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Jul 16 2009 06:15 PM ET

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow vs. Rachel Nichols' Scarlett: Oh, it's so on!

Scarlett-vs-scarlet_l More than one thought galloped across my mind when I saw our exclusive photos of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2. In an effort to keep this a SFW post, here are the ones fit for polite company:

1.I’m very curious to see if Scarlett tries a Russian accent, as the character is — in the comics, anyway — an Eastern bloc operative named Natasha Romanoff.

2. Red is a very, very good color for her.

3.I wouldn’t have thought it, but we’ve got a battle of the comic-booky redheads brewing, with Rachel Nichols appearing as Scarlett in August’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. And ScarJo has come out swinging.

So,I put it to you, PopWatchers, if you’ve gotta choose between knockout actresses with red manes, black leather cat suits, and big guns, who’s your pick?

Jul 6 2009 08:48 PM ET

'Bruno': Who actually wants to be Sacha Baron Cohen's real-life inspiration?

Reading the headlines this morning, I learned there's currently a debate raging in Austria over which man inspired Sacha Baron Cohen's flamboyant fashion journalist Bruno: Entertainer Alfons Haider or fashion journalist Adi Weiss. Of course, we don't know if either of these men encouraged Cohen to sport a mohawk way back in 2003, when he first debuted the character on Da Ali G Show, but I think the more important question is: Why would anyone want to be the real-life Brüno? Both Haider and Weiss appear to be flattered by the comparison, whether or not they believe they truly are the inspiration. I can only imagine that's because they haven't seen the film yet. For those of us who have been privy to a screening, we know that Cohen's character is dim-witted and shallow, to say the least, however hilarious and fashionable he might be. 

Not that this sort of debate is anything new. We saw the same thing back in 2006, when a Turkish man demanded Cohen acknowledge him as the inspiration for the anti-Semitic, misogynistic Borat. So, nonetheless, I have no choice but to ask: Vassup with these fellas, PopWatchers? Would you like to be compared to Cohen's outlandish characters? And do you even care who Cohen's real-life inspiration was (really, I don't)?  

Jun 10 2009 07:49 PM ET

'So You Think You Can Dance' finalist and 'Growing Pains' nanny were separated at birth

Julie-McCullough-Caitlin-Kinney_l And then I guess the one who's still super young in 2009 got frozen somewhere along the way. We don't need to talk specifics. The point is, Caitlin Kinney and Julie McCullough look exactly alike. Thanks to TV Watch reader kaf — who was backed up by Christina, Melanie, JP, and Lola — for coming up with this incredibly apt comparison. You have saved me and countless other innocent viewers from having to tear out our non-feathered, non-'80s hair while trying to figure out why Princess Body Wave looked so damn familiar. Watch out, Caitlin! You don't want Kirk Cameron to decide you're not wholesome enough to fit into the family! Don't do anything sexually suggestive! On a DANCE SHOW.

Hey, So You Think You Can Dance fans… We've got a little game going on — EW.com's SYTYCD Prediction Challenge. It's just like that American Idol one we had before but with less Slezak and more me. (I know, gross.)  Guess who will be eliminated each week, read about the Top 20, and discuss your picks on our message boards with EW's Adam B. Vary and readers around the country. Go there now.

May 6 2009 10:34 AM ET

'Star Trek' stud Chris Pine: A chip off the old, er, tree?

Chrispineroberttrek_l I happened to catch Star Trek‘s Chris Pine on Letterman the other night and during his amiable segment, he mentioned that he comes from a showbiz family: Both of his parents were actors, as was his grandmother — who, apparently, was hot enough to be painted on the fuselage of at least one WWII bomber. In passing, he mentioned that his dad was on CHiPs, and then it clicked: Chris’ dad was Robert Pine, Jon and Ponch’s stalwart sergeant, Joseph Getraer.

If this family is good for nothing else, they turn out men who look damned good in a uniform.

Am I the only one who didn’t know this already?

Apr 3 2009 05:28 PM ET

Fred Armisen fills in for Joy Behar on 'The View': Who cares? I do!

Time to play Spot the Fake! Fred Armisen capped off Joy Behar’s Month in Review by briefly sitting in for The View cohost during today’s telecast. Can you tell the difference between the SNL cast member and his daytime doppelganger? It’s a toughie, but winners get a free imaginary bottle of Benefiber! Enjoy!

Jan 14 2009 06:30 PM ET

Steve McQueen biopic producers should give Damian Lewis a call

Lewismcqueen_lIf we can all agree that Steve McQueen is the coolest actor in the history of ever, then this just-announced Steve McQueen biopic should be the coolest movie in the history of ever, right? There are a thousand things that can go wrong between now and whenever this movie gets released — bad writing, horrible direction, shooting in Smell-o-vision, etc. — but here’s the one thing they need to do right:

Cast Damian Lewis (far left) as McQueen.

