One of the main reasons that I’m hopeful about next month’s Captain America film is that the previews seem to indicate that the movie will feature a propaganda-perfect retro aesthetic: Rocketeer-brown military jackets, sci-fi apparatuses that look straight out off a pulp sci-fi book cover, and, best of all, Cap’s pouch-heavy costume. So I’m totally digging the special limited-edition poster that Marvel Studios printed for the film. Initially given only to the cast and crew, the poster was part of a giveaway at the Hero Complex Film Festival. Illustrated by artist Paolo Rivera, the poster has the burnished look of an Old Hollywood poster — think Casablanca, except with a red-faced dude. The best part is how the poster recreates the very first issue of Captain America, with the all-American hero punching ol’ Uncle Adolf right in the kisser. Take that, fascism! Check out the full poster below: READ FULL STORY »
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'Parks and Rec': The many faces of Ron Swanson
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To the untrained eye, the photo of “The Many Faces of Ron Swanson” may all look the same at first glance. But, much like the stern, yet complex Parks and Recreation boss himself, there are just so many layers. Sure, Ron makes the same face when he is disapproving, enthusiastic, annoyed, goofy and gleeful. But marvel at the subdued anger of his Disapproving Face and the reluctance in his Apologetic Face (we can only assume he doesn’t make that one often.) Better yet, try not to giggle uncontrollably/imagine yourself in the Tammys’ shoes when you see his Aroused Face. (Can’t Nick Offerman just submit this for Emmy consideration?) READ FULL STORY »
'Tree of Life' pulls in moviegoers near and very, very far. What's the farthest you've traveled to see a film?
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Super 8 topped this weekend’s box office with an impressive $37 million, but J.J. Abrams’ top-secret Spielberg homage wasn’t the toughest ticket to find. There was another mysterious film that moviegoers really want to piece together, and the lucky ones were willing to stand in lines that wrapped around city blocks to see Terrence Malick’s beautiful and symbolic Tree of Life. READ FULL STORY »
Facebook traffic is down. Do you have Facebook fatigue?
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You objected when Facebook added the News Feed. But you still returned to see if your ex was still in a relationship. You protested when Facebook added hyperlinks to all of your interests. But you still logged on to check out your friend’s wedding photo album. You revolted every single time Facebook decided to launch a slight redesign. But you still came back to comment on your friend’s picture of her cat in a pirate costume. (Just me? Okay.) But, now, all of a sudden, it looks like Facebook users have slapped the social networking site with a big “Dislike.” According to Inside Facebook, in the month of May alone, “membership” went down from 155.2 million to 149.4 million in the U.S., meaning almost 6 million users decided to not utilize the social networking site throughout the month. May 2011, in fact, marks the first time Facebook has lost users in the U.S.
So what kept you from using Facebook this month? Do you have Facebook fatigue? READ FULL STORY »
'Star Wars' live-action TV series won't come out for 'three or four years,' is like 'The Godfather,' says producer
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First announced in 2005, the still-untitled Star Wars live-action TV series has remained eternally on the distant horizon, twinkling in the darkness of pre-production like a green light on the far end of a misty lake. Roughly once a year, some delicious tidbit of information will emerge about the project — the series will run for 100 episodes, it will be “Deadwood meets The Sopranos in space,” there are 50 episodes of the series already in the can, etc. — but producer Rick McCallum just gave an interview to Czech news organization Czech Position that offers a veritable smorgasbord of information about the show. McCallum explains that LucasFilm currently has “50 hours of third-draft scripts,” which has to be some sort of record for a TV series that hasn’t even gone into production yet. Plotwise, he describes it thusly: “Basically, it is like The Godfather; it’s the Empire slowly building up its power base around the galaxy … and it’s [about] a group of underground bosses who live [on Coruscant] and control drugs, prostitution.”
Drugs and prostitution in Star Wars? I’m getting awesome flashbacks to Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina, and if you know what that is, then please marry me. READ FULL STORY »
'The Glee Project': Which contestant do you think would inspire the best plots? Share your ideas!
