We know Liz Lemon is getting acquainted with debonair pilot Matt Damon in 30 Rock's season finale, but you know what's more exciting? The show is bringing back their best guest actress for tonight's Mother's Day episode. Throw out your hip (and your other hip!) if you can guess who it is.
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People's got the first image of Matt Damon guesting on the 30 Rock finale, and instead of playing an actor who is giving Sheinhardt-Universal a headache thanks to his reluctance to commit to more Bourne movies, Damon appears to be playing someone who looks an awful lot like Astronaut Mike Dexter, the fantasy figure of Liz Lemon's dreams. (Fitting, since Damon was reportedly the object of Tina Fey's guest-starring dreams for many a moon.)
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Imagine you are a cable network. You received a death threat in response to an unflattering depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad made on one of your network's programs. Two weeks later, a car bomb was planted in front of your parent company's headquarters. What do you do next? If you are Comedy Central, you develop a cartoon lampooning Jesus Christ.
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Iron Man 2 promotional week continued last night with Robert Downey Jr. subtly suggesting that Jay Leno might benefit from a little introspection, Scarlett Johannson talking bacon with Craig Ferguson and Samuel L. Jackson revealing his love-scene secrets to Jimmy Kimmel. Those clips as well as the other highlights you missed last night while still apologizing to Erin Andrews, after the jump.
Fetus the Magnificent, come back to us! Little Aaron Kelly, known for his desperado twang and the amniotic sac he calls home, earned the least amount of votes on last night's Idol. You know what that means: Simon Cowell placed Aaron in a tube sock, spun the 17-year-old in a lariat over his head, and threw him from his balcony to some primary school kids outside his gates. "Merry Christmas, filthies!" he grumbled, stocking cap bobbing wildly. Now that Aaron has officially received fifth place, it's time to reflect upon his legacy, best moments, and the times he was almost born.
· James Gandolfini is partnering with HBO for his first series with the premium cabler since starring in The Sopranos. The Emmy winner actor is developing the French Canadian single-cam comedy Taxi-22, which could potentially star Gandolfini as a politically incorrect taxi driver. Dave Flebotte (Desperate Housewives) is on board to write. [Deadline]
Captain Kirk sets his sights on tabloids, Elizabeth Perkins trades marijuana for animated bunnies, and more TV Bites after the jump.
Good news, celebreality fans: You no longer have to tune into VH1 to see your favorite washed-up television stars humiliate themselves for your viewing pleasure. As of today, A&E, the "Real Life. Drama" network, is diving into that shallow famewhore pool, Hoff-first.
Modern Family's cast is heading on an exotic trip to Hawaii, and if Manny starts some funky business with tiki torches, I'm moving straight over to American Idol, where the world's biggest pop star is slated to perform her latest earworm.
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According to Jay Leno, the accused (and failed) Times Square car bomber, Faisal Shahza, is a card-carrying member of the terrorist organization known as... Team Coco. Wait, what?
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God, you make one comment about how Erin Andrews's convicted stalker should've waited until she starred on Dancing with the Stars to a get a peep at her naked, whored-out body, and already you have to apologize and seek wisdom from the family devotional. Rough day! Elisabeth Hasselbeck made a tearful apology today on The View after voicing concerns about Andrews's DWTS wardrobe on Tuesday, claiming the "next to nothing" outfits were too risque for a woman who was just stalked in several cities. Two problems here: 1) Erin Andrews hasn't worn anything that seems purposely provocative, and 2) This is just idiotic anyway. Videos follow.
Previously on Lost: Jack gets on a boat with Sawyer. Then Jack changes his mind about being on a boat with Sawyer, and throws himself overboard. Jin sees photos of his baby in a digital camera. Jin and Sun are reunited! Then Frank Lapidus says, "Look who can speak English again, just in case you forgot that Sun couldn't speak English for a while, due to that bumping her noggin," while shaking his head in amused disbelief. John Locke is tricked into giving a kidney to a mean old man. Then Locke is thrown through a window, paralyzing him upon impact with the ground. Sayid is shot in the stomach, killing him. Then Sayid is resurrected.
Now that we're all caught up after an interminably tense hiatus week (why do you torture us so, ABC?) let's get down to the important business of Answering another round of Questions about last night's episode of Lost.
If an episode of The Hills is titled after a romcom featuring Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner, it is probably even more meaningless than usual. Case in point: last night's "Rumor Has It," which featured Brody Jenner lugging around a case of Bud Light, Spencer drawing special powers from rocks and Heidi proclaiming that she aspires to have H cup breasts... because, you know, H stands for Heidi. After the jump, I'll dive into that extra-large dumpster called The Hills: Final Season to find the truthiest and fakest moments of the night. (Pinches nose and takes one last breath)
This day was inevitable, but still not easy. Pamela Anderson had no chance of outlasting Nicole Scherzinger, Evan Lysacek, or even Chad Ochocinco, but her ouster on Dancing with the Stars last night felt like the cancellation of Stripperella: sure, it wasn't perfect, but it gave Pam the chance to own the snipes of America's undersexed cynics and turn herself into something untouchable. Video after the jump.
"If rhyme was a drug, I'd sell it by the gram," rapped Schue in last night's episode of Glee -- or, for those of you that have been paying attention to Will's subtle style transformation, last night's 60-minute Gap commercial. (Seriously, when will Schu & the Gang start remixing holiday jingles in khakis and striped scarves?) The latest Gleeinstallment, "Bad Episode Reputation," was important because it ruined all of the '90s hits you ironically love, found a use for Jonathan Groff that did not involve a giant cheeseburger costume and eked more feelings from Sue Sylvester. And, for the first time, Quinn's pregnancy showed! Click through to join me as I recap the highs of the lows, the lows of the lows and the hottest catch phrases that will not make you cooler with your niece and nephew. Pay attention -- there will be a pop quiz.
Brazilian-born actress Morena Baccarin is so strikingly beautiful that ABC designed an entire race around her. As Anna, the manipulative leader of the extra-terrestrial "Visitors" on the network's remake of V, Baccarin has played a pivotal role in the series. Not only was she relied on heavily for the show's promotional campaign last year (there's a good chance people thought V would be a one-woman show), but she plays a politician so fearless and so evil that she would make real-life legislators cry -- or at least fear for the human race.
With two weeks until V's season finale, Baccarin phoned Movieline to discuss the art of green screen, the perks of playing an alien and why she thinks Joss Whedon is ready to direct a mega-budget action flick.
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