In Field of Dreams, the eight damned Chicago White Sox who were suspended from baseball for gambling on the 1919 World Series were resurrected in Kevin Costner’s Iowa cornfield. Now, with the NFL work stoppage, FunnyOrDie has discovered that Taylor Lautner is also hearing voices. “Are you ready? … For some football?” Take a look what happens when out-of-work players have too little to do. Maybe there is a silver lining to this labor strife after all. READ FULL STORY »
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Jul 6
2011
10:00 AM ET
Taylor Lautner builds his own 'Field of Dreams' for the locked-out NFL players
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Jul 5
2011
09:29 PM ET
Justin Timberlake to announce plans for Myspace on my birthday. The gift? He's considering a talent show.
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I love singing competition shows (I also hate having friends, which works out great). So Justin Timberlake’s rumored plans for a possible Myspace talent show have me intrigued.
The singer/serious actor’s manager Johnny Wright told THR that a talent competition could be in the plans for the Myspace facelift project Timberlake recently signed on for, that will focus on making the social networking elder a destination and platform for new and existing artists. Official plans will be announced at an Aug. 17 press conference, where he will also likely wish me a happy birthday (a dream elf confirms to me).
In all seriousness, word of a possible competition worries me a little bit. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
06:34 PM ET
Did 'No Strings Attached, 'Your Highness' 'tarnish' Natalie Portman's Oscar?
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No doubt, Natalie Portman has had plenty of victories in 2011. In the beginning of this year alone, she snagged a graceful man (fiancé Benjamin Millepied), a little man (a baby boy), and a very little man with big clout known as Oscar. Still, has 2011 proven to be a bad year for the Black Swan star?
That’s what the Hollywood Prospectus blog is claiming, at least. Using Rotten Tomatoes, the blog calculated the post-Oscar movie scores of all the Academy Award-winning actors with 2011 movies (11 in total) to determine which one “tarnished” their Academy Award the most during the course of the year. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
04:40 PM ET
Who is the 'Next Tom Hanks'?
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Some of the analysis of Larry Crowne‘s disappointing opening-weekend box-office performance reads like obituaries. “Are America and Tom Hanks Out of Step?” asked the Los Angeles Times. “Why Won’t Tom Hanks Just Stop Already?” whined Toronto’s Globe and Mail. Crowne grossed only $13.1 million over the three-day weekend, an unimpressive but hardly a surprising result. (His last film with Julia Roberts, 2007′s Charlie Wilson’s War, grossed only $9.7 million in its opening frame.)
Stars simply aren’t what they used to be — ask anyone except Will Smith — and Hanks, at 54, can’t compete with his own resume of success that includes two Oscars and 17 films that topped more than $100 million. Not everyone is Clint Eastwood. But for the first time, perhaps, there’s finally an opening for “The Next Tom Hanks.” READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
04:05 PM ET
'Bridesmaids' box office success: Paul Feig, Kristen Wiig deserve to bask in the glory, too
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It needs to be said, first and foremost, that there’s no question — or even a debate, really — that Judd Apatow has produced some of the biggest stars and the best comedies of the past decade. After all, the Apatow factory has turned out hilarious hit movies from the likes of reliable stars like Steve Carell and James Franco. There’s some serious gratitude to be paid towards the guy.
What’s more, as we noted recently, as of July 1, the runaway hit comedy Bridesmaids — which Apatow produced — has earned an unexpected, albeit deserved, $153 million at the box office since finding its way into theaters and moviegoers’ hearts/funny bones. And following its box office success, the film has been touted in most headlines as the highest-grossing Apatow movie. But while he most certainly had his hand — and touch (i.e., the gross-out humor) — in the project, I can’t help but wonder: Shouldn’t we spread the credit a smidgen? While it’s reasonable to call it Apatow’s biggest hit, why aren’t we shouting from the rooftops with joy that Bridesmaids‘ director Paul Feig, who has been at the helm of classic episodes of The Office, Arrested Development, and Parks and Recreation (and most importantly gifted us the short-lived wonder that was Freaks and Geeks alongside Apatow) is finally getting his due on the big screen? READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
03:34 PM ET
'Transformers: Dark of the Moon': The EW Exit Poll
Each week, we invite our Twitter followers to share their 140-character reviews of the weekend’s big opening films in our EW Exit Poll. In the wake of its massive opening weekend, Transformers: Dark of the Moon gets panned by viewers, though the elder Witwickys did get some love. This week’s winning submissions are after the jump.
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Jul 5
2011
02:26 PM ET
Jean-Claude Van Damme is super cool in Coors Light ad
“Have you ever seen a man penguin walk after an intense mating season? Have you?” — Jean-Claude Van Damme
The Muscles from Brussels and his frozen jeans are pitching Coors Light in a new commercial for British beer drinkers. Bravo. Though — and I’m not complaining — his pants aren’t that tight.
Judge for yourself: READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
01:57 PM ET
'Glee': Will Sam get a proper ending?
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You’ve probably heard by now (and, of course, spent your long weekend weeping into a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos in his honor): Unlike fellow cast members Darren Criss and Harry Shum, Chord Overstreet isn’t being promoted to a series regular on Glee and is only being given an option of occasional appearances.
Over the weekend, fans rallied to keep the actor on the show, specifically by purchasing his cover of “Billionaire” on iTunes. The effort may have pushed the tune into the top 10, but only time will tell if it’s enough to earn their beloved character some more time on screen. Meanwhile, I can’t get my mind past the worst-case scenario here: What if he doesn’t get a proper ending? READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
01:33 PM ET
And they were like, baby, baby, baby, NO! Justin Bieber's issue is worst-selling 'Vanity Fair' in 12 years
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Boy, that Justin Bieber is really something! He can sing, he can dance, he can dazzle us with his ability to do things in the third dimension! Is there anything that tiny, talented Canuck can’t do?!” Well, we hate to burst your Bieber bubble, but it turns out there is something the 17-year fails at: Selling magazines. (And, no we don’t mean like when elementary school kids wrangle you into subscriptions for fundraisers. Although you probably should get EW. You know, for the children.)
According to WWD.com, the February issue of Vanity Fair that featured a kiss-stained Bieber on their cover is on pace to becoming their worst-selling one in 12 years. The VF disappointment (his cover story, which asked/threatened readers with the question “Is this the adorable, inescapable face of 2011?,” reportedly moved just 246,000 copies) isn’t the only one for the windswept wonder, as it’s also noted that issues of Teen Vogue and People that prominently featured the “Baby” singer didn’t do so hot, either. READ FULL STORY »
Jul 5
2011
11:24 AM ET
You've got burning questions about 'The Bachelorette'? Chris Harrison has your answers!
I’ll tell you, rose lovers, my first burning question is Why did July 4 have to fall on a Monday this year, rendering us Bachelorette-less last night? (At least we have host Chris Harrison’s bonus blog to tide us over.) But I can’t be the only one dying for answers to questions about the most maddening mind-numbing infuriating weepy infantilizing dramatic season of The Bachelorette ever! Post your questions in the comments section below, and we’ll pose them to Chris Harrison for a feature in an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly. Here are some ideas to get you started: So, why didn’t the producers tell Ashley about all of the nasty things bad boy Bentley said about her in his confessionals? Was the ill-fated comedy roast date Ashley’s idea, or did the producers make her do it? Are the guys allowed to go sight seeing when they’re not on dates? And most importantly, has anyone told Ashley that her jeans are too damn tight? Ask away, rose lovers!
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