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Aug 11 2010 03:29 PM ET

Internet produces third 2010 Emmy nomination for Neil Patrick Harris out of thin air

Tonys-Neil-HarrisImage Credit: Gary Hershorn/Reuters/LandovAfter much pestering from bloggers fighting the good fight at the L.A. Times, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has agreed to give Neil Patrick Harris one more Emmy nomination — for hosting the Tonys last year. He sang and danced, and we laughed and laughed, and yet somehow his name was inexplicably missing from the list of people collectively nominated for CBS’ 2009 Tonys telecast.

Harris is already up for best supporting actor in a comedy series for How I Met Your Mother and guest actor in a comedy series for Glee. The world is a mess, and he just needs to rule it.

This is great news for NPH but an even greater feat for the internet. Quick! What else can we get NPH nominated for? I say every time a character in any TV show name-drops “Doogie Howser,” Neil Patrick Harris should get an Emmy. Or at least a unicorn should get its wings. Actually, NPH, I’m sure that happens already.

Read more: All Neil Patrick Harris-related PopWatch items

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Aug 9 2010 01:56 PM ET

Lunchtime Poll: Justin Bieber's book cover

justin-bieber-5-200.jpgImage Credit: Robert CaplinHey, maybe I will end up reading a book this year! People has an exclusive image of the cover of America’s most treasured stuffed animal and water bottle target Justin Bieber’s memoir First Step 2 Forever: My Story, due out in October. I’d always assumed the first step of something was step 1, but who has time for numbers and mysteries when 16-year-old Justin Bieber has written ME!!! a personal message on the cover of his book?! “Lots of exclusive photos just for you. Love Justin xxx.” OMG.

Read more: Friday’s Lunchtime Poll: The Situation wishes he were a Care Bear

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Aug 6 2010 03:15 PM ET

Lunchtime Poll: Wish Bear vs. The Situation

situation-wish-bearImage Credit: Sorrentino: Mejia/Asadoria /Splash News Oh, yes. This is Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s hair right now. He’s a star he’s a star he’s a star, just like Dirk Diggler.

Wish Bear, legit star of Care Bears: Big Wish Movie and other important films, is so puzzled. Who is that taller bear with insufficient fur, trying to cop his signature logo and hue? Silly Wish Bear. It’s The Situation. “S-I-T-U-A-T-I-O-N”; just ask the pizza guy on last night’s ‘Jersey Shore’. The More You Know…. [Dlisted]

Read more:
‘Jersey Shore’ recap: Love is blind, and so too (temporarily) is Snooki
Yesterday’s Lunchtime Poll: When I hear ‘Skarsgard,’ I think of….

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Aug 3 2010 06:40 PM ET

'Saved by the Bell': Oil spill episode airs tomorrow

It’s like a hidden gem on the DVR! As I sit here struggling to decide whether to record Erin Andrews’ first segment about stalking on Good Morning America or Saved by the Bell‘s “Pipe Dreams,” I just want to let everyone know. TBS: 8:30 a.m. ET. SBTB: Poignant as always. Truly ahead of its time.

For a refresher course on “Pipe Dreams,” breeze through Buzzfeed’s 12 Things I Learned From The ‘Saved By The Bell’ Oil Spill Episode and an amazing mashup between “Pipe Dreams” and There Will Be Blood called There Will Be Bell. All together now: “Stop the drilling! Stop the oil!” Becky the Duck!

This concludes today’s PopWatch PSA.

Two years ago: Mark-Paul Gosselaar fed me a cupcake

Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Aug 2 2010 12:00 PM ET

Weirdest thing you've ever spotted in a record bin?

It wasn’t a record…it was a Ricky Martin calendar! Hey, everyone! Guess who can’t get The B-52s’ “Rock Lobster” out of her head? I’m back from my relaxing vacation and ready to resume my role as PopWatch’s hardest-hitting newsmaker. Here’s a Ricky Martin Year 2000 calendar I stumbled upon last week among heaps of crappy records at a junk store in scenic Grand Beach, Ind. For more random memories of the year two-thousaaaaaand, revisit EW’s 2000 time capsule photo gallery. It’s a nude, sequined bodystocking, bitch.

What’s the weirdest hidden gem you’ve ever spotted in a record bin?

Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Jul 19 2010 05:45 PM ET

Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton sign up for their first post-'Harry Potter' movies

potter-alumniImage Credit: Janet Mayer/PR Photos; Anthony G. Moore/PR PhotosJust like their rivaling on-screen counterparts, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton seem to be doing their best to keep up with each other in the real world, now that the Harry Potter films have finished filming. Over the weekend, the actors each booked a new movie role in a supernatural thriller, and it appears that their time in the hallowed halls of Hogwarts have prepared them well for their upcoming features.