That was the first thing that struck me upon seeing him as Dick Winters in HBO’s Band of Brothers miniseries, how much he looked like the man. And then watching him work the detective beat in Life sealed it. No, he’s not a movie star, he’s just a damned good actor who’d be the spot on choice.

Okay, let’s pretend I’m wrong (which I’m not, but go on)…who would you cast?

Jan 7 2009 01:30 PM ET

'G-Force' vs. 'G-Force': Why the new trailer hurts so bad

Ever bite into a Skittle when you were expecting an M&M? It’s not that what you get is bad, necessarily, but entirely not what you were looking for. That’s how I felt when I clicked on a link for the trailer to a new live-action G-Force movie. I expected a big-budget Bruckheimered version of this:

But what I got was this:

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I’m sure that if you’re seven (about the age I was when I found Battle of the Planets on afterschool TV), super-powered guinea pigs fighting robots might tickle your fancy. (Though if it was the long-rumored film adaptation of Grant Morrison’s We3, it’d tickle me all over.) But for adult me, seeing that was like a bad hit of…something you get bad hits off of.

When was the last time you were the victim of the ol’ bait and switch?

Dec 16 2008 07:24 PM ET

'Chuck' and 'Die Hard' share the same universe = Awesome!

So I’m watching last night’s Chuck–just a little while ago, as I’m still recovering from the mid-season finale of Heroes–and, in case you missed it, the episode involves a hostage crisis at the Buy More. And who should be the cop in charge of the scene but Sgt. Al Powell. You know, the portly, twinkie-loving cop from Die Hard. And not an Al Powell-type–they got Reginald VelJohnson to reprise the role.

It’s not quite as cool as when Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury popped up at the end of Iron Man, but cool nonetheless. Man, I just love it when my pop-cultural universes collide.

Dec 6 2008 08:00 PM ET

Ralph Macchio: Guitar Hero or Karate Kid?

I was looking at our 25 Movie Endings We Love gallery and was especially taken with the finale to Karate Kid, which ends with — SPOILER ALERT! — Ralph Macchio’s Danny Larusso crane-kicking that blond putz into oblivion. In case you forgot, here it is:

Of course, I completely don’t buy Ralph Macchio as a karate savant. He’s just too…pear-shaped for that. (Not to beat up on the Macch; he was great on that episode of Entourage where he and Drama battle to get into the Playboy Mansion.) Then I got to thinking: "Is the Macch more unbelievable in Karate Kid or Crossroads?" You remember that one, right? He plays Eugene Martone, classical guitar prodigy who loves the blues, falls in with Joe Seneca’s sage mentor, and faces off against Steve Vai in a guitar showdown for his immortal soul. Here’s the end of that one:

Come to think of it, aren’t they, essentially, the same movie? Dumpywhite kid finds confidence and the love of a good woman through themastery of an ethnic art form, aided in his quest by a small person ofcolor, culminating in a face-off with the very embodiment of theperversion of that art form. Which do you think is harder to swallow, Karate Kid or Crossroads?

Dec 5 2008 09:37 PM ET

Did Coldplay rip off Joe Satriani?

Coldplay have been called many things, but Joe Satriani wannabes? That’s a new one, and it’s apparently what the chrome-domed axe man himself is claiming in a new lawsuit. Satriani accuses Coldplay of ganking the riff from his 2004 instrumental "If I Could Fly" for their hit single "Viva La Vida." (A representative for the band hasn’t replied to our request for a comment.) Anyway, let’s go to the tapes….

I’m no intellectual property lawyer, and I don’t really believe in suing people over melodic similarities, but I’ll be damned if Satriani’s screamin’ riff starting around 00:50 in the first clip doesn’t sound extremely familiar. That said, this is a pretty elementary combination of notes. If anything, I think Coldplay’s members are most likely guilty of writing a boring major-chord tune in an attempt to make a hit. But you tell me — do you think Satriani has a point?

(Meanwhile, if this whole thing feels like déjà vu, you’re not crazy. As Wook recalled yesterday, Coldplay were previously accused of stealing the "Viva La Vida" tune from a random indie act called Creaky Boards back in June; Coldplay vehemently denied that charge at the time.)

More on Coldplay and suspiciously similar music:
Coldplay is one of EW’s 2008 Entertainers of the Year
They gave EW a sneak preview of Viva La Vida back in May
EW.com got an exclusive glimpse of one of bassist Guy Berryman’s sketches
2002′s A Rush of Blood to the Head is one of EW’s New Music Classics
EW took a look at a few other soundalike songs in 2006

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