Tag: To Care or Not to Care (81-90 of 539)

Jun 7 2012 10:48 PM ET

'The Choice' premiere: Cat Deeley gasps for air in a sea of trashy plastic dummies

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She might have thought twice about wearing red leather pants while swimming.

First of all, the hideous dancing silhouettes have got to go. They don’t even match up to the women behind the doors! Get rid of them! (They were admittedly funny the first five times.)

Welcome to The Choice, Fox’s new six-part dating series that rhymes with The Voice and incorporates the same four “blind audition” chairs as the NBC show. The similarities end there. Here, four “celebrities” — this week: rapper Romeo, moguls skier Jeremy Bloom, soap star Jason Cook, and “household name” DJ Pauly D of Jersey Shore — must listen to women brag about themselves for 30 seconds and then “pull their love handles” if they think she seems hot and desperate-to-cook-them-dinner enough based on voice alone. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 7 2012 01:57 PM ET

Kim Kardashian talks Kanye and overshares on 'Jimmy Kimmel'

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Stretching even their own sky-high allowance for TMI, members of the “First Family of Reality TV” — sisters Kim, Kourtney and Khloé — made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, where talk immediately turned to Kourtney’s pregnancy. (She’s expecting her second child with boyfriend Scott Disick).

The sisters reminisced about Kourtney’s first delivery, and Khloé announced a fact I could have gone my whole life without knowing: Kourtney pulled her own baby out of herself with her own hands. The trio also talked about hiding in closets and breaking delivery room procedures.

Kimmel’s best joke came when they were all discussing why Kourtney and Scott weren’t yet married. “Why don’t you try [marriage] for a little while, like Kim did?” he asked to laughs.

Naturally, this turned the conversation to Kim and Kanye, and we learned who to blame the worlds-colliding atrocity known as “Kimye” on: Jimmy Kimmel, who wanted the credit most of us would run from.

Watch the sisters keep up with each other below: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 6 2012 04:52 PM ET

Which shows are 'exploding' in social media? Do you 'explode' onto social media while you watch TV?

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I hope you’re not hurting yourself! A new study (DON’T FALL ASLEEP) suggests that social activity surrounding broadcast prime-time this April topped its level a year earlier by 194 percent. That means a whole lotta people were heading over to The Voice‘s “Sprint Lounge with Christina Milian” instead of heading over to the fridge for a snack.

You can read more about the numbers here, but I’m interested in reactions from those of you who never use social media at all. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 5 2012 12:05 AM ET

'America's Got Talent': Iran's Got Balance

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Sometimes you watch something so bizarre and unbelievable that even though you never could have predicted it, you can no longer imagine life without it. Occasionally — I mean, don’t ever count on this happening again, but sure, it’s possible — this magical moment occurs during America’s Got Talent.

Have you ever wondered how a blend of Ben Kingsley, Howie Mandel, and the TV version of John Locke would look just on the brink of a skull explosion? Behold the Bandbaz Brothers’ balancing act… READ FULL STORY »

May 31 2012 01:03 AM ET

'Dogs in the City' series premiere: Is Justin Silver more Keanu Reeves or Cesar Millan?

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He is also the Nestor Carbonell of “natural eye shadow.”

I tuned in to CBS’ premiere of Dogs in the City — not because I have a great affection for dogs, but because 1) it’s a new series so why not; 2) I assumed it might be about four single and lllllllovin’ it! dogs gabbing about sex over brunch all the time; 3) I wondered if someone named “Justin Silver” would exhibit similar qualities to David Silver.

Turns out this is not the summer trainwreck I was hoping for — but don’t worry, The Choice is just around the corner! We can drag our dogs up to it soon enough. READ FULL STORY »

May 30 2012 12:51 AM ET

The 'What Not to Wear' live season premiere felt almost as weird as a bath mat worn as a jacket

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Last night Stacy London and Clinton Kelly got a little cuh-razy on the social-media-happy season 10 premiere of What Not to Wear — it was live! Agggghhh! No! So awkward!

“You have to keep quiet so she doesn’t suspect anything,” Stacy warned the crowd of over 200 people. Wait. Strike that; reverse it. “But when she walks in, GO NUTS!”

