Archive: August 2011 (251-260 of 295)

Aug 3 2011 04:37 PM ET

What's your favorite Alec Baldwin 'SNL' moment? Does anything beat his Schweddy Balls?

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Live from New York — for a record-breaking 16th time — it’s Alec Baldwin! Well, it will be when the 30 Rock star (who we suspect lives at Rockefeller Plaza at this point) hosts the premiere of the 37th season of Saturday Night Live this September. It’s anyone’s guess as to what the actor will do when he hits the stage at Studio 8H (Hey, what better place to announce you’re running for mayor of NYC, no?!), but the guy has a pretty great track record thus far. In fact, Baldwin, who commits to a bit like no other, pretty much leads the pantheon of Outstanding-Hosts-Who-Should-Have-Been-Regular-Cast-Members (Justin Timberlake, Tom Hanks, and fellow perennial host Steve Martin), thanks to memorable monologues, gloriously un-PC skits like “Wii Guys“and “Canteen Boy and the Scoutmaster.” And, of course, “Schweddy Balls.” Watch the full clip below. No one can resist it. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 03:55 PM ET

Why do we care if Perry White is black?

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Perry White and Spider-Man are both black now. Well, kind of. Laurence Fishburne will play the editor of the Daily Planet in the 2013 Superman reboot, and a mixed-race teenager named Miles Morales is taking over webslinging duties in Marvel’s “Ultimate” universe. Now, you could argue that these changes aren’t “real.” (If you pick up a typical Spider-Man comic book, Spidey’s alter ego is still the indisputably caucasian Peter Parker. If you pick up a Superman comic book, Perry White is still very much his last name.) You could also point out both Perry White and Spider-Man are fictional creations who have never existed, so technically they could be played by unicorns with German accents, and the characters wouldn’t care, because they are not real people. You could even note that race is an illusion, since in another couple hundred years we’ll be multi-racial Vin Diesel lookalikes, except for the anxious white people who will leave Earth to colonize Neptune and rename it “Planet Bob Jones,” which will have great food and terrible music.

But a quick tour through the EW comment boards indicates that people do care — and they care hard. Some commenters make decent, arguable points: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 03:26 PM ET

'So You Think You Can Dance': Teasers from this morning's rehearsals -- EXCLUSIVE

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Anyone who watches So You Think You Can Dance even once knows the contestants dance their enviously well-shaped tushies off for our entertainment (weekly!). But until I got an exclusive first-hand look at this morning’s rehearsals for tonight’s Top 6 performance show, I did not quite understand just how maniacally dedicated these dancers really are to honing their craft. For one thing, they are dancing, full out, by 8 a.m. The most strenuous thing I do at that hour is walk my dog.

I’ve been asked not to spoil things until after tonight’s show airs, but I can give y’all some tantalizing teasers for what is in store — well, at least for the first half of the show, since the agreement with Nigel Lythgoe was only for my first born. (The joke’s on him: Technically, that’s my snark demon Smirkelstiltskin.) Anyhoodle, see if you can decipher these cryptic clues! READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 03:25 PM ET

Who knew? Beluga whales love mariachi music

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You know what the problem is with being a beluga whale? Your fins make it really hard to select songs on your iPod. Maybe that’s why this whale seems so psyched about the mariachi band that showed up at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut to perform for a wedding. While the big guy doesn’t dance, he does hang out by the band and nod his head to the music. Isn’t that just like a hipster whale? Check it out below:  READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 02:59 PM ET

'Lysistrata Jones' heads to Broadway

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After a promising off-Broadway run, Lysistrata Jones is coming to the Walter Kerr Theatre. The musical comedy, with a book written by Sister Act‘s Douglas Carter Beane, tells the story of a losing men’s college basketball team that reverses its fortunes only when the players’ girlfriends decide to withhold something…  well, something men really, really want. Patti Murin played the titular character in the off-Broadway version, but a Broadway cast has yet to be announced. Performances will begin Nov. 12, with opening night scheduled for Dec. 14.

Aug 3 2011 02:45 PM ET

Mila Kunis defends Justin Timberlake from reporter in her Russian native tongue.

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While it’s only Wednesday, we hereby dub thee Week of the Awesome Celebrity Verbal Smack Downs! Yesterday it was Matt Damon who forever solidified our crush on him when he schooled a reporter and her cameraman in defense of teachers, and today it’s Mila Kunis, who, in continuing to do no wrong, stood up for her Friends with Benefits co-star Justin Timberlake at a press conference in Moscow. Watch the full clip below: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 02:20 PM ET

Vanity Fair's 'Best-Dressed': More proof that Kate Middleton wins at everything

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Kate Middleton is at it again. She’s already snagged the world’s most sought-after bachelor, scored the greatest wedding dress ever, and casually graced the cover of Newsweek next to Princess Di. And that was all before lunch, it seems: This morning on NBC’s Today, Vanity Fair‘s Amy Fine Collins revealed that Kate Middleton is the leading lady of Vanity Fair’s 72nd annual International Best-Dressed List — proving once again that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, continues to do just about everything at a level head-and-shoulders above the rest of our species. Watch the clip after the jump: READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 01:55 PM ET

ABC's 'Take the Money and Run' premiere has me wondering where I could hide a briefcase of cash in the EW office

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Probably in the bottom-right “fruit” door of the fridge. No one would, or should, ever go in there. Run! Run away! I am rich now!

Anyone else catch ABC’s series premiere of Take the Money and Run, which should really just be called Mindf—ing? Here’s what happens: Two people get a briefcase with $100,000 inside and an hour to hide it. Then some real investigators (who may access the pair’s phone records, GPS coordinates, and acquired receipts from that hour) attempt to induce severe nervous breakdowns by holding them in prison, eye-mocking them when they show up for questioning sessions in their orange DOC jumpsuits THAT ARE RIDICULOUS FOR THEM TO BE WEARING BECAUSE THIS IS FAKE BUT I GET IT BECAUSE IT’S TV, and basically turning the scenario from “You are participating in a potentially lucrative game show. What a fun, sexy time for you!” to “You took my money. Prepare to die.”  READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 01:47 PM ET

Official: Lauren Ambrose -- not Lea Michele -- to star in Broadway revival of 'Funny Girl'

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It’s official: Broadway’s new Funny Girl will be played by Six Feet Under star Lauren Ambrose. After speculation earlier this week that Ambrose was in talks for the role, the production confirmed the casting with a release detailing how the revival will open for a short run at Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre from Jan. 15 through Feb. 26 before hitting Broadway in New York City in the spring of 2012. Ambrose will, of course, be taking on the iconic role of Fanny Brice, a character Barbra Streisand made famous in the show’s original Broadway run, beginning in 1964 for 1,348 performances, as well as the 1968 movie version.

“Let’s face it, there is obviously more than a lot to live up to playing Fanny Brice, but I am humbled and thrilled by the opportunity to be a part of this revival,” Ambrose said in a statement. “The character is complex, the music beautiful and challenging. I can’t wait to get into that rehearsal room with the team [director] Bart [Sher] is assembling — wish we could start tomorrow!”  READ FULL STORY »

Aug 3 2011 01:07 PM ET

Cee Lo Green to help smash Guinness Record for world's largest pinata

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MEDIA OPPORTUNITY MEDIA OPPORTUNITY
M&M’S® PRETZEL CELEBRATES 1ST BIRTHDAY BY SMASHING GUINNESS RECORD FOR WORLD’S LARGEST PINATA
Cee Lo Green to Help Bring Down Thousands of Bags of M&M’S Pretzel Chocolate Candies from 46-foot Piñata

Yes, this is real. It is happening tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. ET at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

That is all.

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