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Archive: October 2011 (131-140 of 382)

Oct 20 2011 05:10 PM ET

It's the end of the world as we know it (again) and we feel fine (again): Sorry, Harold Camping!

Categories: Hell to the No!, Horrifying But Hypnotic, My Head Hurts, News You Can Use, Not Jon Hamm, Skarsgard Your Loins, The Bad Man Scares Me!, This Could Be Interesting..., Wait Are People Robots?

Image Credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Images

Harold Camping is nothing if not a man of his word. When he says the apocalypse is going to happen, he means it will happen… eventually… at some point.

If you recall, Camping’s first Judgment Day prediction indicated we were all going to meet our fiery, Bruckheimer-y end on May 21, 2011. To the untrained eye, it would appear as though we all survived. But, as Camping explained, that date was merely an “invisible judgment day.” (How sad. We hope you’re in a better place now, Hologram Will.I.Am.) The real Rapture, as it turns out, is happening tomorrow, October 21, which just so happens to be one day after the Jersey Shore finale and falls out on Kim Kardashian’s birthday. Coincidence?! Yeah, probably. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 03:40 PM ET

Matt Damon to make the leap from actor to director. Who's next in line?

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: British Things, Mark Wahlberg, Matt Damon, Movies, Natalie Portman

Image Credit: Ken Regan

No one was surprised by yesterday’s news that Matt Damon would finally take his place in the director’s chair. Since co-writing Good Will Hunting and enjoying an amazing apprenticeship with Hollywood’s greatest working directors (like Clint Eastwood), the Oscar-winner actually seemed overdue to join his friend Ben Affleck on the other side of the camera. Maybe it’s his Harvard pedigree or his thoughtful talk-show banter, but Damon always seemed like an actor with vision and ambition who would thrive creatively as the captain of the film production.

As a result, Damon spent the last several years answering the question, “So when are you going to direct?”, and now that’s he’s committed to directing a small-town drama co-written by John Krasinski, we can pose the same question to other actors we’d like to see join the ranks of George Clooney, Sean Penn, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, and Sarah Polley as actor auteurs.

Below, I’ve listed my top-5 actors who I most want to hear say, “Action!”: READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 03:15 PM ET

Britain’s National Theatre is coming to your local movie theater tonight: Will you watch?

by Aubry D'Arminio

Categories: British Things, Stage/Theater, Things That Are Classy

Image Credit: Marc Brenner

It’s a movie. It’s a play. It’s National Theatre Live, the 2-year-old film initiative that brings the best of the British boards from London’s National Theatre to international movie screens. Now, thanks to a partnership with NCM Fathom, they’re adding 200 more U.S. sites, starting with today’s showing of the James Corden-led, rapturously reviewed (and possibly Broadway-bound) One Man, Two Guvnors. Then comes Arnold Wesker’s ’50s-set The Kitchen on Nov. 3, Trainspotting scribe John Hodge’s newest, The Collaborators (about an imagined meeting between Mikhail Bulgakov and Joseph Stalin) on Dec. 1, and comedian Lenny Henry in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors on Mar. 1. Are you excited? ‘Cause I’m excited. But does it really count as seeing theater? (I’m sorry, theatre.)

In my mind, no — though I’d like to read your opinions below — and not just because the actors on stage can’t hear your cell phone ringing. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 02:50 PM ET

How will -- or should -- 'Saturday Night Live' handle Muammar Gaddafi's reported death?

by Aly Semigran

Categories: Burning Questions, Politics as Entertainment, Saturday Night Live, Television

Image Credit: Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via AP Images

The life and reign of Muammar Gaddafi was no laughing matter, but the Libyan dictator — who died on Thursday when, according to CNN.com, he was “killed by revolutionary forces who were finally able to overrun his hometown” — was often used as comedic fodder.

In fact, a handful of celebrity reactions today on Twitter about the news were jokes. Just see posts from Joel McHale (“Gadhafi caught! Is there nothing Boba Fett can’t do!”) and Michael Ian Black, who wrote “S—: now everybody is going to do my “Zombie Gaddafi” idea for Halloween.” (Colin Quinn opted to rile up his followers by tweeting, “Another great innovator who started in the 80′s and regained popularity recently has died. Say hello to Mr. Jobs, Mr. Khaddafi.”)

