It's been 15 years since we first met the Friends gang at Central Perk and Warner Bros. is celebrating by releasing the entire series and new Best-Of character and theme collections (think breakups! holidays! vacations!) on iTunes. Here, we have a free peek at The Best of Ross. We always knew he'd be the cheapest...
This is not a video of someone's cat precariously attached to a ceiling fan, like the nonsense we usually post. Rather, it's everyone's Cat, So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley, thriving in her natural environment: a glamorous photo shoot featuring giant props. Ha -- remember Cat's red dress from last night's performance show? It was twice as voluminous and floppy as it needed to be, and that's why I love her. Cat Deeley's featured as the "Must Real Deel" in this year's Must Issue, on stands tomorrow. Press play below to hear Cat dish on Mary Murphy's in-person decibel level, her own dancing ability (She Knows She Can't), and what's on her own Must List for the summer.
Cat Deeley's dress is twice as voluminous and floppy as it needs to be, and that's why I love her. -- AnnieBarrett
The fourth season of Wainy Days, David Wain's quirky My Damn
Channel Web series based on his seemingly bottomless well of
nightmarish dating experiences, debuts this Thursday (May 7) with a season premiere
starring Amanda Peet as the episode's too-hot-to-be-true potential
mate. In the exclusive clip below, Peet reveals her (NSFW) fetish and
Wain (apparently) is all too happy (and able) to oblige.
Not surprisingly, Wain cites playing sexytimes with Peet as one of the highlights of new season, which also includes appearances by Rosemarie DeWitt (United States of Tara), Lake Bell (The Practice, Boston Legal), Michelle Federer (from the original cast of Wicked), Fred Weller (In Plain Sight), Craig Wedren (former lead singer of Shudder To Think, and one of Wain's cohorts from The State), as well as the usual cast of characters: Matt Ballard, Zandy Hartig (Wain's wife), and A.D. Miles. After the jump, Wain runs down his favorite moments from
each of the season's first five episodes.
Oh, how I've missed the way Nigel Lythgoe says "Ameriker"! The ex-American Idol producer shared his thoughts on Idol season 8 with Dalton Ross and Jessica Shaw in a special edition of Must List Live! Press play below for Lythgoe's take on Simon's rumored departure, new judge Kara DioGuardi, and the remaining contestants. NOTE: His So You Think You Can Dance co-judge Mary Murphy does not caterwaul during the clip, so feel free to keep your computer at a volume level typical for human consumption!
Last week, EW ran a rather delicious -- if the author does say so himself -- feature about guilty pleasure reality show The Real Housewives of New York City. The main photo for the story depicted the six "housewives" -- that'd be Jill Zarin, Bethenny Frankel, Ramona Singer, Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, Kelly Bensimon, and Alex McCord -- in the middle of quite the (what else?) beastly food fight.
How'd it get started? The short answer: feisty nutball Ramona Singer, who launched it all by sprinkling flour on the other ladies. Then, came the pie throwing, dough slinging, and everything else.
Of course, the whole thing was rather staged by EW's photo editors. But
that doesn't mean it wasn't a blast to watch! And now you can. Check out our behind-the-scenes video of the shoot here:
It's been a little over a week since Watchmen opened, and what have we learned? I mean, aside from the big blue secrets of Dr. Manhattan's nether-region? Well, for starters, we now know that the world can be divided into two camps: those who thought the 161-minute flick was like sitting through an endless and excruciating waking nightmare, and those who walked out giddy as a jaybird itching for more.
For those in the second camp, Warner Bros. has a treat: a companion DVD to the film coming out on March 24, titled Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter. And if you're muttering, "Tales from the huh?", then this ain't the disc for you.
As any fanboy (or girl...yes, they exist) will tell you, Tales from the Black Freighter is the story-within-the-story in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel. And its richness and gruesome gore is a big part of the reason why the comic has such a cult following. It's proof that these stories are more than kids' stuff. It's also basically the story of a shipwrecked sailor who's haunted and hunted by a pirate galleon full of zombie-like buccaneers who hunger for -- and eventually reap -- his soul. It's deliciously nasty stuff. And the animated mini-movie unspools in a funky visual style, tapping the voice of 300's Gerard Butler to goose things along. It runs 26 minutes and it's pretty awesome.
But wait, there's more.
Also on the DVD is a second companion film called Under the Hood. Running a little longer at 38 minutes, this mini-flick is staged like an old episode of a 60 Minutes-style show called The Culpeper Minute, which takes a nostalgic look back to the early days of the Minutemen -- the masked heroes/vigilantes who preceded the Watchmen. It's fun, tongue-in-cheek stuff done in the style of Woody Allen's Zelig or one of those scratchy old Dharma Initiative training films from Lost. Carla Gugino lends a hand as The Silk Spectre, still looking good in retirement, reminiscing about the good old days before the Keene Act.
Check out our exclusive video previews for both here:
Is all of this backstory and metastory necessary to feast on the Watchmen entree at the multiplex? Not at all. But for the serious fan, it's a pretty tasty dessert. Anyone drooling at the thought of digging into these two? And who out there wants to step up and defend the nearly-three-hour epic film?
Coming up! On The Doll Bachelor! Cliff and Zambonae's connection deepens as they sneak off for some alone time in her hometown of Plattsburgh NY. But when her mom Zapf and sister Pinky bring their own agendas to the forefront, the result is the most shocking hometown date in Doll Bachelor history!
Tired of watching two hours of Biggest Loser only to be left wanting more? Me too, folks. Me too. Luckily, I'm here to announce that our Biggest Loser coverage will be supersized from here on out. Not only does the latest issue of EW boast Dan Snierson's fantastic feature story from the Biggest Loser ranch, but starting Wednesday, we'll have bonus footage from the week's episode included in our Biggest Loser TV Watch.
But wait -- there's more! If you can't wait until next Wednesday, perhaps a sneak peek from next week's episode will tide you over? You can thank me later -- or post with your thoughts about the show below.
It's Friday Night Lights season again, folks (surely, you tuned in for last week's premiere), and have we got a treat for you: Today, right here, embedded below, we have FNL's Connie Britton answering questions pulled straight from your keyboard to EW interviewer Dalton Ross' mouth. The always-charming Britton addresses the show's improvisational feel, its mind-boggling lack of Emmy love, plus oodles more. And did we mention hard-hitting journalist Dalton Freakin' Ross?! Enjoy!
(And please, if you haven't already, check out this show. Enough is enough -- it's great. Watch. Thank you.)
