Archive: August 2011 (91-100 of 295)

Aug 19 2011 07:23 PM ET

Grow a pair (of fangs): Thank goodness for horrible, disgusting, merciless vampires

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Image Credit: Disney/Dreamworks

Can we please put a stake through the heart of the thoughtful, sensitive vampire?

You know, the kind that just needs the love of a nice girl to keep his deathly cold body warm through night? The poetry-reading kind. The sparkly kind.

This is why I am grateful for the whacked-out, Friday-night-at-the-summertime-drive-in vibe of this weekend’s Fright Night remake, which takes the vampire out of the gothic, mist-shrouded castle and plunks him into the middle of suburban life — but unlike Twilight or The Vampire Diaries, or (most recently, unfortunately) True Blood — Colin Farrell’s bloodsucker isn’t here to be a prom date.

For too long, we’ve had to deal with the cuddly kind. I’m making the case for the bad guys … READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 06:37 PM ET

'Goof Troop': Did you like the TV show or the movie better?

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Months before I knew I’d be taking the Goof beat in EW’s trip down ’90s nostalgia lane, I came across A Goofy Movie while channel surfing and began watching the whole thing with more enthusiasm than I remember ever feeling when I first watched the TV series. At the time, I wasn’t sure if that was because it had been so long since I watched the show, or if it was one of those rare occurrences where the movie was better than the series from which it originated.

So is A Goofy Movie, which follows the father-son pooch pair as they try to reconnect on a roadtrip, the exception? READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 05:54 PM ET

Urban Outfitters sued by teen model for 'salacious' t-shirt

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Image Credit: Jason Lee Parry

Hipsters, avert your eyes: Urban Outfitters is being sued.

Sixteen-year-old model Hailey Clauson is suing the retailer for upwards of $28 million for selling a t-shirt with a “blatantly salacious” picture of her (the very one to your left) on it.

The picture in question (which the suit describes as, “the object of prurient interests and provides wallpaper for the likes of pedophiles” and argues that, “her crotch area [is] the focal point of the image”) was reportedly taken by Jason Lee Parry when Clauson was 15 and then wound up in German magazine Qvest and on t-shirts sold by Urban. The suit claims the photographer “agreed never to release it after Clauson’s then-agent from Ford Models complained.” (Urban Outfitters did not have a comment for EW regarding the lawsuit.) READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 05:26 PM ET

Paula Deen and Anthony Bourdain are at war

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Image Credit: Food Network; Travel Channel

I apologize in advance that this post will not feature a video of Deen and Bourdain wrestling to the death in a big-ass vat of butter. Nope, all that happened is that Anthony Bourdain called Paula Deen “the worst, most dangerous person in America … plus, her food sucks” in an interview for TV Guide. The No Reservations star also slammed Deen’s fellow Food Network chefs Rachael Ray (“Does she even cook anymore?”), Sandra Lee (“I hate her works on this planet, but she is not someone to be dismissed, clearly.”), and Guy Fieri (“I look at Guy and I just think, ‘Jesus, I’m glad that’s not me’”).

First of all, can we just revel for a second in “I hate her works on this planet?” Thank you. Seriously, who knows how many other galaxies Sandra Lee is ‘botting out on right now.

Deen has fired back with a viscous stream of cholesterol and words!  READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 04:42 PM ET

'Legends of the Hidden Temple': No, the Silver Snakes were the best!

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“The Blue Barracudas always won,” insisted some deluded college friends of mine, as we browsed through this amazing website looking for our favorite team’s T-shirt. “It was the Silver Snakes, you guys. The numbers don’t lie,” I would typically reply.