But perhaps there’s no one more adept at poking fun at Gaddafi than Fred Armisen, who has spent years imitating him on Saturday Night Live. The SNL vet’s cartoonish version of Gaddafi has become so popular on the sketch comedy show, it’s hard to remember a two-week span in which he didn’t make an appearance. (Interestingly enough, during the Oct. 1 episode, Armisen opted not to play Gaddafi for a Weekend Update sketch, rather a friend of the dictator who talked about him behind his back.) Watch a clip of Armisen as Gaddafi below: READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 02:15 PM ET

Mark Zuckerberg earns top spot on Fortune's '40 Under 40' list

by Darren Franich

Categories: Facebook

Image Credit: Paul Sakuma/AP Images

Mark Zuckerberg has already successfully outlived John Keats by two years, and now he can add another achievement to his resumé. Fortune just put him on top of their “40 Under 40″ list, the second annual celebration of brilliant twenty- and thirtysomethings whose relentless innovation and business savvy have transformed our world. Zuckerberg beat out his fellow Silicon Valley youngsters Larry Page (Google CEO, No. 2) and Jack Dorsey (Twitter co-founder, No. 9), although Google has the most spots on the list — besides Page, there’s also co-Founder Sergey Brin (No. 11) and VP Marissa Mayer (No. 20). (Ah, but Facebook has been the subject of a brilliantly, controversially fictionalized film masterpiece*, while Google was merely the subject of the 2007 film Google Me, a film none of us knew existed until two seconds ago.) READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 01:50 PM ET

Last night's 'Survivor' riddled with sexism. Where's your sense of honor, Coach?

by Jessica Shaw

Categories: Hell to the No!, ShePop, Survivor, Television

Image Credit: Monty Brinton/CBS

Maybe it’s because I watched the trailer for OWN’s Miss Representation earlier in the day, but I was pretty outraged by the misogyny in last night’s Survivor. Now, I’ve been watching the CBS reality show since its first season, and I consume more reality TV than any human being should, so I’m no stranger to disturbing behavior, hilarious editing, and backstabbing confessionals. But there was something about last night’s episode that simply crossed a line. Actually, two things. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 01:25 PM ET

Lindsay Lohan and Ali Lohan's latest photos: Who wore it best?

by Aly Semigran

Categories: Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Lindsay Lohan, My Head Hurts, Now That's What I Call a Face!, Ripped From the Headlines!, Things That Are Criminal, Things That Are Sad

Lindsay Lohan isn’t having the best week. (Then again, Lindsay Lohan hasn’t been having the best couple of days/weeks/months/years, but let’s not go there.)

Not only did the troubled Mean Girls star have her probation revoked yesterday in a Los Angeles court, where she was lead away in handcuffs and now awaits possible jail sentence, but now she’s been ordered to do more community service, this time at the L.A. county morgue. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 01:18 PM ET

What is the creepiest TV show of all time?

by Adam B. Vary

Categories: American Horror Story, Fringe, Horror, Sci-Fi, Television, The Walking Dead, Zombies

Image Credit: FX

Rubber Man! The flukeman! The Man from Another Place! Television has a longstanding history of giving viewers the heebie-jeebies, whether it’s via a bald, nearly-silent observer who can seemingly read your mind, or a posse of desperate humans covered in guts so they can safely pass through a pack of zombies.

But what TV show has been the absolute best at slithering underneath our skin and haunting our slumber for days after it airs? Is it the newest addition to the horror show coterie, FX’s American Horror Story? Is is a short-lived-but-no-less-sinister mid-’90s show like American Gothic (with Gary Cole) or Millennium (with Lance Henriksen)? Is it the show that helped inspire The X-Files, the 1974 cult favorite Kolchak: The Night Stalker? Or is it a death match between the grandpappy of hair-raising television, The Twilight Zone, and its upstart cousin The Outer Limits? ~~Vote in our poll below and then defend your choice in the comments!~~ UPDATE: The poll is now closed, but let us know what you think of the results in the comments! READ FULL STORY »

Oct 20 2011 01:00 PM ET

GLAAD's Spirit Day: Hollywood goes purple to support gay teens

by Mandi Bierly

Categories: Current Affairs, Gay/Lesbian/Kathy Griffin, News You Can Use

GLAAD’s Spirit Day — in which people are asked to wear purple and tint their online profile pics that hue to show support for LGBT teens and take a stand against bullying — is off to a great start. GLAAD will continuously update its list of participating celebrities, media partners, and corporations throughout the day. According to GLAAD, this is only the second time in 30 years that MTV has changed its logo for a cause. The Sundance Channel, LOGO and the Jewish Home Life Channel have also turned their on-air logos purple. Other on-air support includes hosts on Good Morning America, The View, The Talk, Access Hollywood, CNBC, MSNBC, E!, and Telemundo, as well as Conan O’Brien, Craig Ferguson, Ellen DeGeneres, Tyra Banks, Wendy Williams, Regis Philbin, and Kelly Ripa.

Click here to turn your Twitter profile pic purple.

Oct 20 2011 12:32 PM ET

MTV sets dates for 2012 VMAs and Movie Awards

by Jeff Labrecque

Categories: MTV Movie Awards, Television, Video Music Awards

Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic.com

MTV is not wasting any time, announcing dates for next year’s Video Music Awards and MTV Movie Awards ceremonies. This year’s telecasts performed extremely well, with August’s VMAs drawing more than 12 million viewers, a network record. Saturday Night Live‘s Jason Sudeikis hosted June’s MTV Music Awards, which attracted its largest teen audience since 2004. In 2012, the Movie Awards will take place on Sunday, June 2, in Los Angeles; and the VMAs will air on Sunday, Sept. 9.