill O’Reilly has grown out of his war-mongering hot-blooded youth, becoming more moderate and more willing to pursue diplomacy with the soulless red-eyed Frost Giants of the American Left. Beck, meanwhile, has become the network’s Chris Hemsworth: Younger, impetuous, dashingly handsome, and prone to full-scale assaults. So it was a matter of life imitating art when Glenn Beck appeared on Papa O’Reilly’s show on Friday to receive a light tongue-lashing. Some context: Beck had spent several minutes of his radio show vomiting over Meghan McCain’s skin cancer PSA, in which the senator’s daughter appears apparently naked. O’Reilly, for his part, thought Beck had gone too far: “If I was Cindy McCain, I’d slap the hell out of you.” READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 04:05 PM ET

Scotty McCreery does surprise duet with Josh Turner during 'Idol' homecoming: Watch!

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It was good to be a Scotty McCreery fan in Garner, N.C., on Saturday:  The American Idol finalist returned to his hometown and put on a concert for American Idol cameras (we’ll see footage on Thursday’s show) and was surprised onstage by his deep-voiced hero, country singer Josh Turner. “He didn’t see me until we were almost face-to-face. I think I almost gave him a heart attack,” Turner said afterwards. McCreery recovered enough to duet with Turner on his hits “Your Man” and “Long Black Train,” both of which McCreery has sung on Idol. Watch it below. The clip starts out with McCreery assuring his fans that just because he’s been in L.A. working seven days a week for months doesn’t mean he’s lost faith — it’s grown stronger. (Meeting Lady Gaga, or singing a lyric about being evil, doesn’t make you evil, people! Seriously!) READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 03:40 PM ET

Lady Gaga saves journalism, becomes guest editor-in-chief of Metro for a day

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By all accounts, human society is slowly but surely evolving towards the cultural moment when “News Media” will just be the coastal elitist term for the Twitter feed that will stream infinite happenstance straight into your frontal lobe by way of a neural implant installed by our horrible robot overlords. But there are still some crusty old-school journalists who believe in the power of the printed page. And then there is Lady Gaga, who served as guest editor-in-chief at the London office of the free daily Metro for one whole day, despite being neither crusty nor old-school, nor even really a journalist, unless you think that she is a metaphorical journalist embedded in the trench warfare of human emotions (in which case you should seriously consider cutting your hair and getting a job, hippie). READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 03:15 PM ET

'Bridesmaids' cracked moviegoers up over the weekend: Which scene did you in?

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Over the weekend, Bridesmaids pulled in an impressive $24.4 million at the box office. But, an even more impressive feat was how it made many of those moviegoers shake with uncontrollable, gut-busting laughter.

When I saw Bridesmaids for the first time — yes, you read that correctly, first time — it was the scene where we first meet Melissa McCarthy’s character that did me in. READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 02:50 PM ET

'The Sing-Off' is adding a new judge. Who should join the panel?

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This fall, NBC’s a cappella tournament The Sing-Off will be premiering earlier than usual — and, as the network announced at their upfront presentation today, it’s also being reworked into a full-blown reality series. But those aren’t the only major changes in store for The Sing-Off. Apparently, NBC is also in the process of adding a new judge to a panel that already includes piano virtuoso Ben Folds, Pussycat Doll (and soon-to-be X Factor co-host) Nicole Scherzinger, and boy-turned-man Shawn Stockman.

As a true Sing-Off fan — I’m so fond of the show that I don’t even feel guilty about how much I like it — I’m a little wary of this news. This competition’s judging panel is already unusually strong; though Nicole rarely has anything critical (or constructive to say), Ben and Shawn have both mastered the art of giving incisive critiques without coming across as unlikable. That’s so difficult to do that some singing contests have done away with useful criticism altogether. In order to prevent the level of criticism from slipping, then, NBC is going to have to find a new judge who knows a lot about music, is well-spoken, and isn’t afraid to say something negative. It couldn’t hurt for this judge to be female as well, since that’d split the panel evenly along gender lines. Oh, and since Shawn is all about R&B, Nicole knows pop, and Ben has the indie scene covered, New Judge should probably have a background in another musical genre altogether. Who could possibly fill all of these criteria?

Here’s one suggestion: READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 02:25 PM ET

'The Killing' Clue Tracker: The detectives get 'Stonewalled,' but the drama scores a breakthrough

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“Stonewalled” was about playing dirty and justifying it with righteousness. Mayoral candidate Darren Richmond finally decided to sling mud at his immoral and ruthlessly slimy opponent. Detective Linden broke the rules of proper police work so she could examine a piece of evidence that could bringer her closer to finding Rosie Larsen’s killer. Jack nearly subverted Linden’s work with a foolish, hurtful choice, just to awaken his mother to her own foolish, hurtful choices. Yes, all’s fair in love and political warfare. Or so they say. But what if you lose sight of what’s right in the process? What if you lose sight of yourself? “Stonewalled” was all about those questions, too. The eighth hour of The Killing brought to mind a Biblical passage: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” The story gave us the recurring visual motif of characters peering into glass and finding revelation in reflections or other people. It was in this way that Linden learned the truth about Holder, her troubled and twitchy partner. Spying on him through a dingy window, Linden watched and listened as the former narcotics cop sought support from a room full of people just like him – recovering addicts, struggling to resist the siren call of self-destructive desires. Linden was moved by Holder’s example: Here was a man who lived every second of his life with a keen understanding of he was and isn’t, whose every moment demands a clear-eyed, face-to-face struggle with himself. Until this point, Linden considered herself his moral superior, in more ways than one. Not anymore. Through that dark glass, the haunted detective saw a soul bravely confronting his demons and trying to change his life. If only she could do the same. READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 02:18 PM ET

Jeff Probst on the finale of 'Survivor: Redemption Island'

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Each week, Survivor host Jeff Probst answers a few questions about the most recent episode of Redemption Island. Here, he addresses some points from the season finale and reunion show.

What’s this? No Fallen Comrades tribute? I’m still in a state of Survivor shock at its omission! Did you guys not have them do it this season, or did the footage just not fit into the episode due to the time needed for the final Redemption Island duel?
We did shoot the tribute, but we had too much show and had to make a decision. We decided to edit the episode without it and if anybody spoke up during the notes process that they truly missed it, we’d revisit it. Nobody did. The “fallen comrades” has always been a “love it-hate it” part of the show. It used to be more relevant but as the game as evolved to more strategy it feels less pertinent. READ FULL STORY »

May 16 2011 01:56 PM ET

'South Park' preview: Cartman goes 'too far'

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You know it’s something really bad (or really good, depending on your sense of humor) when the upcoming episode of South Park warns that “Cartman may have gone too far this time.” Tell that to Scott Tenorman.

While so far this season the show has gone by the way of satire (the Royal Wedding, Osama bin Laden, and a horrifying new take on the iPad), it seems South Park is returning this week with a good-old fashioned “d— jokes” episode. It stars Cartman, who  once again finds himself in the principal’s office, this time for posting his classmates, er, shortcomings, on the school bulletin board. But, as always, his punishment is a grave injustice (Kyle’s unfazed reaction to his uproar in the cafeteria says it all, doesn’t it?). Clearly, the educators at South Park Elementary have not learned Eric Cartman is a faaaar more dangerous sociopathic fourth grader when he’s been pushed too far. READ FULL STORY »

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