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Oct 16 2012 03:57 PM ET

Guy uses Taylor Swift lyrics to pick up girls -- VIDEO

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This would be the beginning of one epic love story.

Lots of young women (and plenty of dudes!) love Taylor Swift. So I suppose it was inevitable that someone would use Ms. Swift — and her songs about boys — to get dates. Filmmaker Tommy Wooldridge went the hidden-camera route in the video below, going up to random girls and dropping Taylor Swift’s most swoon-worthy lyrics as pick-up lines.

From “You’re the reason for the teardrops on my guitar” to “Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?” they’re all here. It’s totally ridiculous, sure, but you have to admire his commitment despite being rejected time after time…after time. And he seems rather sweet, no? A special well played to Mr. Wooldridge for working in “I Knew You Were Trouble,” which was only released last week.

Check out the video (first seen by Clip Nation) below: READ FULL STORY »

Oct 15 2012 10:44 PM ET

Women have the last laugh! About time TWO gals such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler host the Globes

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Back in 2007, late great Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens irked oodles of women, and men, in a meandering article, asking, “Why are women, who have the whole male world at their mercy, not funny?” A slew of others have followed suit over the years. Former Man Show host Adam Carolla sniped to the New York Post in June, “The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks.”

Tell that to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the newly minted co-hosts of next year’s Golden Globe Awards.

NBC, Dick Clark Productions and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association named the Saturday Night Live alums on Monday as hostesses of the 70th annual awards ceremony, set to air live Jan. 13, 2013 in Beverly Hills.

While Ricky Gervais spread his feisty, punchy, spitfire brand of Brit humor for the past three years as a popular, yet feared, host of the boozy show, next year’s telecast marks the very first time a duo of gals will host the Globes, the HFPA confirmed to EW. There have been previous female co-hosts such as Raquel Welch, in 1985, who co-hosted with Michael York, and Joan Collins and Wayne Rogers in 1983, but no solo female hosts either.

So why should this, two women hosting, and specifically Fey and Poehler, be celebrated, cheered, yelled from rooftops, if one’s energetic enough? READ FULL STORY »

Oct 11 2012 08:08 PM ET

Maksim Chmerkovskiy gets splashed in short shorts on 'Ellen': 9 important screenshots

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I don’t think you’re ready for this complete lack of jelly. Dancing With the Stars ASSMSTR Maksim Chmerkovskiy presumably drove his personalized Union Jack Mini Cooper all the way from Planet Mirrorballus to The Ellen DeGeneres Show to get splashed for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Thanks to my mom, DANCMSTR Dee, for texting me this important scoop. Butt seriously…. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 10 2012 03:15 PM ET

Christopher Walken and 'Psychopaths' interpret 'Honey Boo Boo' dialogue -- VIDEO

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Is there a Honey Boo Boo-sized void in your heart now that the season has wrapped? Rest assured, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, and Colin Farrell are here to save the day.

During a junket interview for Seven Psychopaths (in theaters this weekend), the trio read verbatim dialogue from TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. Naturally, Walken took on the role of mama and read about the family’s melted butter and ketchup concoction. But, as hilarious as his straight-faced read is, you’d better redneckognize that Rockwell and Farrell stole the show.

I dare you to watch Farrell say, “If you fart 12 to 15 times a day, you can lose a lot of weight” in a Southern/Irish accent without cracking a smile.

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Oct 2 2012 09:00 AM ET

Jessica Chastain, Dan Stevens talk new Broadway play 'The Heiress' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Changing loyalties, an inheritance and a mysterious man who may be up to no good? This kind of drama would feel right at home on a nighttime soap, but instead of being the latest twist on Revenge, it’s the plot of new play revival The Heiress, starring Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens in their Broadway debuts.

