Archive: June 2011 (341-350 of 401)

Jun 5 2011 09:00 PM ET

'Star Wars' at E3: Your first look at 'Kinect Star Wars' -- EXCLUSIVE

Star Wars fans, prepare to connect with The Force in a kinectic way. On Monday, Microsoft Studios and LucasArts will formally announce the first Star Wars video game for Kinect, Microsoft’s hands-free, your-body-is-the-controller playing experience for the Xbox 360. Simply called Kinect Star Wars, the game is intended for all ages and will hit stores this winter. Microsoft will preview the game this at E3 (aka the Electronic Entertainment Expo), the video game industry’s annual confab at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Check out the trailer for  a peek at the game and the gameplay:  READ FULL STORY »

Jun 5 2011 08:40 PM ET

MTV Movie Awards 2011: Tell us what you think!

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The MTV Movie Awards air tonight, and to keep track of all the popcorn trophy shenanigans MTV is famous for (see: Bruno-Eminem fiasco of 2009), check in here when the show kicks off at 9 p.m. ET for a recap on all the festivities. Reese! Rob Pattinson! Potter! Kids, we have a big night ahead of us. (This post is written in real time; refresh for updates.)

Host Jason Sudeikis opened the show in typical MTV fashion—with a good ol’ movie spoof. This time around, Jason, and Hollywood hotties like Taylor Lautner and Eva Mendes joined forces for their own spin on The Hangover, weaving in clips from The Social Network, 127 Hours and the girl-on-girl scene from Black Swan. Oh, MTV. Some things never change.

For his opening monologue, Sudeikis broke out with riffs on Arnold Schwarzenegger, MTV programming and Twilight. “My heart says Jacob but my wiener says Edward. My balls are indifferent.” Brownie points for mentioning the weird, wacky and utterly disgusting film Human Centipede. “How did Human Centipede not get nominated for Best Kiss?”

A few awards down the line—and one flawless Ryan Gosling later—Jim Carrey took to the stage in a green screen suit to introduce the Foo Fighters, who rocked the crowd, and in particular, Emma Watson and a super glittery Brooklyn Decker, who both clapped and swayed their way through the set. The new arbiters of rock ‘n’ roll?

And then…Bieber alert! The follicilly gifted pop star surprised presenters Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson along with, ya know, thousands of screaming girls, by appearing on stage to accept an award for best jaw-dropping moment. Seriously, would the Biebs miss an opportunity to wear blazers and high-tops?

In the second Twilight moment of the night (the first being Pattinson’s Best Actor win), Pattinson, Xavier Samuel and Bryce Dallas Howard took home the popcorn trophy for Best Fight and managed to beat the gravity-defying brawl scene in Inception. Adding salt to the wound, Pattinson accepted his trophy, saying “I won!” only to follow by telling the expectant Howard, “I ripped your head off, and now you’re pregnant!” Even Kristen Stewart thought that one was awkward.

But this being the MTV generation, those weren’t the only Twilight moments. Pattinson and Stewart of course won for Best Kiss, making all those Twi-Hards, which apparently includes Selena Gomez, positively giddy with delight hoping the camera-shy real-life couple would seal the deal on stage for millions to see. Shocker! They didn’t. Instead, Pattinson ran off stage to give a (faux?) smooch to category loser Taylor Lautner. Not sure how Team Edward and Team Jacob are going to take that one.

As a side note, I’m totally loving these Google Chrome commercials, and the Lady Gaga one playing during the breaks is no exception. How does ad for a search engine manage to make me well up with tears?

Awkward Pattinson moment #2 came so quickly whilst honoring Witherspoon with this year’s Generation Award.” It’s probably best to just erase the whole mess from your memory, but to recap, Pattinson rehashed playing Witherspoon’s son in Vanity Fair—the scene later got cut—and then said he “f—–” her in Water for Elephants. He actually messed up the punchline, which Witherspoon later corrected with much better timing when she took to the stage, and in more Reese-related awesomeness, she stuck it to MTV with some advice for young girls, who think scandal is the route to success. “It’s also possible to make it in Hollywood without a reality show.”

To round out Twilight‘s utter (and expected) domination, Stewart picked up a Best Female Performance award, and, to match her beau, gave us an equally awkward acceptance speech, proclaiming to fellow nominee Natalie Portman that the popcorn was hers. I’m sure Nat is just fine with her Oscar, thanks.

And the show’s oddest pairing award goes to the stars of Monte Carlo—Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester—who introduced Lupe Fiasco and Trey Songz. I love hearing Gomez talk about a rapper’s “flow.”

