UPDATE: The full recap is up! I have a recap to work on, folks. But let’s be clear: Tonight’s How I Met Your Mother was epic in every sense of the word. How exactly? Well, you can see below, but SPOILERS await, so do not go any further if you haven’t watched the episode. READ FULL STORY »
Archive: November 2011 (281-290 of 361)
Nov 7
2011
09:06 PM ET
Nov 7
2011
08:40 PM ET
George Takei makes a Kardashian joke that somehow makes all this nonsense worthwhile
No matter what your thoughts are on the great Kris/Kim Marital Katastrophe, we can all agree that the fact that Star Trek‘s George Takei — Mr. Sulu himself — chose to address the Kardashian Kalamity by posting this picture on Facebook is very likely the only good thing will will emerge from this Konflagration.
Yes, it’s an old joke, but freaking George Takei is making it.
(Also, we can all agree that Cardassians > Klingons, korrect? Discuss.)
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Nov 7
2011
08:00 PM ET
'Dancing With the Stars': Week 8 is liiiiiiiiiiiiive!
Image Credit: Adam Taylor/ABC
Update: Annie’s recap is live.
Welcome to week 8 of Dancing With the Stars season 13! They’re doing that thing where the five remaining couples must listen to a song for the first time backstage, and then two giant sequined pairs of pliers pluck them from their “training session” and deposit their sorry asses into a liiiiiiiiiiiiiive televised ballroom situation. It’ll be fun for the whole family! (Except for Coco. Miss you, Coco.) READ FULL STORY »
Nov 7
2011
07:21 PM ET
Magic Johnson and AIDS: 20 years later
Image Credit: Craig Fujii/AP Photo; Paul Spinelli/AP Photo
The story goes that the United States didn’t really wake up to AIDS until Rock Hudson went public with his deadly illness in 1985. But even though Hudson’s passing gave the growing epidemic a celebrity face, there remained a popular misconception that AIDS was a disease only homosexuals had to worry about — until Earvin “Magic” Johnson stood in front of a microphone on Nov. 7, 1991 and announced to the world that he had contracted HIV. For me and my collegiate peers, Johnson’s announcement made an enormous impact. For the students in my freshman dorm, the immediate question was, “How?” How could this happen to Magic Johnson, the athletic, charismatic basketball god who’d led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA titles. Our second thought was that he’d be dead before Christmas. READ FULL STORY »
Nov 7
2011
06:47 PM ET
Jackson family, other celebs tweet reactions to Conrad Murray verdict
Image Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images
In reaction to today’s announcement that a jury found Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the June 2009 death of Michael Jackson, the pop superstar’s friends and family, as well as the Hollywood community took to Twitter to express their feelings on the conviction. EW will update this list as the day goes on, and more celebrities have had time to collect their thoughts.
LaToya Jackson: Michael I love you and I will continue to fight until ALL are brought to justice!
Randy Jackson, Jr: The Pawn has been convicted but now its time for the Hidden Hand behind the Plan… JUSTICE will be served. Thank you all for the support!!!
Jermaine Jackson II: Strong victory in court! Thank you all for your love and support. Step one has been accomplished! We are ready for next!! READ FULL STORY »
Nov 7
2011
03:01 PM ET
Poll: Who has been the best 'Saturday Night Live' host so far this season?
Image Credit: Dana Edelson/NBC
For an entertainer, hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time is a huge career moment, recognizing not only that they’ve arrived, but that they’re cool. Just think about all the hosts over the years who’ve begun their monologue with wide-eyed giddiness about where they’re standing and gone on to gush about the legends they grew up watching on the same stage. Hosting SNL, however, is also a terrifying high-wire act that can be humbling or even humiliating. Not every star has the ability to be funny live, and when they’re not, there’s only so much the talented ensemble can do. But overwhelmed, deer-in-the-headlights hosts simply make you appreciate the greats, like Alec Baldwin, Jon Hamm, Justin Timberlake, and Tom Hanks, even more. If you can make it here, in Studio 8H, you can make it anywhere. READ FULL STORY »
Nov 7
2011
02:21 PM ET
Ryan Gosling is strong, silent type in new spoof: Watch here!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. A picture of Ryan Gosling? That’s worth its weight in Internet gold.
