Tag: Happy Holidays (81-90 of 321)

Mar 17 2011 05:01 PM ET

Happy St. Patty's Day from the 'Jackass' crew

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Photo: Sean Cliver © 2011 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day from the Jackass gang! Wee Man trekked all the way to the Emerald Isle for the making of Jackass 3.5, the digital-only followup to October’s surprise blockbuster that premieres on Joost.com on Apr. 1. The new full-length webisodes will feature all-new footage from Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of idiots, including Steve-O’s close encounter with a snapping turtle and the perfect prank that finally tripped up Johnny himself. Check out an exclusive photo of the boys being (stupid) boys below: READ FULL STORY »

Mar 8 2011 07:09 PM ET

Happy Mardi Gras! But what in pop culture will you give up for Lent tomorrow?

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Mardi-Gras-sunnyImage Credit: Cheryl Gerber/Getty Images; Craig Blankenhorn/FXToday, on Fat Tuesday, I have visions of beads, booze, and awesome New Orleans-set movie scenes (like the opening from Live and Let Die) dancing around in my head. But our Mardi Gras is short-lived friends: For, tomorrow, we begin Lent, the 40-day bummer of a tradition that forces us (Catholics) to give up some prized possession or idea until Easter. Of course, since I am a horrible Catholic, I won’t be giving up chocolate, macaroni and cheese, or quoting The Room anytime soon. (I, simply, am not that strong. I am naahht.) That’s not to say that I won’t be honoring the holiday — after all, I need some kind of conversation starter with the relatives. And, this year, I’m going to do it right: I’m not going to be one of those people who choose the easy way out by cutting health food or 40 Days and 40 Nights or Carlos Mencia’s comedy out of my life. No, instead, I’ve decided to give up DVR’d reruns of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 2 2011 09:34 AM ET

Matt Lauer calls 'bull' on Groundhog Day

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The Midwest may be covered in snow, and the East Coast is still trying to dig itself out, but Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow this morning, so fear not: Winter is almost over. It’s not totally clear from the video that there’s any reaction from the wriggly rodent at all, but if a guy in a top hat says something is true, who are we to disagree? READ FULL STORY »

Jan 1 2011 02:00 AM ET

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve: Ke$ha resolves not to become a d---bag

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kesha-nyeImage Credit: Lou Rocco/ABC Merry New Year! Dick Clark, Ryan Seacrest, Jenny McCarthy, and a reported 1 million revelers welcomed 2011 from Times Square in New York City last night. ABC’s live broadcast of Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve boasted a classic boy-band bash, with the well-preserved Backstreet Boys and the New Kids on the Block collaborating for a medley of their greatest hits, but it was wild-child Ke$ha who stole the show. Performing her hit song, “Tik Tok,” she literally rode Santa Claus, whacked what appeared to be an Easter Bunny pinata, and urged the crowd to “make 2011 our bitch!” Later, on the ABC stage with Seacrest and the boy-band headliners, Ke$ha responded to Seacrest’s question about resolutions with a quick, “Not become a d—–bag.” Nice. (I think that’s actually in the third verse of “Auld Lang Syne.”)

Ke$ha’s irreverence was refreshing. Poor Jenny McCarthy was saddled with crowd-duty, and it was actually impressive hearing her sell lines like, “I am so excited to be down here,” and “I wish I could wake up every morning to this.” Sure you do, Jenny. Which made Seacrest’s under-his-breath line so perfect at the end of the evening, as McCarthy prepared to sign-off: “She wants a drink so badly.”

Other highlights — intentional and unintentional — of Dick Clark’s annual shindig included: READ FULL STORY »

Dec 30 2010 04:09 PM ET

Anderson Cooper's new glasses want YOU to name your pop culture-related New Year's Resolutions

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anderson-cooper-glassesWhile A.C. Four-eyes and Kathy Griffin prepare to watch the ball drop tomorrow night (watch them banter about it here), why don’t you prepare for 2011 by sharing your pop culture-related New Year’s Resolutions (That You Will Not Keep) below? Just remember to keep it relevant. No one, especially Anderson Cooper’s glasses, wants to hear about your quest for genuine self-improvement. For example: “Lose weight” = boring; “Sculpt my ass into a perfect bubble à la Maksim Chmerkovskiy” = applicable. Even though, obviously, you will fail. Okay, I’ll start. READ FULL STORY »

Dec 30 2010 12:25 PM ET

Open letter to Hyundai: Christmas is over; 'tis the season to put the hipsters back in their cage

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Dear Hyundai,

It was kind of cute at first. We had fun mocking the breathless innocence of Nataly Dawn’s voice on “Up on the Housetop,” replacing “Up on the housetop, reindeer pause” with “Hah, hah-hah-hah, hah, hah hah hah”…the first 17 or so times. “Jingle Bells” was always  just sort of there. “Deck [pause] The Halls” was annoying from the start. You know that. How could anyone not realize this? Have you just been f—ing with us the whole time?