Finally, Twilight takes home Best Movie, confirming MTV’s position as the Jersey Shore-pregnant teen-Twilight network. Also, Gary Busey in a bubble!

What did you guys think of the ceremony? Did the winners pan out the way you expected? How about Sudeikis in his first-time hosting gig? And what was with that Fern Gully-themed set?

Jun 5 2011 08:15 PM ET

'Food Network Star' premiere: Join our live tweet with Bobby Flay, Giada De Laurentiis, and EW's Jess Cagle!

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Image Credit: Edward Chen/Creel Films

Forget all other television: On Sunday night, viewers with good taste will be tuning into the seventh season premiere of Food Network Star (9 p.m. ET). And what can they expect? For one, delicious-looking breakfast meals prepared by the new crop of contestants for judges Giada De Laurentiis and judge and host Bobby Flay. “[Breakfast] is a very good definition of the kind of person that you are,” DeLaurentiis told EW. “Are you a cereal person? Are you an egg person? How creative can you be with some standard ingredients?”

On hand to gauge just that are Alton Brown (pictured, left), Extra‘s Mario Lopez, In Style‘s Hal Rubenstein (pictured, center), and EW’s own managing editor, Jess Cagle (pictured, right), all who serve as guest judges during the premiere. But most will also be available Sunday night to talk about the taping of the premiere. That’s right: While watching Food Network Star‘s season 7 debut, use #Star to follow along a live-tweet led by Cagle, Brown, Flay, DeLaurentiis, Rubenstein, and Lopez, who are available to answer any and all questions you have about the premiere. How did each dish taste? Was there anything they were afraid to eat? Log onto Twitter at 9 p.m. ET Sunday to get tasty answers to your burning questions!

Jun 5 2011 07:55 PM ET

'The Killing' Clue Tracker: Read our latest 'Who killed Rosie Larsen?' theory and post your thoughts on tonight's episode

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Just when I was starting to lose faith in The Killing, AMC’s murder mystery saga slayed me anew with a strong episode last week. Meeting Belko’s seedy (prostitute?) mother and visiting the scarred man-child’s bedroom, with the photos of Rosie Larsen taped to the ceiling above his bed (shudder), were great moments, as was Linden and Holder’s interrogation of Belko.  Linden got a big clue in the final moments when she connected a note found in Rosie’s Koran to the name of a ferry boat. She took a ride and saw a sign for The Wapi Eagle Casino, whose logo matched the key chain that was found on Rosie the night she was murdered. (Is there also a link to Rosie’s arty-moody super-8 film? There’s a shot from a ferry. And is that the Wapi Eagle Casino logo reflected in the rippling water?) In general, I am glad that the drama has finally moved past listless (and now near lifeless) Bennet Ahmed. And I hope the show is done with ridiculous twists/cheats like Rosie’s Grand Canyon T-shirt.

I have friends who are convinced that Darren Richmond is the killer. I’m not so sure myself, though I do wonder if the embattled, ethically dubious mayoral candidate had an unseemly romantic relationship – or (ugh) tried to force one – with the attractive, idealistic Rosie. Last week, Jamie and Gwen discovered video footage showing Darren and Rosie shaking hands at a campaign event, but it’s hardly evidence of amorous malfeasance. Before I indict Darren, I want to know more about Rosie’s Aunt Terry and her connection to Michael Ames, a wealthy, powerful real estate mini-mogul (is he connected to the Wapi Eagle casino project?) and father to Rosie’s one-time boyfriend Jasper.

Until then, I think Jamie or Gwen is the killer. I suspect that for one these two Richmond aides, the “discovery” of that Darren-Rosie video was no “surprise.” I think something naughty went down between Richmond and Rosie, and Jamie or Gwen found out about it and decided to rub out Rosie to neutralize the potential for scandal. Or maybe one of them – most likely Gwen, who is also Darren’s lover — felt so furiously betrayed by Richmond’s skeevy liaison with a high school girl that he or (more likely) she murdered Rosie in hopes of tarnishing Darren and ruining his political career.

We shall see. Post your own theories below, as well as your reactions to tonight’s episode. Our weekly “Clue Tracker” recap will be delayed this week – unless Mr. DirecTV Repairman can get here fast enough tonight to get my dish working again. Sorry.

@EWDocJensen

Jun 4 2011 10:00 AM ET

'X-Men: First Class': How much should superhero films follow the comic book?

