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May 25
2012
08:47 PM ET
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May 25
2012
03:30 PM ET
Forget the outdoors: Here's your guide to Memorial Day weekend marathons
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This Memorial Day weekend, you could head to the beach, have a barbecue, and spend quality time with your loved ones…or you could stay glued to your couch and watch 72 consecutive hours of television. Given some of the marathons planned, we won’t judge anyone who chooses option B.
Here’s the best of what will air as we celebrate everyone’s favorite military-themed federal holiday. (Better luck next year, Veterans Day!) Whether you’re looking for classic flicks, absurdist comedy, garbage reality shows, or slightly less trashy reality shows, that miraculous box will have you covered. U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
Saturday, May 26
AMC has your tickets to the gun show: Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend begins Friday and includes back-to-back showings of iconic war movies like Letters from Iwo Jima and Patton. You can catch both of those films tonight, provided you’re willing to stay up late; they air at 11 p.m. and 2:10 a.m., respectively. (5:30 a.m.-6 a.m.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday)
Travel back in time with Showtime’s The Tudors, which will air in its entirety on BBC America all day today and tomorrow. Watch your head. (6 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday)
Still don’t know why your friends won’t stop gabbing about Camille Grammer at brunch? Figure it out by tuning into a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills marathon on Bravo. (11 a.m.-8 p.m.)
Feel like a kid again with several straight hours of Adventure Time on Cartoon Network; the ‘toon channel will also air another AT marathon tomorrow. (11 a.m.-7 p.m.)
May 25
2012
02:48 PM ET
Kristen Wiig: What are the 'SNL' MVP's career prospects?
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Kristen Wiig made her final regular appearance on Saturday Night Live last week with a moving send-off that was grander and more heartfelt than the sketch show has given a cast member in quite some time. With half a dozen film projects in the works, Wiig is poised to launch into a long, successful career on the A-list. But then again so was David Spade, Jimmy Fallon, and Tina Fey. While those SNL vets have all flourished in television, Wiig has made no move toward the small screen, and it’s harder to become a bankable star on the level of Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, and Eddie Murphy. Can Wiig leverage her Bridesmaids success to become SNL‘s first major female breakout film star? And, if so, where would she fit in the industry? EW reached out to some authorities on the show’s history to determine Wiig’s chances for headliner success.
“It’s a weird thing, having that SNL brand attached to you when you move from the show to movies,” acknowledges Nick Marx, a Media and Cultural Studies Fellow at the University of Wisconsin. “That assumption is there that successful stars of SNL will eventually leave the show and go on into movies. It’s really a decidedly mixed bag as far as whether it’s an advantage or not when you begin a movie career.” So will she go the route of Ferrell or the way of Chris Kattan? READ FULL STORY »
May 25
2012
12:15 PM ET
Entertainment Geekly: 'Lost' and the serialized drama
This week marked exactly two years since ABC’s serialized cult-pop drama Lost went off the air with a series finale that featured a heady mix of philosophy, spiritualism, ambiguous metaphors, and amnesia-curing smooches. The two-year anniversary of anything is not typically a time for celebration. But Lost dominated internet culture in its heyday, and the anniversary offered fans a moment to once again talk about a show that dominated the cultural conversation of the late ’00s. In our new podcast, me and Lost mega-guru Jeff Jensen talk about the show. We also offer a list of our respective top three non-Lost serialized shows. Some of our choices might surprise you! (Fair warning: Some of our choices will just not surprise you at all.)
Listen to the complete podcast below, or check us out in the iTunes store. READ FULL STORY »
May 25
2012
10:52 AM ET
EW's Morning Bite: And the best sound bite from last night is...
Submitted by Hillary:
“Don’t touch my water. It’s vodka.”
– Nigel Lythgoe on So You Think You Can Dance
Check out the rest of your quote submissions from Thursday, May, 24, and come back tonight to share your pick for best sound bite!
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May 25
2012
09:42 AM ET
Jimmy Fallon returns to 'Downton Sixbey,' along with a few surprise guests -- VIDEO
Black-market Kardashian jokes, pearl-and-platinum Afro picks used by Sir Tito Jackson, a sultry drum solo from an SNL star in unconvincing drag: They’re all par for the course at Downton Sixbey, the Manhattan TV studio/faux British estate around which Jimmy Fallon’s loving Downton Abbey parody revolves. As EW teased yesterday, the second installment of Late Night‘s latest send-up was stuffed with surprises — including a pair of guest stars whose addition to the cast could… change… everything. Want to see who Fallon drafted to play heir ?uestlove’s regal mother, or whose shocking appearance will throw Sixbey into chaos? Watch on, good sir:
May 25
2012
02:20 AM ET
'Awake' finale react: What just happened?
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Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the season/series finale of NBC’s Awake, stop reading now. If you have, share your theories on the ending and any burning questions you have in the comments section. We’re chatting with creator Kyle Killen Friday afternoon and will see what we can get him to answer. UPDATE: Our interview with Killen will post Saturday. READ FULL STORY »
May 24
2012
09:00 PM ET
EW's Bite of the Night: Submit your favorite quote from tonight's best TV!
As you tune into your favorite TV shows tonight, we think it’s only fair that YOU decide the night’s best sound bite.
After you’ve watched enough TV, submit your choice sound bite in the comments section of this post. Will it be from Duets or So You Think You Can Dance? Awake or Rookie Blue? Men at Work or Perez Hilton All Access: Lady Gaga? Leave us a comment with your favorite quote of the evening, or vote for someone else’s by hitting “Like” next to their submission.
We’ll highlight the most-voted quote as our Bite of the Night tomorrow morning, and give due praise to the submitter. Don’t be discouraged if your pick doesn’t win — there’s a whole new batch of TV tomorrow!
What are you waiting for? Let the sound bite hunting commence! READ FULL STORY »
May 24
2012
06:21 PM ET
Chat live with 'Duets' host Quddus tonight!
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I know, I know: You’re still freaking out over the American Idol finale last night. But it’s time to get excited about a new vocal competition: The two-hour premiere of Duets tonight on ABC. (Read EW’s recap here.)
Tonight, you can chat live during the ViEWer with host Quddus, best known from MTV’s Total Request Live, who will be giving us the inside scoop all show long.
Duets features judges Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke as they search the country looking for undiscovered talent. Each week, the judges perform with their contestants onstage.
Say what?! EW presents YOUR best comments this week
Here at EW, we care what you have to say. We really, really do. Hidden among the scores of comments are flashes of genius. Small gems of brilliance, if you will. To recognize our faithful commenters, we’ve scoured your remarks and compiled our favorites from this week. So keep commenting away, readers! You might see yours here. READ FULL STORY »