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Last night’s premiere of The Glee Project has not made me reconsider my favorites so far (I sized them up here), but it did make me wonder how viable they are from a creative perspective. Let’s be honest: some contestants possess more plot possibilities than others.
Robert Ulrich and Ryan Murphy mentioned many times last night that storyline possibilities will be an important factor in their overall decision. They want to be inspired to write a character and to craft a story. And since the winner of the competition gets a 7-episode stint on the show, we want it to be good, right?
So in looking over the contestants, who do you think has the most storyline potential? READ FULL STORY »
Summer Movie Body Count: You can get hit by a train and live in 'Super 8'
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Week 6 of EW’s 2011 Summer Movie Body Count continues with Super 8. For those of you who do not possess an extra-terrestrial memory, here’s a reminder of the rules. SPOILER ALERT: Things are about to get messy!
For a monster movie with a plot predicated upon an off-screen death and a catastrophic train accident, Super 8 had very few actual, confirmed fatalities. There were several pump fakes, most notably, Dr. Woodword — ya know, the dude who rammed his pickup head-first into a moving train. Instead of winding up a smear on the railroad tracks, he was discovered by the Super Six kids still breathing, and able to raise his voice and hold up a gun to boot, in his shredded tin can of a vehicle. Woodword showed up later lying in a secret Air Force hospital room bed, only to then meet his demise (confirmed by the reliable flatline tone) via a lethal injection. Survives a head-on collision with a freight train, dies weak and feeble from a syringe. That’s just not right.
(Speaking of the crash, there was presumably a crew operating the train, but our specific rules regarding the Body Count prohibit including off-screen deaths, and seeing as Woodword survived the disaster, who’s to say the train crew didn’t, too?) READ FULL STORY »
'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' season premiere: It's Klobbering Time!
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The sixth season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians began last night with Kim sharing a thoughtful dinner conversation with her new boyfriend/future husband-to-be Kris Humphries. Ignore, for a moment, the cosmic coincidence of a Kardashian girl A) falling in love with someone whose name already starts with a “K” and B) falling in love with a guy who is named “Kris,” just like their mother. No time for cynicism, this is love! Within seconds, Kim and Kris were burping into each other’s mouths. It was like watching a bullfrog mating session. Or, as Kris insisted, “Birds throw up and then feed it to their children. This is nothing.” There you go: It was like watching two birds vomit live bullfrogs backwards and forwards. Season six, gang! READ FULL STORY »
Sorry LeBron: God likely too busy to determine NBA Finals results.
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If we have learned anything from Sunday school, it’s that God — the being that created the world in seven days — is quite the multitasker. Even tweens these days who can text, tweet, and read all four Twilight books at once have got nothin’ on him. But believe me, LeBron James, when I tell you that God is probably a bit too busy to have had a hand in last night’s NBA Finals, during which your faltering performance led to the Miami Heat’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks. That fact didn’t stop the NBA star, however, from pointing to God, tweeting last night, “The Greater Man upstairs know when it’s my time. Right now isn’t the time.” READ FULL STORY »
Conan O'Brien's Dartmouth commencement address: Watch!
Conan O’Brien delivered the commencement address at Dartmouth College on Sunday, and you can watch the full 24-minute speech (and 4-minute highlight reel) below. Not surprisingly, O’Brien was self-deprecating: “My first job as your commencement speaker is to illustrate that life is not fair,” he said. “For instance, you have worked tirelessly for four years to earn the diploma you’ll be receiving this weekend. And Dartmouth is giving me the same degree for interviewing the fourth lead in Twilight. Deal with it.” That doesn’t mean he didn’t prepare for the moment. “But don’t get me wrong, I take my task today very seriously,” he said. “When I got the call two months ago to be your speaker, I decided to prepare with the same intensity many of you have devoted to an important term paper. So late last night, I began.” READ FULL STORY »
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