The Heiress has an impressive history:  It was originally an 1880 Henry James novel called Washington Square, before debuting as a play in 1947 and a movie in 1949. Another film version was released in 1997. But despite its long past, the show — about  a woman (Chastain) caught between a controlling father (David Strathairn) and a young suitor (Stevens) who may only be after money, not love — is incredibly modern, according to Chastain. “It’s very relevant, a woman believing she is what the men in her life tells her she is,” Chastain said. “And it goes from her father to her suitor to finally at the end of the play, she’s on her own.”

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Oct 1 2012 10:33 AM ET

'Fringe' actors accept their EWwy Awards -- VIDEO

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The actors on Fringe may have gotten teary at Comic-Con talking about the end of the series, but on set last week, they sang a stronger tune. They’re about halfway through filming their final season, and the end game still seems like a distant future, most said.

But when EW handed Anna Torv a pair of tiny golden Ewes — her awards for winning Best Actress in a Drama and Best Drama in EW’s 5th annual EWwys — that’s when she began to tear up. And who can blame her? 1) The sheep are adorable. And 2) as you’ll hear her say, the statues come from the people who kept the show alive for five years.

Click below to watch Torv, John Noble, and former executive producer Jeff Pinkner accept their bounty. (Note: We made sure Josh Jackson got his as well!)

UPDATE: Fringe executive producer/showrunner J.H. Wyman also shared some kind words! “On behalf of everyone involved in Fringe, I want to take a moment to thank all of our incredible fans who voted and have made Fringe the winner of Entertainment Weekly’s Best Drama Series EWwy Award for the third year in a row,” he tells EW. “We are honored to have had such a dedicated and loyal fanbase supporting this show over the years, and we are working overtime to deliver an unforgettable fifth and final season.”
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Sep 28 2012 01:02 PM ET

'Downton Abbey' creator wants a Robert/Cora prequel. What should it be about?

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Downton Abbey: The Early Years?

Abbey-holics may be in for such a treat, based on comments Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes told the U.K.’s Daily Mail. It sounds like Fellowes is taking a page from Fanfiction and may be expanding the universe.

“I do have an idea of doing a prequel of the courtship between Robert and Cora,”  he said. “It is a fascinating time when the Buccaneers were coming to England and marrying [aristocrats]. Cora was in love with him before they married but as we know he only fell in love with her about a year after they married. He married her purely for the money. I think that is something he came to feel quite guilty about.” READ FULL STORY »

Sep 26 2012 11:49 PM ET

'The X Factor': Trevor Moran needs an ambulance; Fox needs to stop it with the lame ambulance cliffhangers

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Fox continues to use minor tragedies and ambulances to shamelessly promote its musical reality competitions. Earlier this year, during American Idol auditions, we got our first auditions episode CLIFFHANGER when Symone Black fell off the stage during Hollywood Week. This time it’s 13-year-old YouTube sensation Trevor Moran, the little kid who danced around the Apple Store. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 25 2012 04:23 PM ET

Lady Gaga talks bulimia, launches new foundation project: A Body Revolution

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Lady Gaga was born this way – and now she’s stepping up the acceptance with a new project, A Body Revolution.

The singer/activist has been in the news with lots of websites and tabloids making disparaging comments about her apparent weight gain.

As a response to that, Gaga has launched a new section of her Born This Way Foundation, and the site, LittleMonsters.com, dealing specifically with body acceptance.

To kick things off, she posted a few photos of herself in just her bra and underwear (some above), with the captions “bulimia and anorexia since I was 15” “but today I join the body revolution” “to inspire bravery” “and breed some m$therf*cking compassion.”

Above the photos, she writes: READ FULL STORY »

Sep 25 2012 01:28 PM ET

President and First Lady visit 'The View,' talk jobs, marriage, and their first kiss

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Are you ready for ‘Red, White and View‘?

That was the name of the hour as – for the first time together – the President and First Lady appeared on the morning talk show today as part of the President’s re-election campaign. Barbara Walters led the wide-ranging discussion, telling them that they were going to start easy and ask progressively harder questions as the show continued.

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