I applaud the team for trying something different (and hooray for Ted and Carmindy sharing the stage), but WNTW is not meant for the live studio audience world. READ FULL STORY »

May 11 2012 05:26 PM ET

Han-believable! Cast yourself in carbonite during Disney World's 'Star Wars' Weekends

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For some, Disney World’s newest souvenir is just another pricey geek trinket, but for others, it’s a lifelong dream made real. As part of its Star Wars Weekends events in the springtime, Disney’s Hollywood Studios (one of four parks that make up Disney World) has announced plans for its new Carbon-Freeze Me experience, which allows Star Wars fans to freeze a likeness of themselves into a 3-D eight-inch figurine a la Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back. READ FULL STORY »

May 11 2012 12:54 PM ET

'Time' magazine's new cover is the breast ever -- UPDATE

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[Update: We spoke with Time science editor Jeffrey Kluger about the cover -- check below for his comments.]

Time magazine — which, like EW, is published by Time Inc. — is making waves with its latest issue, which features a photo of Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her 3-year-old son. Grumet practices “attachment parenting,” a growing movement that advocates extended breast-feeding, co-sleeping (that’s sharing a bed), and physically carrying one’s children via sling whenever possible.

Twitter users and bloggers have been hotly debating the cover since it debuted yesterday, arguing over whether it’s admirably bold or inappropriate.

Time managing editor Rick Stengel has stood by his magazine’s photo: “I think it’s provocative,” he said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this week. “I think it’s a little whimsical. I think she represents an outlier of women who are breastfeeding beyond one year. The cover is meant to get your attention. It gets your attention. I think this is a legitimate debate.”

Science editor Jeffrey Kluger is also defending the cover. “There’s been considerable heat from a lot of people,” he told EW this afternoon. “Well, Time’s been taking heat since 1923. We’re kind of used to it.”

READ FULL STORY »

May 9 2012 02:50 PM ET

Sacha Baron Cohen's out-of-character interviews are more common than you'd think

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Howard Stern snagged an interview with Sacha Baron Cohen yesterday — not Borat, or Bruno, or Admiral General Aladeen, but the actual Sacha Baron Cohen. This in itself is supposedly headline-worthy: Baron Cohen’s dedication to staying in character is an enormous, essential ingredient of the comic’s shtick. Hell, even when he was invited to give Harvard’s Class Day speech in 2004, Baron Cohen performed the address as Ali G.  During the Stern interview, the comedian made a point of noting that this was only “like, the third time” he had ever spoken publicly as himself.

In reality, though, Baron Cohen has done a lot more out-of-character interviews than he may remember. The Brit appeared sans fake facial hair on several talk shows and NPR in 2004, right before the second season of Da Ali G Show began airing on HBO. (He also did his first extended Howard Stern interview that same year.) Back then, Baron Cohen hadn’t yet become an international phenomenon; in most of his interviews, like this one with Jon Stewart, he focused on explaining what exactly happened on his show, as well as assuring audiences that its featured interview subjects weren’t in on the joke.

But even after Baron Cohen’s stateside fame skyrocketed, his out-of-character interviews didn’t become as rare as a fan might expect.  READ FULL STORY »

May 7 2012 10:39 PM ET

'2 Broke Girls' finale: Are you ready to cash out?

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Near the beginning of 2 Broke Girls‘ first season finale, aging hepcat Earl (Garrett Morris) tells sassy waitress Max (Kat Dennings) that he’s impressed with how far she’s come since she started working at the Williamsburg Diner — and, implicitly, since 2 Broke Girls itself premiered in September. But after 22 episodes filled with shallow supporting characters, little forward momentum, and some of the most cringeworthy — sorry, “classy dirty” — jokes ever committed to network TV, it’s tough to say how much progress Max and her CBS sitcom have truly made.

Sure, tonight’s finale proved that creator Michael Patrick King isn’t totally ignoring the harsh things critics have said about his show. Matthew Moy’s Han, for example, is no longer the butt of quips about his thick Korean accent; instead, his coworkers just make fun of his diminutive stature. (There was also only one rape joke tonight. Progress?) And Han even got a few lines in the finale that poked fun at how underdeveloped the show’s diner characters are: “You never ask about my interests,” he complains to former rich girl Caroline (Beth Behrs), adding that she and Max barely talk about anything but their burgeoning cupcake business.

Han has a point — but slyly alluding to a problem isn’t the same thing as fixing that problem.  READ FULL STORY »

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