Radcliffe is set to appear in Hammer Films’ The Woman in Black. The story is roughly as follows: READ FULL STORY »

Jul 16 2010 12:42 PM ET

Tina Fey to co-star with Meryl Streep? Why, it's Fey's dream collaboration!

The L.A. Times has an intriguing story today about Creative Artists Agency shopping around the tentatively titled Mommy & Me, a movie to be directed by Stanley Tucci starring Meryl Streep and Tina Fey. There’s no script yet — hell, there isn’t even a writer — so this project is just learning to crawl. But the idea of a Streep-Fey pairing with Tucci behind the lens a) fills me with joy; and b) jogged my memory about something Fey said when I interviewed her (with Steve Carell) for EW’s Date Night cover story in March.

When I asked Fey whom she still dreams of working with, she said, “Well, doesn’t every person dream of, like, Meryl Streep?” (Yes. I totally dream of Meryl Streep, even though I have no plans of ever starring in a movie.) Then she added, “I’d like to play Meryl Streep’s mother.” Now, a sane person would argue that she was just making a Tina Fey funny here. (Carell let out a big ole wallop of laughter.) But I think she was sending out a message to the universe, which Tucci soon picked up. The guy is so gonna grant Fey her wish with Mommy & Me. Biology be damned, the Emmy-winning actress is gonna play the Oscar-winner’s mama. And win an Academy Award for her efforts! It’s going to be the cinematic event of the century! The grosses will top Avatar!

Or, you know, Mommy & Me will just be a really funny movie and make a lot of us moviegoers very happy. Fingers crossed this cinematic magic will come to fruition. What do you think of Mommy & Me‘s potential for awesomeness?

Jul 15 2010 11:35 AM ET

'Tink': Elizabeth Banks is Tinkerbell, of course

tinkerbell-Elizabeth-BanksImage Credit: Pixplanete/PR Photos; DisneyLook at her perfect fairy face! Elizabeth Banks will play Tinkerbell in Tink, a live-action romantic comedy from Disney to be produced by Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, and McG. All we know is that the movie “plays with the mischievous nature of the Tinkerbell character,” so perhaps she’ll be playing with fart apps on her iPhone the whole time.

We’ve seen Tinkerbell in four films now — silent Peter Pan, Disney’s classic animated Peter Pan, Julia Roberts in Hook, and Ludivine Sagnier in 2003′s Peter Pan (which frankly I forgot even happened, but look at all these crazy YouTube tribute videos!). Is this fairy ready to carry her own movie? Will you be Enchanted by the liveliness of all the action? [Variety]

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Jul 14 2010 12:30 PM ET

Lunchtime Poll: Humanity at its finest?

Penelope-Cruz-and-Javier-BardemImage Credit: KCSPresse/Splash NewsJavier Bardem and Penelope Cruz made their not-very-publicized romance official by getting married in the Bahamas earlier this month. Look at them. Sometimes I can’t; it’s like looking directly into the Spanish sun and the sun is chanting “S-E-X.”

If/when aliens attack and/or humans need to decide who shall represent them in the universe at large, there will be no question. In lieu of Vicky Cristina Barcelona on DVD, we should send Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. The overlord will say “What have we here?” and they will say “We are humans, from Earth,” and all other beings will have to assume that on Earth, everyone looks like that and everyone’s in love and everyone is sexy.

We must impress the aliens.

Read more: Yesterday’s Lunchtime Poll: Do you miss Brad Pitt’s beard now that it’s gone?

Annie on Twitter: @EWAnnieBarrett

Jul 6 2010 02:42 PM ET

Which Pixar short has been your favorite?

day-and-night

Well, guys, I finally saw Toy Story 3 — right on time as usual. Of course I loved it, and of course I had to remove my 3-D glasses twice while bawling as Andy said goodbye, and of course I had a nightmare wherein my beloved yet physically terrifying and possibly NSFW baby doll, ‘Carwie,’ had developed a terrorist agenda similar to Big Baby’s. What I didn’t expect was that I would love the Pixar short shown before Toy Story 3, “Day & Night,” even more than TS3.

In “Day & Night,” two ghost-like blobs become skeptical of their differences but (SPOILER ALERT!) learn to celebrate them instead. The message was similar to that of this Dr. Seuss clip: Star-Belly Sneetches are no better than Plain-Belly Sneetches! I loved that “Day & Night” was deceptively simple-looking (Day and Night were drawn in 2-D, but the worlds within them were 3-D) and that the message was so thoughtful, sweet, and even a bit sly. Director Teddy Newton — who actually voiced the Chatter Telephone in Toy Story 3 (!!!) — used a quote from a 1970s lecture by Wayne Dyer that he remembered his mother playing for him during his youth. Read it and watch a short making-of doc for “Day & Night” after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

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