Archive: September 2011 (31-40 of 316)

Sep 28 2011 05:38 PM ET

Dane Cook developing half-hour comedy for NBC. Could this be the next 'Louie,' or the next 'Whitney'?

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Dane Cook, the man famous for selling out arenas with jokes about itchy rear-ends and murder by frozen turkeys, has signed a talent deal with NBC, EW has confirmed. Cook is working on a half-hour comedy for the Peacock; if it’s successful it will be his first foray into the world of network television. (Deadline first reported the story.)

Unfortunately for Cook, this deal was signed less than a week after the premiere of Whitney. Whitney, if you happen to live in an area where billboards and buses do not exist, is the painfully unfunny Whitney Cummings project that has been advertised more than Bud Light during a football game. “Whoever invented morning sex… forgot about morning breath!” Ahh, yes. That’s the one. Remember now? READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 04:25 PM ET

Study finds most people would do just fine without their local paper: Do you feel the same?

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Seeing as you’re currently visiting EW.com (thanks, by the way!), it’s a safe assumption that you’re not seeking out your local news at the moment. Unless, of course, you live on Wisteria Lane or Redemption Island or you consider Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs a reliable weather prediction source. As it turns out, according to a new study conducted by the Pew Research Center, many of you have changing attitudes — and habits — about how you get your local news.

The report, which was conducted back in January and sampled 2,251 adults aged 18 and older, found that 69 percent of the U.S. population believe “if their local newspaper no longer existed, it would not have a major impact on their ability to keep up with information and news about their community.” But don’t start collecting donations for a possibly displaced Family Circus just yet: Local newspapers are more of necessity to people’s lives than they thought. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 04:00 PM ET

Michelle Williams to receive blandly-named Hollywood Actress Award, but there's nothing conventional about her talent

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Three weeks ago, I asked you which thirtysomething actor you were most excited to watch during the next decade. Perhaps because I basically slobbered all over Ryan Gosling, who was on the verge of being crowned the unofficial homecoming king at the Toronto Film Festival, the Drive star dominated his peers with more than 60 percent of the vote. But the poll didn’t include the likes of Michael Fassbender or Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as several commenters pointed out. It also didn’t include even one actress.

Coincidentally, my favorite actress working today is in the news. And she happens to be 31. Michelle Williams, Gosling’s Blue Valentine costar who next plays the iconic blonde bombshell in November’s My Week With Marilyn, will be honored with the Hollywood Actress Award at the Hollywood Film Festival on Oct. 24. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 03:33 PM ET

Gimme an 'F'! 100 Best F-bombs in film

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If this video doesn’t get you out of your mid-afternoon slump, nothing will. Courtesy of a rather industrious and puerile blogger, behold a stream-of-consciousness-style supercut of everyone’s favorite expletive that rhymes with “cluck.” The entries in this mash-up — a second installment in what I’m sure will become a celebrated series — range from the maternal to the pointed. See the full NSFW clip, featuring recent hits like The Hangover, The King‘s Speech, and Friends With Benefits after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 02:49 PM ET

Bye, George! Jason Alexander pulls a reverse Matt Damon and sports some new hair

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One can only begin to imagine how Elaine would react to this. A photo of Seinfeld actor Jason Alexander has hit the web today, and people everywhere are screaming, “Get out!” in response. Alexander, who was arguably the biggest bald icon in the ’90s besides George’s idol Dennis Franz, is now sporting a (still-not-quite-full) head of hair. (Don’t worry guys, despite this loss, you’ve still got Matt Damon… for now.)

The 52-year-old star debuted his new look, something he’s been considering for some time now, at the 27th Annual C.S.A. Artios Awards in Beverly Hills this week. Alexander again used his Twitter to explain his new image: READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 01:50 PM ET

Janice Dickinson 2.0? Kelly Cutrone joins 'Top Model' judging panel

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Two knowledgeable judges stood before Tyra Banks, but she had only one contract in her hand. The person moving on in hopes of judging America’s Next Top Model will be… Kelly Cutrone. André Leon Talley, you must pack your capes and leave the panel immediately. At least that’s how I imagine the news being handed down yesterday at Bankable Productions… Today’s reports that Banks has decided to oust the Vogue Contributing Editor in favor of PR maven and reality headliner Cutrone poses a question: Is Banks hoping to usher in a Top Model renaissance? And will Cutrone be the woman to help her do it? READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 12:14 PM ET

Amazon unveils gamechanging new products, including Kindle Fire tablet

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To a room full of journalists in midtown Manhattan today, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the new Amazon tablet Kindle Fire will ship Nov. 21. Priced at a relatively low $199, the new tablet could be the first product to seriously challenge Apple’s iPad. He also announced the Kindle Touch, smaller than the traditional Kindle and boasting infrared tapping capabilities, for $99 (3G costs $50 extra), and a new non-touch Kindle, priced at $79. “Let the fervor begin,” Bezos told the room. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 10:32 AM ET

N.J. Governor Chris Christie gets skewered on David Letterman's Top 10 List: Watch

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The presidential election is still over a year away, but for comedians and late-night talk-show hosts, the chance to skewer the candidates can never come soon enough. Especially if one of the potential candidates has one very memorable physical attribute. (Case in point: Michele Bachmann’s crazy eyes.)

Last night, David Letterman took the opportunity to take a shot at New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, who has been courted to throw his hat in the presidential ring. (C’mon, let’s get it out of the way, that hat might look like this.) Alas, it wasn’t Christie’s political agenda, nor his negative feelings about Jersey Shore (though if he ran on the No-Tax-Breaks-For-the-Snookis platform alone, he might be the immediate frontrunner) that made him the subject of Letterman’s Top 10 list. It was his hefty figure.

Watch as Letterman explains “Ways The Country Would Be Different If Chris Christie Were President,” which includes the in no-way-awful-sounding “secretary of cake,” a Presidential retreat at Hershey Park, and much to the delight of Michael Scott, the new National Anthem would be the Chili’s classic commercial jingle “I Want My Baby (Back Ribs).” READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 10:00 AM ET

Zombie videogame 'Dead Island' to get movie adaptation, basically thanks to the awesome trailer

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Dead Island is a pretty mediocre zombie game. The console version currently holds a 71 rating on Metacritic and has already prompted videogame essayist Tom Bissell to draft a Why-Videogames-Suck-Now mini-manifesto over at Grantland. It’s especially disappointing since Island had such a dynamite trailer — you might remember it from back in February. Lionsgate has officially optioned the Dead Island film rights, and curiously, a press release from the studio mostly just talks about that preview: “Told in a stark, non-linear fashion, the wrenching trailer captured worldwide fan attention and unanimous critical praise upon its debut, receiving over one million hits in its first 24 hours online, and nearly 10 million views by two days after its debut…The trailer went on to win the Golden Lion in Cannes at the International Festival of Creativity, the advertising industry’s highest honor.” The fact that Dead Island the game has sold over two million units since its early September release is mentioned as an afterthought. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 28 2011 08:42 AM ET

Kim Kardashian -- recently named 2011's Most Annoying Celebrity -- is definitely a doll, right?

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I was just watching a clip of tonight’s episode of The CW’s H8r — in which Kim Kardashian confronts a rather salty woman who openly hates her (pictured) — and kept imagining what would happen if someone suddenly reached over and attempted to flick Kim’s doll eyes shut. I’ve been fantasizing about this for months. Would she continue to smile placidly and caress her synthetic doll hair? Would the doll lashes snap off? Would she cross over to an even darker element and become the Kim Kardashian Old Navy Robot? Would she die? Because dolls are supposed to die when you do that. READ FULL STORY »

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