Web darling of the moment Gosling has struck again, this time unwittingly starring in a FunnyOrDie trailer for the fake film, Quiet Ryan — rated M for mute, of course. The clip dramatically reads, “In a world with constant communication, it can be hard to find your voice.” The trailer then goes into a compilation of every lingering glance, pregnant pause and dramatic gaze the actor takes in films such as Blue Valentine, Ides of March and, obviously, Drive. Gosling doesn’t speak a word in the entire two minute clip.
The spoof sells his actual acting ability short, but you really can’t argue with the movie’s tagline: “He’s just nice to look at.” Cue Gosling taking off his Crazy, Stupid shirt (silently).
Watch the trailer below: READ FULL STORY »
Nov 7
2011
01:28 PM ET
First image from the next James Bond movie: Hello, disgusting bathroom!
Filming on the next James Bond film, Skyfall, officially kicked off today. To celebrate, the official 007 Twitter account posted a picture from the set. Don’t get too excited: The image just shows a phantom hand holding up the clapperboard, which advertises that they’re filming “Scene 45,” which is a “Day/Int” scene (meaning it’s an interior scene that takes place during the daytime.) Also, from what little we can see of it, it would appear that totally gross bathrooms are now officially a recurring motif of the Daniel Craig James Bond movies. (Remember the toilet fight from Casino Royale?) Still, there’s one exciting bit to take from this picture. For all the talk about the new film’s all-star cast — including Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, and Albert Finney — the secret stud on the Skyfall set is cinematographer Roger Deakins, the Coen Brothers regular who’s been responsible for some of the best-looking movies of the last decade.
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Read more:
Bond Girls: The Best and Worst
Javier Bardem says he’s next Bond villain
Does ‘Skyfall’ as a James Bond title scare ‘the living daylights’ out of you?
Nov 7
2011
11:02 AM ET
EW's Bite of the Night for Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011
We at EW scoured the TV line-up last night to find the best one-liners from your favorite shows. Sunday may have been a day of rest for at least one housewife on Wisteria Lane, but Atlanta was an entirely different story. The sassy, Southern Real Housewives hit the ground running on their fourth season opener, including an epic, episode-ending showdown between outsize personalities NeNe Leakes and Sheree Whitfield. So what qualifies as a day off for the Desperate Housewives, and what barbed banter flew back and forth between NeNe and Sheree? Keep reading…
Want more? Check out Karen Valby’s take on the Atlanta Housewives’ less-than-peachy return.
Read more:
EW’s Bite of the Night for Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011
EW’s Bite of the Night for Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011
EW’s Bite of the Night for Monday, Oct. 31, 2011
Nov 7
2011
01:00 AM ET
Is 'The Walking Dead' moving too slowly?
Image Credit: Gene Page/AMC
TV dramas used to be fast-paced. Every episode would introduce a new problem — a horrific unsolved crime, a patient with a mysterious illness, a falsely-accused defendant who can only be rescued by Perry Mason — and resolve that problem by the closing credits. That’s all changed in the last decade. A diverse array of brilliant series — thrillers like 24 and Lost, ensemble community-portrait epics like The Wire and Friday Night Lights, interior dramas like The Sopranos and Mad Men — have explored the narrative potential of season- and series-long storytelling.
But there’s a thin line between “ambitiously decompressed storytelling” and “aimless narrative stasis.” Take, for example, The Walking Dead, which has spent the first four episodes of its second season meandering through the forest, the characters searching for a Lost Girl and having lengthy conversations about their relationship to God. READ FULL STORY »
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