You see, long before The Hunger Games made the spectacle of sending teams of children into an arena filled with deadly, dangerous obstacles fun again, us ’90s kids were getting our daily dose of televised youth blood sport on Nickelodeon via the Indiana Jones-inspired Legends of the Hidden Temple. Okay, so maybe the stakes weren’t quite as high in good ol’ Olmec’s Temple, and the winners walked away with family vacations and super cool skateboards instead of, well, their lives. But there is no arguing that for the six rainbow-colored teams of fresh-faced youths waiting to face the treacherous waters of The Moat, the drama was ever so real. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 03:13 PM ET

One day before Kim Kardashian's wedding: How to kill time until the blessed event

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The invitations are sent (don’t be sad, Ellen, we didn’t get one either), the gifts purchased (every newlywed needs a $375 candy jar), and an epic love story that was eight whole months months in the making will finally come to fruition when Kim Kardashian weds Kris Humphries tomorrow in Montecito, Calif. Kardashian, who wore a white pre-wedding dress to her rehearsal dinner Thursday night, tweeted, “What a fun night w family & friends! Now I’m sleeping in late tomorrow!” only to tell us a few hours later, “Even when I could sleep in I woke up early!” What suspense!

Since the excitement leading up to the four-hour E! wedding special in October is just killing us — killing us, I tells ya! — here are some ways to kill the time before Kardashian’s big day: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 02:29 PM ET

The most ridiculous item of the day: Piers Morgan, Keith Olbermann feud on Twitter

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In today’s edition of grumpy older men, Piers Morgan and Keith Olbermann are trading jabs over… well, everything at this point.

To be fair, Olberman poked the bear yesterday when he tweeted a snide remark referencing Christine O’Donnell’s recent walk-out on Morgan’s show: “Who walks out on @PiersMorgan tonight? I’m betting on…the audience (as usual).” READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 02:17 PM ET

'Rambo 5': Screenwriter describes potentially 'Unforgiven'-esque final chapter

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In the last half-decade, Sylvester Stallone has ridden a triple wave of nostalgia, camp, and the rising counter-revolution against Bourne-esque action films in favor of ’80s-esque steroidal beefcake-ism. (See also: Fast Five.) His action-god peers all reinvented themselves — Arnold Schwarzenegger went kid-friendly and then got political, Bruce Willis diversified into drama — but Stallone staged a comeback by doing a Rocky movie, a Rambo movie, and The Expendables, a film that’s basically a sequel to and remake of every other film Stallone ever made. Now, Empire has confirmed that screenwriter Sean Hood (Conan the Barbarian) has drafted a script for a fifth Rambo film called Rambo: Last Stand. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 01:26 PM ET

Ricky Gervais loses it seeing 'Life's Too Short' star Warwick Davis in frog suit, while Helena Bonham Carter and Liam Neeson sign on

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Watch out Anderson Cooper, because Ricky Gervais may have just trumped you for this week’s honor of Best Celebrity Totally Losing It On Camera. While making a promotional video for his upcoming BBC America/HBO series Life’s Too Short, the show’s creator, Gervais, whose hearty laugh never ceases to make me howl right along with him, sat down with the comedy’s star, Warwick Davis. Davis, being the ultimate good sport (though, pretty much anyone is a good sport compared to Karl Pilkington) did the spot in a frog suit, all for the amusement and delight of Gervais. (“This is my best day ever!”) It’s hard to decide what’s funnier: seeing Davis hop up the stairs dressed as a frog or watching Gervais bowled over with laughter at the absurd sight. Watch the full, semi-NSFW clip below. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 19 2011 12:29 PM ET

Gerard Depardieu blames plane incident on prostate problems, Stephen Colbert lampoons 'Anderson Pooper'

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Gerard Depardieu was “stone-cold sober” when he publicly urinated in a plane cabin this week, his friend Edouard Baer, who was traveling with him at the time, said in a statement to French media. As reported by BBC News, Baer claims he passed his fellow actor a bottle to relieve himself since he was told he could not use the restroom while the plane was stuck on the tarmac and it simply overflowed. “Gerard was upset at this and offered to clean up the mess,” Baer said. ”He has prostate problems and it was very worrying and humiliating for him.”

Now, the story has shifted to Anderson Cooper’s gigglefest and weakness for “celebrity poop puns” while reporting the news. His rival Stephen Colbert poked fun of “Anderson Pooper” on last night’s Colbert Report. Watch that below. READ FULL STORY »

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