As sorry as we are here at Movieline HQ to see TVLine go, we're thrilled to announce that it's not going far (just past the porch, really), and it'll be in expert hands. Our pal, celebrity TV reporter/editor Michael Ausiello (you know that adorable smirk from the pages of EW) will be the Editor in Chief, and he's scooped up an all-star cast to help him out: Matt Webb Mitovich from TV Guide, Michael Slezak also from EW and Megan Masters from E! Online.
And just to be clear, our crack team of writers and editors will continue to cover the TV stories that make sense for Movieline. For the full story, check out the press release after the jump.
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· It's Rachel. During a Thursday night shoot of the Fox hit star Lea Michele was photographed wearing her best shoulder pads and eye black for an upcoming episode of Glee. Hey, if Kathy Ireland can do it, why not Rachel Berry? Click ahead to see All-Pro Lea Michele, and stick around for more Buzz Break.
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As if the consistency and legacy of the films weren't destabilizing enough, 2010's movie vintage will forever be remembered for its deeply troubling developments in the dark arts of publicity stills. I don't mean the comic humiliations endured by the likes of Drew Barrymore or Tracy Morgan, either; I mean, "Like, uh, hold me." Click through for this year's top 10 milestones of the form.
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It looks like you can add Neil Patrick Harris to the list of people who disagreed with my impassioned plea on behalf of How I Met Your Mother's sixth season. The Emmy nominated star of stage and (small) screen booked a three-night stint leading the Stephen Sondheim musical Company earlier today, and he used the occasion to somewhat bury the veteran sitcom.
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"What is this?!" writes The Hairpin's Edith Zimmerman about the following video, which details a local news team's coverage of what seems to be a swamp alien. Here at Movieline HQ, we have a guess: Some ridiculous bit of viral marketing! But what movie would decide to use NBC 33 in Louisiana for such shenanigans?
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I always like to take a little nihilism with my morning coffee, especially on Fridays, when the inky abyss of the weekend sprawls before me with so much self-medicating potential, and when one has finally grown at least a little inured to the thwack of the cultural switch to the raw, riven backs of one's knees. And ultimately, when you've get a dose like today's -- a bleak, bleak diagnosis from filmmaking BFF's Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro -- its summoning in part by a hypocrite hardly seems to matter.
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Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Miley Cyrus gets filmed doing something naughty on her 18th birthday... Jim Morrison finally gets pardoned... How Do You Know cost entirely too much money... and more ahead.
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Welcome to the latest edition of Weekend Forecast, where new releases, junk science and arbitrary instinct collide every week to spark a mushroom cloud of box-office speculation. Today, a family franchise takes on the A-list, an Oscar contender comes out swinging, and the art house goes a little crazy.
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Apparently, the Texas Film Commission has denied tax incentives to Robert Rodriguez's Machete, citing a state code that bars incentives for films that contain "...content that portrays Texas or Texans in a negative fashion." They didn't cite any examples, but Robert De Niro's corrupt Texas politician who murders illegal immigrants probably could have been construed this way. That said, it seems like most movies set in Texas don't do the lone star state many favors. I mean, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre damages the reputation of their BBQ! But for the sake of positivity (and because there are too many of the negative Texas movies to list), let's take a look at five films that might have actually helped state tourism.
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Sure, some mobster movies function as elegant allegories for the American dream, capitalism and greed. But by the time the tenth bomb explodes over the blaring hip-hop/metal soundtrack in the trailer for Kill The Irishman, it seems pretty clear that this particular based-on-a-true story mafia saga is mostly about the violence and tough-guy posturing associated with the genre. While it looks like a total bore, it does make you miss Christopher Walken.
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Paramount really should have considered putting the title Thor on this poster, because anyone who is not in the know will just get pumped for a Sin City sequel when they see this. It's actually a little surprising that no one was beaten to a pulp with a huge hammer like this one in the first Sin City. Anyway, click below the jump to see the poster in all of it's black, white and red glory.
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· Paul Rudd and Paul McCartney look awfully chummy in this preview picture for this weekend's SNL. Rudd's flashing jocular cheer, McCartney's giving knowing 'tude -- we're in the market for a holiday episode as good as 1997's unforgettable Helen Hunt/Hanson matchup. I'm not kidding. [EW]
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While digging through a list of every film released in 2010 and contemplating ideas for year-end top-10 lists, it dawned on me: Wow, a few of these titles sound like they could be porn. The individual synopses clearly suggest, alas, they are not in fact adult films. But at least I got a list out of it: The top 10 movie titles of 2010 that sound like they may be porn, but are in fact not porn.
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The Spider-Man reboot is going to be so awesome, if only because it may very well be the first film in the history of Hollywood from which we'll apparently have paparazzi photos delivered to our desktops every single day, followed by total speculation educated guessing about what's happening in said photos, thus creating our own parallel Spider-Man universe where gossip, comic-book narratives and photo-agency spoilers converge in a continually evolving fanboy fantasia. Excited yet? Anyway, my point is that my first impression of Emma Stone's return to her natural blond hair color was wrong: She looks great. Click through for the first shots of Stone, in character as Gwen Stacy, from the first day of shooting.
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We may have timeless classics like A Charlie Brown Christmas to edify our gooey holiday spirits, but maybe it's the not-so-timeless classics that most enrich. I'm talking about Christmas variety specials of the '70s and '80s, the resplendent little tchotchkes they are, and their illegal quantities of trippy bliss. Karen Carpenter in kiddy overalls? Jerry Lawler writing letters to Santa? This is what a holiday should be about. Come with us as we revisit five dada moments in Christmas's primetime past.
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