A few years ago, 20th Century Fox realized they needed a way to extend the cash-cow X-Men franchise into infinity and beyond, so they decided to create a new X-Men prequel. This prequel would focus on the relationship between two iconic X characters, tracing how they went from best friends to mortal enemies. Although based on comic book mythology, every aspect of this relationship was reinvented for the film: How the two characters met, their history of working together, the nature of their friendship, how they became nemeses, everything.

But this prequel would also need to introduce a new variety of mutant heroes and villains — action figures must be sold, spin-offs must be spun, attractive young actors need work. So the prequel would feature a cavalcade of characters plucked, apparently at random, from nearly half a century of collective X-Men history. Most of these characters had never even interacted in the comic books. Almost everything about them — motivation, age, general temperament, personal history — was altered to fit the resettled movie timeline. The average moviegoer wouldn’t notice any of this. The average comic book fan would be driven mad. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 3 2011 06:33 PM ET

Bradley Cooper speaks French. The Internet swoons. What's the big deal?

When Jodie Foster speaks French, no one bats an eyelash. Colin Firth drops some Italian at a presser and the world doesn’t stop. But Bradley Cooper unveils his fluent French tongue, and the Internets overheat! You can practically hear the panting on the message boards: “This just made him 100 times MORE sexy!!! HOOOOOT,” exclaimed one fan. Take a look. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 3 2011 05:30 PM ET

Stephen Colbert vs. BFF Jimmy Fallon in the battle for Emmy: It. Is. On.

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Image Credit: AP Images

It’s been three long years since the hilarious late night battle royale between Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Conan O’Brien, (Coco had another decidedly less funny war he had to conquer since then) but that doesn’t mean there isn’t another round of TV-host terrorizing on the verge of erupting.

It seems Jimmy Fallon will be next to square off against the two Comedy Central comics, at least if he continues to irk Emmy’s reigning king Stewart and his current (well, at least until September 3) BFF Colbert. The Colbert Report host more or less declared war, accusing Fallon of continuing to ride his coattails. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 3 2011 04:53 PM ET

MTV's 'Teen Wolf' may make you feel old, but not for the reason you'd think

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Image Credit: Barry Wetcher, MTV

Yes, MTV’s Teen Wolf, which premieres Sunday at 11 p.m. ET after the MTV Movie Awards, is a reboot of the film that hit theaters in 1985. But here’s what will really make you feel old — the lead actor, Tyler Posey, played Jennifer Lopez’s adorable son in the 2002 movie Maid in Manhattan. Should find myself starting to enjoy the shirtless shots of him, I’ll remind myself of that. Hopefully his slightly older werewolf mentor (Tyler Hoechlin) will also vie for my attention.

MTV has posted the first eight minutes of the premiere, which are, frankly, kinda boring. But it ends with him getting bitten, which is no doubt where the fun starts, as seen in the series’ promising trailer.

Read more:
‘Teen Wolf’: Watch the fang-tastic new trailer — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Jun 3 2011 04:05 PM ET

Emma Stone returns to being a red head, all is right in the world again

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Image Credit: Brian Dowling/MTV/PictureGroup

Emma Stone is naturally a blond, but forgive us if we prefer her hair the color it was when we first met her, in films like Superbad. It’s not that we weren’t going to see Crazy Stupid Love and The Help if she hadn’t switched back to being a red-head this summer, but in the pantheon of awesome gingers, faux or not, she ranks awfully high.

Are you glad that Stone is back as a red head, too, PopWatchers? Let us know in the comments section!

Read more:
‘The Help’ trailer
‘Crazy Stupid Love’ trailer

Jun 3 2011 03:40 PM ET

New 'Tomb Raider' trailer features young Lara Croft... who looks exactly like Natalie Portman. (Or Jessica Biel? Or Lacey Chabert?)

Remember that wacky Final Fantasy movie, where one of the main characters looked exactly like Ben Affleck but was voiced by Alec Baldwin? There’s a similar cognitive dissonance at work in the trailer for 2012′s Tomb Raider videogame reboot, in which the iconic Lara Croft gets de-aged. (Muppet Babies-style preboots are so hot right now.) Young Croft sounds strikingly like Keira Knightley… but her face looks exactly like Natalie Portman. (Of course, Knightley used to look so much like Portman that she played her double in The Phantom Menace. Ow, my brain!)

At least, I thought she looked like Natalie Portman. Portmanologist Adam Markovitz says I’m crazy, and claims the new Croft is a dead ringer for Lacey Chabert. Meanwhile, Photo Editor/Facial Recognition Expert Connie Yu thinks she’s a digital clone of Jessica Biel. Rorschach alert! PopWatchers, which of us is right? Watch the trailer and decided for yourself: READ FULL STORY »

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