During the sixth season of Weeds, which ended with a shocking twist on Monday, the Botwins assumed aliases, toured America in an RV filled with sex toys and realized that Silas's biological father (spoiler!) was still alive. But there were much stranger events that transpired during the latest iteration of the Showtime series. (Yes, even stranger than the time Andy impersonated his dead brother to access a bank account.) Let's review!
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Have you ever watched a comedy like Two and a Half Men and thought to yourself, "This is not remotely funny." Or maybe you realized that the tears you felt streaming down your cheeks during an episode of Intervention did not spring from your eyes because of the incredible compassion you feel for the characters onscreen, but because you just heard the most hilarious-sounding cry escape an elderly man ever. Well, Movieline understands and just so happens to be here for you with a complete list of nine series running wild in the wrong genres.
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Recently, the UK-based Currys electronic stores hired a couple of familiar spokespeople for their new round of advertisements: Celebrity droids C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2. My first reaction was, Really? Lucasfilm is allowing its beloved characters to advertise for a department store? But then, thinking back over the years, there have been plenty of Lucasfilm-approved ads -- and at least a handful worth watching again. For instance:
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Every year Halloween arrives and you say the same thing: "I don't know what to be for Halloween!" If you're like us here at Movieline, that procrastination has led you to this moment: Less than 36 hours before the holiday and with no costume to speak of. But never fear! Ahead, here are nine suggestions you can put together at the last minute to wow your friends, neighbors and family.
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We all love movies. Yep, even you. But every once in a while, the overwhelmingly detailed and up-to-the-minute film culture that we call home gets a little too constricting. And so, despite the fact that I'm probably going to see a majority of the following movies on opening night, I simply can't imagine having to read another sentence about their development or progress. It would seem like the perfect time to call for a moratorium, but if the Internet couldn't discuss these nine film projects, it would likely shut down. Instead of that potential catastrophe, let's all just shake our fists in unison at their RSS feed dominance.
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It was the thud heard 'round the sports world. The Miami Heat, led by high-priced talent LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, mustered a feeble 80 points in their opening-night loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday. For those unfamiliar with the Heat -- they play basketball... in the NBA -- the hype surrounding the franchise following their off-season spending spree was pitched at Inception-like levels. To help put this huge anticlimax in perspective for the casual or even non-sports fan, here are nine box office disappointments that rivaled the Heat debacle in Boston last night.
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Halfway between its blockbuster opening and imminent Oscar showcase, Inception remains squarely in the zeitgeist -- that all-too-rare original idea still being milked to death by fans (e.g. Spike TV's Scream Awards) and detractors (South Park) alike. But here's an idea: What if we could use Inception for actual good in Hollywood? In other words: What if a brave group of dream warriors could enter the subconscious of Hollywood power players to, let's say, incept a few fresh concepts here and there -- for the better?
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Is Sarah Palin's Alaska exactly the kind of TLC docu-series we all imagined when the trailer arrived last week? Youuu betcha. In this new clip from the must-DVR series, Mama Grizzly and her family stumble upon a family of actual bears and try not to fight them. (For real.) Watch the clip and count Sarah's nine finest colloquialisms along with us.
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The East and West Coast versions of the live 30 Rock episode last night didn't teem with differences -- unless you consider punchline tweaks, a different opening song, and the pamphlets in Dr. Spaceman's office major changes -- but it was still easy to conclude which version was better. Join Movieline for nine reasons why EST 30 Rock managed to trump PST 30 Rock. Sorry, Pacific Ocean!
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You reap what you sow, America. In the wake of the first week success of $#*! My Dad Says, CBS is now doubling down on the whole people-will-watch-a-TV-show-based-on-a-Twitter-feed phenomenon. Today it was announced that the network is developing Don't Tell Steve, a new sitcom based on @shhdontellsteve, an occasionally amusing Twitter feed about a guy and his roommate, Steve. Ahead, 9 tweets that prove CBS might have buyer's remorse about this one.
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It was a bittersweet moment for the Internet when Jeff Zucker announced earlier today that he was leaving NBC. Sweet, of course, because most people deem Zucker the enemy in the Great Late Night War of 2010, and it's a nice bit of schadenfreude to see him walking out the same door as Conan O'Brien. But it's bitter, too; now which network executive is everyone going to mock and insult? That remains up for debate, but what isn't is that Zucker's reign of terrible television is over. Ahead, take a trip with Movieline down memory lane to remember the 9 worst shows from his tenure.
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Perhaps it's just the bitter end of a long, crushing day, or possibly the unshakable gloom of my post-Blankenship hangover, but Katy Perry on Sesame Street is just about the last thing my brain is prepared to reckon with this evening. But there it is -- rather, there she is, all cleavage and cloy, bubble-gum grill, stalking around in pursuit of Elmo. There's something curiously bothersome about this, and not necessarily that Perry went tweeting F-bombs just days ago when her fiancé punched out photographers. It's probably best spoken in screencaps:
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This weekend sees the release of the gritty, critically acclaimed heist movie The Town, where Ben Affleck carries the action not only in front of the camera in the lead role, but also behind the camera as the film's director. Indeed, some of the greatest movies ever made were directed by actors who also appeared in their films -- consider that highwater mark set by Orson Welles with Citizen Kane -- but how have cinematic multitaskers like Affleck, George Clooney, Clint Eastwood and others fared over the past decade?
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I don't know where these rumors start, but no sooner had Rabbit Hole concluded its Toronto Film Festival premiere Monday night than the talk had begun: Is John Cameron Mitchell's adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play -- featuring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as an affluent married couple grappling with the accidental death of their 4-year-old son -- worth adding to the 2010 Oscar shortlist? Honestly, I think it has more immediate concerns. A quick survey of first impressions follows the jump.
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Writing Milk earned him an Oscar, but naturally, what Dustin Lance Black really wanted to do was direct. And thus we have What's Wrong With Virginia, the behind-the-camera debut of the most celebrated gay ex-Mormon working in cinema today -- which might seem irrelevant until you see the wild pastiche of themes and tones he's whipped up here. As per festival custom, a few first impressions follow the jump.
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