The only thing more appealing today than paying extra money to see the crappy 3D conversion of Clash of the Titans? Spending over $500 on a brand, spanking new iPad that will be rendered obsolete in six months when the second generation comes out! That said, the chances are good that at least some of you are probably reading this on an iPad right this second. And for those of you still in the nether region of indecision, last night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon might push you to join them. Fallon spoke with Engadget editor Joshua Topolsky about Apple's newest gotta have it device and it looks awesome (or at least more awesome than when Stephen Colbert was cutting up vegetables with his). After the jump, watch as Topolsky does his best Steve Jobs impersonation and learn how you can even use the iPad to find bootleg YouTube videos of Jimmy Fallon-as-Neil Young performing "Pants on the Ground."
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Jonathan Peters has taken a beating from the judges during this season of Project Runway, and it all came to a head in last night episode after tart harangues from Michael Kors, Nina Garcia, and Heidi Klum, who was supposed to wear the winning garment to a red-carpet event. Now that he's been eliminated, the 29-year-old Rhode Islander opens up to Movieline about the judges' misinformed ideas, Tim Gunn's role, and how he felt when Maya Luz auf'd herself.
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ABC has announced a forum for Lost fans to grieve after the show's May 23 two-hour series finale, a special Sunday episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! called Aloha to Lost. The hourlong program will be devoted to all things Lost and will welcome executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and a few cast members to the show. Let's hope it turns out better than Jay Leno's boozy goodbye to Cheers. [THR]
If you have seen the excellent documentary Cocaine Cowboys or just wandered around Miami for 10 minutes, you know how real it can get in the 305. As if CSI: Miami did not exploit the (faked) golden rays of South Florida sunshine enough, Miami Medical bases its episodes around the idea of "golden hour," the 60 minutes after a traumatic injury when doctors have the best chance of saving a patient's life. As boring as that sentence was to read, it was even more boring to write, but at least this show is not about edgy nurses.
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Last night's episode of Project Runway featured a jarring triad of events: an elimination, the return of an evicted contestant, and a baffling exit from 22-year-old Santa Fe designer Maya Luz. The young, über-banged talent claimed she wasn't ready for Bryant Park's big stage, and opted to leave the competition prior to beginning this week's challenge. Now that she's had time to mull over the ramifications of her exit, Movieline caught up with Maya to discuss her reasons for leaving, her ambitions, and unfair criticisms from the judges.
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It was just another ordinary week for the Real Housewives of New York City. Ramona cried into a bottomless glass of pinot grigio about the death of her abusive father. Alex planned a Brooklyn fashion event that no one cared about. Bethenny dropped three snappy three pop culture references ("I didn't have to be Angela Lansbury to figure that out!"). Jill became an overbearing pageant mom at her daughter's Seventeen shoot before reducing Bethenny to tears over speaker phone. And Kelly, poor Kelly, was confused to discover that she was attracted to her Playboy interviewer. After the jump, Movieline examines the truest and fakest moments of last night's episode, 'Hot Off the Press.'
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You are currently the highest-paid actor per episode in America, which is quite a feat considering the criminal record and substance addiction that you still battle. Just last Christmas, you allegedly threatened your wife at knife point, and were charged with assault, criminal mischief and menacing -- a Yuletide allegation assortment that could result in three years of prison. Then, you halted production on your expensive sitcom to enter "pre"-rehab. Are you still with me? Your employer has remained supportive of you throughout this entire ordeal and wants to reward you with a $175,000 per episode raise. You take it, right? Wrong! Charlie Sheen is in prime negotiating territory. Read on for his helpful tips to landing a grotesque television paycheck.
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The nation's late night hosts celebrated three glorious holidays yesterday: April Fool's Day, iPad Launch Day and Justin Bieber, who is more of a man-child with side-swept bangs than a holiday but each of his afterhours appearances should be celebrated accordingly. After the jump, the best of those celebrations as well as the other highlights you missed while sleeping off that March Madness buzz.
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Behold: 60 minutes of Runway tumult! Tectonic plates are jutting out of the workroom! Did you survive? Did you caterwaul for mercy, hide in a doorway or wait for Michael Kors to explain everything with a hooker metaphor? Or, like me, did you think this mania was all a little weird? Quickly -- let's make super-sense of this sub-suspense.
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· ABC may be losing Rob Lowe to NBC's Parks & Rec, but the network's sister channel ABC Family is gaining his brother. Chad Lowe has been cast in the upcoming drama series Pretty Little Liars about four teen girls -- Aria (Lucy Hale), Emily (Shay Mitchell), Spencer (Troian Bellisario) and Hanna (Ashley Benson) -- who begin to receive mysterious messages, seemingly from a girlfriend who disappeared three years earlier. Lowe is replacing Alexis Denisof, who played Aria's father in the pilot. [THR]
A MADtv star goes Huge, Sterling Cooper hires a few new employees, and more TV Bites after the jump.
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People alleges that Charlie Sheen is telling friends that he's done with Two and a Half Men...friends who just happened to leak that stance to a major magazine on the eve of contract negotiations between Sheen and Warner Bros. TMZ says Sheen is angling for $1.5 million an episode as opposed to WB's $1 million offer. You gotta pay those lawyers somehow! [People, TMZ]
Last night's episode of Modern Family followed Claire Dunphy (Julie Bowen) as she contrived a way to purchase an iPad for her husband, gadget-loving Phil (Ty Burrell). Product placement emerges as a lame supporting player in many primetime offerings, but the front-and-center shilling felt particularly acute last night. While Apple and ABC seem to deny a deal taking place, a new press release from Apple ensures that the two companies had at least been in iPad-related discussions recently (in addition to an ABC player for the iPad that's advertised on ABC.com using...a picture of Phil cradling the product):
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It's been a rough month for Bruce Willis, substance-wise. While promoting Cop Out on Good Morning America last month, the blazed actor could barely keep his eyes open for Robin Roberts. And then just last night, a journalist ran down the smashed actor at the Hornets/Lakers game, shoved a microphone in his face and asked him about March Madness and New Orleans music. Can't a world-famous celebrity enjoy a night of boozy revelry without a follow-up interview?
After the jump, Movieline recalls a few other stars who didn't let a little thing like promotional obligations get in the way of a good buzz.
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ABC.com has gotten into the spirit of April Fool's Day, teasing several brand-new shows that may be parody, but are still things I would definitely rather DVR than, say, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Add Elizabeth Mitchell as Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Sayid, and you can just take my remote control. I won't be needing it anymore.
Here are the other four parodies (personally, I'm partial to FlasherForward, which would certainly be more interesting than the real thing):
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Look out, Luke Wilson: Dreamgirls Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson is encroaching on your embarrassing ad campaign turf. Hudson announced during today's Good Morning America that she will star in the weight loss program's national ad campaign: "No one recognizes me anymore. I wanted to go in a different direction and find a better lifestyle." [E!]