Come on, we’re begging you. Does the Genesis come with a calendar? It’s December 30. Enough is enough. We’ve seen these commercials 2847582 times. You’re scaring away what could be scores of new Pomplamoose fans who will never want to hear “the dreaded car-commercial hipsters” again — let alone buy a car! I mean you can just forget about the car thing altogether. Weirdos.

From every one of us, have a safe and happy holiday, WHICH IS OVER.
Love, Scrooge!

Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Dec 29 2010 01:36 PM ET

'I Used to be Fat': MTV plays cruel joke on holiday overeaters with tonight's premiere

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used-to-be-fatImage Credit: MTVI don’t always feel the need to alert people when there’s a new series on MTV, but there’s nothing new on lately, and yesterday Kristen Baldwin and I realized that even though it’ll probably just be The Biggest Loser for teenagers, we’re both “pretty into” tonight’s premiere of I Used to be Fat. (Trailer here.) But seriously, MTV, the timing on this thing? Right after the stupid holidays? I’m about to polish off the last of a Paula Deen french toast casserole that’s been sitting in the fridge since Sunday (gross), and for a mid-afternoon snack I plan on reheating a complicated “brie melt” (featuring: jam!) for no reason other than “it’s there.” These two dishes look eerily alike (SORRY). I Recently Became Fat would have been much more relatable. Stop effing with us.

In more pathetic news, I’ve taken advantage of my parents’ On Demand privileges to watch two episodes of True Life called “I’m Happy to be Fat” and “I’m Addicted to Food.” Um. Hello. Lunchtime poll! Vote for the show you’d be most likely to star in, below.

Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Dec 28 2010 02:32 PM ET

Jane Lynch's next stop: NYC's Charmin Restrooms

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Jane-Lynch-ChraminImage Credit: Chris Hatcher/PR PhotosIf anyone thinks Glee‘s success has gone to Jane Lynch’s head, let this appearance ease your mind: Tomorrow, she’s set to help Charmin crown its “King or Queen of the Throne” at its public Charmin Restrooms in New York City. Lynch will officiate the two-part competition, after which, one of the five finalists will walk away with $50,000 and the honor of “presiding” over the Charmin Restrooms for the final days of 2010 and “sharing their Charmin enthusiasm by greeting and welcoming visitors and their families.” Round 1 is Toilet Tissue Trivia, while Round 2 involves physical challenges (a Charmin stacking competition, a Charmin tossing competition, and a Charmin mummy competition).

Man, I wish Christopher Guest was around to film this. You just know Lynch is going to end up taking advantage of the “Oversized toilet photo-op,” one of the Restrooms’ 2010 amenities. (Those also include: a Smartphone-shaped “Sit or Squat” application display and a dance stage for kids to learn the Charmin potty dance. Please let her get on stage.) This could be my favorite Media Alert of 2010. And I haven’t even mentioned the fun facts the press release includes, like the fact that since the Charmin Restrooms opened in 2006, three couples of have gotten engaged there, and one couple got married there. If you suddenly need a tour, click here.

More Jane Lynch:
‘Glee’ dish from Jane Lynch
‘Glee’: 30 quippy Sue Sylvester gems
‘Glee’: Sue Sylvester fashion show
‘Glee’: YOUR top 10 moments

Dec 27 2010 11:21 AM ET

'Holiday' poll: Who'd you like to show up at your cottage door -- Daniel Craig or Jude Law?

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craig-judeImage Credit: Dave Hogan/Getty Images; Janet Mayer/PR Photos Have the photos of Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, costars of the upcoming drama Dream House, walking hand-in-hand over the holidays in the snowy English countryside as they reportedly shared a “cottage hideaway” made anyone else think of Jude Law and Cameron Diaz in the movie The Holiday, then spend a good 60 seconds debating whether you’d prefer to open your English cottage door and find Craig or Law standing there? No? Just me? Well, do it now. PopWatch poll! (The New York Office is Snowed In Edition!) It’s a tough call: I know how luminous Law looks in Holiday lighting, but cuddling with Craig in front of a fire, I imagine, would keep one warmer. As my friend Sheila just reasoned over IM, “He’s hardier. Could chop firewood and stuff.”

Dec 27 2010 09:57 AM ET

Conan apologizes to Kimmel for similar Palin-Rudolph bit (but not for not watching his show)

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In case you missed it amidst your holiday preparations, Conan O’Brien took to the Internet last week to apologize for his TBS show doing a video bit about Sarah Palin shooting Rudolph two weeks after ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live added audio of Palin hunting caribou with her father from her TLC reality show over the animated holiday classic. “So, of course, we apologize for that, we weren’t aware,” O’Brien says of discovering the joke was a popular one only the morning after Conan‘s aired. “The staff member responsible for the piece has been fired, and, I hear, has been immediately rehired at Jimmy Kimmel. So I think everything worked out,” he deadpans. He then cites three other examples of his show playing copycat. (Did you know his sidekick Andy Richter was once a sidekick on another show?! ”I mean that show was such a piece of crap, I didn’t feel it was worth mentioning,” Richter cracks after a picture from their early days together flashes.) Watch the mea culpa below. Classy move, Coco. The video of Conan‘s bit also appears to have been removed from the show’s site.

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