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May 1 2013 05:00 PM ET

'The Voice' and sob stories: Struggling with reality competitions and grief

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Last night, R&B singer Vedo took the stage during The Voice’s knockout rounds. He sang Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” and impressed Usher enough to advance to next week’s live rounds. He also talked a lot about his mother, who recently died — something Usher acknowledged in his comments after the performance; and something that’s been mentioned on the show every single time Vedo appears. I wrote about how this makes me feel in last night’s recap: a combination of annoyed, deeply moved, and deeply apathetic. But many commenters disagreed. I still feel that way, and I’m assuming a lot of you still disagree with me.

So what are we really talking about when we talk about someone’s dead mom?

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Feb 24 2013 10:00 AM ET

PopWatch Planner: The Oscars, 'House of Cards,' and '21 and Over'

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So, there’s this little party in Hollywood tonight with your close pals Jennifer Lawrence, Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway, and company. People are getting really dressed up, and it’s on TV, and we hear Hugh Jackman is going to sing, so maybe you should tune in.  But other than the Oscars,  there’s tons to tune into this week — Twilight’s out on DVD, Top Chef crowns a new winner, and more! What should you be paying attention to this week? Let’s see, shall we? READ FULL STORY »

May 1 2012 10:52 PM ET

'The Biggest Loser': The season 13 winner is...

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen tonight’s season finale of The Biggest Loser, stop reading now. We reveal the winner below... READ FULL STORY »

May 1 2012 06:47 PM ET

'The Biggest Loser' season finale: Who deserves to win? -- VOTE

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Worried that no one else is watching The Biggest Loser except you? Worry no more! I’ve been keeping up with this season’s outrageous meltdowns (Chris loses it with a cheeseburger!), infuriating overreactions (the insufferably overdramatic Adrian!) and heartfelt, teary-eyed moments (Kim says or does anything!).

Now that we’ve reached the finale, it brings me many joyous pleasures to look back on the season as a whole — although if you don’t mind, I would opt to overlook this year’s low point, when the contestants threatened to walk off and accidentally strode into The Biggest Lawyer territory. That stirred up my biggest cringe of the season, so let me ask, PopWatchers: which scene from this season takes the cake (poor metaphor?) as your favorite or least favorite Biggest Loser moment?

Was it Mark selflessly sacrificing himself for Chism? Jeremy dominating the fight to earn a spot in the finale? Buddy getting Zumba-licious? Conda’s showdown with just about everyone? Let us know in the comments, and in the meantime, vote in our poll below and share your pick for who you think most deserves to win this season! READ FULL STORY »

Jan 29 2012 06:36 PM ET

DGA Awards: George Clooney makes Uranus jokes, and an absent Woody Allen steals the show

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Brevity was the name of the game at last night’s Directors Guild of America Awards, held at the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Last year’s event celebrated the DGA’s 75th anniversary, and as a consequence, the evening ran so voluminously long, DGA president Taylor Hackford felt obliged to promise “to keep things moving quickly” for this year’s affair, to much thankful applause from the crowd.

As it turned out, Hackford needn’t have worried. While it is customary for all the feature film nominees to speak at the DGAs, both Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) and David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) did not attend — Allen has rarely if ever attended awards events, and Fincher had to jet to Japan for Dragon Tattoo‘s premiere in Tokyo. Best Documentary winner James Marsh (Project Nim) and Musical/Variety TV show winner Glenn Weiss (The 65th Annual Tony Awards) were also no shows. So all told, between the dinner and the awards, the evening clocked in just under four hours. Progress!

And EW was there for all of it. Check out the highlights below:  READ FULL STORY »

Jan 4 2012 04:41 AM ET

'The Biggest Loser' season 13 premiere: No excuses, puke like a champion

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Another year, another opportunity to watch morbidly obese people toppling off of treadmills. But while the 20 individuals competing for the title of the 13th (!!) Biggest Loser still have numerous miles to climb and Jennie-O promotional tie-ins to film, I personally fulfilled my 2012 pop-culture resolution by sitting through last night’s two-hour premiere without ordering any Indian food. As Bob Harper would say, it was a Biggest Loser breakthrough. [Spoilers ahead] READ FULL STORY »

Dec 21 2011 12:35 PM ET

Product placement rankings: last-place NBC is the shilliest network; Fox and ABC tie for second

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Welcome to the fold, X Factor! In a list just released by Nielsen, Simon Cowell’s latest endeavor was the only newbie to rank among 2011′s top 10 shows in terms of product placement tie-ins. Then again, it’s no surprise since Cowell’s former stomping grounds American Idol ranked first, with an egregious 577 advertiser-friendly placements over the course of season 10 — and that’s even without Cowell.

Interestingly, Fox wasn’t the most product-laden network. That dubious honor went to NBC, where The Biggest Loser, The Celebrity Apprentice, America’s Got Talent, and even beloved drama Friday Night Lights (the only non-reality show on the list) all found a place in the top 10. Which other shows shamelessly pimped their advertisers’ merch this year? Read on… READ FULL STORY »

Dec 14 2011 11:45 AM ET

'Biggest Loser' winner revealed... after dramatic 20 second pause

After an excruciatingly long pause, even by American Idol standards, the winner of The Biggest Loser: Battle of the Ages was announced last night: Weighing 220 pounds less than he did seven months ago when he started the show, special education teacher and football coach John Rhode took the $250,000 prize from former NFL player Antone Davis, who’d lost 202 pounds. This morning on Today, Rhode said he plans to keep the weight off by training for the Los Angeles marathon. Watch the confetti fall below.  READ FULL STORY »

Dec 8 2011 07:40 PM ET

'Top Model' contestant Angelea joins the ranks of reality TV's most memorable disqualifications

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Angelea Preston was mysteriously eliminated on last night’s America’s Next Top Model All-Stars finale, forcing the decisive panel in the show’s Greek finale to be reshot and prompting rumors that Preston was stripped of the title (Lisa D’Amato was named winner on the episode that aired). Preston joins a long line of reality participants ingloriously ejected from their 15 minutes of fame. Below, we run down some of the genre’s most memorable forced exits. READ FULL STORY »

Jan 19 2011 05:50 PM ET

Jillian Michaels to make Super Bowl fans sweat with GoDaddy ads

Super_Bowl_Danica_and_JillianImage Credit: GoDaddy.comYes, we all know that watching Jillian on The Biggest Loser is a bit like watching a porno: There’s a lot of screaming, a healthy dose of domination, and an accompanying shameful desire to keep watching, even if you’re a little scared about what you’re going to see. Even still, I never expected the super-empowered super-trainer to back GoDaddy.com, a company most well-known for its super-smutty ads starring super-sexy race car driver Danica Patrick. But according to CNN, Michaels will indeed star in two spots set to air Feb. 6 during the Super Bowl. “It doesn’t get much bigger than being in a Super Bowl commercial,” she’s quoted as saying. “I think shooting a spot with Danica Patrick is going to be a blast.”  READ FULL STORY »

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